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Dry well on Skumnisse near the Draugen field

Nov 06, 2019

OKEA completed drilling of appraisal well 6407/9-12 on the Skumnisse prospect, north-east of the Draugen field. The well will now be permanently plugged and abandoned as a dry well.The well targeted an extension of the Upper Jurassic Rogn Formation…

Equinor Reports Echino South Discovery

Nov 06, 2019

Equinor and partners ExxonMobil, Idemitsu and Neptune have discovered oil and gas in exploration well Echino South, 35/11-23, by the Fram field in the North Sea, the Norwegian Energy Company said on Wednesday. Recoverable resources are estimated…

Heerema Vessels to Tap Shore Power

Nov 01, 2019

Heerema Marine Contractors will provide its crane vessels with clean energy. By switching off the diesel generators, total emissions will be reduced by the equivalent of the annual emissions of approximately 5,000 diesel cars. Eneco will supply power from the wind farm on Landtong Rozenburg…

New Floating Wind Center Launched

Oct 31, 2019

The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult launched a new multimillion dollar national Floating Offshore Wind Center of Excellence to drive forward the development of next generation offshore wind technologies.The initiative is backed by up to £500…

DNO Swings to Q3 Loss

Oct 31, 2019

Independent oil firm DNO swung to a third-quarter loss amid writedowns on assets in the North Sea and northern Iraq, the Norwegian company said on Thursday.The company's third-quarter loss came in at $140.9 million from a year-ago profit of $98…

OneSubsea, Subsea 7 Win Ormen Lange Contracts

Oct 31, 2019

Schlumberger said its subsea technologies division OneSubsea has secured a frame agreement with A/S Norske Shell for an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for the supply of a subsea multiphase compression system for the Ormen Lange field in the Norwegian Sea…

Siccar Point Lures Bids from Majors, PE Funds

Oct 31, 2019

Bids for North Sea oil and gas firm Siccar Point, backed by private equity groups Blackstone and Blue Water Energy, are due on Nov. 7 and are likely to target specific assets rather than the whole company, four industry sources said.The list…

Lundin Petroleum's Q3 Beats Forecast

Oct 31, 2019

Swedish oil firm Lundin Petroleum , a partner in Norway's giant Sverdrup oilfield, posted a smaller-than-expected decline in third-quarter earnings on Thursday, while raising output forecasts and cutting capital spending guidance.Earnings before interest…

Equinor Awards Hywind Tampen Contracts

Oct 31, 2019

Norwegian energy company Equinor today, on behalf of the Gullfaks and Snorre partners, signed contracts totaling around NOK 3.3 billion ($358.6 million) for the Hywind Tampen wind farm development.The contracts have been awarded to Kværner AS…

Serica to Drill Columbus Development Well

Oct 31, 2019

Maersk Drilling said it has entered into a contract with Serica Energy UK Ltd. to drill a subsea development well at the Columbus Development in the Central part of the UK North Sea. The contract value is $8 million.The contract is expected to commence in the fourth quarter of 2020…

Dolphin Drilling Enters Alliance with i3 Energy

Oct 31, 2019

Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling announced a two-month contract extension with i3 Energy for use of the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig and agreed to enter into a four-year strategic operations agreement between both companies…

Spirit Energy Raises Production at Chiswick

Oct 29, 2019

Spirit Energy has raised production from one of its North Sea fields following a £68.5 million ($88.3 million) drilling campaign, the UK based independent announced on Tuesday.First gas from a new well at Spirit Energy’s Chiswick field in the…

Residency in Waiting

Oct 29, 2019

It’s long been a vision to have underwater vehicles able to support subsea operations without reliance on a surface vessel. We’re closer to this vision than ever before, but what’s new that wasn’t in place before to make this happen?Earlier…

Peterson Renews Contract with Premier Oil

Oct 28, 2019

Energy logistics provider Peterson announced on Monday it has renewed a long-term contract worth over £20 million ($25.7 million) with independent exploration and production company Premier Oil.Peterson, having provided integrated logistics…

More Norwegian Fields to Receive Power from Shore

Oct 28, 2019

From 2022 the Johan Sverdrup field will supply the Gina Krog, Ivar Aasen and Edvard Grieg fields with power from shore. The area’s licence partners have recently agreed on maximizing the utilization of power from shore to the area by enabling…

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