Upstream drilling news

Norway may restrict oil firms’ access to offshore resources in the Arctic by moving the so-called ice edge, a line that sets a legal limit on the extent to which companies can go north in search of oil.

The contracts awarded include directional drilling, logging while drilling, surface data logging, drilling and completions fluids, cementing, liner hangers, coring and well completions services.

The OYF-2 well in Morocco has been drilled to a measured depth of 1210 m and has encountered commercial quantities of gas in excess of pre-drill estimates.

The drilling operation by the Stena Forth drillship is estimated to take 30 days and shall drill to approximately 3000 m subsea.

The Sharjah National Oil Corporation (SNOC) and its partner Eni, have announced a successful new discovery of natural gas and condensate onshore in Sharjah.

The two rigs will be built collaboratively between IMI and Lamprell, with Lamprell’s share of project value amounting to circa US$350 million.

The delivery of the first rig is expected in 1Q22 and the second rig in 2Q22.

The contract extension is for the ultra-harsh environment, low-emission jack-up rig Maersk Integrator, which will move to the Ivar Aasen field offshore Norway to drill two wells.

The award includes 7 licences in the North Sea, 2 licences in the Norwegian Sea and 3 licences in the Southern Barents Sea.

Maersk Voyager will be employed offshore Angola and Namibia for a campaign which includes the deepest water depth ever drilled offshore.