North Sea & Europe Drilling and Completion News

Premier Oil has signed an exclusive arrangement with EnCounter Oil to pursue new exploration opportunities in the UK central and northern North Sea.

Depending on the outcome of mapping and technical evaluation, exploration drilling of one or more Pitu prospects could go forward in 2014, subject to approval from Greenland’s government.

The jackup Ensco 70 has started development drilling at the RWE Dea-operated Breagh gas field in the UK southern North Sea.

Apache (NYSE:APA) has drilled a productive extension well from the Beryl field in the UK central North Sea.

Providence Resources looks to drill two further exploration wells off southern and eastern Ireland this year, following its recently completed Barryroe appraisal well in the Celtic Sea.

Norwegian Energy Co. ASA (Noreco) has spudded exploration well 6201/11-3 in PL 519 in the North Sea.

Petroleum Safety Norway has authorized BP Norge to drill an exploration well in the Norwegian Sea.

Statoil (OSE:STL;NYSE:STO) and partners Eni (MI:ENI;NYSE:E) and Petoro have agreed on further exploration drilling in the Skrugard area of the Norwegian Barents Sea.

Centrica Resources Norge has started drilling the Cooper prospect in the Norwegian Sea, using the semisub West Alpha.

The semisub Bredford Dolphin has started drilling an exploration well for Lundin Petroleum (NASDAQ:LUPE) on the Albert prospect in the Norwegian North Sea.

Caithness Oil has brought onstream the Lybster oil field in the nearshore Inner Moray Firth off northern Scotland.

A side track of the Johan Sverdrup appraisal well 16/2-11 in the Norwegian North Sea has confirmed good quality in Upper and Middle Jurassic reservoir, according to operator Lundin Petroleum (NASDAQ:LUPE).

Premier is abandoning its Stingray exploration well in the UK North Sea as a dry hole.

Plexus Holdings has won a £1.3-million ($2.1-million) order to supply BG International with 20,000-psi POS-GRIP wellhead technology for gas exploration drilling in the North Sea.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has authorized Faroe Petroleum to drill an exploration well in the southern Norwegian North Sea.

Wintershall Norge has approval from Petroleum Safety Authority Norway for exploration drilling in the northern Norwegian North Sea.

RWE Dea has proven more gas close to its Zidane 1 discovery in the Norwegian Sea.

Norwegian Energy Co. (Noreco) has completed a dry-hole wildcat on the Eik structure in the Barents Sea.

Awilco Drilling has signed a Letter of Intent with an unnamed operator to provide the semisub WilPhoenix.

The jackup ENSCO 80 has spudded the Platypus gas field appraisal well in the UK southern North Sea for operator Dana Petroleum.

Antrim Energy is set to re-gain operatorship from Premier Oil of the Fyne license in the UK central North Sea.

Wintershall Norge has discovered oil in the Skarfjell prospect in the northeastern Norwegian North Sea.

Sterling Resources says Cladhan South exploration well 210/29c-5 in the UK northern North Sea will be P&A’d as a dry hole.

Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has approved two production drilling programs in the North Sea.