Petroleum Safety Authority Norweay has given consent to Wintershall Norway ASA for exploration drilling in the North Sea with the semi submersible rig Songa Delta. The consent applies to drilling of exploration well 35/9-7 as part of PL 418 with Wintershall Norway ASA as operator. The well is located approx. 139 km from Flesland airport [...]
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UAE-based seismic specialist, Polarcus Limited has received a Letter of Intent from Shell Kanumas A/S for a nominal 8,500 sq. km 3D seismic acquisition project offshore Greenland. The project, to be acquired by two ICE-1A/1A* class vessels, POLARCUS AMANI and POLARCUS SAMUR, will commence in Q3 2012. Delivered Q1 2011 Polarcus Samur is an ultra-modern [...]
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 16/2-11, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/2-11 will be drilled from the Bredford Dolphin drilling facility at position 58°48’13.06’’N 02°33’19.92’’E following completion of drilling of wildcat well 16/5-2 for Lundin Norway AS in production licence 501. The [...]
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DOF has signed a new contract for Skandi Waveney with Peterson Den Helder B.V. for operations in Dutch sector. The contract duration is 1 year firm with 2 x 1 year options. The contract will commence in January 2012. Skandi Waveney is a medium sized PSV built in 2001. Platform Supply Vessels transport oilfield products [...]
Valiant Petroleum plc has been awarded operatorship and a 50% interest in License PL 617, Block 2/9 on the Norwegian Continental Shelf as part of the APA 2011 Licensing Round. The other partners are Premier Oil Norge AS (35%) and Bridge Energy Norge AS (15%). The award represents Valiant’s first operated block in Norway. The [...]
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Rialto Energy Limited has reached in principle agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), for a proposed investment of approximately US$20 million, via a non‐brokered private placement. The funding will be used to support the Company’s impending drilling operations in Block CI‐202, located offshore, Cote d’Ivoire scheduled to commence in February 2012. The investment by [...]
Providence Resources P.l.c., has been offered an exploration licence over UK seaward block 103/1 in the St George’s Channel Basin, offshore Wales. The offer was made by the UK Government‟s Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) following an out of round application by PR Singleton Limited (Operator, 50%) and Star Energy Oil & Gas [...]
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate approved yesterday Det norske’s drilling program for the drilling of the Storebjørn prospect. Storebjørn is located in production license 450 in the southern North Sea. The prospect is located near existing infrastructure on the Ula and Gyda fields. The wellbore is given the number 7/12-13 S. The license was awarded Det [...]
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The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted a drilling permit for wellbore 6407/1-5, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 6407/1-5 S will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling facility at position 64°59’20.14”north and 07°00’17.24”east after completing the drilling of wildcat well 6507/6-4A for E.ON Ruhrgas in production licence 350. The drilling [...]
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director James A. Watson yesterday announced the selection of Margaret N. Schneider as BSEE Deputy Director. Bob LaBelle, who has served as the Acting Deputy Director since October 1, 2011, will now become Science Advisor at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. “For the past several months as [...]
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