Upstream drilling news

The operator has advised that the SM 71 F2 well had spudded and as at 9.45 pm on 3 December USA Central Standard Time current operations are drilling ahead at 564 ft (172 m) MD.

Otto Energy Limited has announced that the Ensco 68 independent leg jack-up drilling rig arrived on location at South Marsh Island Block 71 and is now pre-loaded and jacked up to working height over the SM 71 F platform.

The Iris/Hades (Aerosmith) well is located in the Halten Terrace, some 200 km offshore in the Norwegian Sea and adjacent to the producing Morvin and Aasgard fields.

Lundin Norway AS, operator of production licence 533, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat wells 7219/12-2 S and 7219/12-2 A.

The total amount of the operation is US$ 54.5 million and will be paid on the closing date of the deal.

Transocean Norway Operations AS with the drilling rig Transocean Arctic is awarded the contract to drill production wells at the Dvalin field in the Norwegian Sea.

Po Valley Energy Limited (PVE), the Australian ASX listed natural gas company, has announced that it has spudded the Podere Maiar 1 dir well in the former Selva gas field on Tuesday 21 November.

FAR has undertaken a detailed geotechnical evaluation for its two offshore blocks in The Gambia and completed an assessment of hydrocarbon resources.

Western Isles (Dana 77% and Cieco 23%) is now producing from the Harris and Barra oilfields in the Northern North Sea, 160 km east of the Shetlands and 12 km west of the Tern field.

Aker BP ASA has entered into two separate alliance agreements, one with Maersk Drilling and Halliburton for Jack-Ups, and one with Odfjell Drilling and Halliburton for semisubmersibles.