Transocean Barents News

 

Transocean to scrap two, idles three rigs

Feb 10, 2017

Transocean is to scrap two idle rigs and has idled three others as contracts have been dropped, while others have been extended.  The floaters M.G. Hulme, Jr. and GSF Rig 140 were classified as held for sale. Transocean says these rigs will be recycled…

Transocean inks Suncor contract

Oct 03, 2016

Transocean has won a contract for the Transocean Barents harsh environment, ultra deepwater floater with Suncor Energy, offshore Canada. The 15-month contract has been set at a dayrate of US$260,000. The estimated contract backlog, excluding mobilization is $119 million…

Sevan FPSO potential for Wisting

Sep 05, 2016

Norwegian floating production firm Sevan Marine has been awarded a study to evaluate use of its cylindrical hull design for use on the Wisting field, the northernmost oil discovery offshore Norway. OMV is screening various floating alternatives…

Transocean to acquire subsidiary, three vessels

Aug 01, 2016

Transocean has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding common units of Transocean Partners not already owned by Transocean in a share-for-unit merger transaction that will also see the Houston-based company takeover three vessels. In the merger…

OMV in Wisting Barents well success

Apr 06, 2016

OMV has successfully completed drilling and testing of the Wisting Central II appraisal well in the Barents Sea, with flow rates hitting just above 5000 boe/d. The Transocean Spitsbergen, from OMV…

Barents Sea Kvalross well disappoints

Feb 24, 2016

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…

Wintershall spuds Kvalross Barents Sea probe

Jan 12, 2016

German explorer Wintershall has started drilling on the Kvalross exploration well 7224/2-1 in license PL611, in the Norwegian Barents Sea. Kvalross is to the south of OMV’s significant Wisting and Hanssen oil discoveries.   The well…

Det norske awards Transocean rig contract

Nov 30, 2015

Det norske oljeselskap has, on behalf of the partnerships in PL 203 (Alvheim) and PL 150 (Volund), awarded an agreement to Transocean Offshore for the lease of the semi-submersible drilling rig Transocean Arctic. The contract scope for drilling of four wells in the Alvheim area…

Lundin spuds Barents Ørnen prospect

Nov 24, 2015

Lundin Petroleum has started drilling exploration well 7130/4-1 on the Ørnen (Eagle) prospect. Ørnen is in PL708, on the eastern parts of the Finnmark Platform in the southern Barents Sea. The reservoir is expected to consist of Upper Permian carbonates…

Lundin gets Barents Sea consent

Nov 13, 2015

Image from Lundin Petroleum. Lundin Norway, as operator for production license 708, has received consent to drill exploration well 7130/4-1 in the Barents Sea. Drilling is scheduled to begin in November 2015 and estimated to last 56 days…

Lundin approved for Barents well

Oct 09, 2015

Lundin Norway, operator for production license 708, has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority to drill exploration well 7130/4-1 in the Barents Sea. Drilling is scheduled to begin in November 2015 and estimated to last 56 days…

Shell comes up dry in Norwegian wildcat

Sep 14, 2015

Norske Shell, operator of production license 793, came up dry at the wildcat well 6407/10-5, offshore Norway. The well has been drilled about 20km southwest of the Draugen field, less than 10km southeast of the Njord field in the southern…

Shell’s Portrush comes up dry

Sep 11, 2015

Shell’s Portrush prospect in the Norwegian Sea encountered no hydrocarbons and will be permanently plugged and abandoned, according to partner Faroe Petroleum. Image of the Transocean Barents. From Transocean…

Shell spuds Portrush prospect in Norwegian Sea

Aug 26, 2015

Shell has started drilling on the Portrush exploration well 6407/10-5 in the Norwegian Sea. The Portrush prospect is in license PL793 about 10km southeast of the producing Statoil-operated Njord field and 20km west of the Shell-operated Draugen field…

Transocean inks extensions

Aug 20, 2015

Transocean was awarded approximately US$35 million for two different contract extensions that are about 11,000mi from each other. The Transocean Barents. From Transocean.  US…

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