Wintershall Norge AS, operator of production licence 378, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 35/12-5 S, in the Norwegian North Sea. The well is dry. The well was drilled about 15 km southwest of the Gjøa field in the Norwegian North Sea and 80 kilometres southwest of Florø, Norway. According
Teekay’s flotel, the Arendal Spirit, has successfully completed acceptance tests in Brazilian waters and is now in full operation for Petrobras under a 3-year charter contract. The unit arrived to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in May, after a long journey from the COSCO shipyard in China, and underwent acc
ABS, a provider of marine and offshore classification services, has been selected by Baoham Offshore (HK) Ltd. to class a semi-submersible drilling rig and a liftboat. “This award is a reflection of the solid reputation ABS has built as a classification society over more than 30 years in China,” say
Saga Tankers has launched a mandatory takeover offer for the Oslo-listed Standard Drilling, a former drilling contractor, now an investment firm. The company owns 59.93 per cent of the total issued and outstanding shares of Standard Drilling, and is now looking to acquire the remaining shares. Saga
Swedish independent oil company Lundin Petroleum has started drilling the exploration well 16/4-9 S on the Luno II North prospect in the North Sea, offshore Norway. The Luno II discovery is located approximately 15 km south of the Edvard Grieg field. The well is located in PL359 and will explore the
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted drilling permits to Repsol Exploration Norge AS and VNG Norge AS for Norwegian Sea wells. Repsol received consent to drill wildcat well 6306/5-2 in production licence 642. The well will be drilled from the Bredford Dolphin semi-submersible drilli
Edison Energy Norge AS is getting ready to spud the Haribo prospect in PL616, located some 10 kilometres from the Valhall platform in the southern part of the Norwegian North Sea. According to Marine Traffic data, the semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Searcher is heading to Haribo location an
Wintershall has informed that the unmanned mini-platform L6-B has started to produce natural gas off the Dutch North Sea coast. The first so called “Minimum Facility” platform was built in just nine months and brought to its offshore location in June 2014. According to Wintershall, the advantage of
The Shell-operated Polar Pioneer drilling rig which will be drilling for oil in the Chukchi Sea, offshore Alaska, has left the Port of Seattle and is now being towed to its drilling location. The departure of the Transocean-owned drilling unit on Monday morning local time did not go as planned for S
The government of Republic of Cyprus informed that the first phase of the multinational search and rescue (SAR) exercise “NEMESIS 2015”, in which Cyprus, Greece, Israel, and the United States of America participated, has been completed today. In this phase, according to Cyprus’ press and information
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use Maersk Integrator rig for production drilling and completion of fourteen wells at Gina Krog field, in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Gina Krog is an oil and gas discovery situated around 250 kilometres west
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has granted ConocoPhillips consent to use the Maersk Gallant drilling rig for plugging and abandoning a production well at Eldfisk 2/7 A in southern North Sea. Mærsk Gallant is a jack-up drilling rig, built at Far East Levingston Shipbuilding (FELS) in Sin
Shell-operated Polar Pioneer semi-submersible drilling rig is apparently on the move out of Seattle, with Alaska as its final destination. However, the move is not going smoothly for Shell, as the environmentalists and ‘kayaktivists’ are trying to block the passage, protesting against the company’s
Offshore drilling industry is on the verge of the largest ever retirement cycle in history, as 88 units within the floater market will have to be taken out between 2015 and 2017, Rystad Energy, an oil and gas consultancy firm has reported. Research shows that this retirement is a consequence of dema
