Archer, a global supplier of drilling and well services, has started operations to permanently plug and abandon (PP&A) 12 gas wells on Statoil’s Heimdal platform in the Norwegian North Sea. John Lechner, President North Sea and Executive Vice President, Archer, said: “I am very pleased with the exce
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum), through its subsidiary Lundin Norway, operator of PL338C, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 16/1-24, in a prospect named Gemini, in the North Sea. The well is dry. The well was drilled about 10 km southwest of the Edvard Grieg field in the central par
Offshore Energy Today recently had an opportunity to interview Rockhopper Exploration Chief Operating Officer, Fiona MacAulay. Rockhopper is an oil and gas exploration company based in UK, with interests in the Falkland Islands. The company was recently awarded 40% interest in licence offshore Croat
The global offshore accommodation market has seen significant growth over the past five years, with PoB requirements increasing by 27% between 2009 and 2014, Douglas Westwood, an energy industry intelligence group, writes in its “DW Monday” report. Although the recent oil price decline has negativel
Faroe Petroleum has informed that Total E&P Norge has started drilling at the Shango exploration well 25/6-5S (Faroe 20%), in the Norwegian North Sea. The Shango prospect in Licence PL 627 (named Skirne East by the operator Total E&P Norge AS) is located on the northern part of the Utsira High appro
North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. (NADL) has received a notice of termination from Rosneft of the service order for the West Navigator drillship in connection with the framework agreement. The drillship was indicatively scheduled to start operations under its five-year contract with Rosneft during the su
GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd and its co-venturers announced a new discovery in the UK Central North Sea. The 22/16-6 well on the Dalziel structure flowed at rates in excess of 8,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. According to GDF SUEZ, the well is now being side-tracked to appraise the extent of this dis
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 6706/12-3, in the Norwegian Sea. Well 6706/12-3 will be drilled from the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling rig after completing the drilling of wildcat well 6706/12- 2 for Statoil Petroleum AS in prod
Statoil has informed that the licence partners have decided to temporarily halt drilling on Veslefrikk field, located in the North Sea. According to Statoil, the stoppage is due to the time that will be needed to interpret new seismic data, which can help in bringing profitable new drilling targets
OMV Norge AS (OMV) has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to drill an exploration well 7324/8-2, located in the Barents Sea, with Leiv Eiriksson rig. OMV is the operator for production licence 537 in block 7324/8 in the Barents Sea. According to the PSA, the company is
Canada’s Suncor Energy, through its Norwegian subsidiary Suncor Norge, has started drilling operations at its Beta Statfjord Nord prospect, in the North Sea, offshore Norway. The appraisal well 34/4-14 S is located in the PL 375 and is being drilled by the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling
Sterling Resources Ltd. has announced that the second oil production well (P2) in Cladhan field, in the UK North Sea, is currently being completed with the drilling rig expected to demobilize within the next two weeks. According to Sterling, the well encountered a reservoir section which was thinner
Aberdeen-based behavioural change consultancy, Optimus Seventh Generation, has reinforced its commitment to safety in the drilling industry, by today announcing the launch of its new ‘Operationalising the Safety Case’ workshop. The workshop, designed for drill rig crew and leadership in the global d
The photo above shows a jack-up drilling rig that was the first ever to drill an offshore well in the UK North Sea. The rig, named Mr. Cap, was operated by American Overseas Petroleum Ltd. The well was drilled 165 miles offshore the United Kingdom. According to data on Chevron oil company’s website,
