Statoil Halts Drilling at Gullfaks Field to Review Procedures

Statoil ASA, Norway’s largest oil and natural gas company, said it halted drilling and well operations at its Gullfaks field in the North Sea to carry out an “additional review.” Production is continuing as normal, it said.
The company will review its routines for planning and carrying out drilling operations and a controlled shutdown of both drilling and well operations is taking place at the field, the Stavanger-based company said in a statement on its website today.
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Source: Bloomberg