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Okea Gets Consent for Draugen Drilling

Sep 24, 2019

Norwegian oil company Okea ASA Okea has been granted safety consent to drill its first operated wells off Norway, with drilling of a pair of probes near its Draugen field due to start next month.  According to a press note, the Norway's Petroleum…

Talos Making Moves in the Gulf of Mexico

Sep 19, 2019

Talos Energy announced it has entered into two separate agreements with BP and ExxonMobil related to new exploration opportunities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The company said it will work with BP to drill and evaluate the Puma West prospect…

OKEA Sharing PSV with Neptune

Aug 29, 2019

OKEA announced it has won a tender from fellow oil producer Neptune Energy for supply to drilling operations on the Fenja field (formerly Pil & Bue) at Haltenbanken, offshore Norway.The 89-meter platform supply vessel (PSV) Siem Pride will supply…

Drill-tech Trends: Hybrid Rigs, Automation

Jun 20, 2019

Fully-automated drilling aboard a semisubmersible or jack-up drill rig powered by batteries has just become a reality. As May 2019 got underway, new, modern rigs were being ordered on more exploration, and no fewer than eight modern rigs — seven…

NPD Grants Drilling Permit to Equinor

Jun 20, 2019

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has announced that it has granted Equinor Energy AS a drilling permit for well 6507/2-5 S.Equinor Energy AS is the operator with an ownership interest of 40%.Well 6507/2-5 S will be drilled from the West Phoenix drilling facility…

Delmar Completes West Phoenix Disconnect

Mar 11, 2019

The provider of offshore mooring and subsea services, Delmar Systems said it completed an eight-line disconnect of the mooring system on Seadrill’s West Phoenix semi-submersible drilling rig on the UK Continental Shelf, using its RAR Plus Technology…

Jersey Commences Drilling at Verbier Well

Mar 05, 2019

British independent North Sea focused upstream oil and gas company, Jersey Oil and Gas said that drilling operations have now begun for the Verbier appraisal well, in the UK North Sea.'The drilling operations have commenced on well 20/05b-14 on UK Seaward Licence P2170…

PSA Concludes West Phoenix Fire Probe

Mar 04, 2019

An investigation into the November 2018 fire aboard the mobile drilling facility West Phoenix has uncovered the cause of the incident as well as several regulation breaches, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) said on Monday.The fire…

Equinor Makes Gas and Condensate Discovery off Norway

Jan 16, 2019

Norwegian oil company Equinor announced Wednesday it has proven gas and condensate in the 6406/2-9 S exploration well at Ragnfrid North around 20 kilometers south of the Kristin platform in the Norwegian Sea. Recoverable resources are estimated at 6-25 million barrels of oil equivalent…

PSA Probing West Phoenix Rig Fire

Nov 09, 2018

Norway's offshore safety watchdog said it has launched a probe into a fire that broke out on the West Phoenix mobile drilling unit on Monday.The fire reportedly broke out the West Phoenix mud laboratory while the rig was drilling for Equinor in the Norwegian Sea…

VNG Norge submits Fenja PDO

Dec 19, 2017

VNG Norge today (19 December) submitted the US$1.2 billion (NOK 10.2 billion) plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Fenja field in the Norwegian Sea. The company previously estimated its development plan for Fenja to cost $1.3 billion (NOK11…

Quadrant lines up Phoenix, Dorado drilling, offshore Australia

Dec 14, 2017

Quadrant Energy is lining up drilling the Phoenix South-3 well in the Roebuck Basin offshore Western Australia, using Transocean's Development Driller-1 semisubmersible rig.  The rig is about to start its voyage to Western Australia…

West Phoenix to drill at Fenja field

Dec 05, 2017

VNG Norge, part of German group VNG, has lined up a drilling for for work on the Fenja development in the Norwegian Sea.  VNG Norge has issued a letter of intent (LOI) to North Atlantic Norway for the semisubmersible drilling rig West…

Northwest secures rig for Dorado-1 well

Nov 14, 2017

Australian operator Northwest has signed a contract with ENSCO for use of the ENSCO 10 jackup to drill the Dorado-1 exploration well in exploration permit WA-437-P in the North West Shelf of Australia, according to partner Carnarvon Petroleum…

Total efficiency

Oct 30, 2017

When Total launched the Laggan-Tormore subsea tieback, West of Shetland, it was always with the long-view, and not just in terms of distance. The investment is starting to pay off. Elaine Maslin reports. The 143km-long gas pipeline export facilities for Laggan-Tormore…

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