North Sea oil news

Aker BP has received consent for removal of the facilities on the Jette field.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Spirit Energy Norge AS a drilling permit for well 7322/7-1, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Aker BP ASA a drilling permit for wells 25/10-16 S, 25/10-16 A and 25/10-16 B, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.

As part of the agreement, Equinor will provide industry knowledge and business needs to support Microsoft in developing new solutions for the industry.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted A/S Norske Shell a drilling permit for well 6304/3-1, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.

Equinor is awarding new service contracts to Baker Hughes Norge, Halliburton AS and Schlumberger Norge AS for integrated drilling and well services on most of the Equinor-operated fields on the Norwegian continental shelf.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has consented to the start on the Conoco Phillips-operated installation Ekofisk 2/4 VC in the North Sea.

The two companies have signed a contract worth more than US$10 million a year until 2024.

The discovery is currently estimated to contain 15 - 35 million bbls of recoverable oil equivalent.

Shell is the operator for production licence 373 S in the North Sea.