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featuring identical upgrades, the sister Ten serious incidents were recorded in reached in August this year. The Adorf
rig Maersk Intrepid registered a very the first quarter of this year, compared to Carboniferous gas field was discovered in
promising initial data point of reducing 21 serious incidents in the same period in 2020 and the Adorf Z15 well was brought
fuel consumption and CO2 emissions 2020. into production in October. The Z16 well
by approximately 25% compared to the The twelve-month average serious will be the second in the formation.
rig’s average baseline, along with NOx incident frequency, SIF (number of serious Neptune Energy’s Managing Director
emissions reductions of approximately incidents per million hours worked), is per in Germany, Andreas Scheck, said: “The
95%,” the drilling firm added. March 0.5, equivalent to the level we saw at Adorf Z16 well is expected to double
“We’re delighted to add this additional the end of 2020, Equinor said. SIF includes Neptune’s daily production in the field to
work scope for Maersk Integrator which both incidents with an actual serious around 3700 boe.
will provide an opportunity to prove consequence (injury) and incidents with “Following the field’s discovery last
that our alliance model with Aker BP serious potential. year, this ongoing activity underlines our
and Halliburton also can be applied to The twelve-month average total commitment to invest in the region. The
an exploration campaign, expectedly recordable incident frequency, TRIF Adorf carboniferous field development
resulting in significant efficiency gains (number of personal injuries per million is one of our most promising activities in
and emissions reductions,” says COO of hours worked) is 2.3, the same as at the Germany and demonstrates our desire to
Maersk Drilling Morten Kelstrup. end of 2020. A total of 66 injuries have grow our business here.”
Worth noting, late in March, Maersk been recorded in the period, compared to Neptune Energy recently completed the
Drilling said it had won a contract with 78 in the first quarter of 2020. acquisition of interests in several oil and
Aker BP for the ultra-harsh environment Equinor’s chief operating officer (COO) gas fields in western Germany and owns
jack-up rig Maersk Reacher. Jannicke Nilsson said: “We are working on 100% of the Adorf Carboniferous gas field.”
Aker BP will use the Maersk Reacher to further improving our safety performance
assist with well intervention, stimulation, by daily improvement efforts and targeted
and accommodation at the Valhall field projects. An important part of this work Spirit Energy to extend life of
offshore Norway. is increased transparency of our safety
The drilling company said that performance. By sharing results and York gas field in North Sea
the Maersk Reacher jack-up would experience widely across the industry, we
be reactivated with reduced drilling want to help enhance awareness of how to 2023/24
equipment and a specific focus on we jointly can work even harder to reduce
delivering the most efficient well risk and avoid incidents and injuries, both Production at Spirit Energy’s York gas field
intervention and stimulation set-up among our own employees and those of in the North Sea will be extended until
including a reduced crew level compared our suppliers.” 2023/24, three to four years longer than
to standard drilling mode. previously expected, the company said on
April 20.
Neptune Energy begins expected to be extracted from the field,
A further 18bn cubic feet of gas is now
Equinor sees drop in Q1 drilling at Adorf gas which has already produced 45bn cubic
feet of gas over the past eight years, Spirit
accidents and injuries developmentes said.
The field, which began production in
Norwegian oil company Equinor said on Neptune Energy has announced drilling 2013 was originally planned to produce gas
April 19 that its safety statistics for the first has begun at its operated Adorf Z16 gas until 2020.
quarter of 2021 indicated fewer serious development well in the municipality of
incidents and personal injuries in Equinor Hoogstede, north western Germany.
compared to the same period last year, but The well is being drilled with a rig
said the number of incidents was still “too operated by KCA Deutag, with final
high.” depth of around 3400 m expected to be

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