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The contract is for operations in the Mumbai High, offshore India.
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The contract is for operations in the Mumbai High, offshore India.

Drilling has begun on four production wells on the Duva field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.

In direct continuation of the Maersk Integrator rig’s work scope, the rig will drill an exploration well for Aker BP offshore Norway.

Recoverable resources are so far estimated at between 3 and 4.2 million m3 of recoverable oil equivalent, corresponding to 19 – 26 million boe.

Work on the 228 m length Stena DrillMAX saw a 48 000 running hours service on a Wartsila W16V32 engine carried out by a team of engineers in Las Palmas in The Canary Islands.

Drilling has begun at Neptune Energy's operated Adorf Z16 gas development well in the municipality of Hoogstede, north western Germany.

The drillship Maersk Viking will be employed to drill an ultra-deepwater exploration well in Block F13 offshore Gabon.

The company has spudded the Elgood development well, 48/22c-H1, located in the UK North Sea.

The wildcat wells will be drilled about 10 km west of the Fram field.

The contract is for Velesto’s jack-up rig NAGA 4 to drill seven firm wells, with an estimated contract value of US$17.68 million.

CNOOC Well Control Centre has developed new classrooms and installed several MultiSIMs, DrillSIM:5s and DrillSIM:Educators at its training centre in Tianjin, delivered by 3t-China and simulator developer, Drilling Systems.

The Maersk Viking drillship will drill four development wells at the Gumusut-Kakap project offshore Malaysia.