Danish North Sea News

 

Maersk Oil completes Danish reorganization

Apr 26, 2017

Maersk Oil’s Danish business unit, located in Esbjerg, is in the second and last phase of a planned organizational restructuring, which will complete the implementation of a more effective and efficient operating model across its business activities…

Wintershall online at Ravn

Apr 19, 2017

Wintershall has started production from its first-ever operated Danish oil field, the Ravn field in the North Sea. The Ravn platfrom. Image from Wintershall. Ravn is in Block 5/06 in the Danish North Sea…

Maersk inks Tyra redevelopment deal

Mar 22, 2017

Maersk Oil reached an agreement with the government of Denmark that will see a full redevelopment plan for the Tyra project in the Danish North Sea. Tyra East. Image from Maersk Oil. The…

Maersk Oil to cut 160 jobs in Denmark

Jan 10, 2017

Maersk Oil is planning to cut 160 jobs from its Danish business unit following an 'organizational review.' The firm said the results of the review of the Danish business unit would 'simplify its organization to improve efficiency,' and create a more cost-efficient operating model…

Maersk to shut in Tyra

Jan 02, 2017

Maersk Oil is to shut in its Tyra field offshore Denmark in a move that could impact a string of other fields on the Danish Continental Shelf. Maersk Oil says it was unable to find an economic strategy for full recovery of the remaining resources in the field…

Stinger to inspect Siri tanks

Aug 12, 2016

Stinger Technology has taken delivery of a customized Seaeye Falcon ROV to be used for offshore subsea operations under a contract awarded by Dong Energy. The assignment includes environmental sampling and inspection inside the oil storage tank of the Siri platform…

Nordic Energy wants to wind up

Jun 23, 2016

UK-based small cap player Nordic has Energy has announced it is looking to wind up the company. The firm has instructed accountants Turpin Barker Armstrong to lead the insolvency proceedings.   The Company listed on the ISDX Growth…

16 Danish North Sea licenses assigned

Feb 29, 2016

Sixteen new licenses for oil and gas exploration in the Danish sector of the North Sea have been granted under Denmark's 7th Licensing Round, pending parliament approval.  The move will see several new foreign operators enter the Danish sector…

Dana Petroleum completes Lille John wells

Feb 15, 2016

Dana Petroleum has successfully completed the drilling of the Lille John-2 appraisal well and side-track on the Lille John oil field in license 12/06 in the Danish North Sea last week. Map from Dana Petroleum…

DONG expects US$2.33 billion write down

Jan 27, 2016

Semi-state owned Danish energy company DONG Energy has decided to keep its exploration and production business ahead of floating on the stock market. But, the firm said its exploration and production business will have to 'adapt to the significant decline in oil and gas prices…

READ bags Maersk contract

Nov 12, 2015

Maersk Oil awarded Aberdeen-based production and integrity evaluation specialist READ Cased Hole a multi-million dollar contract, five-year contract to be the primary service provider for cased hole logging services, including production evaluation and well integrity domains…

DONG: Realities bite, Hejre still delayed

Aug 19, 2015

The Danish North Sea high-pressure, high-temperature Hejre oil field project continues to be challenged by delays from its supplier consortium, according to operator DONG Energy. Henrik Poulsen, the firm's CEO and President, said DONG continues to press for first oil in 2017…

North Sea drilled with 45in bit

May 15, 2015

The North Sea operation of a global independent energy company has just completed a contract and was the first to use what is believed to be the world’s largest oilfield drilling bit. Varel Oil & Gas Dill Bits was commissioned by Hess Corp…

Wintershall outlines North Sea plans

Apr 16, 2015

Germany's Wintershall is stepping up its activities in the southern North Sea, the company has announced. In addition to an extensive drilling campaign in the Netherlands, the UK and Denmark, the company intends to take its natural gas and crude oil discoveries into the production phase swiftly…

Maersk fires up Tyra Southeast-B

Mar 31, 2015

Danish headquartered oil and gas explorer Maersk Oil has started production from Tyra Southeast-B in the Danish sector of the North Sea. The new 4700-tonne platform, 220km off Denmark’s west coast, will produce a mixture of oil and gas…

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