Petter Tomren said the Marin Teknikk-design light drilling concept was conceived in the early 2000s to provide “a less costly solution” for oil companies already “experiencing high field development costs”, owing in part to the then-escalating dayrates for offshore drilling units.
Norshore’s light drilling vessel is tailored for riserless top-hole drilling and well intervention operations, which would cost twice as much to carry out using a deep-water drilling unit.
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