Oil rig news
Petrofac awarded decommissioning contract in Central North Sea
The agreement includes provision of well operator and well engineering project management services for four wells within the Rubie and Renee fields, 200 km north east of Aberdeen, UK.
Petrofac to provide INEOS operations and maintenance support
Petrofac will provide personnel to the Unity Platform in the Central North Sea, the onshore Cruden Bay Terminal and other landline sites.
Well-Safe Solutions continues refurbishment of Well-Safe Guardian asset
Global Energy Group and Rigfit7seas have been appointed to deliver the refurbishment of the semi-submersible drilling rig into a plug and abandonment unit.
Wintershall commences production drilling on the Dvalin Field in Norway
The Dvalin gas field is being developed as a subsea field tied back to Heidrun, which lies some 15 km to the northwest.
Tullow Oil makes oil discovery at Jethro-1, offshore Guyana
The well encountered 55 m of net oil pay which supports a recoverable oil resource estimate which exceeds Tullow’s pre-drill forecast.
Module lifted onto Heidrun platform in Norwegian Sea
The Dvalin module was built on behalf of Equinor, which is the operator of the Heidrun platform located in the Dvalin field.
AqualisBraemar awarded rig inspection contract by Brunei Shell Petroleum
AqualisBraemar will manage the contract out of its office in Malaysia.
Abrado wins multi-well P&A contract from Chevron
The contract is for more than 30 wells offshore California, US.
Paradigm Group recognised by Total for HVAC cleaning job
Paradigm Flow Services were asked to undertake a job to clean 28 cooling units on the Elgin platform in the North Sea.
Verotec supplies fan trays to Traycar Systems for North Sea rig
The fire and gas detection systems are to be retrofitted to legacy control cabinets when the rig was first commissioned.