The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted drilling permits to Repsol Exploration Norge AS and VNG Norge AS for Norwegian Sea wells. Repsol received consent to drill wildcat well 6306/5-2 in production licence 642. The well will be drilled from the Bredford Dolphin semi-submersible drilli
Edison Energy Norge AS is getting ready to spud the Haribo prospect in PL616, located some 10 kilometres from the Valhall platform in the southern part of the Norwegian North Sea. According to Marine Traffic data, the semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Searcher is heading to Haribo location an
Wintershall has informed that the unmanned mini-platform L6-B has started to produce natural gas off the Dutch North Sea coast. The first so called “Minimum Facility” platform was built in just nine months and brought to its offshore location in June 2014. According to Wintershall, the advantage of
The government of Republic of Cyprus informed that the first phase of the multinational search and rescue (SAR) exercise “NEMESIS 2015”, in which Cyprus, Greece, Israel, and the United States of America participated, has been completed today. In this phase, according to Cyprus’ press and information
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use Maersk Integrator rig for production drilling and completion of fourteen wells at Gina Krog field, in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Gina Krog is an oil and gas discovery situated around 250 kilometres west
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has granted ConocoPhillips consent to use the Maersk Gallant drilling rig for plugging and abandoning a production well at Eldfisk 2/7 A in southern North Sea. Mærsk Gallant is a jack-up drilling rig, built at Far East Levingston Shipbuilding (FELS) in Sin
Offshore drilling industry is on the verge of the largest ever retirement cycle in history, as 88 units within the floater market will have to be taken out between 2015 and 2017, Rystad Energy, an oil and gas consultancy firm has reported. Research shows that this retirement is a consequence of dema
Norwegian oil company Statoil has awarded two contracts at a total value of more than NOK 4.35 billion ($558 million) to Odfjell Drilling for drilling wells on the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea, offshore Norway. Odfjell Drilling has been awarded contracts both for the Deepsea Atlantic semi-s
Oil giant Chevron has decided to follow its UK North Sea peers when it comes to changing offshore workers’ shift patterns. The company is implementing three weeks offshore, three weeks onshore rotation. In a statement sent to Offshore Energy Today, Chevron said: “In order to be competitive for the l
Prosafe Offshore Limited, the owner and operator of semi-submersible accommodation rigs, has received Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway for Safe Boreas. Safe Boreas is a semi-submersible accommodation rig delivered by Jurong Shipyard in Singapore an
ExxonMobil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use Jotun A and Jotun B, in the North Sea, beyond the originally planned lifetime. Jotun is a oil field located around 25 kilometres north of Balder in the central North Sea. Water depth is 126 metres. The field has
Lundin Petroleum has completed the drilling of appraisal well 7220/11-2 and sidetrack 7220/11-2 A in the western part of the Alta discovery in PL609, in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway. The wells were drilled about six kilometres southwest of the Alta discovery well and about 190 km northwest of Ha
Aqualis Offshore, a London-based offshore marine and engineering consultancy, has been reappointed by United India Insurance Company to provide marine warranty services to the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), offshore India. According to the press release, Aqualis will provide marine
The Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) informed that drilling of the Niobe exploration well in UK licence P1889, in the North Sea, has started. Noreco is partner in the licence with a current equity interest of 22.5 %. Suncor Energy UK Limited is the operator with 49.5% equity interest and Trap O
