Smedvig's West Navigator has experienced a 10-day
halt in operations due to repair work on the unit's
blow out preventer (BOP). The Company expects the
unit to resume operations by January 31, 2006. The
rig is currently working offshore Norway on the
Ormen Lange field for Shell.
Ormen Lange is the largest gas field under
development on the Norwegian continental shelf. It
is located 100 kilometers off the northwest coast of
Norway at water depths of between 850 and 1,100
meters.
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Licenses for Ormen Lange are
Norsk Hydro as development phase operator with
18.0728%; AS Norske Shell as production phase
operator with 17.0375%; Petoror ASA with 36.4750%;
Statoil with 10.8441%; Esso Exploration and
Production Norway with 7.2285% and DONG with
10.3420%
