Home Fossil Energy Noble drillship's drilling gig completely equipment offshore West Africa
September 27, 2024, by Melisa Čavčić
A seventh-generation drillship, which just recently entered into the floater fleet coming from the U.S. overseas drilling specialist Noble Corporation, is making development in its drilling project off the coast of West Africa, which belongs to work offshore Guinea-Bissau.
Ocean BlackRhino drillship; Source: Diamond Offshore
A one-well drilling offer was protected in November 2023 for the Ocean BlackRhino drillship, covering work offshore Guinea-Bissau. With a minimum period of 30 days, representing $15.4 countless extra stockpile, omitting mobilization, the work under the agreement was slated to start in July 2024. At the time, the rig was on a drilling project in Senegal with Woodside Energy.
The drillship reached the Atum-1x possibility off the coast of Guinea-Bissau in late August 2024, according to AGR, part of ABL Group, which is offering well management consultancy for this expedition well in the Sinapa license, on behalf of Apus Energia Guinea-Bissau.
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While PetroNor accepted move its 100% interest in the Sinapa (Block 2) and Esperança (Blocks 4A and 5) expedition licenses offshore Guinea-Bissau to Apus Energia in June 2023, the conclusion of the Guinea Bissau farm-down deal occurred in December 2023.
The acquisition included a price of approximately $85 million, covering previous license expenses of a minimum of $25 million on conclusion of the deal, and 2 contingent payments of $30 million topic to federal government approval of a field advancement strategy and the subsequent accomplishment of constant production.
Lynden Duthie, MD Well Management, commented: “The task group's main focus is to provide the well securely and effectively, making sure all operations fulfill the greatest security requirements. The group is working carefully together to attain this objective and provide the well on target.”
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Published: 9 months ago
These licenses cover an overall location of 4,963 sq km and consist of 2 primary potential customers, Atum and Anchova, believed to include potential resources of 467 MMbbl. AGR's scope requires consultancy in well building and construction, drilling engineering, procurement, supply chain management, and functional drilling guidance.
“We are happy to reveal that the drilling operations for the extremely prepared for Atum-1X deepwater well, off the coast of Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, are advancing as prepared,” highlighted AGR.
(clockwise: Michael Mosesyan (Apus Drilling Manager); Artem Rabey (Apus Exploration Manager) and Lynden Duthie, AGR); Source: AGR
When its project with Apus Energy ends, the Ocean BlackRhino drillship is anticipated to start its brand-new agreement with Beacon Offshore Energy in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, valued at $89 million for 180 days, omitting mobilization, and any extra services. The agreement likewise consists of 2 six-month choices.
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Published: 2 months ago
The 2014-built Ocean BlackRhino is an ultra-deepwater drillship from Hyundai Heavy Industries,
