Two and a half years after project sanction, production began from Statoil’s Smørbukk South Extension at the Åsgard field. Installation of Smørbukk South Extension subsea template. Images from Statoil…
Norway's official statistics organisation, Statistics Norway, has predicted that oil prices are set to remain low and only gradually increase to around US$60 in 2018. The organization said yesterday that low spending will also result in a drop in investment of almost 33% from 2013 to 2018…
Statoil to develop new small discovery in the 30/9-27 S in production license 104 as part of Oseberg Delta project. The well was drilled about 7km west of the Oseberg Sør-field in the northern part of the North Sea, 150km west of Bergen…
US-based Noble Energy says it is imperative that the Israeli government follows through with and approves a framework agreement to develop Leviathan and Tamar, which was presented to the Knesset yesterday (2 September). Map of Israel…
Premier Oil's exploration well 3/7-10 S on the Myrhauk prospect in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea is to be plugged and abandoned as a dry hole. The well, on the south east flank of the Mandal High in production license 539, reached total vertical depth of 3464m…
Image: Culzean platform/Heerema Fabrication Group Maersk Oil North Sea UK has awarded Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) a second contract for structures on its ultra-high-pressure, high-temperature (uHPHT) Culzean development in the North Sea…
Magseis announced that it has started a multi-client program in the Barents Sea. The survey builds on previous work conducted in the Barents Sea for Statoil and Lundin Petroleum and where the company’s Marine Autonomous Seismic System…
Image: Apotmarin marine control center in Trondheim, Norway/Apotomar Aptomar officially opened its “Aptomarin” marine control center in Trondheim, Norway. The 24/7 field monitoring operation…
Ahead of next week’s SPE Offshore Europe 2015, Audrey Leon spoke with OneSubsea’s Don Sweet about how he got into the industry and what technologies he’s keeping an eye on. Sweet. Image from OneSubsea…
Oil & Gas UK has launched an Efficiency Task Force (ETF) – a group tasked with driving improvement, making the sector more competitive, and supporting the drive to maximize economic recovery from the UK Continental Shelf. Oil & Gas UK…
Shell and BG Group’s US$70 billion merger received the unconditional merger clearance from the European Union (EU), completing two of the five preconditions for the mega merger, Shell announced today (2 September). Image from Shell…
UK-based EPIC International has won a contract to use its new Late in Life Operation (LILO) model for “mothballing” near end-of-life North Sea platforms. The ca. £500,000 contract, with an UK independent operator on a southern North Sea platform…
SMD is set to contribute to a major offshore wind research project lead by The University of Dundee. The project will look to determine whether cheaper, more environmentally friendly and more effective foundations can be developed for the offshore renewables industry…
Nexen has awarded Xodus Group a contract to provide front end engineering and design (FEED) services in support of the decommissioning of the Ettrick and Blackbird fields in the central North Sea. The workscope will assess the best…
Norway-based PGS is to cold-stack a third vessel, the Ramform Viking ultra high capacity 3D seismic vessel, as it battles the downturn in the market. The Ramform Viking will be cold-stacked after it completes a MultiClient project offshore East Newfoundland in late October this year…