Upstream drilling news

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.

Consent has been given to drill exploration well 6506/11-10 in a prospect named Hades & Iris.

Mohawk Energy, a developer of expandable tubular technology, and Innova Drilling and Intervention have entered an alliance for the continued development of analysis software for deployment of expandable system.

The Well-Centric Gate Valve Milling Tool is a milling tool designed to provide access to restricted wells by drilling through stuck gate valves or other blockages.

Tap Oil Limited provides the following update on the Manora Oil Field in the Northern Gulf of Thailand (TAP 30% interest), where the Atwood Orca jackup drilling unit has completed the drilling of the MNA-18 and MNA-19 wells.

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