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BP asked to resubmit Bight plan

May 17, 2016

Australia's National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) told oil major BP to modify and resubmit its environment plan for exploration drilling in the Great Australian Bight (GAB).  NOPSEMA said if BP accepts what it described as 'an opportunity…

Santos starts Indonesia appraisal well

May 16, 2016

Santos began drilling the AAL-4X appraisal well, offshore Indonesia using the PT Apexindo's Raniworo jackup. AAL-4X is located in the West Natuna basin in the Northwest Natuna license and sits in 72m water depth Santos is drilling…

Quadrant to start Outtrim off Western Australia

May 16, 2016

Quadrant Energy is set to begin drilling operations at the Outtrim East-1 well in the North West Shelf of Western Australia in June, using the Noble Tom Prosser jackup, according to partner Carnarvon Petroleum. Carnarvon's CEO Adrian…

Drilling at Statoil's Statfjord

May 16, 2016

In this video, Statoil shows still drilling at its Statfjord area, offshore Norway. Statfjord is one of the oldest producing fields on the Norwegian continental shelf, and the largest oil discovery in the North Sea. The field…

Wintershall to drill Orion with Borgland Dolphin

May 13, 2016

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Wintershall Norge consent for exploration drilling at the Orion prospect in the North Sea with the Borgland Dolphin semisubmersible. The 35/11-19S well is located in production license 248…

Halliburton bags Wintershall Maria gig

May 12, 2016

Wintershall Norge has awarded a four-year service contract to support its exploration and development projects in Norway to Halliburton.  The contract is effective immediately and will be used for drilling-associated services on Wintershall’s Maria development in the Norwegian Sea…

Maersk Training, Statoil sign drilling agreement

May 11, 2016

Maersk Training has signed a global framework agreement with Statoil to provide drilling simulation training for the next three years with an option to extend for additional two years. Statoil has identified a need for advanced drilling…

North Sea drilling outlook remains bleak, says Awilco

May 11, 2016

Drilling contractor Awilco Drilling posted zero revenues for Q1 this year and a net loss of US18.7 million, thanks to one rig being out of work and another undergoing work. While the firm has work for one of its two semisubmersible rigs…

Rosneft spins bit under Sea of Okhotsk

May 11, 2016

Russian oil giant Rosneft has started drilling on the Lebedinskoye oil and gas condensate field, which sits under the Sea of Okhotsk, in Sakhalin region, Russia. It will drill a 5.3km-long, horizontal extend-reach well, drilled from the coast of Sakhalin Island…

Sparrows inks Stena Drilling gig

May 11, 2016

Sparrows Group has been awarded a 20-month inspection services contract to cover Stena Drilling’s global fleet of drilling vessels. The agreement will see Sparrows Group deliver LOLER lifting gear surveys, potential dropped objects surveys…

Ichthys uses Sonardyne SensorView

May 10, 2016

Software that enables acoustic data to be streamed in real-time from subsea structures as they are installed has helped to reduce non-production time (NPT) for independent oil and gas producer, INPEX, and its survey contractor, Neptune Geomatics…

Fugro begins Barents Metocean, Ice Network project

May 10, 2016

Fugro has begun a three-year period of metocean and ice data acquisition as part of the Barents Sea Metocean and Ice Network Project. The data will help operators to better understand relevant operational uncertainties and risk factors…

Pura Vida takes over Ambilobe, Madagascar

May 10, 2016

Pura Vida Energy has taken over operatorship in the Ambilobe block, offshore Madagascar, east Africa, following the withdrawal of Sterling Energy from the license. The move means Pura Vida now also has 100% interest in the license and means additional strategic options will be available…

Halliburton's Landmark upgrades EDT

May 09, 2016

Landmark, a Halliburton (HAL) business line and provider of exploration and production software, has released of EDT 5000.14 (Engineer’s Desktop), an upgrade to its integrated suite of well construction applications. The new EDT delivers…

Atwood sells rig, idles another

May 05, 2016

US-based driller Atwood Oceanics has sold its semisubmersible drilling rig Atwood Falcon for recycling and scheduled the Atwood Eagle semisubmersible to be idled in May. The Atwood Eagle is in transit to Singapore and is being marketed…

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