Offshore news

The Maersk Reacher rig will be used by Aker BP from July 2021 for a minimum of nine months.

The licensees will assess the discovery, about 15 km south of the Edvard Grieg field, with regard to a possible tie-in to the Solveig field.

Pro forma for the acquisition, Noble will own and operate a high specification fleet of 24 rigs, with 11 drillships, 1 semisubmersible, and 12 jackups.

The company expects that the acquisition, on behalf of an unnamed customer, will take place in the beginning of 3Q21.

The US$615 million deal includes all INEOS Oil & Gas interests in production, licenses, fields, facilities and pipelines, on the Norwegian continental shelf.

3t Energy Group has secured a contract with Chrysaor to manage the training of its entire UK workforce using digital learning technologies.

The newly established Aker BP UK has taken a 50% interest in licence P2511 on the UK Continental Shelf.

The well in licence VIC/P43 intersected a gross gas column of 69.5 m in the Upper Waarre Formation, including 62.9 m of net gas pay, with a gaswater contact intersected at 1990 m measured depth.

Tranter’s project scope covers design, engineering, supply, and maintenance of several plate heat exchangers that will be installed on the topside facilities of FPSO units, where they will be used for various heating and cooling duties.

The contract covers consolidation of development, exploration and P&A activities in the Dutch and UK sectors of the North Sea.