TotalEnergies has completed the merger of its U.K. upstream oil and gas business with NEO NEXT, creating a new company named NEO NEXT+ and taking a 47.5% stake in the combined entity.The deal establishes NEO NEXT+ as the largest independent oil and gas producer on the U.K. Continental Shelf, with expected output of more than 250,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2026.The transaction combines TotalEnergies’ U…
Serica Energy has completed the acquisition of a 40% operated interest in the Greater Laggan Area and associated infrastructure from TotalEnergies, strengthening its position in the West of Shetland basin.The deal, first announced in September 2025…
Britain's Serica Energy reported a 50% fall in annual pretax profit on Thursday, hurt by lower production due to outages at the Triton floating production storage and offloading vessel and higher operating costs.Serica is moving to offset operational…
Norwegian oil and gas firm OKEA has increased recoverable resource estimates for the Talisker West discovery at the Brage field in the North Sea following further subsurface evaluation.The company said P50 recoverable resources in the Talisker…
North Sea-focussed oil producer EnQuest maintained its 2026 production outlook on Wednesday, banking on investments in Britain and South East Asia, after Britain's windfall levies hit last year's post-tax profit.Like its rivals, EnQuestcontinues to face challenges from the UK's Energy Profits Levy…
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) received bids for more than 2 million acres of seabed by closure of the UK’s second carbon storage licensing round on March 24.The applications pave the way for further carbon stores in the UK and highlight…
Adura Energy, a joint venture between Shell and Equinor, has signed a $3 billion reserve-based lending (RBL) facility to support its future growth and energy supply ambitions in the United Kingdom.The seven-year, senior-secured facility is Adura’s…
Boskalis Subsea Services has secured a multi-million-dollar offshore decommissioning contract with Shell UK.The award marks the first decommissioning-specific project Boskalis will carry out for the operator.Under the contract, Boskalis Subsea…
AquaTerra Group has completed what it said is the first full-length internal repair of a seawater and drilling cuttings disposal caisson on an offshore production platform in the North Sea, using its C-Cure lining system.The project involved…
Equinor has made two hydrocarbon discoveries in the North Sea, finding oil in the Troll area and gas and condensate near the Sleipner hub, with both considered commercially viable.The Byrding C discovery was made about five kilometers northwest…
Equinor has completed its investigation into a well control incident on Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Bollsta drilling rig in September 2025, classifying it in the company’s highest category of severity.The incident occurred during plugging operations…
North Sea-focussed oil producer EnQuest forecast lower annual production on Monday after storm damage to a third‑party platform led to a five-week outage at its Magnus field.Severe weather disrupted operations in the UK North Sea early in 2026…
Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) said on Thursday that recoverable gas reserves on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) amount to 456 billion cubic meters (bcm), more than double the 226 bcm production projection between 2025 and 2050 cited by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA)…
THREE60 Energy, Innovair and Oil States have formed a strategic alliance to deliver integrated caisson integrity management services for the global oil and gas sector, targeting ageing offshore assets in mature basins such as the North Sea.The collaboration combines inspection…
Equinor and its partners have discovered oil and gas in the exploration well drilled in the North Sea in the Granat prospect near Gullfaks, offshore Norway.Wildcat wells 33/12-N-3 HH and 33/12-N-3 GH were drilled in connection with drilling…
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