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Subsea strikes back

Jul 01, 2017

While significant costs have been stripped out of the oil and gas industry, shale is fighting back. And, if the subsea industry is to survive, it will need more than just reduced costs, industry executives told the Underwater Technology Conference (UTC) in Bergen…

UTC: Subsea technology amid a market challenge

Jun 20, 2017

If one thing is certain, it’s that oil prices fall, rise, and then fall again and that the dynamics driving prices are complex and will change faster than we might expect. Image from UTC Twitter…

Deepsea Bergen to drill at Goanna, Fogelberg

Jun 20, 2017

Faroe Petroleum and its partners have secured Odjfell Drilling’s Deepsea Bergen semisubmersible rig to drill the Goanna and Fogelberg wells in late 2017 and early 2018. The Goanna exploration well is expected to spud in Q4 2017 at License PL881…

Wellesley to drill offshore Norway

Jun 12, 2017

Odfjell Drilling signed a contract with Wellesley Petroleum for one firm exploration well, plus an optional well testing and sidetrack, on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) using Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Bergen semisubmersible.  Drilling…

Statoil hires Deepsea Bergen

May 31, 2017

Odfjell Drilling signed a letter of award (LoA) today (31 May) with Statoil to secure the Deepsea Bergen for drilling activities in 2018-2019. The LoA includes one firm well plus four options for three additional wells, which totals out to 14 months in all…

Faroe to drill Brasse duo with Deepsea Bergen

May 16, 2017

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has approved Faroe Petroleum to drill two exploration wells at the Brasse prospect in the North Sea, starting next month. Brasse (well 31/7-1) is some 97km west of Øygarden in Hordaland county in production license 740…

Simply electrifying

May 01, 2017

Ahead of the Underwater Technology Conference (UTC) in Bergen this June, Elaine Maslin spoke with program chairman Nils Arne Sølvik and Statoil’s Chief Engineer Subsea Technology & Operations, Rune Mode Ramberg, about some of the topics likely to come up…

Deepsea Bergen inks one-well deal

Apr 21, 2017

Odfjell Drilling has received a letter of intent from an undisclosed party for further employment for its third-generation semisubmersible, the Deepsea Bergen, for one firm exploration well plus optional sidetrack and well testing on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS)…

Deepsea Bergen lands HPHT well deal

Mar 15, 2017

Odfjell Drilling received a letter of intent for use of the Deepsea Bergen semisubmersible for one firm high-pressure, high-temperature well on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Image of the Deepsea Bergen…

Statoil makes Valemon discovery

Feb 03, 2017

Statoil has made a new 20-50 MMboe gas discovery on the Norwegian North Sea Valemon field, at Valemon West. The well was drilled using the jackup rig West Elara, in 133.5m water depth, 160km north-west of Bergen. It is the seventh exploration…

Statoil mulls Norne tieback for Cape Vulture discovery

Jan 17, 2017

Statoil is considering a subsea tieback to the Norne floating production unit after making a 20-80 MMboe oil and gas recoverable discovery on the nearby Cape Vulture well in the Norwegian Sea. The tieback project consideration comes as…

Statoil to drill Mim with Deepsea Bergen

Dec 28, 2016

Statoil has received consent from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill exploration well 6507/3-12 on the Mim prospect in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil is the operator for production licence 159B in block 6507/3 in the Norwegian Sea west of Sandnessjøen…

Statoil to drill at Cape Vulture with Deepsea Bergen

Nov 03, 2016

The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Statoil consent to drill an exploration well in block 6608/10 with an option for a sidetrack. Statoil is the operator of development license 128. The exploration well will be drilled in a prospect named Cape Vulture…

Paper shredding

Aug 01, 2016

A joint industry project to reduce the time and effort spent on documentation around subsea projects has given the industry food for thought. Elaine Maslin reports.  Subsea documentation has really hit a nerve,” says Bjørn Søgård, segment director…

UTC: Alliances, trust and early engagement

Jun 20, 2016

New business models involving alliances, integrated offerings and early engagement with suppliers were hailed as ways to do business better in today’s cost conscious environment, the Underwater Technology Conference (UTC) in Bergen was told last week…

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