Upstream drilling news

The Deepsea Stavanger mobile rig is scheduled to drill three exploration wells from February 2022.

The programme comprises three production wells and will develop additional natural gas and liquids reserves, extending the life of the Bayu-Undan field as well as production from the offshore facilities and the Darwin LNG plant.

The drilling programme for well 16/1-34 S concerns the drilling of an appraisal well in production licence 167. Lundin Energy Norway AS is the operator with an ownership interest of 40%.

Cummins is offering a new Tier 4 final QSK50 Drilling Power Module with two ratings at 1200 rpm and two additional ratings at 1800 rpm.

The well was drilled 26 km south of the Sleipner Øst installation and 9 km south of the Grevling discovery in the North Sea, about 240 km west of Stavanger.

Banks working on an initial public offering of ADNOC Drilling are scheduling calls with a local, regional and international institutional investors to sound out appetite for the potential sale, according to unnamed sources.

Sonadrill has secured a twelve well contract with one option for nine wells and eleven one well options in Angola for the Sonangol Quenguela drillship.

Total has added the drilling of one additional appraisal well in Suriname’s Block 58 to the work scope of the semi-submersible rig Mærsk Developer.

A tender process for the drilling rig is nearing completion, with the requirement for a suitable jack-up rig to be available in 4Q21.

Drilling operations on the Ilder exploration well 15/12-26, operated by Chrysaor Norge AS, are now being concluded.