Company · the network on the Norwegian shelf
Odfjell Drilling
Odfjell Drilling is the responsible company for 6 rigs at the Norwegian Offshore Directorate. The rigs have spudded 191 wellbores on 18 fields in the last three years, for 13 operators.
The network
From the responsible company at Sodir to rig, wells, fields and operators. The responsible company is not necessarily the owner. The figures cover wellbores spudded in the last three years.
- RigDeepsea StavangerSemi-submersible (steel) · SingaporeAOC: validWells, last three years
54 wellbores
Latest well: 30/11-W-4 BH, 5 Aug 2026 - RigDeepsea AberdeenSemi-submersible (steel) · BermudaAOC: validWells, last three years
45 wellbores
Latest well: 25/11-J-5 AY1H (Breidablikk), 25 Sep 2026Fields- Breidablikk 33
- Troll 8
- Svalin 4
Operator- Equinor 45
- RigDeepsea NordkappSemi-submersible (steel) · BermudaAOC: validWells, last three years
43 wellbores
Latest well: 15/6-18 S, 27 Sep 2026Operator- Aker BP 40
- Harbour Energy 2
- OKEA 1
- RigDeepsea YantaiSemi-submersible (steel) · BahamasAOC: validWells, last three years
22 wellbores
Latest well: 35/7-2, 15 Jul 2026Operator- Vår Energi 6
- OKEA 5
- Vår Energi Norge AS 3
- Wellesley Petroleum 2
- DNO 2
- Neptune Energy Norge AS 2
- ConocoPhillips 1
- ORLEN 1
- RigDeepsea AtlanticSemi-submersible (steel) · NorwayAOC: validWells, last three years
19 wellbores
Latest well: 34/4-19 S, 23 Jan 2026Fields- Johan Sverdrup 5
- Fram 2
- Utgard 1
- No field (exploration) 11
Operator- Equinor 19
- RigDeepsea BergenSemi-submersible (steel) · MaltaAOC: validWells, last three years
8 wellbores
Latest well: 30/8-7 S, 9 Sep 2026Fields- Johan Sverdrup 4
- Visund Sør 1
- Visund 1
- No field (exploration) 2
Fleet
The rigs for which Odfjell Drilling is the responsible company (Sodir), what they are drilling according to the Norwegian Offshore Directorate and where they were in the AIS picture 7 Oct 2026, 14:34 UTC. The responsible company is not necessarily the owner.
Rigs
Norwegian Offshore Directorate, exploration wells being drilled (NLOD 2.0), 7 Oct 2026 · Norwegian Offshore Directorate, wellbores spudded in the last 120 days (NLOD 2.0), 7 Oct 2026 · AIS from Kystverket (Norwegian Coastal Administration, Kystdatahuset real-time picture) (NLOD 1.0), 7 Oct 2026, 14:34 UTC · OESA, rig key Sodir ↔ MMSI ↔ IMO (curated: name match in AIS and SafeSeaNet, checked against the well) (NLOD 1.0 / NLOD 2.0), 7 Oct 2026
- Deepsea Bergen
Drilling 30/8-7 S, spudded 9 Sep 2026 · operator Equinor
AIS 7 Oct 2026, 14:34 UTC: not at a facility · 38.3 km from the well - Deepsea Nordkapp
Drilling 15/6-18 S, spudded 27 Sep 2026 · operator Aker BP
AIS 7 Oct 2026, 14:33 UTC: not at a facility - Deepsea Yantai
Drilling 35/7-2, spudded 15 Jul 2026 · operator Wellesley Petroleum
The well's position; Sodir has no position for the rig - Deepsea Aberdeen
Probably drilling 25/11-J-5 AY1H on Breidablikk, spudded 25 Sep 2026 (Sodir has no completion date) · operator Equinor
AIS 7 Oct 2026, 14:32 UTC: at Breidablikk J (40 m) - Deepsea Stavanger
Last well 30/11-W-4 BH, completed 15 Aug 2026
AIS 7 Oct 2026, 14:34 UTC: at Askja B (40 m)
No well in the last 120 days at Sodir and not in the AIS picture: Deepsea Atlantic.
