"Deepsea Atlantic" News

Equinor’s North Sea Wildcat Wells Yield Oil and Gas Discovery

Dec 05, 2025

Equinor and its partner Aker BP have discovered hydrocarbons in wildcat wells drilled in the North Sea.The gas/condensate discovery was made in the Lofn and Langemann prospects, part of  1140 production license, operated by Equinor with 60% working interest…

Odfjell Drilling Buys One Semi-Sub Rig, Finds Work for Another

Nov 17, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has signed a $480 million deal to acquire Deepsea Bollsta semi-submersible drilling rig from Northern Ocean, while securing also securing a job for its Deepsea Aberdeen rig.Deepsea Bollsta has been…

Equinor Secures Two Permits for Drilling Ops off Norway

Sep 15, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor two drilling permits for wildcat wells in the North Sea.The first permit is for wellbore 34/4-19 S in production license 057, operated by Equinor with 31% working interest.Other partners in the license include Petoro 30%…

Equinor’s Wildcat Well in North Sea Fails to Deliver

Jul 17, 2025

Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well in the Garantiana NV prospect in the North Sea.Wildcat well 34/6-8 S was drilled in production license 554, which was awarded in 2010 (Awards in pre-defined areas 2009). This is the eighth well drilled in this production license…

Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Aberdeen Rig Back in Action After SPS Period

Jun 17, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has completed the Deepsea Aberdeen’s special periodic survey (SPS), with the semi-submersible rig returning to operations after three weeks of scheduled off-hire.As a result, all of the company’s own fleet rigs SPS projects are now completed…

Equinor Gets Permit to Drill North Sea Wildcat Well

Jun 23, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor a drilling permit for wildcat well in the North Sea.The drilling permit is for a wellbore 15/8-3 S in production licence 1137, operated by Equinor with 50% working interest, with partner Orlen Upstream Norway holding the remaining 50%…

Equinor Drills Dry Well in North Sea

Jun 26, 2025

Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry wildcat well on the Lit prospect in the North Sea.The well 25/11-30 S was drilled in production license 169, which was awarded in the 13th licensing round on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) in 1991…

Two Wildcat Wells on Equinor’s North Sea Drilling Agenda

May 22, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for two wildcat exploration wells in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore 15/5-8 S and 15/5-8 A, in production license 1140.The license is operated by Equinor with 60% working interest…

All Clear for Equinor to Drill North Sea Exploration Well

Mar 24, 2025

Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil), the country’s offshore industry safety watchdog, has granted consent to Equinor for exploration drilling in an oil and gas block in the North Sea.The consent is for block 24/11, part of production license 169…

Norway Clears Equinor for Two-Well Drilling Operation in North Sea

Mar 11, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for two wildcat wells in the North Sea.The permit is for wells 34/6-8 S and 34/6-8 A in production license 554.Equinor is the operator of the license with 40% working interest…

Odfjell Drilling Secures $148M Extension with Equinor for Deepsea Atlantic Rig

Jan 29, 2025

Offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling has agreed terms with Equinor to extend its contract for use of the Deepsea Atlantic semi-submersible rig until end the second quarter of 2027.Deepsea Alantic will operate under previously agreed…

Equinor Finds Oil at Mistral Exploration Well in Norwegian Sea

Mar 04, 2025

Equinor and its partners have made an oil discovery at Mistral exploration well, located in the southern Norwegian sea.The well 6406/6-7S in the PL1119 license was drilled using Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Atlantic drilling rig.The well was drilled to a vertical depth of 4…

OKEA and DNO Exchange Stakes in Mistral and Horatio Prospects Off Norway

Dec 19, 2024

Norwegian oil and gas companies DNO and OKEA have entered into swap agreement to exchange 10% interests in production licenses that contain Mistral and Horatio prospects.As part of the agreement, DNO Norge will pick up 10% interest in PL1119 containing the Mistral prospect…

Equinor Makes Oil and Gas Discovery Near Troll Field in North Sea

Dec 17, 2024

Equinor and its partners DNO and Petoro have made an oil and gas discovery west of the Troll field in the North Sea, currently estimated at between 2 and 12 million barrels of oil equivalent.The discovery, made 17 kilometers from the Troll field…

Equinor Hires Northern Ocean’s Deepsea Bollsta Rig for Ops Off Norway

Nov 18, 2024

Equinor has awarded a two-year firm contract to Northern Ocean Wind to employ the mobile rig Deepsea Bollsta, operated by Odfjell Drilling, on the Norwegian continental shelf.The contract value for the firm period is calculated at around $335 million…

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