Dolphin Drilling calls for windfall tax review amid rig speculation
Energy Voice understands Dolphin Drilling is reconsidering plans to send its Borgland rig to the UK due to the windfall tax policy.
Borgland Dolphin
Dolphin Drilling to bring Borgland rig to UK to support North Sea push, plans for IPO in autumn
“Offshore drilling is coming back, big time,” Bjornar Iversen, chief executive of Dolphin Drilling, excitedly told a room of senior company figures, and myself, during a visit to the Borgland Dolphin rig in Norway last month.
SD Standard acquires 25% stake in Dolphin Drilling
SD Standard ETC is to acquire 25% of Aberdeenshire-headquartered Dolphin Drilling as part of a $10 million deal.
Norway well slot: Four exploration wells active
As of 28 February, Westwood Global Energy reports that there are four exploration wells active on the NCS. Two exploration well programmes completed in January, both as a dry holes. The Ginny and Hermine well has also been announced as dry and completed in February.
Norway well slot: Three exploration wells active
Westwood Global Energy reports that there were three exploration wells active as of 24 January. One exploration well has spudded and completed in 2022.
Norway well slot: 34 wells completed so far in 2021
Westwood Global Energy reports that there was one exploration well active as of 16 December. A total of six appraisal wells and 28 exploration wells have completed to date in 2021, from which ten commercial discoveries have been made giving a 36% commercial success rate to date.
Dolphin Drilling lands deal for i3 Energy’s £28.5m Serenity appraisal campaign
Dolphin Drilling has won work for the upcoming appraisal campaign for i3 Energy’s Serenity discovery in the North Sea, which includes a revenue-sharing agreement.
North Sea oil discovery sends i3 Energy shares skyrocketing
North Sea oil firm i3 Energy said today that it had made an oil discovery at the Serenity field in the outer Moray Firth.
Drilling kicks off at i3 Energy’s Serenity field
Drilling has started at i3 Energy’s Serenity field in the outer Moray Firth.
Rig prepares to mobilise for i3’s Serenity well
The Borgland Dolphin rig is preparing to mobilise to drill an exploration well on i3 Energy's Serenity field.
Dolphin Drilling hails ‘rebirth’ establishing Aberdeen as international HQ
Dolphin Drilling has hailed its “rebirth” after going debt-free and picking Aberdeen as its international headquarters.
Drilling starts on appraisal well for i3 Energy
North Sea oil firm i3 Energy said today that the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig has started drilling a well on the Liberator field in the outer Moray Firth.
Borgland Dolphin rig on the move to i3 Energy’s Liberator field
i3 Energy has announced the Borgland Dolphin rig is about to begin its journey to the Liberator field in the North Sea.
i3 Energy hires rig for North Sea drilling campaign
North Sea explorer i3 Energy has hired a rig for a 94-day drilling campaign this summer.
Wintershall and Dolphin given deadline to fix Borgland non conformities
Wintershall and its drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling have been given a deadline of August 2 to tell Norwegian authorities how it will make improvements and correct non-conformities in its emergency preparedness on the Borgland Dolphin drilling rig.
E.ON wildcat well comes up dry
E.ON has completed a wildcat well near the Skarv field and confirmed it is a dry hole.