North Sea oil news

The US$3.3 billion Tyra Future redevelopment project is critical in enabling Denmark to achieve its gas supply requirements, while supporting future regional investments and protecting industry jobs, according to GlobalData.

Aker Solutions have been awarded contracts from Statoil to provide subsea production systems offshore Norway, in the North and Barents Sea. Both orders include installation and commissioning support services.

Aqualis Offshore will provide marine warranty surveyor and marine services to Aker BP’s fixed platforms, mobile units and subsea on the Norwegian continental shelf.

Deep Sea Mooring (DSM), a Vryhof company, has commenced operations with the newly awarded contract to provide pre-lay mooring products and services to the Deepsea Bergen semisubmersible drilling rig on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

The German company Wintershall have received shares in six licences by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, in the Awards for Predefined areas (APA) 2017 licencing round.

DEA wins five exploration licenses in the 2017 Awards in Predefined Areas (APA).

The awarded licences include four operatorships and production opportunities in Norway and the UK.

The contract has been awarded to Alcatel Submarine Networks for permanent reservoir monitoring (PRM) on the Johan Sverdrup field.

The decision authorises the construction of a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, the first new manned installation for Shell in the northern North Sea in almost 30 years.

Early production from the Catcher field in the North Sea is expected to be approximately 10 000 bpd.