IOG starts North Sea gas hub drilling campaign

April 12, 2021
The jackup Noble Hans Deul has started development drilling on Independent Oil and Gas’ Phase 1 project in the UK southern North Sea.

Offshore staff

LONDON – The jackup Noble Hans Deul has started development drilling on Independent Oil and GasPhase 1 project in the UK southern North Sea.

Drilling of the Elgood well, 48/22c-H1, should take around three months to complete, after which the rig will transfer to the Blythe well. IOG plans five Phase 1 wells in total.

CEO Andrew Hockey said: “This drilling campaign has been planned meticulously by the IOG drilling, subsurface, subsea and HSE teams since early last year, in collaboration with our main drilling contractors Noble Corp., Petrofac, and Schlumberger and our partner CalEnergy.

“We have a very clear collective focus on ensuring safe and efficient performance leading successfully to first gas in Q3 2021 at the Blythe Hub before continuing into 2022 at Southwark.”

04/12/2021