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September 2009

Vol. 14, No. 39 Week of September 27, 2009

Our Arctic Neighbors: StatoilHydro drilling new Norwegian Sea well

Norway’s StatoilHydro has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea at 66 degrees latitude with the mobile facility Ocean Vanguard, the PSA said in a release Sept. 9. The well is located 4.7 miles southeast of the Norne well, 7.9 miles south-southwest of the Hauk well and 99 miles west-northwest of the island of Vega. The water depth at the site is 1,269 feet.

Drilling is planned to start in late September and the operation is expected to last for 32 days. Ocean Vanguard (formerly West Vanguard) is a semisubmersible, third-generation drilling facility of the type Bingo 3000, built in 1982. It is operated by Houston, Texas-based Diamond Offshore, which has an operations office in Stavanger.

Ocean Vanguard is registered on the Marshall Islands, with Det norske Veritas as its classification society. It received an Acknowledgement of Compliance from the PSA in July 2004.

—Sarah Hurst






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