Duration of the well is put at 5 weeks. Replies are due April 6. BP Norge is now planning an additional well with the Transocean Nordic reducing the sublet availability window for the jackup. From a May 1 start BP is planning two wells on Tambar lasting 100 days plus a 75-day tieback. Amerada Hess is thought to remain the most likely candidate to take advantage of the Nordic's availability.
Work includes upgrading of the accommodation to two-berth to meet latest UK regulations.
The reactivation is scheduled to be completed by mid-June. Pride is opening an office in Aberdeen this month and is preparing a UK safety case submission for the Pride North Sea. Sovereign Explorer mobilising The Sovereign Explorer is loading onto the heavy-lift vessel Black Marlin in Ivory Coast to begin mobilising back to the Northwest Europe this week. The rig is contracted to Statoil and Amerada for deepwater wells in Ireland and the Faeroe Islands. Talisman may need extra semi Subject to the outcome of the well currently being drilled by the Ocean Princess , Talisman Energy may need to source an additional semi for a 60 to 90-day well in the UK from around September 2001.