Statoil is planning to develop the 56.4 MMboe UK/Norwegian gas condensate Utgard discovery via a subsea development. The US$410 million (NOK 3.5 billion) project will see two wells, one on each side of the median line between the UK and Norwegian North Seas…
Allseas’ huge single-lift installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel Pioneering Spirit has successfully installed a 5500-tonne test platform topsides on a substructure in the K-13 field in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. The installation was completed on Sunday 7 August…
Wintershall Norge has started drilling wildcat exploration well 35/11-20 B using the Borgland Dolphin drilling rig in production license 248 F in the Norwegian North Sea. It is the latest well on the license, following well 35/11-20 A…
Allseas mega-vessel Pioneering Spirit has left its berth at the Maasvlakte 2, Rotterdam, to perform offshore trials ahead of its first commercial operation in the Norwegian North Sea (see video below). Crowds of people turned out to watch as huge…
Ithaca Energy's floating production unit, the FPF-1, has set sail for the Stella field in the North Sea after completing final marine systems trials. First oil from the Greater Stella Area development is expected in about three months later…
Det norske has received consent to use Safe Zephyrus as a flotel at the Ivar Aasen development, about 175km west of Karmøy in Rogaland county, Norway. The field has been developed using a production, drilling and accommodation facility…
Premier Oil's Bagpuss heavy oil exploration well on the Halibut Horst in the Outer Moray Firth, in the North Sea, has made a discovery, potentially opening a new play in the area. The 13/25-1 well, drilling using the Ocean Valiant semisubmersible drilling rig…
Norway's Det norske's exploration well on the Rovarkula prospect in the Norwegian sector of the central North Sea is dry, says the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. The 25/10-15 S wildcat well was drilled using the Maersk Interceptor jackup…
A 48-hour strike has started in the UK North Sea by offshore workers working for Wood Group on Shell platforms. The strike, on the Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Nelson, Gannet, Shearwater and Curlew platforms, follows a 24-hour walk out by workers from the Unite and RMT unions on Tuesday 26 July…
DNV GL has been awarded a five-year contract to provide in-service verification work for Wintershall Noordzee's RAVN and A6-A platforms. The two platforms based in the North Sea are the unmanned RAVN in the Danish sector and manned A6-A in the German sector…
UK-based independent Ithaca Energy has expanded its holdings in the Greater Stella Area (GSA) through four agreements, which increases its stake in the Vorlich discovery and gives it an operated interest in the Austen discovery. Through agreements with ENGIE E&P…
The UK's Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded four contracts with a combined value of more than £6 million over three years for surface and subsurface studies to improve understanding and maximize value by integrating exploration, development…
Subsea oil storage solutions could help unlock marginal fields; how easy would it be? Elaine Maslin reports from a workshop that assessed the issue. The Solan subsea tank prior to installation…
Dutch heavy weight Allseas has successfully completed commissioning of the topsides lift system on its heavy lift mega-vessel the Pioneering Spirit. The massive, twin-hull US$2.7 billion vessel has also completed the major part of the…
Statoil's Aasta Hansteen Spar development substructure has reached its complete form in its yard in South Korea. The Spar will be the world's largest Spar platform weighing in at a whopping 70,000-tonne, and Norway's first Spar development…
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