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Hurricane Energy Says Talks with Bluewater Over FPSO Deal 'Positive'

Nov 16, 2021

Hurricane Energy, a UK-based oil firm producing oil from the Lancaster offshore field in the UK, has said it has had positive talks over the Aoka Mizu contract extension with owner Bluewater.Hurricane Energy, which started producing from the Lancaster field west of Shetland in 2019 using the Aoka Mizu FPSO, said in June it would not the extend charter of the Aoka Mizu FPSO for a period of three years from June 2022 to June 2025 'on current terms…

Investment plans on the UKCS

Dec 28, 2017

UK operators have gone a long way to reducing their costs and are even starting to look at investment, delegates attending the Oil & Gas UK Share Fair in Aberdeen early November learned. Elaine Maslin reports (First published in the December 2017 OE…

Hurricane's Lancaster EPS approved

Sep 25, 2017

Hurricane Energy has been given approval to move forward with its West of Shetland fractured basement Lancaster field early production system (EPS). The Lancaster EPS is a two-well tieback to a floating production, storage and loading facility…

Hurricane takes FID on Lancaster, starts fabrication

Sep 14, 2017

Hurricane Energy has made a final investment decision on its Lancaster early production system (EPS) development and expects regulatory approval shortly. The Lancaster EPS is a two-well tieback to a floating production, storage and loading facility that is expected to produce 17…

Lundin Norway hires COSLInnovator

Jul 11, 2017

COSL Drilling Europe has been able to rescue to of its rigs from warm stacking this month. The company announced a new contract from Lundin Norway for the use of the COSLInnovator to drill one well, with the addition of an option of eight wells…

COSLPioneer in Ettrick, Blackbird P&A

Jul 05, 2017

COSL Drilling Europe received a letter of intent (LOI) from Nexen Petroleum UK to carry out plugging and abandonment (P&A) work at the Ettrick and Blackbird fields in UK.  The work, which will be conducted by the semisubmersible, COSLPioneer…

Hurricane to raise $520 million for Lancaster

Jun 30, 2017

Fractured basement explorer Hurricane Energy is set to raise US$520 million to help it fund its Lancaster early production system (EPS), west of Shetland.  The cash would be through a $300 million in a share placing and a further $220 million in a convertible bond offering…

Hurricane spuds Halifax probe west of Shetland

Jan 16, 2017

UK independent fractured basement reservoir explorer Hurricane Energy has started drilling on its Halifax well west of Shetland on the UK Continental Shelf. The well, being drilled using the Transocean Spitsbergen semisubmersible drilling rig…

Hurricane agrees FPSO for Lancaster, plans to drill Halifax well

Nov 28, 2016

UK fractured basement player Hurricane Energy has agreed in principal deal for a floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) unit to develop its Lancaster field and is set to drill its nearby Halifax prospect, west of Shetland, UK. Under a heads of terms agreement…

Nexen eyeing Buzzard phase 2

Nov 02, 2016

The UK business of CNOOC-owned Nexen Petroleum is planning two high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) exploration wells in the North Sea, with at least one in 2017, and assessing a phase 2 of its massive Buzzard development.  Presenting…

Nexen ends Ettrick, Blackbird production

May 06, 2016

Nexen Petroleum is to end production from the Ettrick field in the North Sea and remove the floating production facility FPSO Aoka Mizu from the location. Nexen, which is owned by China National Offshore Corporation, terminated a contract with FPSO provider Bluewater in March…

Balmoral releases HT thermal insulation systems

Apr 29, 2016

Balmoral Offshore Engineering has introduced a range of high temperature thermal insulation systems suitable for use on subsea Christmas trees, manifolds, spool pieces and jumpers, etc. High temperature-rated silicone, urethane alloy…

M Vest buys Atlantic Petroleum North Sea fields

Mar 10, 2016

Atlantic Petroleum has agreed to sell its Norwegian activities to M Vest Energy - a company partly owned by Atlantic's existing management. The Norwegian activities include all of Atlantic's assets and licenses, the liabilities of the licenses…

Nexen picks Xodus for decommissioning

Sep 02, 2015

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…

Decom projects on the rise

Jul 01, 2015

Within the next few years, a couple of major decommissioning projects are set to start in the UK sector of the North Sea at the Brent and Murchison fields — and there are plenty of other projects in the pipeline. John Bradbury outlines the activity…

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