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Rig arrives for Arctic drilling

Jun 18, 2014

GSP Saturn has arrived for exploration drilling at the Gazpromneft Sakhalin-operated Dolginskoye field, located in the Arctic shelf of the Pechora Sea. The Gazprom Neft subsidiary announced 21 January its plans to drill an exploration well and take core samples at the field…

Vroon kicks off Turkey operations

Jun 14, 2014

Netherlands-based Vroon Offshore Services started operations in Turkey this week. The company’s anchor-handling tug-supply (AHTS) vessels, VOS Tethys and VOS Athos, are currently assisting in positioning operations for the jack-up drilling rig GSP Prometeu…

Rig activists arrested

May 29, 2014

Greenpeace activists who boarded the semisubmersible drilling rig Transocean Spitsbergen (pictured) 300km offshore Norway are now in the hands of Norwegian police, says Statoil.  But, Greenpeace's ship, the Esperanza, has moved to the location where Statoil plans to drill…

Activists mount two rigs

May 27, 2014

Greenpeace activists this (Tuesday 27 May) morning boarded two oil rigs in an attempt to disrupt their planned deployment to areas within the Arctic Circle. A group of 30 activists in the Dutch port of IJmuiden occupied the GSP Saturn…

Drilling due on Dolginskoye

Jan 21, 2014

Gazpromneft Sakhalin says it has started work preparing to drill an appraisal well in the Pechora Sea. The firm, a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft and project operator for the exploration and development of Dolginskoye field, on the arctic shelf of the Pechora Sea…

GSP Saturn heads to Pechora Sea

Dec 20, 2013

GSP Offshore has said its jackup, the GSP Saturn, will provide offshore drilling services in Pechora Sea, in the south eastern part of the Barents Sea, on the Russian continental shelf. GSP Saturn will carry out operations under a two year contract…

Romania well non-commercial says Petroceltic

Nov 14, 2013

Petroceltic International has said its Cobalcescu South-1 exploration well in the Romanian Black Sea will be plugged and abandoned as non-commercial.  The well was designed to test a prospect located in the southwestern part of the Est Cobalcescu (Block EX-28…

Bulgaria well boost for Petroceltic

Sep 16, 2013

Petroceltic International has announced the successful tie-back of a new production well on the Kaliakra gas field, offshore Bulgaria. The well was completed with a subsea wellhead and connected to the existing Kaliakra pipeline for export via the Galata platform…

Romanian exploration campaign starts

Sep 02, 2013

Petroceltic International has launched drilling campaigns offshore Romania and in Kurdistan. The Romanian campaign, in the Black Sea, started with the spudding of the Cobalcescu South exploration well using the GSP Prometeu jack-up drill rig…

Drilling expected to begin in Black Sea

Aug 12, 2013

Beach Energy announced that drilling is expected to begin on the 01RX Cobalcescu South exploration well in Block EX-28 offshore Romania. According to the company, the well will be spudded during Beach Energy’s August reporting period…

Pechora Sea

Jun 13, 2013

According to Gazprom, Gazpromkeft Sakhalin has contracted a Rumanian jackup, GSP Jupiter, for drilling at the Dolginskaya field. Both Murmanskaya and Energy Exerter have drilled wells on this field before.

Sub-commercial Black Sea well for Petroceltic

May 24, 2013

Petroceltic International has said the first of a four-well campaign in the Black Sea is to be plugged and abandoned after finding sub-commercial gas shows.  The Kamchia-1 exploration well, in the Galata concession offshore Bulgaria,…

Total wins Cyprus blocks

May 15, 2013

Total entered two production sharing contracts with the Republic of Cyprus for blocks 10 and 11 as part of the country’s second offshore exploration licensing round. The licenses, southwest of Cyprus, extend over 2572 sq km and 2958 sq km…

Make way for Jupiter

Mar 28, 2013

Australian exploration company Jacka Resources hired the GSP Jupiter jackup rig to drill and test its Hammamet West-3 exploration well off Tunisia, which is expected to spud later this month. The rig is en route to Tunisia and will require the…

Firms & Faces - OE September 2011

Sep 01, 2011

Australian contractor Clough is selling its offshore marine construction business to Malaysia's SapuraCrest Petroleum in a cash deal worth roughly $129 million. The sale includes the Java Constructor derrick lay barge, Clough's interest in the…

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