The company is now expected to drill more than 15 exploration wells in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea during the three year program.
AGR will provide support to the drilling campaign on behalf of Wintershall, Discover Petroleum, Nexen, Rocksource, Bridge Energy, E.ON Ruhrgas and OMV. All activities related to offshore support, cost and risk assessments, well planning and execution of operations will be done in cooperation with the operators.
In this period, AGR will have a continuous activity onshore and offshore in order to secure the operators’ requirements related to a safe and efficient operation. AGR staff and consultants will be provided to compliment the operators’ organizations, the company said.
This contract follows three successful years of providing well management services on the Bredford Dolphin in the Norwegian North Sea. During that activity more than 15 wells have been successfully drilled for six operators. The Bredford Dolphin campaign has created a high exploration well activity for several new oil companies on the Norwegian shelf.
Planning stages of the drilling campaign will start immediately with the first exploration wells anticipated to be drilled towards the spring of 2011. The fourth generation semi-submersibles drilling unit, Borgland Dolphin, has been contracted by the operators from Dolphin to undertake the drilling activity.
