Baker Hughes Incorporated announced today that the worldwide offshore rig count for February 2015 rose to 379 active units. The number rose up from January this year, which had 370 rigs, and February 2014, with 374. The rig data provider separates the rigs into two groups, North America (U.S. and Ca
Statoil has informed that the licensees in the Johan Castberg and Snorre 2040 licences have decided to spend more time on the projects. “Castberg and Snorre 2040 are two major and important projects in our portfolio, and it is important that we find sound and robust development solutions for them,”
ENI Norge has entered into a contract with IKM Elektro AS for the provision of overhaul and repairs of electric motors, generators and heaters on the Goliat FPSO, in the Barents sea, off Norway. The contract has a duration of three years with options for extensions, and will be performed as an Integ
The photo above shows one of the world’s largest jack-up drilling rigs being loaded on a heavy lift vessel in Singapore. The recently delivered ‘Maersk Integrator’ rig is owned by the Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling. The rig, built by Keppel shipyard in Singapore, is now sailing to
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has decided to launch an investigation into an incident that occurred on Transocean Barents on March 4, 2015 when a roughneck suffered crush injuries. According to the PSA, the injured drill floor worker was on the monkey board, about 10-12 metres in the d
Greatship Global Energy Services Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based subsidiary of Greatship (India) Limited (GIL), has taken delivery of a jack-up drilling rig. The rig, of Le Tourneau Super 116(E) design, was delivered by Lamprell Energy Ltd. in UAE. The rig was named Greatdrill Chaaru. The Greatdrill Ch
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has set up a working group to examine possible means of reducing costs on the Norwegian Continental Shelf associated with rig movements between the shelves in the North Sea. The group’s reporting is to include suggestions for measures to help streamline mo
Lundin Petroleum has kicked off drilling operations of exploration well 33/2-2S in PL579, offshore Norway. The well will investigate the hydrocarbon potential of the Morkel prospect in PL579,which is located 180 km west of Florø on the Norwegian west coast and approximately 40 km northwest of the Sn
Lundin Norway AS (Lundin) has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway(PSA) for exploration drilling of well 7220/11-2, in the Barents Sea with Island Innovator rig. Lundin was granted a drilling permit for well 7220/11-2 from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) in January 2
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 2/4-23, located in the southern part of the North Sea. Well 2/4-23 will be drilled from the Mærsk Gallant jack-up drilling rig. Statoil received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway to
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) for exploration drilling in block 6706/12 located in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil recently decided to drill a well in production licence 602 in order to test the Roald Rygg Prospect. Statoil is the operator for PL 602 in blo
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Statoil will shut down its Statfjord C platform, located in the Norwegian part of the North Sea, due to cracks discovered on the flare tower. According to Aftenbladet, a Stavanger-based newspaper, the crack on the flare tip was discovered a little over a week ago when an unusual flame from the tip w
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of the work of ConocoPhillips (COPSAS) to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements within the disciplines of technical safety and process safety in respect of the operation and maintenance of Ekofisk 2/4 J (EkoJ) located in t
