Vår Energi Chooses SLB for Four-Year Offshore Norway Drilling Contract

SLB announced Thursday that Vår Energi chose it for a four-year drilling role covering two rigs on Norway’s Continental Shelf, expanding an existing relationship between the companies.

The initial scope runs for four years, with four one-year options that could extend the work through 2034. The rigs, Transocean Barents and Deepsea Bergen, are harsh-environment semisubmersibles slated to drill exploration and development wells.

SLB’s service plan brings technical capabilities, digital work processes and operations together across well delivery, in coordination with Vår Energi and other providers chosen for the project. The selection adds drilling services to an existing relationship that includes digital planning for wells and field development, plus subsea production systems via OneSubsea, the joint venture.

“Creating greater value on the Norwegian Continental Shelf requires us to challenge traditional ways of working,” said Torger Rød, Vår Energi’s chief operating officer.