2018年4月4日 · The new Cat J jack-up rig Askeladden started drilling on the Statoil-operated Gullfaks field located offshore Norway on March 26 with the goal of providing new production from old wells. Gullfaks is a field located in the Tampen area in the northern part of the North Sea.

2012年3月2日 · The partly state-owned company said it is preparing an invitation to tender for the new jack-up rigs, known as category J, able to operate at water depths from 70-150 meters and drill wells...

The Cat J rig is a tailor-made jack-up rig that can operate in water depths from 70-150 meters and drill wells to 10,000 meters, making drilling and completion more efficient. The goal is for the Cat J rig to perform operations 20% more efficiently than conventional rigs to reduce costs.

This jack-up has one of the most popular and common rig designs used in the deeper part of the Norwegian North Sea and is one of the world’s largest, heaviest and tallest drilling rigs - having a combined weight of up to 40,000 tons and a leg length exceeding 200 metres.

2014年4月21日 · Statoil recognized the need for a new rig design optimized for harsh environments, the Category J (Cat J) rig. Statoil worked closely together with GustoMSC to customize the rig to their...

2013年4月1日 · The new design high-specification Cat J jackup rigs will be able to operate at water depths ranging from 70 m to 150 m (230 ft to 492 ft) and drill wells to a depth of 10,000 m (32,800 ft). These rigs will primarily be customized workhorses for year-round drilling, completion, and workovers on an increasing number of production wells on mature ...

2017年9月22日 · Statoil’s giant Cat-J jack-up drilling rig has reportedly reached Norway after a long journey from South Korea. Petro.no, a Norwegian oil and gas news website, was first to report that the Askeladden rig arrived at the CCB based on Thursday afternoon. The news of the arrival was later confirmed to Offshore Energy Today by Statoil.

2013年6月4日 · The new category J rigs will be able to operate in harsh environments at water depths from 70 to 140 meters and drill wells with lengths up to 10,000 meters. The rigs are based on proven technology, but optimised to allow for more efficient drilling and completion of subsea wells compared to the existing jack-up fleet.

Statoil's new category J rigs will be able to operate at water depths from 70 to 150 meters and drill wells down to 10,000 meters. It is a tailor-made jack-up…

2017年1月18日 · The Cat J rigs are specially designed to perform efficient drilling operations on subsea development solutions in addition to conventional surface drilling from fixed platforms. The rigs have derrick, allowing 40-metre pipe joints to be put together to …