Where the rigs have been, latest day with data: 1 Oct
Rigs and offshore vessels that lay within 2 km of a facility at under 1 knot for at least 30 minutes, according to the AIS positions for 1 Oct 2026 from the Norwegian Coastal Administration. Kystdatahuset publishes the history about a week late. A visit shows that the vessel was there, not who it worked for. AIS from Kystverket (Norwegian Coastal Administration, Kystdatahuset historical positions) (NLOD 1.0), latest day 1 Oct 2026 · Norwegian Coastal Administration, Kystdatahuset: register type (SafeSeaNet) (NLOD 1.0), 1 Oct 2026 · Norwegian Offshore Directorate, facilities with position (NLOD 2.0), 7 Oct 2026 · OESA, rig key Sodir ↔ MMSI ↔ IMO (curated) (NLOD 1.0 / NLOD 2.0), 7 Oct 2026
- Deepsea Aberdeen rig, semi-submersible
23.8 hours · 1 visit, last 1 Oct 2026
Breidablikk 23.8 h - Deepsea Stavanger rig, semi-submersible
23.7 hours · 1 visit, last 1 Oct 2026
Munin 23.7 h
Method: A visit is a continuous stay within 2 km of a facility at under 1 knot for at least 30 minutes, computed from the AIS positions. Gaps in the data of up to 60 minutes, or 3 hours when the vessel is in the same place before and after, do not count as interruptions. Hours are the sum of the visits. Only rigs and vessels with an offshore register type or registered with the Norwegian Offshore Directorate are included.
Who charters a rig or vessel, and at what rate, is not in open data. A vessel is linked to a field only when AIS shows it within 2 km of one of the field's own facilities or its host facility, at under 1 knot – that says the vessel was there, not who it works for. Facilities on the export route do not count. Sodir often records the completion date of development wells late. A rig marked “probably drilling” spudded the well in the last 120 days but may have finished. AIS coverage offshore varies. A vessel without positions for a period may have been there without being recorded. Ship data: Norwegian Coastal Administration. Not for navigation.
Connected to
Operators the rigs have drilled for
Sodir, wellbores · 7 Oct 2026
- Equinor 83 wellbores
- Aker BP 82 wellbores
- Vår Energi 9 wellbores
- OKEA 6 wellbores
- Harbour Energy 2 wellbores
- Wellesley Petroleum 2 wellbores
- DNO 2 wellbores
- Neptune Energy 2 wellbores
- OMV 1 wellbores
- ConocoPhillips 1 wellbores
- ORLEN 1 wellbores
Events
Ownership changes, exploration wells and discoveries, rigs that move, production start-up and contracts, with a link to the source.
- Well
Appraisal well 15/6-18 S spudded by Deepsea Nordkapp
Operator Aker BP · PL 1139 · the rig came from Symra, last well 16/1-EA-4 AHderived
- Well
Wildcat well 30/8-7 S spudded by Deepsea Bergen
Operator Equinor · PL 190 (the licence that owns Tune) · the rig came from Johan Sverdrup, last well 16/2-H-4 AHderived
- Well
Appraisal well 16/1-EA-4 H completed: oil and gas
Operator Aker BP · PL 167 (the licence that owns Symra) · Deepsea Nordkapp
- Well
Appraisal well 35/7-2 spudded by Deepsea Yantai
Operator Wellesley Petroleum · PL 293 · the rig came from PL 1148, last well 35/10-16 Sderived
- Well
Appraisal well 35/10-16 S completed: gas and condensate
Operator Wellesley Petroleum · PL 1148 · Deepsea Yantai
- Rig
Deepsea Stavanger spudded well 30/11-Z-1 H on Munin for Aker BPderived
Development well · came from PL 272, last well 30/11-W-3 BH · 8 wellbores there so far · responsible company (Sodir): Odfjell Drilling
- Rig
Deepsea Aberdeen spudded well 25/8-L-4 H on Breidablikk for Equinorderived
Development well · came from Troll, last well 31/2-W-34 H · 5 wellbores there so far · responsible company (Sodir): Odfjell Drilling
- Well
