Chevron Nigeria Ltd. (CNL) is finalizing plans to commence drilling a relief well to control the Funiwa Deep 1A well, a natural gas exploration well in shallow water offshore Nigeria. The fire is still burning at the well site. No rig structure can be seen above the water. Based on the condition of the well, [...]
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The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has given Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 30/6-28 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 30/6-28 S will be drilled from the COSL Pioneer drilling facility at position 60°33’59.33” north and 2°44’40.69” east after completing the drilling of wildcat well 33/12-9 S for Statoil Petroleum [...]
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On 13 December 2011, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) granted North Atlantic Norway Limited an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for the West Elara mobile drilling facility. An Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) is a decision by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway that expresses the authorities’ confidence that petroleum activities can be carried out using the [...]
Statoil Petroleum AS has been granted consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 7220/5-1 in the Barents Sea with the Aker Barents mobile facility. The well is an appraisal well that is part of the assessment of the Skrugard field that has been discovered in the adjacent block 7220/8, production licence 532. The well [...]
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Read More » Cove Energy plc , the AIM quoted upstream oil and gas company, announces an update on activities in their 8.5 per cent participating interest in the Mozambique Offshore Area 1 block (“Rovuma Area 1″). Cove reports that the latest appraisal well, Lagosta 2 (7.4km north of Lagosta 1), has spudded on 11 December 2011 and [...]
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The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Det norske oljeselskap ASA a drilling permit for well 25/6-4 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 25/6-4 S will be drilled from the Songa Delta drilling rig at position 59°41’10.27’’N 02°53’01.23’’E after the facility has completed its five-year classification at the Coast Center Base [...]
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E.ON Ruhrgas Norge AS, an upstream company established in Stavanger, Norway in 2003, has been granted a drilling permit for well 6507/6-4-A, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 6507/6-4-A will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling rig at position 65°38’55.6” north and 7°42’34.9”east after completing drilling of wildcat well 6507/6-4-S for [...]
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 16/5-2, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/5-2 will be drilled from the Bredford Dolphin drilling facility at position 58°44’43.55’’N 02°37’58.20’’E after completing the drilling of wildcat well 9/1-1 for Premier Oil Norge AS in production licence [...]
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Lundin Norway AS (Lundin) has received consent to carry out exploration drilling in the North Sea with the Bredford Dolphin mobile facility. The consent relates to drilling of exploration well 16/5-2 which is part of production licence 501 with Lundin as the operator (40%). The other licensees are Statoil Petroleum AS (40%) and Maersk Oil [...]
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Read More » ![Statoil Gets Nod to Drill New Well in Norwegian North Sea]()
Statoil has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 16/2-10 in the North Sea with the Transocean Leader mobile facility. Statoil has previously received consent to carry out exploration drilling of wells 16/2-8 and 16/2-9S with Transocean Leader. The new consent relates to drilling of appraisal well 16/2-10 in production licence 265. Transocean [...]
