Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given Statoil a consent to use the Bideford Dolphin rig for drilling and completing well 34/7-A-10 on the Snorre field in the North Sea. The PSA said on Tuesday that drilling on Snorre was scheduled to begin on July 7, 2017, a
Offshore driller North Atlantic Drilling Ltd (NADL) has been awarded a one-well contract with Siccar Point Energy E&P (SPE) for Seadrill’s semi-submersible drilling rig West Hercules. NADL is a harsh environment drilling contractor and Seadrill’s subsidiary who took over management of the rig in 201
Oil and gas company Conrad Petroleum started drilling an appraisal well on the Mako prospect in the Duyung Production Sharing Contract, offshore Indonesia, on Friday night, June 16. Conrad is the opearator of the Natuna Sea PSC with 90% interest and Empyrean Energy is its partner with the remaining
Exploration and production player Aker BP has completed the drilling of a wildcat well in the North Sea off Norway. The well is dry. The well 24/9-11 S was drilled about 7 kilometers west of the Volund field, 11 kilometers southwest of the Alvheim field and 230 kilometers northwest of Stavanger in t
Offshore drilling contractor Songa Offshore is reportedly thinking of scrapping its semi-submersible rig Songa Trym. The rig has been stacked without a contract since the late 2015, and according to Sysla.no, if the driller doesn’t find work for the unit soon, the rig’s fate will be sealed. Namely,
Conrad Petroleum will start drilling an appraisal well at its Mako prospect, in the Duyung Production Sharing Contract, offshore Indonesia, within days, according to a partner in the project. Conrad Petroleum is the operator of the PSC with 90% interest and Empyrean Energy is its partner with the re
Offshore driller Noble Corporation has been awarded new contracts for one of its drillships under which the unit will operate in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and later Suriname. In its latest fleet status report issued on Thursday, Noble informed that the 2013-built drillship Noble Bob Douglas has been a
Oil company Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill a well in the Hoop area in the Barents Sea with the Songa Enabler drilling rig. According to the PSA’s statement on Thursday, the company has received consent to drill the well 7325/4-1 at Gemini Nord in the
Oil and gas company Conrad Petroleum is preparing to drill an appraisal well at its Mako prospect located in the Duyung Production Sharing Contract, offshore Indonesia. Duyung PSC is set in the Natuna Sea in water depths of 60-100 meters and associated shallow drilling depths of up to 2,000 feet. Th
Oil & gas company Erin Energy expects to more than double its oil production after it completes a pair of wells on the Oyo field located in OML 120, offshore Nigeria. Erin Energy currently produces approximately 6,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd). The company, formerly known as CAMAC Energy, said o
Three workers died and one was injured after a boiler exploded on the Odebrecht-run NS-32 (Norbe VIII) drilling rig offshore Brazil on Friday. According to Petrobras, Ericson Nascimento de Freitas, 29, who was hospitalized died on Friday. Jorge Luiz Damião, 44, died on Saturday. Eduardo Aragão de Li
Last week’s offshore rig count in the U.S. dropped by one unit, according to a Friday report by an oilfield services provider, Baker Hughes. BHI Rig Count: U.S. +11 to 927 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 11 rigs from last week to 927, with oil rigs up 8 to 741, gas rigs up 3 […]
Following a letter of intent in April, offshore driller Odfjell Drilling has now signed a contract with Wellesley Petroleum for the semi-submersible drilling rig Deepsea Bergen. In its Oslo Stock Exchange filing on Friday, Odfjell Drilling said it has signed the contract with the Norwegian oil and g
Increasing number of North Sea drilling projects, oil company efficiency requirements, high barriers to entry, and shrinking fleet may lead to undersupply of premium rigs. By David Carter Shinn The North Sea, and particularly the Norwegian Continental Shelf, currently leads the market recovery scena