Appraisal well 35/10-16 S spudded by Deepsea Yantai
Operator Wellesley Petroleum · PL 1148 · the rig came from Draugen (OKEA), last well 6407/9-D-1 BHderived
- Rig
Deepsea Nordkapp spudded well 16/1-EA-1 Y1H on Symra for Aker BPderived
Development well · came from Solveig, last well 16/4-BF-2 Y2H · 3 wellbores there so far · responsible company (Sodir): Odfjell Drilling
- Discovery
Discovery: 34/4-19 S (Omega Sør Alfa), oil
Well 34/4-19 S, operator Equinor · PL 057
- Rig
Deepsea Bergen (then Deepsea Bollsta) spudded well 16/2-H-4 H on Johan Sverdrup for Equinorderived
Development well · came from Visund Sør, last well 34/8-V-1 BH · 4 wellbores there so far · responsible company (Sodir): Odfjell Drilling
- Well
Wildcat well 34/4-19 S spudded by Deepsea Atlantic
Operator Equinor · PL 057 · the rig came from PL 1137, last well 15/8-3 Sderived
- Discovery
Discovery: 15/8-3 S (Sissel), gas and condensate
Well 15/8-3 S, operator Equinor · PL 1137
- Rig
Deepsea Yantai spudded well 6407/9-D-1 BH on Draugen for OKEAderived
Development well · came from Bestla, last well 31/7-B-1 AY2H · responsible company (Sodir): Odfjell Drilling
- Rig
Deepsea Bergen (then Deepsea Bollsta) spudded well 34/8-V-4 DH on Visund for Equinorderived
Development well · came from PL 1194 (OMV), last well 6606/4-1 S · 2 wellbores there so far · responsible company (Sodir): Odfjell Drilling
- Well
Wildcat well 15/8-3 S spudded by Deepsea Atlantic
Operator Equinor · PL 1137 · the rig came from PL 1140, last well 15/5-8 Aderived
- Discovery
Discovery: 15/5-8 A (Langemann), gas and condensate
Well 15/5-8 A, operator Equinor · PL 1140 (the licence that owns Glitne)
- Rig
Deepsea Aberdeen spudded well 31/2-W-43 H on Troll for Equinorderived
Development well · came from Breidablikk, last well 25/8-L-2 AH · 8 wellbores there so far · responsible company (Sodir): Odfjell Drilling
- Rig
Deepsea Nordkapp spudded well 16/4-BG-1 Y1H on Solveig for Aker BPderived
Development well · came from Symra, last well 16/1-EA-3 H · 5 wellbores there so far · responsible company (Sodir): Odfjell Drilling
- Well
Wildcat well 30/11-16 S completed: shows
Operator Aker BP · PL 873 (the licence that owns Fulla, Lille-Frigg and Øst Frigg) · Deepsea Stavanger
Last 12 months (7 Oct 2025–7 Oct 2026). Wells: exploration wells (wildcat and appraisal). Development wells appear under Rigs when a rig moves there. Rigs: derived by OESA from Sodir's wellbores. An event when a moveable rig spuds a development or exploration well for another operator, or more than 3 km from its previous wellbore in another field or licence. Moves between templates on the same field are not included. «Came from» is the rig's previous wellbore at Sodir. The responsible company is the one Sodir lists as responsible for the rig today, not necessarily the owner. Sources: Norwegian Offshore Directorate (Sodir, NLOD 2.0): licence transfers (retrieved 7 Oct 2026), exploration wells and discoveries (7 Oct 2026), wellbores with drilling rig and the company responsible for the rig (7 Oct 2026) and field status (7 Oct 2026).
Sources
All figures and links on the page come from these sources. Curated links are entered by hand by OESA from the source text, and the quote is checked against the source at every build.
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, wellbores with drilling facility (spudded in the last three years) 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
- Norwegian Offshore Directorate, mobile facilities (responsible company and Acknowledgement of Compliance) 7 Oct 2026 · licence NLOD 2.0
Not in the data: The rig's own position (Sodir only has the well's), contracts and day rates, and wells older than three years.