The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 15/6-13, located in the North Sea. Well 15/6-13 S will be drilled from the Songa Trym semi-submersible drilling rig near the Gina Krog field in the central North Sea. In February, the company received con
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has decided to instigate an investigation of a dropped object incident on the West Venture semi-submersible drilling rig. The incident occurred on West Venture’s drilling deck at 23:25 on Monday, March 23, 2015. A 90 kilo coupling sleeve fell six metres fr
Heerema Marine Contractors has informed through its social media page that the Clair Ridge QUID module has been lifted onto Dockwise’s Black Marlin vessel. Topside modules for the Clair Ridge development are being built in HHI fabrication facility in Ulsan, Korea. According to Heerema, the vessel is
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum), through its subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway), has announced that drilling of appraisal well 7220/11-2 in PL609, in the Barents Sea, has started. The Alta discovery is located 10 to 20 km northeast of Lundin Petroleum’s Gohta discovery in the Barents
Russian oil company Rosneft has decided not to go forward with a rig contract previously agreed upon with Northern Offshore. Offshore driller Northern Offshore, Ltd. today announced that North Atlantic Drilling Company Ltd (NADL) has received a cancellation notice for use of the Northern Offshore’s
Main deck load out of Edvard Grieg platform at Kvaerner Stord. from Magne Langåker on Vimeo. Norwegian fabrication company Kvaerner has released a time-lapse video showing the transport of Edvard Grieg’s main deck to barge. Namely, on March 20, 2015, the main deck frame of the Edvard Grieg platform
Italy’s RINA Services has completely updated its Rules for the Classification of Fixed Offshore Platforms. RINA group is a company active in classification, certification, inspection and testing services. According to RINA, the new rules and guidelines will be published in May 2015 and will cover cl
Songa Offshore, an offshore drilling contractor, has said its Songa Equinox newbuild semi-submersible rig delivery will be delayed. Songa Equinox, to be hired by Statoil, went on sea trial as planned on March 19, the company has said, however, prior to sea trial departure, the inclination test indic
Statoil has awarded a contract to Reinertsen to prepare Kristin platform, located in the Norwegian Sea, for tie-in with Wintershall’s Maria field. According to Offshore.no, the contract is worth NOK 600 million ($75.37 million). The partnership aims to develop the Maria field as a subsea facility wi
Atlantic Petroleum has announced that drilling of the Roald Rygg well 6706/12-3, in PL602, in the Norwegian Sea started on March 22, 2015 with the Transocean Spitsbergen rig. The well 6706/12-3 is planned to drill to a total depth of around 3420 m TVD and operations are anticipated to take 35 days.
An offshore worker has been airlifted from an oil platform in the UK North Sea. According to Evening Express, a daily newspaper in Aberdeen, the crewman was working on Canadian Natural Resource’s (CNR) Tiffany platform located 155 miles north-east of Aberdeen. The evacuation followed after the medic
Transocean Ltd. has issued its monthly Fleet Update Summary according to which the company intends to scrap four of its rigs. In December last year, Transocean also announced it is scrapping seven lower-specification deepwater and midwater floaters. Transocean intends to scrap the Deepwater Expediti
Operator Statoil has together with PL218 partners made a gas discovery in the Snefrid Nord prospect in the Norwegian Sea. According to Statoil, the discovery is an important contribution to the Aasta Hansteen field development project and Polarled pipeline utilisation. “The Snefrid Nord discovery in
An offshore supply vessel caused a stir in the North Sea yesterday after it crashed into an oil platform.
