Equinor and its partners Vår Energi and Aker BP have drilled a dry exploration well in the North Sea.The wildcat well 34/8-20 S was drilled about 130 kilometres west of Florø, in the Narvi nord prospect.The well was first to be drilled in production license 554 E…
A new analysis of environmental monitoring in the North Sea oil and gas sector, published by Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), the association representing the UK’s offshore energy industry, reports that emissions have been reduced, surpassing agreed targets…
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor two drilling permits for wildcat wells in the North Sea.The first permit is for wellbore 34/4-19 S in production license 057, operated by Equinor with 31% working interest.Other partners in the license include Petoro 30%…
Oilfield services provider Petrofac has secured a contract extension from ONEgas West, a Shell UK-operated venture, for asset support services in the U.K.’s Southern North Sea.The contract scope provides services across ONEgas West’s Southern North Sea portfolio…
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has provided more details about the recent oil discovery at OKEA-operated license in the North Sea, which is being considered for tie-back to the nearby Brage field.Norwegian oil and gas firm OKEA and…
Norwegian oil and gas company Vår Energi has informed that the Jotun floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, deployed at the Balder field in the North Sea, reached peak production ahead of schedule.The Jotun FPSO is now producing…
Britain's Serica Energy cut its 2025 production outlook on Wednesday, after a hit from a temporary slowdown in output at the Triton floating production storage and offloading vessel, sending its shares down nearly 14%.Serica said production…
Viridien has started the processing and imaging phase for the Utsira North multi-client Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) seismic survey in the Norwegian North Sea, to support exploration and development on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.The processing…
Petrodec’s newly constructed heavy lift jack-up vessel, named Obana, has started decommissioning work in the Southern North Sea for Perenco.Obana is working on the decommissioning of the Galahad platform, after which it will move to the Amethyst field for the removal of the C1D…
Norwegian oil and gas firm Vår Energi has completed the drilling of second well at the Balder field in the North Sea using COSL Drilling Europe’s COSL Pioneer semi-submersible drilling rig.COSLPioneer delivered the second well, BT-4, at the Balder field for Vår Energi…
Industrial compression specialist Everllence has been selected to supply key CO2 compression systems for the Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) project and the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) – two core elements of the UK’s government…
Engineering consultancy Wood has secured a three-year contract extension to provide operations, maintenance, modifications and support services on Equinor’s assets at the Mariner field, located on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).With the extended contract…
Danish power cable maker and services provider NKT has installed the HVDC power cable system for Tennet’s BorWin5 offshore grid connection in Germany.NKT said it completed the installation of the 320 kV HVDC system, completing the pull-in works…
Norwegian oil and gas firm OKEA has entered into an agreement with Harbour Energy Norge to farm-in to a 20% working interest in Alpehumle license, located north of Gjøa, offshore Norway.OKEA’s position in the greater Gjøa area is strengthened by the farm-in of Alpehumle…
Industrial services provider Bilfinger has secured a contract to provide inspection services using Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) across all of BP’s North Sea assets.This contract follows the recent three-year extension of Bilfinger’s existing insulation…