Statoil is suspending the use of another vessels this week, this time with Dolphin Drilling’s Bideford Dolphin mobile drilling facility. Dolphin Drilling, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy, received notice of suspension from Statoil for the rig…
Norwegian oil major Statoil is suspending its contract for use of the Songa Delta semisubmersible drilling rig after completion of its current drilling operation. The unit is currently drilling the Slemmestad well in the Norwegian North Sea…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Faroe Petroleum a drilling permit for a side track appraisal well on the Brasse discovery in the Norwegian North Sea. Well 31/7-1 A side track will be drilled using the Transocean Arctic drilling facility in production license 740…
Faroe Petroleum hit an oil discovery at its Brasse exploration well in the Norwegian North Sea, with plans for a sidetrack to follow. The Transocean Arctic, from Transocean. The company encountered oil at the Brasse well 31/7-1…
Faroe Petroleum has started drilling on the Brasse exploration well in the Norwegian North Sea. The well, 31/7-1, is immediately south of the producing Brage oil field (Faroe 14.3%) and, if successful, could be tied-back to the Brage facilities or alternatively to other nearby installations…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil a drilling permit for wells 30/11-12 S and 30/11-12 A in production license 035 (PL 035), part of block 30/11 in the Norwegian North Sea. Well 30/11-12 S is wildcat well that…
Statoil has exercised an option with Ocean Installer for flexible jumper replacement at the Vigdis field. The option falls under an amendment to the previously awarded SLMP Marine Installation contract. Vigdis is in block 34/7 in the…
Sweden's Lundin Petroleum is to plug and abandon its latest exploration well after it was classified as dry. Exploration well 16/4-10 was on the Fosen prospect in PL544 on the southern flank of the Utsira High in the Norwegian North Sea…
Wintershall's Kvalross exploration well in the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea (Faroe 40%) is being abandoned after it was found to be non-commercial. The well, 7224/2-1, was spudded on 11 January, and reached a total vertical depth of 2917m in the Lower Triassic Havert formation…
VNG Norge’s Blink well in the Norwegian Sea has failed to find hydrocarbons, according to partner Faroe Petroleum. Image from VNG Norge. The well, 6406/12-5S, was drilled 27km…
Total has agreed to sell a 15% stake in the Gina Krog field in Norway to Tellus Petroleum, a subsidiary of Sequa Petroleum for NOK 1.4 billion. 'As a result of a full comparative review of our global asset portfolio and in particular of our vast portfolio of opportunities in Norway…
Dolphin Geophysical is acquiring 4192sq km of new Multi-Client 3D SHarp Broadband seismic in the northernmost region of the Norwegian North Sea. The survey targets both open and newly awarded APA acreage. Current acquisition progress stands at 40%…
Sweden's Alfa Laval has won an order to supply its Framo pumping systems to the Johan Sverdrup field development in the Norwegian North Sea. The order, booked in the Marine & Offshore Pumping Systems segment, has a value of approximately SEK 200 million (US$24…
Edison Norge spudded its first well as operator in the Norwegian Continental Shelf on the Haribo prospect. Exploration drilling started 21 June 2015 in the production license PL616 in the southern portion of the Norwegian North Sea at 8km southwest of the Valhall Field…
Maersk Drilling has taken delivery of its third ultra harsh environment jackup, XLE-3, from the Keppel FELS shipyard in Singapore, ahead of schedule. The rig (pictured) will start her mobilisation to the Norwegian North Sea late February…
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