Drilling fluid spills from Suncor's Transocean Barents rig - News Summed Up

Drilling fluid spills from Suncor's Transocean Barents rig


Drilling has been halted by Suncor's Transocean Barents after a spill of drilling fluid from the rig. Drilling operations will not resume until it is safe to do so and until Suncor has received approval from the Chief Conservation Officer of the C-NLOPB. —@CNLOPB"The well is safe and drilling has been suspended as Suncor investigates the cause of the discharge. The Transocean Barents is drilling in the Terra Nova field, about 350 kilometres off the coast of Newfoundland. Suncor signed a 15-month, $119-million contract for the Transocean Barents to begin offshore operations in 2017.


Source: CBC News April 28, 2018 19:07 UTC



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