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DOF Bags Shell’s Decommissioning Contract for Knarr and Gaupe Fields

Mar 12, 2024

Norwegian offshore vessel operator DOF Group has secured a ‘substantial’ subsea engineering procurement removal and disposal (EPRD) contract from Norske Shell in the Atlantic region.The contract outlines 100 combined days of utilization of DOF’s vessels Skandi Hera and Maersk Installer…

Perenco Starts Gas Production in Southern North Sea

Mar 11, 2024

Oil and gas company Perenco has started gas production from its C06 well, a near-field discovery within the Ravenspurn South area of the Southern North Sea.During the fourth quarter of 2023, the deviated well 42/30-C06 was drilled and completed with the Valaris-247 rig in 48-meter water depth…

Enersea Designs CCS Support Frame for North Sea Project

Mar 07, 2024

Dutch company Enersea has designed a support frame for carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the North Sea.According to Enersea, the support frame enables the connection between an existing jacket and a new CCS topsideGoal of this project…

Viaro Energy Receives NSTA License Approval for Bressay Oil Field

Mar 07, 2024

UK-based Viaro Energy has received regulatory from the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) for the assignment in the Bressay oil field license, following the recently completed acquisition agreement with EnQuest. Under the terms of the sales and purchase agreement…

Viaro Energy Grows North Sea Oil and Gas Portfolio

Feb 29, 2024

UK-based oil and gas company Viaro Energy has acquired full working interest in License P.2593 in the West of Shetland, which includes the Tuck gas discovery and the Boulmer prospect, along with several other prospects and leads in the area…

One Person Dies in Helicopter Crash as Part of Equinor’s SAR Training

Feb 29, 2024

One person has died following the crash of the helicopter outside Bergen in Norway, which was on a training assignment for Equinor’s SAR service for the Oseberg area in the North Sea.Bristow Group said that one of its search and rescue helicopters…

Norway Gives Nod to ConocoPhilips for Eldfisk North Oil Field Start Up

Feb 28, 2024

The Norwegian authorities have issued a consent to ConocoPhillips to start up the Eldfisk North oil filed in the North Sea.The Eldfisk North installation consists of two seabed templates for production and one for water injection, comprising a total of nine production wells and five injection wells…

DeepOcean Gets Pipelines Inspection Job in North Sea

Feb 28, 2024

Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been awarded a contract by Equinor to deliver inspection and survey work on the operator’s pipelines in the North Sea.DeepOcean’s scope of work includes pipeline inspections, seabed mapping, and ad-hoc pipeline survey and light construction work…

Norway Gives Production Go-Ahead for Aker BP-Operated Hanz Field

Feb 27, 2024

The Norwegian authorities have approved the start-up of production on the Hanz accumulation on the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea.The development solution involves reusing the subsea installations on the Jette field, which was shut down in 2016…

Noble Jack-Up Rig Gets Work Offshore Norway

Feb 27, 2024

Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has secured a one-well contract with Norwegian oil and gas company DNO Norge for its ultra-harsh environment jack-up rig Noble Invincible.DNO Norge will use the Noble Invincible rig to drill an exploration well on PL1086 license…

Serica Energy Concludes Stake Acquisition in North Sea Field

Feb 26, 2024

UK-based oil firm Serica Energy has completed the acquisition of 30% non-operated interest in two licenses in the Greater Buchan Area from Jersey Oil & Gas.The acquisition of interests in the P2498 and P2170 licenses, which together form the Greater Buchan Area…

KCA Deutag Secures Contract Extension with Vår Energi on North Sea Platform

Feb 21, 2024

Oil and gas drilling services company KCA Deutag has secured a two-year contract extension for the provision of offshore drilling and maintenance services on the Ringhorne platform in the Norwegian North Sea from operator Vår Energi.The award…

Seatrium to Start Work on Third 2GW HVDC Station for Dutch Offshore Wind Sector

Feb 19, 2024

Seatrium has set out plans to start working on the third 2 GW High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) electrical transmission system for offshore wind farms in the Netherlands in mid-2024.Seatrium received notification from the Dutch state-owned…

Aker BP Set for New Drilling Campaign with Noble’s Jack-up Rig

Feb 19, 2024

The Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil) has granted Aker BP consent for exploration drilling in the North Sea, which will be conducted using Noble Corporation’s Noble Integrator jack-up rig.The consent is for 24/6-5 exploration well in the North Sea at the Alvheim Deep prospect…

Equinor Gets Green Light for Exploration Well in North Sea

Feb 19, 2024

Norwegian oil and gas firm Equinor has received consent from the Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil) for exploration drilling in North Sea offshore Norway.The consents awarded by the country’s offshore industry safety watchdog, formerly known as the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway…

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