New North Sea oil drilling faces delay after gear accidentally dropped in sea

The Guardian25 Jul 2026Clients
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Production at Rosebank is now anticipated in 2027 rather than before the end of 2026, after the Adura-hired rig from Odfjell Drilling dropped a safety valve and other drilling equipment 1,100 metres to the seabed on 18 April. The platform underwent repairs at a shipyard in Bergen and has returned to the field but is not yet operational, with Odfjell documenting a potential four-month outage. WHY: