Aker BP Receives Consent to use Transocean Arctic at Alvheim
Thursday 1 June 2017
Aker BP has received consent to use Transocean Arctic to drill two production wells on the Alvheim field.
The two wells are designated 24/6-A-6 and 24/6-A-7 and are to be drilled in Boa, which is one of the four reservoirs comprising the Alvheim field.
Transocean Arctic is a semi-submersible mobile drilling facility of the Marosso 56 type, built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan in 1987. It was upgraded in 2004, is classified by DNV GL and registered in the Marshall Islands.
The facility is operated by Transocean Ltd. It was issued with an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) by the PSA in July 2004.