Repsol Exploration Norge AS (RENAS) has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to drill the exploration well in the Norwegian Sea using Bredford Dolphin drilling rig. RENAS is the operator for production licence 642 in block 6306/5 in the southern Norwegian Sea. The explor
Offshore drilling contractor Pacific Drilling S.A. has reported net income for the first quarter 2015 of $51.7 million, compared to a net income of $22.2 million for the first quarter of 2014. CEO Chris Beckett said, “The company had an exceptional fourth quarter in 2014, and our first-quarter opera
Bergen Group has terminated the agreement on the sale of the properties and the rig service activity at Hanøytangen. To remind, the company decided in April to divest its rig-service activity at Hanøytangen for a total transaction price of NOK 245 million ($32.2 million). According to Bergen Group,
Virtual Marine Technology, a Canadian simulation services provider, announced it has installed its first lifeboat simulator system in Norway. The simulator was installed onto Prosafe’s Safe Boreas accommodation vessel in Stavanger. The simulator system was unveiled in as an element of the vessel’s s
BP has confirmed today it has kicked off drilling on the Loyal field in the North Sea, using the new-build, semi-submersible rig Deepsea Aberdeen. This marks the start of a seven year drilling campaign west of Shetland, UK. Deepsea Aberdeen is contracted to drill wells across the Schiehallion and Lo
Shell Norge is reportedly planning to drill an exploration well 6407/10-4 in Portrush prospect located in the Norwegian Sea. According to petro.no, the well will be drilled with Transocean’s semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Barents. Portrush is located in the production licence (PL) 793 whic
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Wintershall Norge AS a drilling permit for well 35/12-5 S, in the Norwegian North Sea. Well 35/12-5 S will be drilled from the Transocean Arctic semi-submersible drilling rig after completing the drilling of wildcat well 6406/2-8 for Wintershall
Wintershall Norge AS, operator of production licence 589, is about to complete drilling of wildcat well 6406/2-8, in the Norwegian Sea. The well proved oil. The well was drilled about 20 kilometres south of the Kristin field in the Norwegian Sea and 190 kilometres northwest of Kristiansund. The obje
Falck Safety Services (Falck), has recently enhanced its fire training asset, installing a new three-storey fire rig, located at Aberdeen Airport. The new investment, working in partnership with The Fire Training Group (FTG), will enable Falck to continue to provide offshore workers with fire traini
Last week was all about thirty fourth IHS CERAWeek conference in Houston, so naturally some of the most read articles on Offshore Energy Today include the stories reported by our team attending the conference. The speech made by Statoil’s CEO Eldar Sætre during IHS CERAWeek conference tops our list
The Petroleum Safety Authority’s (PSA) investigation of the incident on Scarabeo 8, when a man fell overboard, has been completed. According to the PSA, several regulatory breaches were identified. A man fell overboard from the semi-submersible drilling rig Scarabeo 8, that was located in the Barent
Det norske oljeselskap AS, operator of production licence 001 B, has completed drilling of appraisal wells 16/1-21 S and 16/1-21 A on the Ivar Aasen field, in the North Sea. The field is located in the central part of the North Sea and was proven in 2008. The size of the field prior to drilling [&he
Today, Deepsea Aberdeen started drilling operations under its 7-year contract with BP on the Quad 204 field development project West of Shetland, UK. Deepsea Aberdeen is the latest addition to Odfjell Drilling’s fleet of ultra deepwater and harsh environment mobile offshore drilling units. The rig w
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Wintershall Norge AS (WINO) within the disciplines of cranes and lifting operations and the management of maintenance on the Brage installation, in the North Sea. According to the PSA, the objective of the audit was to verify re
