North Sea Ekofisk and Forties crude differentials lost ground in the week's opening session on keen selling interest in the Platts window.PLATTS WINDOW* Indications are on a free-on-board (FOB) basis unless marked as cost, insurance, and freight (CIF) or delivered at place (DAP)…
INEOS Forties Pipeline System (FPS) has selected Liebherr for the supply of a new Ram Luffing (RL) series offshore crane for its Unity Platform in the UK North Sea.After more than 30 years of service, the currently installed RL crane on the Unity Platform has run its course…
Odfjell Technology on Friday said it has been awarded a two-year contract extension from Serica Energy for the provision of storage, preservation, maintenance and platform drilling services on the Bruce platform in the UK North Sea.This extension will see the contract through until November 2025…
Oil major BP said Monday that production had started from the Seagull oil and gas field in the UK North Sea.Seagull has been developed by Neptune Energy as a subsea tieback to the BP-operated central processing facility (CPF) of the Eastern Trough Area Project (ETAP) in the central North Sea…
The UK government has approved BP's proposed development of the Murlach oil and gas field in the UK North Sea.The Murlach Field Development will be a redevelopment of the Murlach Field (part of Marnock-Skua), located in the Central North Sea…
U.S. and Canadian refiners have turned to North Sea 'Forties' crude oil for the first time in seven years in the latest sign of changing global oil flows from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Nearly 2.6 million barrels of the crude are set to arrive at U…
UK-based workers' union Unite said Friday that some 300 Stork construction members would be balloted on strike action on over 30 offshore installations in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), potentially affecting operators such as EnQuest, Repsol…
North Sea Forties crude oil differentials were unchanged on Wednesday as Mercuria offered cargoes while BP withdrew one, all above Forties' current assessed value.Platts windowIndications are on a free-on-board (FOB) basis unless marked as cost…
UK North Sea-focused oil and gas company Serica Energy has extended its contract with Odfjell Technology for the provision of storage, preservation, maintenance, and drilling services on the North Sea Bruce platform.Kurt Meinert Fjell, Odfjell Technology…
Offshore helicopter services firm NHV Group has won a helicopter services contract in the Central North Sea with INEOS FPS.Under the five-year deal, which takes effect at the beginning of November, NHV will perform helicopter flights to the Forties Unity from NHV Aberdeen…
UK North Sea production platforms reduced their flaring by 6 billion cubic feet (bcf), to 26 bcf, a reduction equivalent to the annual gas demand of 130,000 UK homes, the UK Oil and Gas Authority said Friday.A city with 130,000 homes would be similar in size to Aberdeen…
BP supports the addition of U.S. oil crude grade WTI Midland to global dated Brent, suggesting the removal in the medium-term of Brent and Forties grades from the benchmark as flows have evaporated, according to a document seen by Reuters.Dated Brent…
Serica Energy, an oil and gas company focused on the UK North Sea, has announced that the first production has been achieved from its Columbus offshore field.The Columbus field area is located 35km northeast of Shell's Shearwater production platform…
Serica Energy's Columbus field in the UK North Sea will see its first production start-up delayed due to restricted capacity at Shell's Shearwater platform.The Columbus field development plan, approved in 2018, envisions the reservoir will be…
