North Sea oil news
UK government faces triple legal challenge over major fossil fuel expansion in North Sea
The UK government is potentially facing three separate legal challenges as Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and Uplift seek to stop up to 130 new oil and gas licences from going ahead.
S&P Global Commodity Insights shows that two thirds of UK and Norway North Sea oil and gas production has lower-than-average greenhouse gas intensity
The analysis found that, on average, UK production in the North Sea was nearly three times more GHG intensive (23 kgCO2e/boe) than Norwegian production (8 kgCO2e/boe).
Verdande: Securing higher production on the Norne vessel
The discoveries were proven in 2017 and 2020 respectively and contain a total of 36.3 million bbl of recoverable oil equivalent.
Neptune Energy confirms new discovery in the Norwegian Sea
Calypso is Neptune Energy’s third discovery in six months on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Coretrax completes multi-product project for major North Sea operator
The project saw a team identify the trouble zone and subsequently mobilise and install a short patch on a casing section of a well affected by corrosion.
Emerson to help enable carbon-efficient production from Equinor’s Martin Linge North Sea development
The operational support services are aimed at optimising oil and gas production efficiency, and reducing energy consumption and emissions.
NSTA opens investigation into suspected licence breach
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has opened an investigation into an operator suspected of breaching one of its licence conditions.
OMV (Norge) AS in the process of concluding drilling of Oseberg field exploration wells
The wells were drilled about 10 kilometres northwest of the Oseberg field in the North Sea and 150 kilometres northwest of Bergen.
Neptune Energy begins drilling Calypso exploration well
The reservoir target is the middle and lower Jurassic formations and is expected to be reached at a depth of approximately 2960 m.
AGR ramps up consultant staffing division and opens new Oslo office to meet ongoing business growth
AGR, a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy and software provider, is to expand and grow its range of services with the opening of an office in Oslo, Norway, to meet increased demand from new projects coming online in the oil and gas and renewables sectors.