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Statoil in double Bay du Nord discovery

Jun 10, 2016

Statoil made two oil discoveries in the Bay du Nord area during its 19-month exploration drilling program offshore Newfoundland, which the company is estimating the finds to possibly be in the lower end of the anticipated volume range. Map…

Lundin to drill Alta appraisal with Leiv Eiriksson

Jun 10, 2016

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway a drilling permit for appraisal well 7220/11-3 AR on its Alta discovery in the Barents Sea. The well will be drilled from the Leiv Eiriksson in production license PL 609…

Eni, BP hit big off Egypt

Jun 09, 2016

Italian giant Eni and 50:50 partner BP have confirmed a “new significant gas discovery” in the Baltim South West exploration prospect, located in the East Nile Delta offshore Egypt, with plans to drill two new wells in the area. Map…

Saipem nets Norway, Portugal drilling contracts

Jun 09, 2016

Saipem has been awarded new drilling contracts and extensions to existing contracts in Portugal, Norway, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan and Latin America, with a cumulative value of approximately Euro 150 million (US$170.48 million). Eni…

KCA Deutag sells last mobile offshore unit

Jun 09, 2016

Drilling and engineering contractor KCA Deutag has sold its jackup drilling unit, the Ben Rinnes, to an integrated energy and services company for an undisclosed sum.    Built in Clydebank, Scotland, in 1973 and acquired by KCA Deutag in 2005…

Small discovery in Krafla area, Norway

Jun 09, 2016

Statoil has made a minor gas/condensate discovery near the Krafla discovery in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. The discovery was made on the Beerenberg prospect well 30/11-13, on production license 272…

Hurricane halts farmout discussions

Jun 08, 2016

UK-based fractured basement explorer Hurricane Energy has suspended farm-outs talks on its west of Shetland Lancaster project after raising enough financing to do its latest appraisal work itself. The firm raised £52.1 million in May…

Skipper well back on, with alternative financing

Jun 07, 2016

Independent Oil and Gas is finally set to drill its delayed appraisal well on the Skipper discovery in the Northern North Sea next month using Transocean's Sedco 704 semisubmersible drilling rig.  The vertical well will be drilled to…

Inpex spuds well offshore Japan

Jun 07, 2016

Japanese explorer Inpex has started exploration well drilling offshore Shimane and Yamaguchi prefectures, Japan. The well is being drilled as part of a project commissioned by Japan's Agency of Natural Resources and Energy of the Ministry of Economy…

Tullow to drill Rome with Borgland Dolphin

Jun 03, 2016

Tullow Oil Norge (TONAS) has received consent from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill an exploration well in Block 16/5 in the North Sea. The well will be drilled in a prospect named Rome, with the designation 16/5-6.…

Rosneft, Statoil begin drilling at Sea of Okhotsk

Jun 02, 2016

Rosneft and its partner Statoil have started drilling on the Ulberikanskayaat prospect in the Lisiansky license in the Sea of Okhotsk. The Nanhai_9 rig, from Rosneft. Well Ulberikanskaya…

OTC introduces new regulatory compliance trainings

Jun 01, 2016

Offshore Technical Compliance (OTC) has introduced two new IADC-accredited regulatory compliance training programs: an offshore drilling and a marine regulatory compliance training. OTC’s Offshore Drilling Regulatory Compliance Training is a five-day…

First Geo inks Det norske work

Jun 01, 2016

Det norske oljeselskap awarded a framework agreement to First Geo for delivery of a broad range of subsurface and well engineering services. Under the contract, First Geo will provide personnel within the technical areas such as subsurface specialists…

Sounding the alarm

Jun 01, 2016

Michael Cole, Fugro’s manager of survey prospects, explains how dynamic alarms coupled with office assisted remote services, can help provide better early warnings and navigation for end users. Vessel…

A ‘Valiant’ effort

Jun 01, 2016

Jerry Lee discovers how Marathon and ConocoPhillips teamed up to drill difficult deepwater wells in the Gulf of Mexico using a custom MPD system onboard the Maersk Valiant drillship. The drill floor is the heart of the Maersk Valiant…

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