Norwegians set new world record with 10km well
On April 8, StatoilHydro set a new world record by drilling and completing a well just short of 10km in length from a North Sea platform.
Published: 05/05/2008
Shell offering South Uist stake
Fifteen exploration and appraisal wells were active in the UKCS, comprising six exploration and nine appraisal wells, at the time this was being written.
Published: 05/05/2008
Ships are key to cost-effective well intervention
Light well intervention using ships rather than cumbersome, expensive mobile offshore drilling units rigs is gaining momentum. The population of vessels capable of handling this type of work is poised for a growth spurt and the technologies required to carry out the work are maturing.
Published: 05/04/2008
UK North Sea E&A drilling doubles on 2007
The first quarter of 2008 saw a doubling of E & A (exploration and appraisal) drilling levels compared with the same period for 2007, with 20 wells started and nine sidetrack legs initiated.
Published: 05/04/2008
Fleet owners prepare to cash in big-time
IN 2007, there were two key events that will help set the future pace of lightweight subsea well intervention – and both involve the Aker brand.
Published: 05/04/2008
Not just Norwegian game
TURNING to the wider subsea intervention scene, other companies continue to make progress, notably Island Offshore, whose latest interventional vessel, the 116m Island Wellserver, is scheduled for deployment with StatoilHydro, starting during the current quarter.
Published: 05/04/2008
Ocean Rig sets new deepwater semi day-rate record
NORWAY’S Ocean Rig has set a record $637,000 per day for premier-division semi-submersible rigs by securing a three-year $723million contract with UK-listed independent Tullow. There are two one-year options on offer that must be exercised before the end of 2008.
Published: 23/03/2008
Rockhopper says new Falklands drilling campaign justified
UK independent Rockhopper says it has identified five oil and gas plays with a recoverable reserves potential of billions of barrels offshore the Falkland Islands and that there is a “substantial increase” in drillable targets.
Published: 03/03/2008
Namibia hunt poised to restart
SINTEZNEFTEGAZ is set to start drilling its Kunene-1 exploration well offshore Namibia in Block 1711 early this month, according to partner EnerGulf Resources.
Published: 23/03/2008
Exxon sets extended reach record
ExxonMobil has claimed a new world record for extended-reach drilling with its Z-12 well drilled on Sakhalin 1 in the Russian Far East.
Published: 03/03/2008
Flurry of promising activity as year begins
2008 has begun with a flurry of exploration, with 12 of the 14 wells spudded to date targeting prospects, and only two appraisal wells.
Published: 23/03/2008
NPD reports double duster
THE Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has reported that the exploration well drilled by ConocoPhillips Skandinavia on block 2/4 of the Norwegian sector of the North Sea failed to encounter hydrocarbons.
Published: 07/04/2008
