Drilling Contractor Magazine

Equinor and partners agreed on a development concept for Ringvei Vest, a subsea project in the Norwegian North Sea that combines seven discoveries and one prospect into a single development tied back to the Troll B platform.

Equinor selects Troll B tieback for Ringvei Vest's 13 wells - Drilling Contractor Equinor and partners agreed on a development concept for Ringvei Vest, a subsea project in the Norwegian North Sea that combines seven discoveries and one prospect into a single development tied back to the Troll B platform. The concept calls for 13 wells through six subsea templates. Well streams w...

Vår Energi and partner Kistos Energy Norway took a final investment decision on the Balder Next New Wells project in the North Sea. The first phase comprises seven new wells tied back to the Jotun floating production, storage and offloading vessel, with start-up expected in Q4 2027.

Vår Energi, Kistos take FID on seven-well Balder Next program - Drilling Contractor Vår Energi and partner Kistos Energy Norway took a final investment decision on the Balder Next New Wells project in the North Sea. The first phase comprises seven new wells tied back to the Jotun floating production, storage and offloading vessel, with start-up expected in Q4 2027. The project is ...

Arrow has since spud the IC-4HZ well, also targeting the Ubaque formation, on 13 June. The company plans both horizontal and vertical development wells at Icaco going forward.

Arrow brings second Icaco well onstream after IC-2 success - Drilling Contractor Arrow Exploration drilled the IC-2 exploration well at the Icaco field on the Tapir Block in Colombia’s Llanos Basin to a total measured depth of 12,020 ft (7,399 ft TVD), encountering multiple hydrocarbon-bearing intervals. The well was spud on 18 May and reached target depth on 26 May. Log analy...

Beacon Offshore drilled the first Monument field development well to a total measured depth of 32,250 ft, encountering 245 net ft of pay in the Lower Wilcox reservoir and confirming pre-drill expectations. Beacon will now drill a second Monument well before moving into completion operations on both wells.

Beacon drills Monument well to TD, brings second Zephyrus well online - Drilling Contractor Beacon Offshore drilled the first Monument field development well to a total measured depth of 32,250 ft, encountering 245 net ft of pay in the Lower Wilcox reservoir and confirming pre-drill expectations. Beacon will now drill a second Monument well before moving into completion operations on both....

CleanSight allows drilling crews to react in near-real-time to events in the wellbore, reducing the risk of pack-off and the nonproductive time and costs incurred when recovering from stuck pipe events.

CleanSight technology heads to Deepsea Nordkapp under DrillDocs-Aker BP framework - Drilling Contractor DrillDocs and Aker BP expanded deployment of DrillDocs’ CleanSight digital shaker surveillance system under a new framework agreement for technology development and implementation. The latest installation aboard Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Nordkapp marked the next step in Aker BP’s planned expa...

The Blackrod Phase 1 development began production on 31 May as the initial well pairs converted from steam circulation to production. The remaining well pairs undergoing steam circulation will be converted to oil production as they reach the necessary conformance conditions.

IPC achieves first oil at Blackrod Phase 1 ahead of schedule - Drilling Contractor International Petroleum achieved first oil at Phase 1 of the Blackrod thermal oil sands project in Alberta, ahead of schedule and on budget. The Blackrod Phase 1 development began production on 31 May as the initial well pairs converted from steam circulation to production. The remaining well pairs....