North Sea News


Petrogas, Gasunie to Explore Reusing North Sea Pipelines for Green Hydrogen

Mar 13, 2025

Dutch natural gas infrastructure and transportation company Gasunie and Petrogas Transportation plan to jointly investigate how the Petrogas pipeline installed under the North Sea can be reused for the transport of green hydrogen.The research…

Jotun FPSO On its Way to Balder Field in North Sea

Mar 13, 2025

Vår Energi has started the tow out of the Jotun floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) from the Worley Rosenberg yard to the Balder field, which is on schedule for production start by the end of the second quarter of 2025…

Norway Clears Equinor for Two-Well Drilling Operation in North Sea

Mar 11, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for two wildcat wells in the North Sea.The permit is for wells 34/6-8 S and 34/6-8 A in production license 554.Equinor is the operator of the license with 40% working interest…

Tyra II Faces Another Operational Setback

Mar 11, 2025

BlueNord, the partner in the Tyra II project along with TotalEnergies and Nordsøfonden, has informed that Tyra II project has faced another ‘operational setback’, which is impacting its maximum production potential at the Denmark’s largest offshore gas development…

Dana Petroleum Cancels Sale of Western Isles FPSO

Mar 10, 2025

U.K.-based oil and gas company Dana Petroleum has terminated the agreement with NEO Energy for the proposed sale of the Western Isles floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which was planned for deployment in the North Sea as part of Buchan field redevelopment…

NKT Concludes First Cable Installation Phase for O&G Scheme Off Norway

Mar 10, 2025

Danish power cable maker and services provider NKT has completed the first installation campaign Norway to connect Aker BP-operated Yggdrasil offshore oil and gas area to shore.NKT said the first installation campaign in the Norwegian fjords and in the North Sea has been completed…

UK to Revise Windfall Oil and Gas Tax

Mar 06, 2025

Britain plans to overhaul its windfall tax regime on oil and gas producers once current levies run out in 2030, it said on Wednesday as it vowed to transform the North Sea into a renewables hub.The government is asking industry players and others…

Norway Puts One North Sea Area Up for CO2 Storage Bids

Mar 05, 2025

Norwegian Ministry of Energy has opened applications for exploration licenses related to CO2 storage in one designated area in the North Sea.Announcement and possible allocation of area for a storage permit will take place after individual application…

US Grants License Extension to Serica Energy for Rhum Field

Feb 27, 2025

The U.S. Treasury, via the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), has extended a license for Serica Energy to operate the Rhum field in the North Sea, 50% owned by Iran's national oil company, for two more years.The OFAC license and secondary sanctions assurance relating to the Rhum field…

Serica Energy Shuts Down Triton FPSO Due to Storm-Related Damage

Feb 18, 2025

U.K.-based oil firm Serica Energy has suspended the production at Triton floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit in the North Sea, following the damage caused by the Storm Éowyn in January 2025.According to Serica Energy, during the storm on January 24…

Floatel Firms Contract for Floatel Superior in North Sea

Feb 12, 2025

Offshore accommodation rig firm Floatel International has secured firm contract with an undisclosed client North Sea client for Floatel Superior.Floatel Superior will provide services in the second quarter of 2026 under the three-month contract…

Carbon Catalyst Injects First CO2 at Perenco’s Depleted Leman Gas Field Off UK

Feb 12, 2025

Carbon Catalyst Limited (CCL) has conducted a first CO2 injection test as part of the Poseidon carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, which will store CO2 at Perenco-operated Leman gas field in Southern North Sea.The Poseidon CO2 injection test took place on February 10…

TGS Nets Two 4D Streamer Contracts Offshore Norway

Feb 10, 2025

Norwegian seismic firm TGS has secured two 4D streamer contract acquisition projects, one in the North Sea and the other in the Norwegian Sea.The 4D projects are scheduled to be acquired back-to-back and start in June 2025.The total duration of the two surveys is approximately 80 days…

ECITB: Employers Face Hiring Challenges for Increasingly Aging O&G Workforce

Feb 06, 2025

The Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) workforce report has highlighted hiring challenges for offshore oil and gas employers in the U.K, as the average age in the offshore engineering construction industry (ECI) starts falling behind wider industry…

Aker BP Drills Dry Well in North Sea

Feb 06, 2025

Norwegian oil and gas firm Aker BP and its partners have drilled a dry well in the North Sea offshore Norway.The drilling was carried out north of the Gjøa field at the wildcat well 35/6-5 S, located in production license 1110, which was part of the awards in predefined areas (APA) 2020…

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