Wintershall has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to carry out exploration drilling of well 6406/2-8 in the Norwegian Sea. Wintershall Norge AS is the operator for production licence 589 in block 6406/2 in the Norwegian Sea. Exploration well 6406/2-8 is to be drilled
Gassco has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to remove and dispose of the B-11 platform located on the German Continental Shelf. B-11 was part of the Norpipe pipeline from the Ekofisk field to Emden in Germany, until the pipeline was diverted around the platform in th
Baker Hughes issued its weekly rig count for North America earlier this week, on Wednesday, November 26, ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. According to the report, the number of rigs in the North America fell by 8 units to 2355, compared to 2363 a week ago. However, the overall number shows that th
As operator for Dansk Undergrunds Consortium (DUC), Maersk Oil has drilled the exploration well Siah NE-1X (5505/7-17) in the western part of the Danish North Sea. The well is dry. Siah NE-1X was drilled as a vertical well. The primary target was deep water deposits in the Upper Jurassic. No produci
Offshore operator Talisman is set to ban E-cigarettes from all their offshore installations. The ban is the result of an overheating incident that had the potential to cause a serious fire and will come into effect Sunday, Oil and Gas People website has reported. The incident occurred while the devi
Offshore drilling contractor Northern Offshore has agreed to postpone a rig contract with Russian oil giant Rosneft. In its announcement, Northern Offshore said that the contract for the Energy Endeavour jack-up rig would be delayed until May 2015. The original agreement for the rig was signed in Ju
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to continue to use facilities on the Tune field, located in the North Sea, until 2020. Tune is a gas condensate field located around ten kilometres west of Oseberg in the northern part of the North Sea. Statoil is the fiel
Shetland Coastguard has flown an injured worker from the North Cormorant platform in the UK North Sea. According to Evening Express, a daily newspaper in Aberdeen, the 58 years old man was taken to the Lerwick hospital by helicopter last night. No further details into the nature and the gravity of t
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of emergency preparedness and radio and telecommunications systems at Draupner platforms in the North Sea. Gassco is the operator of the platforms while Statoil provides technical services. The Draupner S and Draupner E platforms c
Sevan Drilling, a Norway-based drilling contractor, had a disappointing third quarter when it comes to its rig fleet utilization. The company that owns three ultra-deepwater drilling rigs of cylindrical shape, reported its technical utilization of 64% versus 93% in the third quarter 2013. In a webca
Seadrill will refrain from ordering new offshore rigs in the near future due to the challenging market conditions for offshore drilling contractors. The company also announced it would put dividend distributions on ice. The company, one of the world’s largest offshore drilling contractors, which cur
Karoon Gas Australia has informed that Kangaroo-2 appraisal well, offshore Brazil, has encountered multiple oil bearing zones. The company said that as at 2000 hrs BRST on November 25, 2014 drilling had been completed at a total depth of 2,369 metres below rotary table (mRT) and a wireline logging p
Keppel AmFELS LLC, a US subsidiary of Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has delivered the jackup rig, Coatzacoalcos, to Mexico’s Central Panuco S.A. De C.V., a subsidiary of Mexico’s Perforadora Central S.V. De C.V.. According to Keppel, the rig was delivered on time, within bud
Deep Casing Tools has announced the signing of a frame agreement with Statoil Petroleum AS. The company says that the contract covers the supply of Deep Casing Tools’ revolutionary drillable casing and liner reamer technology, including its high-speed, drillable reaming system, the Turbocaser™ Expre
