
Conductor-supported platforms: demystifying the industry’s best-kept secret
Rob Gill, Aquaterra Energy, asks why the industry is reluctant to adopt conductor-supported platforms for shallow water field developments.
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Rob Gill, Aquaterra Energy, asks why the industry is reluctant to adopt conductor-supported platforms for shallow water field developments.

Delivery of the first three rigs to the drilling division of INK-Service Group is scheduled for 2020, with delivery of the remaining rigs the year after.

Valaris will provide the Rowan Gorilla VI (VALARIS JU-248) to drill four firm wells for the development, which is located in the Central North Sea.

The well was delivered to ADNOC Drilling’s client, ADNOC Offshore – also a subsidiary of ADNOC.

The Subsea & Drilling Brazil conference will take place from 28 – 29 November in Rio de Janeiro.

The contracts are to support Total E&P South Africa's operations in Block 11B/12B and the drilling programme is expected to take up to 280 days.

The agreement entails using the Weatherford Magnus® rotary steerable system in both re-entry wells and new wells.

The total estimated future costs associated with the delivery and placing the drillships into service would have been approximately US$1.1 billion.

The wellhead installation marks the beginning of Gusar’s contracted work with Gazprom for the first year of an up to five-year jack-up gas exploration drilling programme on the Kara Sea Shelf.

Warwick West is the third and final well of the 2019 Greater Warwick Area drilling programme on Hurricane's Lincoln and Warwick assets.

The company will offer a range of services in the Middle East and Asia covering drilling rig inspection, auditing and training.

The jack-up rig Asian Endeavour-1 is now en-route to the first well in Empyrean's drilling campaign in the West Natuna Basin.