Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has made a gas discovery in an exploration well at Ferdinand Nord prospect in the Barents Sea, drilled with Saipem’s Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible rig.The exploration well 7324/6-2 is the first well in production license 1170…
Esgian provides an update on exploration drilling in its Week 25 Rig Analytics Market Roundup.Report SummaryDrilling Activity and DiscoveriesOslo-listed BlueNord announced on Monday the start-up of drilling operations on the Harald East Middle Jurassic well (HEMJ) in the Danish North Sea…
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for two wells in the Barents Sea, which will be drilled using Saipem’s Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible rig.The permit issued by Norwegian Offshore Directorate are for the wildcat…
Esgian reports rig-related updates from Dolphin Drilling, Diamond Offshore, and Seadrill in its Week 9 Rig Analytics Market Roundup.Report Outline:ContractsDespite Tullow Oil’s recent announcement that it would take a break from drilling offshore Ghana…
Italian energy industry services firm Saipem has won two new contracts, the first by Eni Congo and the other by BP, for a total value of around $700 million.The first contract has been awarded to Saipem by Eni Congo for the conversion of Scarabeo…
Italian offshore services firm Saipem has won two offshore drilling contracts, one in the Middle East and one in the Mediterranean Sea, worth about $550 million in total.In the Middle East, Saipem said it had ensured the continuity of the ongoing…
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) said Friday it had granted Aker BP and OMV consents for drilling projects in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea, respectively.Aker BP has received consent to conduct exploration drilling in block 25/2 of the North Sea in Production license 442…
Norwegian oil company Aker BP said Friday it had the drilling of the Øst Frigg Beta/Epsilon exploration well in the Yggdrasil area, the longest exploration well ever drilled on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, resulting in a significant oil discovery…
The Norwegian offshore industry safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA), said Monday that it had identified serious breaches of regulations at Saipem's Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible drilling rig after an audit earlier this year…
Following the recent departures of two Odfjell Drilling-managed semi-submersibles from Norway to Africa, four more rigs have been contracted to work outside of the North Sea region in an upcoming period, with three of them managed by Transocean…
A noticeable recovery in the West African offshore floating rig market (semisubmersibles and drillships) has been slower to arrive than the other two points of the Golden Triangle – Brazil and the US Gulf of Mexico – but now appears to be well underway…
Norwegian oil company Aker BP has discovered oil in the North Sea offshore Norway, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said Thursday.Aker BP used the Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible drilling rig to drill the wildcat well 25/4-15.According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Aker BP ASA a drilling permit for well 6405/7-2 S offshore Norway.The wildcat well is expected to be spudded in April.Aker BP will use the Scarabeo 8 semi-submersible drilling rig to drill the offshore exploration well…
The Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has drilled a dry well in the production license 1141, in the North Sea, offshore Norway.The exploration well 16/1-35 S was drilled about 6.5 kilometers west of the Edvard Grieg field in the central part of the North Sea and 208 kilometers west of Sandnes…
Aker BP has made an oil discovery near the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea, offshore Norway, but the volumes discovered are not seen as profitable 'at present time.'The oil firm, as the operator of the production license 867 B, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 25/10-17 S…
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