Upstream drilling news

KCA Deutag has been awarded contracts worth more than US$150 million in Oman.

Neptune Energy has announced it will adopt Halliburton’s DecisionSpace 365 well construction suite of cloud applications.

A letter of intent has been issued to Odfjell Drilling and the Deepsea Aberdeen rig for drilling of 15 wells for the Breidablikk group.

Maersk Drilling will drill two development wells for Dana Petroleum in the Dutch sector of the North Sea in 2Q21.

The companies will cooperate globally to focus on revolutionising well integrity during the construction phase by bringing to market the first ever integration of Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) solutions and Automated Well Control technology.

The contract covers the provision of platform drilling operations and maintenance services on Beryl Alpha and Bravo, Forties Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and Delta in the UK North Sea.

Mobilisation of the Ocean Apex drilling rig for the Ironbark-1 well, located offshore Western Australia, is expected to commence mid-October, with drilling expected to begin by the end of October.

The West Erregulla 3 well is located in the Perth Basin, onshore West Australia.

The well was drilled about 75 km north of the Gjøa field in the North Sea and 60 km northwest of Florø.

Maersk Drilling estimates that about half the target can be achieved via further efficiency gains and known technical solutions and concepts, while the other half will be facilitated by investments in innovation in this space.