North Sea oil news
Equinor contracts third Odfjell rig for North Sea drilling
The Deepsea Stavanger mobile rig is scheduled to drill three exploration wells from February 2022.
ICR renews North Sea contract with Apache
ICR will continue to provude its Quickflange service to Apache's North Sea subsidiaries.
UK Energy Minister: underwater industry “hugely important asset” to UK
UK Energy Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan also backed Subsea UK's plans for a Global Underwater Hub while speaking at Subsea Live.
Tailwind Energy buys BP's stake in Shearwater field
BP currently holds a 27.5% non-operated interest in the Shearwater condensate and gas field, operated by Shell, in the UK Central North Sea.
80:20 Procurement awarded North Sea asset contract by Total
The contract, which started in January 2021, has been awarded for three years and extends 80:20’s coverage to all of TEPUK’s North Sea assets.
Fugro to survey Pensacola prospect ahead of scheduled 2022 drilling
The site survey is expected to commence at the end of July 2021 and be completed in 3Q21.
Neptune Energy planning £7 billion IPO, reports The Sunday Times
The company, founded in 2015, is believed to be close to appointing JP Morgan to explore a listing or sale to a rival.
NPD awards drilling permit to Lundin Energy
The drilling programme for well 16/1-34 S concerns the drilling of an appraisal well in production licence 167. Lundin Energy Norway AS is the operator with an ownership interest of 40%.
Finder Energy acquires two North Sea licences from Azinor
Finder Energy has acquired the UK North Sea P2502 and P2524 licences from Azinor Catalyst Ltd.
Joint unitisation project to be carried out at Haltenbanken East development
The Haltenbanken East project will be developed as a unit between four different licences, and comprises six discoveries and three prospects with a combined volume in the order of 100 million boe, mostly gas.