Statoil has awarded Deep Sea Supply two contracts for two of the company's platform supply vessels (PSV). The first deal is a two-year contract for the Sea Frost PSV, for operations in the North Sea. The deal comes with options. The…
Odfjell Drilling signed a contract with Wellesley Petroleum for one firm exploration well, plus an optional well testing and sidetrack, on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) using Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Bergen semisubmersible. Drilling…
Odfjell Drilling signed a letter of award (LoA) today (31 May) with Statoil to secure the Deepsea Bergen for drilling activities in 2018-2019. The LoA includes one firm well plus four options for three additional wells, which totals out to 14 months in all…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has approved Faroe Petroleum to drill two exploration wells at the Brasse prospect in the North Sea, starting next month. Brasse (well 31/7-1) is some 97km west of Øygarden in Hordaland county in production license 740…
Odfjell Drilling has received a letter of intent from an undisclosed party for further employment for its third-generation semisubmersible, the Deepsea Bergen, for one firm exploration well plus optional sidetrack and well testing on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS)…
Odfjell Drilling received a letter of intent for use of the Deepsea Bergen semisubmersible for one firm high-pressure, high-temperature well on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Image of the Deepsea Bergen…
Statoil made a 1-5 Bcm gas discovery at the Mim prospect in the Norwegian Sea, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). Map from the NPD. The finds were made at wildcat well 6507/3-12 and appraisal well 6507/3-12 A…
Statoil has been given the green light to drill a well on the Mim prospect in the Norwegian Sea using the Deepsea Bergen drilling facility. Map of well 6507/3-12 A, from the NPD. Well…
Statoil has made a new 20-50 MMboe gas discovery on the Norwegian North Sea Valemon field, at Valemon West. The well was drilled using the jackup rig West Elara, in 133.5m water depth, 160km north-west of Bergen. It is the seventh exploration…
Statoil is considering a subsea tieback to the Norne floating production unit after making a 20-80 MMboe oil and gas recoverable discovery on the nearby Cape Vulture well in the Norwegian Sea. The tieback project consideration comes as…
Statoil has received consent from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill exploration well 6507/3-12 on the Mim prospect in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil is the operator for production licence 159B in block 6507/3 in the Norwegian Sea west of Sandnessjøen…
Magseis has been awarded a contract from ConocoPhillips for a full azimuth 4D seabed seismic acquisition survey in the North Sea using the company’s proprietary MASS system. Magseis will mobilize what will be its second, ROV-based crew for the project…
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Statoil consent to drill an exploration well in block 6608/10 with an option for a sidetrack. Statoil is the operator of development license 128. The exploration well will be drilled in a prospect named Cape Vulture…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has carried out four successful ROV (remotely operated underwater vehicle) dives and has acquired depth data (bathymetry) near the Vøring Spur in the western Norwegian Sea. Figure 1…
Deep Sea Supply is pleased to announce that the company has been awarded three new time charter contracts for operations in Egypt by BP Egypt. The PSV Sea Swift has been awarded a two-year firm, plus a one-year option contract, while…