Equinor extends drilling, specialist services contracts

May 9, 2022
Equinor is extending contracts for integrated drilling and well services as well as additional services for work on Equinor-operated fields on the Norwegian continental shelf.

Equinor is extending contracts for integrated drilling and well services as well as additional services for work on Equinor-operated fields on the Norwegian continental shelf. The 2-year contracts will begin June 1.

The 14-billion kroner drilling services contract extension will supply work to around 2,000 people across 18 fixed platforms and 12 mobile rigs. In the drilling service contracts established in 2018, the services were gathered in one contract format, giving one supplier the main responsibility for integrated drilling services, cementing and pumping, drilling and completion fluids, electrical logging and completion on each installation.

Contracts to Baker Hughes are as follows: Grane A, Oseberg B - C - East - South, Transocean Equinox, Transocean Endurance, Noble Lloyd Noble*, Visund A*, Deepsea Atlantic, Rowan Stavanger, Heidrun A*, Askepott and Johan Sverdrup*.

Contracts to Halliburton are: Njord A, Heidrun A*, Snorre A - B, Kvitebjørn A*, Noble Lloyd Noble*, Transocean Enabler*, Transocean Encourage and Transocean Spitsbergen.

Schlumberger contracts are as follows: Gullfaks A - B - C, Kvitebjørn A*, Statfjord A - B - C, Visund A*, Deepsea Stavanger, Askeladden, Noble Lloyd Noble*, COSL Promoter, Deepsea Aberdeen, Johan Sverdrup* and Transocean Enabler*.

The specialist services include electrical submersible pumps, downhole monitoring, tubing conveyed perforation, wired drill pipe, liner hanger, additional completion equipment and services, sand screens, fibre optics, fishing services, downhole mechanical isolation, multilateral technology, coring services, one trip steerable drilling liner system, and expandable hydraulic screens. Total value of specialist services is expected to be 6 billion kroner.

Specialist service contracts will be extended with the following suppliers: Halliburton, Schlumberger, Baker Hughes, Weatherford, Ramex, NOV Wellbore Technologies, Petroleum Technology Co., TCO, Interwell, Welltec Oilfield Services, Roxar Flow Measurement, Sekal AS, Archer Oiltools, Silixa, Tendeka, and Ardyne.

* Shared delivery