Statoil has awarded two North Sea contracts to Schlumberger and Baker Hughes.
The pair will carry out the integrated drilling and well services on the Cat J rigs Askepott and Askeladden, which will be dispatched to work on the Oseberg and the Gullfaks fields.
The Cat J jack-up rigs are tailored to the conditions in the North Sea, where they are scheduled to be installed in the summer and autumn of 2017, respectively.
“Statoil aims to run safe operations, cut well costs and ensure efficient well deliveries. We look forward to working closely with these two suppliers on the licences’ own rigs. These contracts will help increase activities on the Norwegian continental shelf, ensure predictability, and create more jobs,” said Geir Tungesvik, Statoil’s senior vice president for drilling & well.
Schlumberger is currently delivering integrated drilling and well services at Mariner and Baker Hughes at Johan Sverdrup.
Oseberg Cat J will contribute to continued development of the Oseberg area. From the autumn of 2017 the rig will drill wells for the Vestflanken 2 project.
The Cat J will will also contribute to the continued development of the Gulfaks field. The work comes after the Statoil was given the green light to extend Gulfak’s field life to 2034, almost 30 years past the original estimate.
The rigs have derrick, allowing 40-metre pipe joints to be put together to increase the efficiency of the operations. They feature automatic pipe handling and the opportunity to perform parallel operations.
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