The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 7220/11-2, in the production licence 609 in the Barents Sea. The well will be drilled from the Island Innovator semi-submersible drilling rig. The drilling programme for well 7220/11-2 relates to the dr
Maersk Drilling has taken delivery of its third ultra harsh environment jack-up, XLE-3, from the Keppel FELS shipyard in Singapore ahead of schedule. Maersk says that the rig will start its mobilization to the Norwegian North Sea in late February where she will, after arrival, start a contract of fo
From 15 to 17 December 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway carried out an audit of the jacket fabrication for Gina Krog. The Gina Krog jacket, destined for Statoil’s Gina Krog field development in the North Sea, is under construction at the Heerema yard in Vlissingen, The Netherlands.
In the past couple of days, several internet sources have suggested that George Economou, Greek shipowner and CEO of Dryships and Ocean Rig UDW, is in talks with Samsung to swap a drillship order for a batch of tankers. Amid falling oil prices and oversupply in the offshore drilling rigs market, off
Suncor Energy Norge AS, a Norwegian subsidiary of Canada’s Suncor, has received consent to drill an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea. Suncor will drill the 34/4-14 S and A well, located in the production licence 375 in block 34/4. Suncor has applied for consent to drill exploration well 34/4 us
JSC “Belfreight” will supply the Gazprom-operated drilling platform “Prirazlomnaya” with reusable offshore containers, the company has said in a press release. Specialized offshore containers of diverse modification are used to deliver equipment and provision to offshore drilling rig. According to B
Wintershall Norge AS has started drilling of exploration well 6406/2-8 in the Imsa prospect, in the Norwegian Sea. The company received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to drill the well in December 2014. The well is located in production licence 589 in block 6406/2 and 6406/
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to drill exploration well 6706/12-2, in the Norwegian Sea, using a Transocean-owned rig. Statoil is the operator for production licence 218 in block 6706/12 in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil applied for consent to drill explor
Prosafe has said that its Safe Bristolia flotel will return to work in April this year.
Det norske oljeselskap ASA has initiated drilling at its Ivar Aasen field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The company is using the recently delivered Maersk Interceptor, dubbed the world’s largest jack-up rig, to drill three pilot wells in order to further map the subsurface. The drilling of
Schlumberger, the world’s largest provider of oilfield services, will buy interest in a Russian drilling contractor Eurasia Drilling Company Limited (“EDC”). Under the agreement, the principal shareholders of EDC will take the company private. Upon delisting of the company from the London Stock Exch
Energy services firm Bilfinger Salamis UK, has won new contracts with a combined total value of over £100million. Bilfinger Salamis UK has been awarded the contracts from clients including Apache and Taqa Bratani in the last three months. The company, part of Bilfinger’s Oil and Gas division, will b
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use West Epsilon rig for production drilling on the Gudrun field located in the North Sea. Gudrun is 50 kilometres north of the Sleipner Øst and Sleipner Vest fields. Water depth is around 110 metres. Gudrun has been de
Petrolia’s subsidiary, Petrolia Norway AS, has announced that drilling of exploration well 26/10-1 in PL674BS, offshore Norway, has started. The well will investigate the hydrocarbon potential of the Zulu prospect in PL674BS, located 100 km west of Stavanger on the Norwegian west coast and approxima
