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West Epsilon to P&A on Huldra

Mar 14, 2016

The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has given Statoil consent to use the West Epsilon jackup drilling facility for permanent plugging of wells at Huldra 30/2-A, in production license 051. Statoil has allocated 215 days for the activity…

VIDEO: Production well drilling starts on Johan Sverdrup

Mar 01, 2016

Production well drilling has started on Statoil's major Johan Sverdrup development offshore Norway. The first of 35 wells was spudded by Odfjell drilling's Deepsea Atlantic semisubmersible drilling rig. The US$13.3 billion first phase…

NADL inks West Rigel standstill deal

Dec 03, 2015

North Atlantic Drilling  (NADL) entered into a standstill agreement, effective until June 2016, with Jurong Shipyard for the delivery of the sixth generation harsh environment semisubmersible drilling rig, the West Rigel. During the standstill period until June 2016…

Total extends contract on West Phoenix

Jul 10, 2015

North Atlantic Drilling has been awarded a contract extension for the semisubmersible drilling rig West Phoenix by Total E&P UK. The contract extension starts mid-March 2016, securing work for the unit through the end of August 2016.…

Providence gets 4% of Porcupine

Jul 07, 2015

Providence Resources agreed to acquire Atlantic Petroleum’s 4% stake in frontier exploration license (FEL) 3/04 in the southern Porcupine Basin offshore Ireland. As a result of the transaction, which is still subject to ministerial approval…

Statoil awards Johan Sverdrup drilling contracts

Jun 15, 2015

Statoil has awarded Odfjell Drilling two contracts worth more than US$550 million (NOK 4.35 billion) for drilling services on its massive Johan Sverdrup field. The $14.8 billion first phase development on the field will see four, bridge-linked installations alone…

NADL, Rosneft delay deal termination

Apr 20, 2015

Norway-based North Atlantic Drilling (NADL) and Russia's Rosneft recently agreed to extend the termination date of the 2014 framework agreement until May 31, 2017. The agreement states that either party can end the agreement, including any offshore drilling contracts…

Northern delays jackup deliveries

Mar 31, 2015

Northern Offshore is delaying the delivery of two of its high specification jackups due to the downturn of the drilling market. The West Navigator. From NADL.   Northern was able to…

Rosneft axes NADL jackup

Mar 25, 2015

Russian oil exploration giant Rosneft sent a cancellation notice to North Atlantic Drilling Company Ltd. (NADL) to terminate its contract for the Energy Endeavor jackup. The Energy Endeavor. From Northern Offshore…

Drilling starts on Roald Rygg

Mar 23, 2015

Drilling has started on the Roald Rygg well 6706/12-3 nearby the recently drilled Snedfrid North discovery in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil is drilling on Roald Rygg using the Transocean Spitsbergen semisubmersible drilling rig.  Well…

Rosneft drops West Navigator contract

Mar 16, 2015

Rosneft sent North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. (NADL) a notice of termination for the West Navigator, in connection with a framework agreement between the two companies. The West Navigator. From NADL.   The…

PSA investigates Gudrun leak

Feb 19, 2015

Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority has launched an investigation into a hydrocarbon leak on Statoil's high-pressure, high-temperature Gudrun field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea which happened yesterday (18 February). Production…

West Alpha to drill at Balder for ExxonMobil

Dec 08, 2014

ExxonMobil received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to use the West Alpha semisubmersible drilling rig on the Balder field, in the central North Sea. The West Alpha. From North Atlantic Drilling…

Pegasus West find for Centrica

Nov 12, 2014

Centrica Energy discovered gas at the Pegasus West discovery in the southern North Sea. Image of the Paragon 391 jackup at Pegasus. From Centrica.   The Pegasus area is 150km east of Teesside…

Ophir expands in Gabon

Oct 24, 2014

UK-based Ophir Energy increased its footprint offshore Gabon by signing exploration and production sharing contracts (PSC) for two additional blocks in the area. The new blocks, A3 and A4, are located outboard of Ophir's existing acreage in the North Gabon basin…

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