“Scarabeo 5”平臺獲準在Njord油田開展作業活動

Norwegian oil company Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), a Norwegian offshore safety agency, to use Saipem’s Scarabeo 5 rig for well activities on the Njord field, offshore Norway. Statoil is the operator at Njord. The offshore safety authority has now granted Statoil consent to use the Scarabeo 5 rig for various well activities associated with production wells on the field. According to the agency, the activities on the field are scheduled to begin on November 10, 2016. The Njord field has been developed using a semi-submersible drilling, accommodation and production platform, Njord A, and the Njord B floating and storage unit (FSU). Production on the field began in 1997. Water depth at the site is 330 meters.

Scarabeo 5 is a semi-submersible drilling rig of the ME 4500 type, built in 1990. It is registered in the Bahamas and issued with an Acknowledgment of Compliance (AoC) by the PSA in May 2003. The rig is under a contract with Statoil until 2017 but it has been suspended several times now due to overcapacity in Statoil’s rig portfolio.