North Sea oil news

The Snorre Expansion contract covers the delivery of subsea production systems and includes 6 subsea templates and subsea production equipment.

Repsol has submitted a new Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for the Yme field in the North Sea. More eight billion kroner will be invested in the development. The planned start-up is 2020.

The Noregian Petroleum Safety Authority has given Statoil Petroleum (Statoil) consent to use the Songa Enabler mobile drilling facility on the Snorre field.

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given its consent for ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS (ConocoPhillips) to dispose of the Ekofisk 2/4 H, Ekofisk 2/4 A, Ekofisk 2/4 FTP and Ekofisk 2/4 Q facilities in the North Sea.

Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) has surpassed US$8 billion this year in a clear sign that confidence is gradually returning to the basin, says Oil & Gas UK’s newly launched Market Insight.

The contract covers the provision of subsea equipment including umbilicals, risers, flowlines and the subsea production system for the Fenja Project (previously known as Pil & Bue). Fenja is located in the Norwegian Sea and will be tied back to the Njord platform.

Subsea 7 S.A. has announced the award of two contracts from alliance partner Aker BP in the Norwegian North Sea.

Bibby Offshore, a leading subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, has successfully completed a multi-million pound contract with Maersk Oil UK, providing both subsea structure and pipeline inspection support in the UKCS.

Sparrows Group has secured a new five-year contract with Premier Oil for the provision of crane operations and maintenance across two of its North Sea assets.

The company will supply the subsea production system and design the topside of the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility, which will be the largest-ever of its kind offshore Norway.