Norwegian company contracted for major Falklands’ drilling program
Norway’s AGR Petroleum Services (AGR) will begin a significant drilling campaign, valued at more than £2 million, off the Falklands Islands this month on behalf of two operators, announced the company in Oslo.
AGR Petroleum Services, which is one of the largest independent well management firms in the world, has been contracted by Desire Petroleum and Rockhopper Exploration Plc to provide logistical support and undertake a six well drilling program in the North Falklands Basin. Desire Petroleum has four prospects while Rockhopper will have two exploration wells drilled.
AGR is also in discussions with a possible third operator regarding additional drilling in the region.
Executive Vice President Ian Burdis of AGR said: “This is a major project for us. To be contracted by two companies to undertake work in this frontier region is great recognition of our teams’ expertise in these challenging environments.
“There’s been a huge amount of logistical preparation required ahead of this activity. We’re now ready to begin drilling and will be working closely with our clients to achieve a successful outcome.”
AGR has established a supply base in Port Stanley the Falkland Islands which required an initial load-out of approximately 9.000 tons of cargo to be shipped from Aberdeen Harbour – the largest consignment of its kind to be transported from the city to the region.
The Falklands’ drilling campaign is expected to begin around the middle of February, weather dependent, and last for approximately five months.
Bob Lyons, Managing Director of Desire said: “This project is central to our exploration and production activity and we are pleased to have AGR on board to provide support throughout the programme. Their teams are well respected in the industry and provide the ideal fit with our operations.”
The third generation semi submersible drilling rig Ocean Guardian has been contracted from Diamond Offshore Drilling by Desire and will be used during the drilling of all six wells. It set sail from Invergordon, in the north east of Scotland late November and is due to arrive in the Falkland Islands around the middle of February.
Sam Moody, Managing Director, of Rockhopper added: “We have found AGR's preparations for this drilling campaign to be highly professional and enjoy a very constructive working relationship with the team there. We look forward to the start of the programme.”
AGR Petroleum Services, part of the Oslo Stock Exchange-listed AGR Group, is one of the world’s largest independent providers of well management and subsurface services. AGR Group has been in existence for more than 20 years and the AGR Petroleum Services division since its formation in 2005 has experienced dynamic growth with offices in four continents. (News agencies).-
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prehaps the brits should put some of there spitfires back into servive just to give them a sporting chance. jajajajaja
audience : 3 bln.
Argentina 2 England 0
in min 32 .second goal from Norberto(*)
(*)Norwegian petro company !
come one let's harass this system ...laugh !
Fact: The british citizens in the ocupied territories are “kelpers”, that status is like a ucranian in the soviet union.
The Falkland Islands there no exist. Islas Malvinas, Yes.
Greatings, some day, the flag over Governors House will be change.
Hey Nicholas,
we, south american peolple have exported you the socialist paradise!. How you doing with that? LMAO
We are better prepared to face debt. Your Country is sinking Nicholas! (like the world trade center) ROFL
You know nothing! You are just a know-everything arrogant and I'm not the only one who thinks of you that way.
5 años en escuelas argentinas y sos un total desagradecido. Quién sabe si sabrías leer hoy día!
the Economy Lecture by Jason Archibald which compiled from
Anglo-Saxophone media,newspapers , telvsns...
you write from which republic ? Texas Rplc.?.California Rplc ?.
Atlantic Rblc .?..
hey sneaky J.Archibald .R. !
you write from which republic ? Scotland .?. Wales.?. England.?.N.Irl.?.
I'm a friendly american who lives in the Floridian Republic.
Jorge is not only confused, but is also a “classic che idiot=a wannabe Italian or spanierd without a brain=an Argentinian”.
you live in the Floridian Rplc. which is in the Atlantic Republic.
it's border-line along up from Luisiana to Minnesota !!
USA is “” too big to........“” barbarizes everything...in the world !
don't you bored there ...debts...again debts...debts...again debts...?
“piece of wood” houses.....flimsy cars........but girls are beautiful !
Archibalito querido, you pretend to be a know-everything. That's what I meant.
USA is the World's “” biggest third world country “”.
bubba and jason archibald have same mental writing styles .##
www.counterpunch.org/roberts01212010.html
*** iran-afganistan-iraq*** block against the russia,china.india !in asia,
instead of this ;why US doesn't use ***iran-afganistan-pakistan*** block ?
thanks.
reason (1) : India will be superpower ,at least in the near future, and well-known Historical India--Pakistan relations ...India must not be rival !!!
reason (2): Arab World is a “”fake-zone“” ..very easy to make any operations in their “sociological” structures !...(means that they can not resist). And to rein Kurds ( in Turkey,Iran,Iraq) indirectly
US strategy is reasonable but not digestive ! and also have too many weakness !!!
if Cenghis Khan alive you can't find living creatures there !!
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