Offshore & subsea

Wintershall Norge AS, operator of production licence 248 F, is in the process of completing the drilling of four wells in the North Sea.

The project partners, EBN and PDO, are contributing £321 000 in total and the project, now in its third phase, will run for a period of three years. The project remains open to late participants.

The OPL 226 asset is located 50 km offshore in the central area of the Niger Delta.

Under the new contract, Zenith will be responsible for the provision of well construction and full project management services on Europa’s upcoming Holmwood-1 exploration well on the PEDL143 licence in southern England.

Industry efforts are focusing on how a reduction in core drilling costs of 50% could potentially unlock around five billion boe of known reserves over the next decade.

Statoil’s impact assessment programme for Johan Castberg reveals that the project will be important to Norwegian industry and have strong ripple effects.

Aker Solutions, Det norske oljeselskap and Subsea 7 agreed on a "one for all, all for one" collaboration model that marks a major shift in how an operator and its suppliers can work together offshore Norway.

Douglas-Westwood consider the future for decommissioning in the North Sea.

Statoil has awarded Kraemer Maritime AS a contract for supply of provisions to the company’s installations on the Norwegian continental shelf.

The O&G industry is being encouraged to explore and adopt existing tools and technologies, which have the potential to reduce operational costs and boost efficiencies.

A key theme at the SMM Conference in Hamburg last week was the innovation within both the offshore and marine markets aimed at reducing costs and improving operational efficiency.

Oil Search (PNG) Limited, has entered into agreements with Gini Energy Limited to acquire a 40% interest in each of PPL 374 and PPL 375.

Total Norge has reported that the well was drilled about 40 km northwest of the Ekofisk field and 320 km southwest of Stavanger.

SeaBird and Lundin Norway have jointly designed this survey of deep seismic profiles to be acquired in the Barents Sea during September - October 2016.

Apache has announced the discovery of the 'Alpine High' in the southern portion of the Delaware Basin.