Ekofisk Field News

 

UPDATED: FPF1 sailaway by end of month

Jun 21, 2016

Sailaway on Ithaca Energy's FPF1 floating production facility to the Greater Stella Area development in the UK North Sea is expected by the end of this month, according to contractor Petrofac. After a series of setbacks on the FPF1 modification project at the Remontowa Shipyard in Gdansk…

Butch drilled using open water coil tubing

Feb 24, 2016

In this video, Island Offshore shows a successful pilot hole that was drilled for Centrica Energy by using open water coil tubing.  Multi purpose offshore vessel, the Island Constructor, drilled a shallow gas pilot hole down to 360m below mudline at the Butch PL 405-field…

ConocoPhillips to use Rowan Norway for Ekofisk P&A

Feb 05, 2016

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted ConocoPhillips consent to use the Rowan Norway mobile drilling facility for plugging and abandonment of wells at Ekofisk 2/4 B. Ekofisk is an oil field lying in 70-75m of water in the southern North Sea…

Conoco awards Aker two MMO contracts

Feb 01, 2016

Aker Solutions' maintenance, modifications and operations (MMO) business in Norway secured two contracts for North Sea fields operated by ConocoPhillips. The company received a framework agreement for a fixed period of five years to become…

Total to drill Solaris wildcat

Dec 21, 2015

Total E&P Norge has been approved to drill a wildcat on its Solaris prospect in production licence 618, in the southern North Sea, bordering the UK shelf, announced the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) on 21 December. The drilling…

Centrica inks Subsea 7, Aibel, DNV GL frame agreements

Oct 30, 2015

Centrica signed a string of partnership agreements with three suppliers - Subsea 7, Aibel and DNV GL.  The firm says it is looking to create a strategic partner alliance (SPA) model covering all phases of project execution, with duration…

Centek announces deepwater division

Aug 31, 2015

Centek Group, a centralizer manufacturer, has formed a deepwater division to focus the sale and support of its specialist deepwater centralizer products. Centek’s deepwater centralizers are designed for use in wells where as many as nine…

ConocoPhillips extends Maersk jackup contract

Jul 27, 2015

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract extension for the jackup rig Mærsk Innovator with ConocoPhillips Norway for work on the Eldfisk field, part of the greater Ekofisk area, offshore Norway. The duration of the contract extension is 16 months…

New North Sea find near Ekofisk

Jul 23, 2015

Norway's Statoil has made a 15-75 MMboe gas and condensate discovery near the 70-200 MMboe King Lear discovery located just 17km from the Ekofisk facilities. The Julius discovery well 2/4-23S, drilled using the Maersk Gallant jackup in 68m water depth…

ConocoPhillips to use Maersk Gallant at Eldfisk

Jun 18, 2015

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has granted ConocoPhillips consent to use the Maersk Gallant mobile drilling facility for plugging and abandoning a production well at Eldfisk 2/7 A. Eldfisk is an oil field lying due south of Ekofisk in 70-75m of water in the southern North Sea…

Minor oil discovery at Romeo

Feb 13, 2015

Statoil Petroleum has made a minor oil discovery at the Romeo prospect in production license 146 in the southern part of the Norwegian North Sea. The Romeo well 2/4-22 S was drilled about 20km north of the Ekofisk field and 2.3km northeast of the 2/4-21 discovery…

A sinking feeling

Feb 02, 2015

Ekofisk is an iconic field, but its uniqueness gives operator ConocoPhillips some specific challenges around subsidence. Elaine Maslin reports. The Ekofisk Complex. Photo from ConocoPhillips Norge…

First oil on Eldfisk II achieved

Jan 05, 2015

First oil production has started from ConocoPhillips Eldfisk II project in the Norwegian North Sea. The Eldfisk II project includes plans to drill 40 new production and water injection wells from the new Eldfisk 2/7 S platform. One of four pre-drilled wells is currently online…

Total sells interest in four fields

Oct 29, 2014

Total E&P Norge AS will sell an 8% interest in the Gina Krog field in Norway, together with its interests in the mature fields of Vilje (24.243%), Vale (24.243%) and Morvin (6%), to PGNiG Upstream International for US$317 million. The…

Drilling starts at Eldfisk

Oct 22, 2014

ConocoPhillips kicked-off the drilling campaign on its Eldfisk II project with Maersk Innovator. Five wells have been pre-drilled, and the drilling operations of the remaining 35 wells has now begun. Eldfisk II is one of four fields that comprise the Greater Ekofisk Area…

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