"Harbour Energy" News

BP Finds Gas in Final Well of West Nile Delta Drilling Campaign off Egypt

Mar 06, 2025

BP has completed drilling operations at the El Fayoum-5 gas discovery well in the North Alexandria Offshore Concession, marking the final well in its four-slot drilling campaign in the West Nile Delta.Drilled using the Valaris DS-12 drillship…

Yinson Widens CCS Portfolio with Stella Maris Acquisition

Feb 19, 2025

Yinson Production has completed the acquisition of Norway-based carbon capture and storage (CCS) company Stella Maris CCS from Altera Infrastructure.Stella Maris is developing a full CCS value chain, including carbon capture, intermediate storage…

Production Starts at Raven's Second Development

Feb 16, 2025

BP has started production from the second development phase of the Raven field offshore Egypt, the global oil company said on Sunday.BP said in a statement that the new wells are set to produce approximately 220 billion cubic feet of gas and 7 million barrels of condensate…

Harbour Energy Targets Output Increase in 2025

Jan 23, 2025

Britain's Harbour Energy on Thursday said it expects higher production in 2025 compared with last year, driven by the full-year's contribution from its purchase of oil and gas firm Wintershall Dea's assets.Harbour acquired the non-Russian oil and gas assets of the German company last year in an $11…

Aker BP Drills Dry Well in North Sea

Feb 06, 2025

Norwegian oil and gas firm Aker BP and its partners have drilled a dry well in the North Sea offshore Norway.The drilling was carried out north of the Gjøa field at the wildcat well 35/6-5 S, located in production license 1110, which was part of the awards in predefined areas (APA) 2020…

EnQuest to Acquire Harbour Energy's Vietnamese Assets

Jan 22, 2025

British energy group EnQuest is to acquire Harbour Energy's business in Vietnam, it said on Wednesday, as the North Sea-focused company moves to expand further outside its home market in response to higher UK taxes.The deal is valued at $84 million including debt…

Harbour Energy Confirms Gas Discovery in Norwegian Sea

Dec 10, 2024

Harbour Energy has proven gas discovery in an appraisal well in the Norwegian Sea, drilled with Transocean Norge semi-submersible drilling rig.The gas has been proven in an appraisal well 6507/4-5 S, in license 211 CS, located 270 kilometers north of Kristiansund…

Norway Offers 53 New Production Licenses

Jan 14, 2025

The Norwegian Ministry of Energy has offered 53 new production licenses on the Norwegian continental shelf.Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) is an annual exploration round for the Norwegian continental shelf.  Of the 53 production licenses offered in APA 2024…

Norway Awards Two CO2 Storage Permits in North Sea

Dec 19, 2024

Norwegian Ministry of Energy has offered two CO2 storage permits to Harbour Energy, Equinor, and Aker BP, both located in the North Sea.One of the permits is being offered to a group consisting of Harbour Energy (operator) and Equinor Low Carbon Solution…

Compressor Failure Shuts Down Equinor's Hammerfest LNG Plant

Jan 02, 2025

Equinor's Hammerfest LNG plant in Arctic northern Norway has suffered an unexpected outage due to a compressor failure, halting all output for one week, according to a regulatory statement on the Gassco web site on Thursday.The Hammerfest plant…

Trump to UK: Get Rid of North Sea "Windmills"

Jan 03, 2025

With the British government's announced plan to increase the windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas producers to 38% from 35% and extend the levy by one year, a move to fund renewable energy projects, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump took to…

Harbour Energy, Mubadala Sign Deals for Central Andaman Block Off Indonesia

Dec 03, 2024

Indonesia has signed a contract with units of Harbour Energy and Mubadala Energy for the development of a Central Andaman oil and gas block, the energy ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.The contract was signed under a new gross split scheme…

Aker BP Gets Green Light for Drilling Ops in Norwegian Sea

Dec 19, 2024

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Aker BP two drilling permits for wildcat wells in the Norwegian Sea.The permits are for wellbore 6306/6-3 S in production license 886, and 6507/5-13 S in production license 212.Aker BP operates the license 886…

McDermott Secures FEED Contract for Repsol’s Deepwater Fields Off Mexico

Dec 03, 2024

McDermott has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by Repsol Exploración México for the Polok and Chinwol field development project in the Gulf of Mexico.Under the contract scope, McDermott will provide comprehensive FEED services for the project's engineering…

UK Ups Windfall Tax on North Sea Oil Producers

Nov 01, 2024

The British government will increase a windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas producers to 38% from 35% and extend the levy by one year, finance minister Rachel Reeves announced on Wednesday.Presenting the first budget under the new Labour government…

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