The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 26/10-1, in the North Sea. Well 26/10-1 will be drilled from the Island Innovator semi-submersible drilling rig in the central part of the North Sea. The drilling programme for well 26/10-1 relates to d
Singapore’s rig builder Keppel FELS is set to deliver a KFELS B Class jackup drilling rig to Star Drilling Pte. Ltd., an associate company of India’s D P Jindal Group (Jindal). The rig which was named Jindal Explorer at a ceremony in the yard today, is on track to be delivered on time, on budget [&h
Centrica has made a natural gas discovery at the Ivory well, in the Production Licence 538 B, offshore Norway. Atlantic Petroleum, a partner in the licence, has said that the 6707/10-3S well tested the westernmost segment of the Ivory structure, one of several prospects within the license. The prima
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has successfully installed and hooked up a permanent mooring system for the Delta House field floating production system (FPS) in the Gulf of Mexico. Delta House FPS system reached its Gulf of Mexico location in mid-September 2014. According to the company, the mooring
Watch a video of a ceremony marking the launch of a pipe lay support vessel, held last week at a yard in the Netherlands. The vessel, named Seven Rio, was built by Royal IHC, formerly known as IHC Merwede, for an international subsea services provider Subsea 7. The Seven Rio, launched at the Krimpen
Offshore drilling contractor Ensco plc announced today that Carey Lowe has been promoted to Executive Vice President reporting directly to CEO and President Carl Trowell . He will be responsible for overseeing investor relations, public relations, employee communications and branding, led by Vice Pr
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to drill exploration well 2/4-23 in the southern part of the North Sea. Statoil is the operator for exploration licences 146 and 333 in block 2/4 in the southern part of the North Sea. Exploration well 2/4-23 is to be dril
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
