On 15 July 2011, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) granted an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for the mobile drilling facility Maersk Reacher, operated by Maersk Drilling Norge AS (Maersk Drilling). The AoC is a statement by the PSA expressing the authorities’ confidence that petroleum
The number of offshore oil and gas leaks that could potentially lead to a major incident has fallen, according to new safety statistics. Figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that there were 73 major or significant hydrocarbon releases associated with offshore installations in 2010
BP Norge AS (BP) has secured consent to use the Skarv FPSO production facility with associated pipeline systems and umbilicals on the Skarv field. Skarv is located about 35 kilometres southwest of the Norne field in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea. The development is a unitisation of the 6507
BP Norge AS has secured consent to use the gas export pipeline on the Skarv field. Skarv is located about 35 kilometres southwest of the Norne field in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea. The development is a unitisation of the 6507/5-1 Skarv and 6507/3-3 Idun deposits. Skarv is developed with a
Sterling Resources Ltd. (“Sterling” or the “Company”) announces that it has signed a loan facility agreement (the “Facility”) with a group of banks for a GBP 105 million senior secured loan for the Phase 1 development by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sterling Resources (UK) Ltd, of the Breagh gas fie
Dolphin Geophysical announces the appointment of Ronnie Grimberg as Marketing & Sales Manager NSA. Ronnie will be based in Houston and reports to Phil Suter, VP Marketing & Sales. Ronnie joins us from CGGVeritas where he has spent the last 13 years in the Marine Acquisition Division, firstly as an O
Statoil been granted consent to use the mobile facility Transocean Leader for production drilling on Troll Oil. The consent applies to drilling, completion, workover and plugging and abandoning (P&A) of three wells in block 31/2, which belong to production licences 054 and 085, where Statoil is the
Offshore Ship Designers has been chosen to design a series of six new fuel-efficient seismic support/chase vessels ordered by French offshore major Bourbon to be built at Dubai’s Grandweld Shipyards. The 53 m vessels will have a fuel efficient hybrid propulsion system delivering a flexible economic
The topside, jacket and piles for GDF SUEZ’ gas production wellhead protection platform G16a-B left the Rotterdam harbour recently. The platform is on its way to block G16, 80km north of Dutch Island Terschelling where installation will start in approximately two days time. On May 26th, load out of
As operator of offshore Licence 12/06, PA Resources’ subsidiary PA Resources UK Limited announces initial results of the Broder Tuck exploration well (5504/20-4), located approximately 10 kilometres south of Gorm Field in the Danish part of the North Sea. Following some initial drilling problems, th
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) announces that drilling of appraisal/exploration well 16/2-8 on the Aldous Major South structure has commenced. The well is located in licence PL265 in the Norwegian North Sea. The Aldous Major South structure is believed to be the western continuation of the L
After more than 21 years of working at international oilfield services company Expro, Chairman Graeme Coutts has announced his plans to retire this month. Graeme joined Expro in 1990. During his distinguished career he has held several prominent senior executive roles including; President Western He
Rocksource ASA announced today that the drilling rig “Borgland Dolphin” is in the process of completing drilling operations on the “Breiflabb” prospect, in licence PL 416 in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The well did not encounter hydrocarbons. The well will be further reviewed in the upcomin
Wintershall Norge ASA, operator of production licence 378, has concluded the drilling of appraisal wells 35/12-4 S and 35/12-4 A in the 35/12-2 Grosbeak oil and gas discovery. The Grosbeak discovery was proven in 2009 in the Sognefjord formation and in the Brent Group in Upper and Middle Jurassic re
