Upstream drilling news

The Noble Sam Croft has commenced operations at the Keskesi East-1 exploration well approximately 14 km (9 miles) southeast of Sapakara West-1.

The approval enables the commencement of the drilling of six firm development wells by Pharos Energy in 4Q21.

Noble Drilling Norway AS has been awarded a contract by Equinor for drilling three wells at the Valemon field.

Analysis of the wells drilled at Martin Linge before the company took over concluded that several of the wells do not have the necessary barriers.

The well is located in the Fenja field in the Norwegian North Sea.

RockProp is a software product that delivers analysis for cuttings, logs and drilling data, developed by the Cuttings Alliance - a consortium of Stratagraph, CoreSpec Alliance and PetroScale Reservoir Solutions.

The deal will see the Blackford Dolphin rig utilised in Mexico for the duration of the work, which is expected to last around 15 months.

Valaris has reached an agreement with approximately 50% of its noteholders on a prearranged plan that would reduce debt by more than US$6.5 billion.

In direct continuation of its previously announced work scope, the Maersk Integrator rig will move to the Ula field offshore Norway in April 2021 to drill the Ula F – Producer 1 well.

In the six months to 30 June, ERIELL drilled 638 911 m and built 175 wells, including 103 wells drilled in Russia.