GSP to support Gazprom's Barents campaign

The Barents Sea: GSP will support Gazprom Neft's drilling at the Dolginskoye oilfield

Romanian company GSP Offshore said it will provide support services to Gazprom Neft for the drilling of an appraisal well on the Dolginskoye oilfield in the Russian territory of the Barents Sea.

GSP said it would provide a jack-up drilling rig and two of its vessels to support the drilling operation, which is scheduled to start in June.

The North-Dolginskaya-3 well will be drilled using the jack-up GSP Jupiter.

GSP's chief executive Gabriel Valentin Comanescu said: “This project in the Pechora Sea comes as a recognition of our expertise in drilling operations and marks GSP`s debut in the Arctic offshore operations. Since 2004, our company has invested US$1.35 billion in the acquisition and modernization of its vessels and drilling rigs, including the extensive upgrade of…

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