VNG Norge AS has begun drilling the second Pil/Bue follow-up well with the spudding of exploration well 6406/12-5S on the Blink prospect in the Norwegian Sea. The Blink prospect is located in Licence PL586, which also contains the Pil and Bue discoveries, near the producing Njord field (Faroe 7.5%).
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to use a modular drilling rig (MDR) to drill a new production well at Heimdal gas field in the North Sea. Statoil is the operator of the Heimdal field, located around 212 kilometres north-west of Stavanger. Production on t
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Tuesday that, in response to the decline in crude oil prices since mid-2014, the number of active offshore rigs has declined worldwide, dropping close to 20%—304 offshore rigs were operating in August 2015, down from 377 in August 2014. According
Seadrill Limited has been notified by Husky Oil Operations Limited of the cancellation of the drilling contract for the West Mira semi-submersible drilling rig. To remind, in the fourth quarter of 2012 Seadrill was awarded a 5-year contract for the West Mira with Husky for operations in Canada and G
Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract by BP for the provision of additional living quarters, as part of BP’s Life Extension Project on the Eastern Trough Area Project (ETAP) in the Central North Sea. The company notes that the BP ETAP Life E
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted Weekly Rig Count reports to its Investor Relations website. The number of active offshore rigs in the U.S. has remained the same when compared to the previous week. BHI Rig Count: U.S. -6 to 842 rigs U.S. Rig Count is down 6 rigs from last week to 842, with oil r
Primeline Energy Holdings Inc. has announced that its drilling contractor China Oilfield Service Ltd. (COSL) has started the mobilization of the rig for the drilling operation of LS23-1-1 well in the East China Sea. Following the signing of the drilling contract by Primeline with COSL on August 17,
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Suncor Energy Norge AS a drilling permit for well 25/10-14 S, in the central North Sea. According to the NPD, the well 25/10-14 S will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig. The drilling program for well 25/10-14 S co
VAALCO Energy on Wednesday announced that the North Tchibala 1-H well, the first development well drilled by VAALCO in the North Tchibala field, offshore Gabon, has been brought online at a rate slightly in excess of 3,000 gross barrels of oil per day. This is, according to its press release, approx
VNG Norge AS has found oil in the Boomerang exploration well, located in production licence 586, in the southern Norwegian Sea. VNG Norge AS, operator of the production licence, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat wells 6406/12-4 S and 6406/12-4 A. According to the Norwegian Petr
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Limited has notified Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd. that it has exercised its right to cancel the contract for the construction of the West Mira, a sixth generation ultra-deepwater harsh environment semi-submersible drilling rig. The rig was ordered during the
Paragon Offshore, an offshore drilling contractor, said Monday in its latest fleet status report that Brazilian oil giant Petrobras is looking to break off contracts for two Paragon’s drillships. According to Paragon, Petrobras said it might contest approximately 380 days of the drilling contract ba
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of Statoil’s administration of emergency preparedness, materials handling and lifting equipment maintenance at Sleipner platform, in the Norwegian North Sea. According to the PSA, the objective of the audit carried out from August
Chinese COSCO Nantong Shipyard has delivered a semi-submersible accommodation vessel to Atlantis Offshore Pte Ltd. According to COSCO, the accommodation rig was named Atlantis. It will be chartered to Mexico oilfield services company Cotemar, S.A. de C.V., which will use it in connection with servic
