UK-based Cairn Energy has commenced drilling operations on two wells offshore West Greenland, it was announced today.
Operations will commence on the AT-7 well in the Atammik Block and the LF-7 well in the Lady Franklin Block, approximately 160 and 300 kilometres offshore Nuuk respectively.
The AT-7 prospect lies at a depth of 905 metres and the LF-7 prospect at 989 metres.
Drilling will be carried out by a fifth generation semi-submersible, the Leiv Eiriksson, and the Ocean Rig Corcovado, a sixth generation drillship.
Headquartered in Edinburgh with operational offices in Nuuk and Kathmandu, Cairn has now drilled three of the total nine exploration wells drilled offshore Greenland (five wells were drilled in the 1970s and one in 2000).
Cairn said that the current drilling operations will be supported by four helicopters and a range of support vessels including six ice management vessels, two emergency response standby vessels, three supply vessels, one multirole vessel, one freighter and two wareships for accommodating crews if necessary.
