Statoil to drill at Asgard, Heidrun with Songa Encourage

Statoil has received consent from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use the Songa Encourage semisubmersible drilling rig for the drilling and completion of wells at Åsgard and Heidrun in the Norwegian Sea.

The consent covers production drilling, completion, workover, intervention and plugging.

Planned start-up at Åsgard and Heidrun is mid-July 2016 and mid-December 2016, respectively.

Image of the Songa Encourage, from Songa Offshore.

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