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October 2010

Vol. 15, No. 40 Week of October 03, 2010

Our Arctic Neighbors: Four rigs ready for Barents Sea drilling

According to a Sept. 15 report in the BarentsObserver, 2011 will be the “all-time-high” for “test-drilling” in Norway’s part of the Barents Sea.

The four rigs are Aker Barents, Polar Pioneer, West Phoenix and Scarabeo 8, per Petroarctic, the network of suppliers for petroleum projects in the Far North.

The Polar Pioneer, old-timer in the Barents Sea, will drill for Statoil and Eni near the Snohvit field.

West Phoenix will come to the Barents Sea in the spring and drill at the Norvargdomen field for Total.

Scarabeo 8 will drill at the Goliat oil field for Eni, while Aker Barents will work at the Helio field for Gdf Suez and likely also other fields in the Barents Sea, the Barents Observer reported.






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