Odfjell Drilling has announced that British oil company BP has exercised a one-year option for use of Deepsea Stavanger semi-submersible drilling rig. The extension will keep the rig with BP in Angola as a minimum until November 2014. Deepsea Stavanger has been drilling under contract with BP Angola since 2011. The rig is currently drilling [...]
On 16 November 2012, Arnout Damen, COO of Damen Shipyards Group, officially opened a new office in Norwegian Stavanger. When asked why Dutch headquartered Damen Shipyards sets up an advanced base in Stavanger, its new Sales Manager Remko Hottentot said: “It is the European Oil & Gas capital and the place the ONS Exhibition and [...]
The Board of Seadrill, one of the world’s largest drilling contractors, has announced plans to implement a new management structure to ensure continued safe and efficient operations and support its global strategy. Since acquiring Smedvig ASA in 2006 Seadrill has operated its management service company, Seadrill Management AS out of Stavanger, Norway. Globally the company [...]
ONS has become on of the world’s most important meeting places for everyone involved in the energy business. More than 1000 delegates were present at the official opening of ONS 2012 to hear the main speakers, a panel debate and the Folkwang cello ensemble. Yesterday in Stavanger, His Majesty King Harald V of Norway opened [...]
Talisman Energy Norge AS has received consent to use Rowan Stavanger to drill three sidetrack wells on the Varg field. The consent relates to drilling of three sidetracks in wells 15/12-A-3 B, 15/12-A-12 E and 15/12-A-1 B on the Varg field. Water depth at the site is 87 metres and the planned duration of drilling [...]
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Leading oil and gas industry body, the Intervention & Coiled Tubing Association (ICoTA) European Chapter is set to host industry experts at a one-day seminar of technical presentations in Stavanger later this month. Among the 12 presentations, Expro will discuss its AX-S system, a unique remotely-operated intervention system. The technology is transforming the way in [...]
On 27 March 2012, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) granted Rowan Drilling Norway AS an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for the jack-up drilling rig Rowan Stavanger. Rowan Stavanger has had an AoC as a living quarters facility since June 2011. This AoC has now been expanded to include drilling. Rowan Stavanger is a jack-up [...]
From 18-21 October 2011, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit activity on Rowan Stavanger in connection with an expanded application for an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for drilling. The audit activity was well facilitated by Rowan. Rowan Stavanger has previously obtained an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) as a living quarters facility. [...]
![IRF Summit Stavanger: BOP Reliability and Well Control Need Full Review]()
The integrity and operational problems of blowout preventers (BOPs) will be followed up by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) through its membership of the International Regulators’ Forum (IRF). The present status of the industry’s work on well control issues was presented at the IRF’s offshore safety summit in Stavanger today. One session of this [...]
![Rowan Stavanger Receives AoC from PSA Norway]()
On 17 June 2011, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) granted an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) to the Rowan Stavanger mobile living quarters and drilling facility, operated by Rowan Drilling Norway AS (Rowan Drilling). This AoC only applies for use as a living quarters facility. The AoC is an acknowledgement from the PSA which expresses [...]
