Our Experience in PNG
Since commencing operations in PNG, High Arctic has drilled, worked over or abandoned in excess of 100 deep oil and gas wells across a wide range of terrains and conditions. Successful project delivery has been achieved while maintaining world class QHSE outcomes with Total Recordable Incident Free operations dating back over 9 years and 4 million work hours.
2007
February 2007 – Rig101 secures first contract in PNG
August 2007 – Additional Heli-portable Rig103 is developed & mobilised to PNG
2008
June 2008 – Hydraulic workover Rig102 begins operations
December 2008 – Heli-portable Rig104 mobilised to PNG
2009
January 2009 – Create and register PNG Industry Manpower Solutions Limited (PNG Company No. 1-66535) – PIMS
July 2009 – PIMS provides first personnel to customers in PNG
2010
April 2010 – Rig103 secures contract with Eaglewood Energy
December 2010 – Contract extension for Rig104
2011
July 2011 – Major upgrades and modifications completed for Hydraulic Workover Rig102
2012
July 2012 – Rolling Stock assets increased to meet high demands
2013
March 2013 – Significant HDPE Mat System expansion
September 2013 – Major contract renewal
2014
January 2014 – Commence services for InterOil
February 2014 – HDPE Mat System deployment peaks
April 2014 – Purchase of Rigs 115 & 116
2015
March 2015 – Arrival of Rig115
June 2015 – Rig115 commences first well
August 2015 – Arrival of Rig116
October 2015 – Commence drilling services for TotalEnergies
2016
February 2016 – Commence drilling services for Repsol
July 2016 – Extend contract term with Oil Search
November 2016 – Rig115 drills Antelope-7
2017
February 2017 – ExxonMobil closes purchase of InterOil
June 2017 – Muruk-1 Success
August 2017 – 1 Year recordable incident free; Fast moving rig contract signed
2018
February 2018 – Rig115 commences with Oil Search; Major earthquake affects PNG
April 2018 – 1 Million recordable incident-free work hours
July 2018 – Major contracts renewal
August 2018 – 2 Years recordable incident free
2019
May 2019 – Muruk-2 appraisal success
August 2019 – 3 Years recordable incident free
September 2019 – 2 Million recordable incident-free work hours
2020
March 2020 – Rig102 refurbished in PNG
April 2020 – COVID-19 drilling cessation; 65 employees agree to remain working in PNG through COVID travel bans
August 2020 – 4 Years recordable incident free
November 2020 – Employees able to travel home
2021
August 2021 – 5 Years recordable incident free
December 2021 – Mobilise Rig115 to work with ExxonMobil
2022
April 2022 – Successful completion of Rig115 abandonment work
May 2022 – Deploy crews for PNG-LNG well abandonment
August 2022 – Rig103 contract with Santos, prepare Rig103 to return to work; 6 Years recordable incident free
September 2022 – 3 Million recordable incident-free work hours
2023
May 2023 – PIMS delivers first commercial training
August 2023 – 7 Years recordable incident free
2024
August 2024 – 8 Years recordable incident free
2025
March 2025 – Fire Services launches
August 2025 – 9 Years recordable incident free
Partner With Us in PNG
From LNG and mining to infrastructure and safety, our track record speaks for itself. Get in touch to discuss how High Arctic can support your next project in Papua New Guinea.
