North Sea oil news

Kveikje, which lies in an area north of the Troll field in the Norwegian North Sea, is estimated to contain gross mean prospective resources of 36 million boe with further potential upside estimated at 79 million boe on a gross basis.

The Hamlet prospect is located 7 km north of the Gjøa field within the Neptune-operated PL153 Licence.

The company has been contracted to drill the Devil’s Hole Horst appraisal well in the Central North Sea.

Engineers completed the 24 000 running hours service work on a Mitsubishi S12U engine installed onboard the 60 m diameter length Hummingbird Spirit vessel, currently operating in the Chestnut Field in the Central North Sea.

The contract supports a 270-day campaign on the installations and will start in March 2022, creating 300 fixed-term positions.

Start-up is expected during 2Q22 and the project will run for approximately 1 month.

The organisation will provide resident focal points, onshore engineering, process and maintenance services on North Sea platform, Bruce.

The well was drilled about 65 km northwest of Florø and about 60 km north of Gjøafeltet in the northern part of the North Sea.

Petrofac will provide a five-year framework for Well Management and Well Operator support for 27 wells across the Affleck, Balloch, Dumbarton, Lochranza and Finlaggan fields located in the Central North Sea, UK.

Nexstep, the Dutch National Platform for Re-use & Decommissioning, says it is the first time that wells from this many different operators will be removed together in one campaign.