Odfjell Drilling will manage the Beacon Pacific semi-submersible under Serica Energy’s six-well UK North Sea campaign starting in Q3 2027. Initial drilling at Bruce targets over 10,000 boepd of additional output.
DNO has received consent to drill two appraisal wellbores at the Norma gas-condensate discovery in the North Sea using the Deepsea Yantai semisubmersible rig.
Wellesley Petroleum has secured consent to drill the 35/10-16 S exploration well in the Norwegian North Sea, with Deepsea Yantai set to handle the work.
Lime Petroleum has completed a three-well drilling campaign on the Brage platform, including the Talisker producer and exploration well, while the operator of Bestla (PL740) has finished a multi-well programme with the Deepsea Yantai rig, adding commercial oil in Cook, Statfjord and Brent Group formations.
