Oil rig news

4Subsea will monitor and analyse wellhead integrity to ensure safe operations for the Balder Future drilling and completion operations.

John Wiseman, Fairfield Energy, looks at how the unique challenges presented by the decommissioning of the Dunlin Alpha platform were overcome by the company working together collaboratively with its supply chain partners.

The semi-submersible rig Scarabeo 8 is due to begin operations in the Norwegian North Sea in 4Q21.

The one-year contract is expected to commence in January 2022.

Transocean has secured work for its Transocean Barents and Transocean Norge drilling rigs.

The HAKURYU-10 rig will operate in the Al Shaheen oilfield from 2Q22.

The technology, developed by PaleBlue and used to train astronauts travelling to the International Space Station, will reduce the need for offshore travel, lower costs and associated emissions and support safe operations.

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a two-well contract extension by Karoon Energy, while TechnipFMC will carry out engineering, procurement, construction and installation of subsea trees, flexible pipes and umbilicals.

The combined value of the awards is approximately US$550 million and will account for 13 years of contract backlog.

‘Digital twins’ have been created for the K9-A, L5-D and F3-B platforms in the Netherlands, Gjøa in Norway, and Cygnus in the UK Southern North Sea.