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Equinor Gets Clearance to Use Deepsea Bollsta Semi-Sub for North Sea Ops

Sep 23, 2025

Norway’s offshore industry safety watchdog Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil) has given Equinor consent to use the Deepsea Bollsta semi-submersible rig for operations in the North Sea.The rig will be used for plugging, drilling and completion of wells on the Visund Sør field…

Petrofac Bags $50M Contract Renewal with Ithaca Energy in North Sea

Sep 22, 2025

Provider of services to the global energy industry Petrofac has extended its work in the U.K.’s North Sea with a two-year contract renewal from Ithaca Energy, valued at $50 million.Under the integrated services contract, Petrofac, who has supported Ithaca Energy since 2011…

Hibiscus Petroleum Starts Drilling at Teal West Field off UK

Sep 19, 2025

Malaysian independent oil and gas exploration firm Hibiscus Petroleum has spudded a new well at the Teal West field in the North Sea, off the coast of the United Kingdom.The drilling operations is being done with Shelf Drilling’s Shelf Drilling Fortress jack-up rig…

Equinor’s North Sea Wildcat Well Yields No Oil and Gas

Sep 19, 2025

Equinor and its partners Vår Energi and Aker BP have drilled a dry exploration well in the North Sea.The wildcat well 34/8-20 S was drilled about 130 kilometres west of Florø, in the Narvi nord prospect.The well was first to be drilled in production license 554 E…

UK: North Sea Oil and Gas Industry Beats Official Environmental Targets

Sep 15, 2025

A new analysis of environmental monitoring in the North Sea oil and gas sector, published by Offshore Energies UK (OEUK), the association representing the UK’s offshore energy industry, reports that emissions have been reduced, surpassing agreed targets…

Equinor Secures Two Permits for Drilling Ops off Norway

Sep 15, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor two drilling permits for wildcat wells in the North Sea.The first permit is for wellbore 34/4-19 S in production license 057, operated by Equinor with 31% working interest.Other partners in the license include Petoro 30%…

Petrofac to Stay on Duty for ONEgas in UK’s Southern North Sea

Sep 15, 2025

Oilfield services provider Petrofac has secured a contract extension from ONEgas West, a Shell UK-operated venture, for asset support services in the U.K.’s Southern North Sea.The contract scope provides services across ONEgas West’s Southern North Sea portfolio…

Recent Oil Find in North Sea Up for Tie-Back to Brage Field

Sep 12, 2025

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has provided more details about the recent oil discovery at OKEA-operated license in the North Sea, which is being considered for tie-back to the nearby Brage field.Norwegian oil and gas firm OKEA and…

Jotun FPSO Reaches Peak Production Ahead of Schedule

Sep 10, 2025

Norwegian oil and gas company Vår Energi has informed that the Jotun floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, deployed at the Balder field in the North Sea, reached peak production ahead of schedule.The Jotun FPSO is now producing…

UK's Serica Energy Trims 2025 Production Outlook

Sep 10, 2025

Britain's Serica Energy cut its 2025 production outlook on Wednesday, after a hit from a temporary slowdown in output at the Triton floating production storage and offloading vessel, sending its shares down nearly 14%.Serica said production…

Viridien Kicks Off Seismic Imaging for Utsira North OBN Survey

Sep 09, 2025

Viridien has started the processing and imaging phase for the Utsira North multi-client Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) seismic survey in the Norwegian North Sea, to support exploration and development on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.The processing…

Giant Jack-Up Vessel Newbuild Starts Decom Work for Perenco in North Sea

Sep 08, 2025

Petrodec’s newly constructed heavy lift jack-up vessel, named Obana, has started decommissioning work in the Southern North Sea for Perenco.Obana is working on the decommissioning of the Galahad platform, after which it will move to the Amethyst field for the removal of the C1D…

COSLPioneer Semi-Sub Delivers Second Well for Vår Energi at North Sea Field

Sep 05, 2025

Norwegian oil and gas firm Vår Energi has completed the drilling of second well at the Balder field in the North Sea using COSL Drilling Europe’s COSL Pioneer semi-submersible drilling rig.COSLPioneer delivered the second well, BT-4, at the Balder field for Vår Energi…

Everllence to Equip UK CCS Projects with CO2 Compression Systems

Sep 04, 2025

Industrial compression specialist Everllence has been selected to supply key CO2 compression systems for the Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) project and the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) – two core elements of the UK’s government…

Wood Retains Oilfield Services Role on Equinor’s Mariner Field off UK

Sep 02, 2025

Engineering consultancy Wood has secured a three-year contract extension to provide operations, maintenance, modifications and support services on Equinor’s assets at the Mariner field, located on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).With the extended contract…

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