An investigation by the Norwegian offshore safety agency, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), into a hydrocarbon leak on the Statoil-operated Åsgard field has revealed that the incident could have led to fatalities had there been personnel in the area. The Åsgard field is located in Haltenbanken i
Norwegian oil company Statoil is unlikely to drill a sidetrack well on the Verbier prospect in the UK North Sea after encountering a water bearing reservoir at its exploration well. Jersey Oil & Gas (JOG), a partner in the well, said on Monday that the exploration well 20/05b-13 drilled on the P.217
Providence Resources, the Irish oil and gas company, is disappointed with well results at the Drombeg prospect in Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 2/14 offshore Ireland as the well contains a porous water-bearing reservoir interval. The license is located in the southern Porcupine Basin and it is
The number of U.S. offshore rig remained unchanged last week but dropped by two units year-over-year, Baker Hughes, a GE company, stated in its weekly rig count reports on Friday. Baker Hughes Rig Count: U.S. +1 to 944 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 1 rig from last week to 944, with oil rigs down [&helli
Azinor Catalyst, the Seacrest Capital Group-backed E&P company, has found no hydrocarbons in its Partridge well in the UK sector of the North Sea. The 14/11a-2 well on the Partridge prospect was spud with Diamond Offshore’s Ocean Guardian rig in mid-August. Azinor said on Friday that the well was dr
After much anticipation, Hyperdynamics-operated Fatala-1 exploration well drilled offshore Guinea has reached its total drilling depth and did not encounter hydrocarbons. Fatala-1 was drilled with the Pacific Scirocco drillship in 2,897 meters of water and reached a total depth of 5,117 meters below
The international offshore rig count for August this year was 201 units, down by 27 units year-over-year, according to a Friday report by Baker Hughes, a GE company. The international rig count includes Latin America, Europe, Africa, Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions. The international rig count
Statoil has been given consent by the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use the Songa Equinox drilling rig to drill a well on the Troll field in the North Sea. The well named 31/2-S-24 AY1H is located on the Troll field which is some 65 kilometers west of Kollsnes in Hordaland County, dubbed as th
A report into why the Transocean Winner semi-submersible rig grounded on the Isle of Lewis last year has been published, naming poor condition of the tow line and high winds as direct causes of the accident. On Thursday, September 7, 2017, the UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) publish
Italian oil company Eni has secured a rig for a drilling program in the Rabat Deep Offshore license in Morocco. Eni is the operator of the Rabat Deep Offshore license with 40% interest with Woodside, ONHYM, and Chariot as partners with 25%, 25%, and 10% interests, respectively. Chariot informed on T
Repsol’s Norwegian unit, Repsol Norge, has received consent from the country’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) for the use of Rowan Stavanger jack-up rig for permanent plugging of wells on the Varg field off Norway. The wells to be plugged are in production license 038 which is in the southern sect
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has informed that none of its warm stacked and working rigs have been damaged due to Hurricane Harvey that recently hit the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. In its post-Hurricane Harvey fleet status update on Tuesday, Noble said that its Gulf of Mexico fleet consis
The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday monitored the recovery and transit of the grounded drillship Paragon DPDS1 in the Aransas Pass near Corpus Christi, Texas. To remind, the grounded drillship, formerly known as the Noble Phoenix, broke loose of its moorings on Saturday, August 26, during Hurricane Harve
Energy sector’s engineering company, Semco Maritime, has been chosen to upgrade and prepare the West Elara jack-up rig for a new assignment with ConocoPhillips. Following the upgrade, the rig will sail out to undertake a long-term contract in the North Sea for ConocoPhillips, starting up in 2018. We
