"Scarabeo 8" News

Eni to drill Barents Boné-Bigorna with Scarabeo 8

Dec 19, 2016

Eni Norge is planning to drill a well on the Bone-Bignorna prospects in production licence 716 in the Barents Sea.  Well 7318/12-11, in blocks 7318/11 and 7318/12, is about 320km north-west of Hammerfest in about 418m water depth…

PSA investigating Scarabeo 5 fire

Nov 28, 2016

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has launched an investigation into a fire which broke out in an engine room on the Scarabeo 5 drilling unit on 22 November 2016. A team from the PSA traveled out to the rig, which is working on the Njord field in the Norwegian Sea…

Statoil to use Scarabeo 5 at Njord

Nov 08, 2016

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Statoil consent to use the Scarabeo 5 semisubmersible rig for well activities on the Njord field, in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil is the operator at Njord, around 130km north of Kristiansund…

Statoil paves way for Njord Future Project

Nov 09, 2016

Statoil has been given approval to carrying out various well activities on the Njord field in the Norwegian Sea, about 130km north of Kristiansund. The Njord field has been developed using a semisubmersible drilling, accommodation and production facility…

Statoil to use Scarabeo 5 for Snorre

Sep 15, 2016

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given Statoil consent to use the Scarabeo 5 mobile drilling facility for well intervention in well 34/7-A-10H on the Snorre field. The activity is scheduled to begin in September and to last 22 days…

Eni abandons Aurelia after poor results

Aug 04, 2016

Eni is to plug and abandon its Aurelia wildcat exploration well in the Barents Sea after poor drilling results.  The well, 7222/1-1, was the first exploration well in production license 226, awarded in 1997. It was drilled about 80km…

Lundin launches Barents exploration campaign

Jul 21, 2016

Lundin Petroleum has started its 2016 exploration and appraisal campaign in the Loppa High area in the southern Barents Sea targeting 587-862 MMboe. The winterized Leiv Eiriksson semisubmersible drilling rig (pictured) has been contracted…

Eni to drill Aurelia wildcat with Scarabeo 8

Jun 13, 2016

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Eni Norge a drilling permit for the Aurelia wildcat well, 7222/1-1, in the Barents Sea. Well 7222/1-1 will be drilled from the Scarabeo 8 drilling facility in production license 226…

Saipem nets Norway, Portugal drilling contracts

Jun 09, 2016

Saipem has been awarded new drilling contracts and extensions to existing contracts in Portugal, Norway, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan and Latin America, with a cumulative value of approximately Euro 150 million (US$170.48 million). Eni…

Eni gets Aurelia green light

May 26, 2016

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Eni Norge consent to drill an exploration well in Block 7222 in the Barents Sea. Eni Norge is the operator for production license 226 in the Barents Sea. The well is to be drilled in a prospect named Aurelia…

Statoil drops Discoverer Americas drillship

Dec 18, 2015

Statoil has decided to cancel the contract with Transocean for the drillship Discoverer Americas. The drillship has been on contract with Statoil since 2009, supporting Statoil’s exploration activities in East and North Africa and the Gulf of Mexico…

YFP completes Aje operations

Nov 16, 2015

Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum (YFP) completed well operations on the Aje field on the OML 113 license offshore Nigeria, according to partner Panoro Energy. The Aje-4 well, which was previously drilled in 2008, has been successfully completed as an oil production well…

Statoil's latest rig cancellation announced

Nov 02, 2015

Statoil has decided to cancel a contract for use of the semisubmersible drilling rig Songa Trym, four months before the expiration of contract on 4 March 2016. Statoil has previously notified owner Songa Offshore that the rig would be suspended for a period…

Cubility gets new international sale executive

Sep 14, 2015

Image: Brandon Buzarde/Cubility Cubility has appointed Brandon Buzarde as vice president, international sales. Buzarde, who will be based in Houston, will be tasked with increasing…

YFP hits hydrocarbon pay off Nigeria

Sep 02, 2015

Nigerian operator Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum (YFP) has hit hydrocarbon pay at the Aje-5 production well on the OML 113 license, offshore Nigeria, according to partner Panoro Energy. Aje is an offshore field located in the western part of…

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