Starting this month Maersk Training will enter into a global training agreement with an international offshore drilling contractor Transocean. The Danish-based Maersk Training will be responsible for administration of all and delivery of certain training for Transocean’s offshore crew for a period o
BP has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use the Valhall DP and PCP facilities beyond their original lifetimes. BP Norge AS (BP) has applied for consent to use the QP, DP and PCP facilities on the Valhall field, in the North Sea, beyond their originally scheduled l
North Energy ASA has informed that exploration drilling has started on the Tvillingen South prospect in production licence 510 in the Norwegian Sea. The prospect is located on the Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea, approximately 28 km southeast of the Kristin field. The well, 6406/6-4, will be drill
Swedish oil company Lundin Petroleum AB has announced its 2015 development, appraisal and exploration budget which totals $1.45 billion and represents a 31% decrease on forecast 2014 capital expenditure. The 2015 expenditure on development projects is budgeted at $980 million which represents a 30 p
Archer, a global supplier of drilling and well services, has received a thirty-day notice of early termination from Talisman Sinopec Energy UK Limited of its modular rig contract for the Archer Emerald. The effective date of termination is expected as the 29 of January 2015. The original two-year co
Lundin has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to carry out exploration drilling of well 16/1-24, in a prospect named Gemini, in the North Sea. The well is located in the production licence PL 338 in block 16/1 in the central North Sea, where Lundin Norway AS (Lundin) i
Lundin Petroleum’s subsidiary Lundin Norway has completed the drilling of wildcat well 25/10-12S, located in the North Sea. The well is dry. The well investigated the hydrocarbon potential of the Kopervik prospect in PL625, which is located 175 km west of Haugesund on the Norwegian west coast and ap
AGR has been awarded the Well Management Services Contract with Edison Norge AS. AGR will support Edison across its operating licences, including its first exploration well on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The company will deliver services relating to well construction, operational support,
Norway’s Statoil has informed that the Valemon gas and condensate field in the North Sea was brought on stream on Saturday, January 3, 2015 at 08.36 a.m. According to Statoil, recoverable reserves from the field are estimated at 192 million barrels of oil equivalent. “Valemon is one of several new p
A plot twist is a radical change in the expected direction or outcome of the plot of a novel, film, television series, comic, video game, or other work of narrative. That’s exactly what happened with one drilling contractor in Norway. At the times when oil companies are cutting costs and scrapping
Twenty five years ago, on December 26th 1989, the first field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf developed using a floating production unit produced its first oil.
Today, we are bringing you videos our readers watched the most on Offshore Energy Today during the course of 2014. Enjoy! 1. VIDEO: World’s largest semi-submersible taking shape With topside dimensions of 150 metres by 110 metres, the Ichthys offshore processing facility will be the world’s larges
Two North Sea oil rigs were evacuated due to power outage. According to Evening Express, a daily newspaper in Aberdeen, all non-essential personnel were evacuated yesterday from the Brae Alpha and Brae Bravo platforms located in the Brae field in the North Sea. The field is located about 155 miles n
Lundin Norway AS, operator of production licence 555, has completed drilling of wildcat well 33/2-1, located in the North Sea. The well is dry. The well investigated the hydrocarbon potential of the Storm prospect, which is located 200 km northwest of Florø on the Norwegian west coast and 65 km nort
