North Sea oil news

Deltic Energy has announced that the Valaris 123 drilling unit has been mobilised and is on route to the Selene well location.

North Sea operators must take action on well decommissioning to support the UK’s supply chain, clean up their oil and gas legacy and stop costs spiralling, the industry regulator has warned.

Equinor and its partners Petoro, Vår Energi, and TotalEnergies EP Norge started production from the first Lavrans well in the Kristin South area on 7 July.

Deltic Energy has announced that it has accepted one of the two licences that were provisionally awarded by the North Sea Transition Authority in Tranche 3 of the UK's 33rd Offshore Licensing Round.

The company has successfully secured a contract to provide two new water injection packages, including the electric motors and variable frequency drives (VFDs), for the AKER/OKEA power from shore project off the coast of Norway.

The Vår Energi operated Cerisa exploration well in production license PL 636 was successful with estimated gross recoverable resources of between 18 – 39 million boe.

Ocean Installer have been chosen by Equinor and its partners in the Troll A license as the SURF Contractor for their new 12 billion NOK investment in the Troll Phase 3 – Stage 2 Project.

ORLEN Group will become a license partner in one of the five largest discoveries made on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in the last 10 years.

DNO ASA, has announced a gas condensate discovery on the Cuvette prospect in the Norwegian North Sea licenses PL248F and PL248GS in which the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary DNO Norge AS holds a 20% interest.

Weatherford International has announced it has been awarded a two-year frame agreement extension with Equinor, for the delivery of completions, liner-hangers, and slot recovery services.