The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Det norske oljeselskap another drilling permit for an appraisal well on the Ivar Aasen field, offshore Norway. According to the directorate, the well 16/1-26 A will be drilled from Maersk Drilling’s jack-up rig Maersk Interceptor in production licence
An appeals court in London has issued a final ruling in a case between the Irish oil and gas exploration company Providence, and Transocean, one of the world’s largest offshore drilling contractors. The dispute began in 2012 when Transocean laid a claim for Providence to pay $19 million in outstandi
Following a report earlier today on Statoil’s exploration drilling efforts in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, the company has been granted a drilling permit for two other wells in the same North Sea permit. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, a government agency whose task is to manage the o
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted a drilling permit to Wintershall for a wildcat well in the North Sea. Wintershall Norge, Wintershall’s Norwegian subsidiary, will use the Borgland Dolphin drilling rig to drill the well 35/8-6 A located in production license 248. According to the
Saipem’s semi-submersible drilling rig Scarabeo 5, built at the Fincantieri Shipyard in Italy in 1990, will have to wait some more before it starts working for Statoil again. Namely, Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil reportedly decided to prolong a suspension period for Saipem’s semi-sub drillin
Irish oil and gas company Providence Resources has requested a temporary suspension in trading of its shares on in London (AIM) and (ESM) in advance of a final court decision regarding a dispute with Transocean. The oil company in 2014 won a case against Transocean Drilling UK Limited, related to ce
Statoil is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat wells 30/11-11 S and 30/11-11 A, offshore Norway. One well is dry, the other proved to be a minor oil discovery, and both will be permanently plugged and abandoned. Statoil is the operator of production licence 035/272, Krafla, located
UK-based offshore drilling contractor Ensco has initiated arbitration proceedings against Brazilian oil company Petrobras and South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries in connection with a drilling contract for Ensco’s drillship DS-5. In January 2016, Petrobras cancelled its contract with En
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has carried out an audit of how Statoil is meeting regulatory requirements relating to the use of a new method for drilling and well intervention at Gullfaks C, in the North Sea. The PSA in December 2015 carried out an audit of Statoil’s planning and execution of
Offshore drilling contractor Songa Offshore has informed that the Songa Encourage rig started drilling operations on April 11, 2016, under its eight-year drilling contract with Statoil on the Norwegian continental shelf. According to Songa, the rig is now on operational dayrate and working on the Sk
Offshore drilling contractor COSL Drilling has said that the Petroleum Safety Authority’s investigation report into a fatal incident on board the COSLInnovator rig will have consequences for many of the rigs on the Norwegian continental shelf. The offshore safety authority published its investigatio
Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has secured new employment for the ultra deepwater drillship, Deepsea Metro I, through the signing of a conditional letter of award (LoA) with Petronas in Malaysia. According to Odfjell Drilling, the contract is for one firm well plus four optional wells
Mubadala Petroleum is planning to drill an exploration well in the G1/48 Concession containing the Manora oil development, located in the Northern Gulf of Thailand, next month. Mubadala made plans to drill the exploration well in the concession after it started drilling the first of two development
Cairn Energy is preparing to start drilling the fourth exploration well in the ongoing evaluation programme offshore Senegal, after completing its latest, third well with ‘positive results’. Operations on the third well, BEL-1, have been completed following drilling, coring and logging and the well
