North West Shelf News


Ithaca Extends Stay of Prosafe’s Accommodation Rig in North Sea

Nov 17, 2025

Oil and gas firm Ithaca Energy has extended the stay of Prosafe’s Safe Caledonia accommodation rig at the Captain field in the U.K. sector of the North Sea.Ithaca has exercised a further seven weeks of options for the Safe Caledonia, extending its stay through to early February 2026…

Smart Tools Optimize Offshore Production

Nov 16, 2025

Offshore operators are using an array of smart tools and techniques to optimize production, including from tiebacks, and cut emissions in the North Sea, a new report from the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) shows.The Technology Insights…

THREE60 Energy to Supply Offshore Crew for Vår Energi

Nov 13, 2025

Aberdeen-based offshore energy industry services firm Three60 Energy has signed a new long-term contract with Vår Energi for the provision of temporary contract workers.The agreement, effective from 1 November 2025, represents a continued and valued partnership between the two companies…

AGR Secures Five-Year Staffing Deal with Vår Energi

Nov 13, 2025

AGR resourcing services business, part of the ABL Group, has entered into a five-year frame agreement to deliver technical personnel and workforce to Vår Energi.Vår Energi is a leading independent upstream oil and gas company on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS)…

Viridien, TGS Deliver Results of OBN Survey in Gulf of America

Nov 12, 2025

Viridien, in collaboration with TGS, has made available the early out results from the Laconia Phase III ultra-long offset ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the Gulf of America.The initial 5Hz Acoustic TLFWI (AFWI) Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) products from the Laconia Phase III survey are now available…

Serica’s $232M Acquisition of BP's North Sea Assets Halted After Partner Steps In

Nov 11, 2025

NEO NEXT Energy, a joint venture between Repsol and NEO, has exercised its pre-emption rights over BP’s P111 and P2544 licenses, blocking Serica Energy’s proposed $232 million deal for the North Sea assets.Serica Energy said NEO NEXT, a license partner…

Equinor Drills Third Dry Well in Snorre Area Offshore Norway

Nov 11, 2025

Equinor and its partners have drilled a dry well in the Snorre area in the North Sea, offshore Norway.The wildcat well 34/6-9 S, or Avbitertang, was drilled in production license 554, 35 kilometers northeast of the Snorre field and 125 kilometers west of Florø…

Baker Hughes to Supply Key Equipment for Alaska LNG Project

Nov 11, 2025

U.S. energy developer Glenfarne Alaska LNG and Baker Hughes have signed definitive agreements to advance the Alaska LNG project, which aims to export natural gas from Alaska’s North Slope to global markets.Under the agreement, Baker Hughes will…

BOEM Advances Offshore Minerals Planning Efforts in American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands

Nov 10, 2025

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced key developments in its offshore critical minerals planning, with the completion of Area Identification offshore American Samoa and the release of a Request for Information and Interest for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands…

Trump Finalizes US Gulf Lease Sale, Proposes Alaska Sale

Nov 09, 2025

The Trump administration will hold an auction for drilling oil and gas off the U.S. Gulf next month and has proposed another in a waterway in southern Alaska, it said on Friday.The lease sale in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump refers to as the Gulf of America…

NOD, IGI Renew Agreement for Maintenance of Geochemical Database

Nov 07, 2025

The database with released geochemical data is updated twice a year with data from recently released wells in Diskos.The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has renewed the agreement with IGI (Integrated Geochemical Interpretation) to update the database for the next five years…

Aker BP’s Well in North Sea Comes Up Dry

Nov 07, 2025

Aker BP and its partners have drilled a well in the Yggdrasil area in the North Sea, which proved to be dry.The well 30/11-16 S, or ‘Natrudstilen’, was drilled in production license 873, just over one kilometer east of Fulla and 155 kilometers west of Bergen…

Equinor Cleared for Drilling Job in Barents Sea

Nov 07, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the Barents Sea.The permit is for a wellbore 7220/7-5 in production license 532, operated by Equinor with 46.3% working interest.Equinor’s partners in the license are Vår Energi with 30%…

BP-ADNOC JV Secures Rights for Harmattan Field Offshore Egypt

Nov 07, 2025

Arcius Energy, a joint venture between ADNOC’s XRG and BP, has secured full production and exploration rights for the Burj offshore concession in the Mediterranean, which includes Harmattan gas field offshore Egypt.The agreement was signed during…

Shell-Led LNG Canada Starts Production at Second Processing Unit

Nov 06, 2025

LNG Canada has started production of liquefied natural gas at the second of its two processing units, known as Train 2, the company said.Both trains at the Shell-led project in Kitimat, British Columbia - each with a capacity of 6.5 million metric tons per annum - are now operational…

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