Exploration • Drilling • Field Services
Major drilling investments in Europe show that the continent remains a lucrative location for oil and gas discovery and development. Eugene McCarthy reports.
El gran número de inversiones de perforación en Europa muestra que el continente sigue siendo un lugar adecuado para el descubrimiento y desarrollo de yacimientos de petróleo y gas. Informa Eugene McCarthy.
Große Investitionen in Bohrvorhaben in Europa zeigen, dass der Kontinent ein lukrativer Standort für die Öl- und Gasprospektion sowie -erschließung bleibt. Eugene McCarthy berichtet.
Europe continues to attract drilling investments
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tatoil and its partners have agreed to US$1.6 billion (€1.2 billion) in contracts for the use of the Bideford Dolphin (MW semisub), Stena Don (MW
semisub) and Scarabeo 5 (DW semisub) rigs on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Statoil said the rigs would be used
for production drilling for several fast- track developments as well drilling and completion on the Norwegian shelf. “Securing three rigs in the current
market represents a real achievement for the Norwegian shelf. Te rig capacity we have secured in these contracts will contribute to achieving our production targets towards 2020, through production drilling on several of our legacy assets
and starting production from fast-track developments,” said Oystein Michelsen, head of development and production in Norway for Statoil. Te Bideford Dolphin rig, owned
by Dolphin Drilling, will be used for production drilling on the Tordis and Vigdis fields, as well as the Statford field in the North Sea (Fig. 1), with its contract running from 2014 to 2017. Te Stena Don rig, owned by Stena Drilling, will be on contract for three years from 2013 and will be used for production drilling on the Troll field, as well as the fast-track development of Fram H-Nord in the North Sea. In a separate announcement, offshore drilling specialist Saipem reports that Statoil has awarded it a US$550 million
Fig. 1. The Bideford Dolphin rig will be used for production drilling on the Statford field in the North Sea from 2014-2017. Photo: Arne Reidar Mortensen/Statoil.
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