Austrian oil company OMV has received consent from Norway’s offshore safety regulator, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), to drill an exploration well in the Barents Sea with the Island Innovator rig. OMV (Norge) AS, OMV’s Norwegian subsidiary, has now been given the consent to drill the wildcat
Offshore drilling contractor Sevan Drilling has amended the delivery deferral period for the Sevan Developer until June 30, 2020. Sevan ordered the cylindrical rig from Chinese shipbuilder Cosco (Qidong) in 2011. The rig was originally scheduled for delivery in the third quarter of 2014. However, as
Conrad Petroleum has completed well testing operations on the Mako South-1 well in the Duyung PSC offshore Indonesia. The COSL Seeker drilling rig is currently demobilizing back to its home base in Labuan, Malaysia. Conrad owns 90% of West Natuna Exploration Limited (WNEL), a holding company that ow
Aquamarine Subsea has been awarded a frame agreement with offshore drilling contractor Songa Offshore for classing of high-pressure manifolds on Songa’s four Cat D rigs. Aquamarine said that the duration of the contract was five years with an option to extend the deal for an additional five years. T
Offshore driller Odfjell Drilling has received a contract from Total for its Deepsea Stavanger semi-submersible drilling rig in South Africa. The contract is for one well plus one optional well to be drilled by the 6th generation semi-submersible rig offshore South Africa. According to Odfjell Drill
Offshore driller COSL Drilling Europe has received a letter of intent from Nexen Petroleum U.K. to carry out plugging and abandonment work at the Ettrick and Blackbird fields in the UK sector of the North Sea. The work, which will be conducted with the semi-submersible drilling rig COSLPioneer, incl
Denmark’s Port of Esbjerg on Monday shared a photo on its social media channels showing the Maersk Drilling-owned jack-up rig Maersk Resolve leaving the port. The port said that the rig left this past weekend after an idle period and warm stacking, heading for the Winchelsea II well in UK sector of
Dolphin Drilling, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy, has received a termination for convenience notice from Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for the four-year contract for the drillship Bolette Dolphin. Fred. Olsen informed on Sunday that the contract, which was supposed to expire in July 2018, will
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil a drilling permit for wellbore 7325/4-1, in the Barents Sea off Norway. The permit comes after the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), Norway’s offshore safety body, gave Statoil consent to use the Songa Enabler drilling rig for the well. T
ADES International Holding has been awarded a contract by Eni IEOC, the Egyptian subsidiary of Italian oil major Eni, for a new drilling campaign offshore Egypt. ADES is a London-listed company providing offshore and onshore oil and gas drilling and production services in the Middle East and Africa
DEA Norge has received consent from the Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), to drill a shallow gas well on the Dvalin field in the Norwegian Sea using the Songa Encourage drilling rig. The goal of the shallow gas pilot well, designated 6507/7-U-10, is to exclude the
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Faroe Petroleum Norge a drilling permit for the well 31/7-2 A, offshore Norway. The well 31/7-2 A will be drilled from the Deepsea Bergen drilling rig in production license 740 in the North Sea, which contains the Brasse discovery. The drilling p
Statoil and partners Eni and Petoro have made an oil discovery in the Kayak well in the Johan Castberg license, offshore Norway. Statoil received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority to drill the Kayak well with the Songa Enabler drilling rig in April and a drilling permit from the Norwegian
Oil and gas company Faroe Petroleum has seen “outstanding flow rates and reservoir quality” in the Brasse appraisal well in the Norwegian North Sea as it gears up for a side-track well. The 31/7-2 S well was drilled from the Deepsea Bergen semi-submersible drilling rig. According to Faroe’s Monday u
