North Sea oil news

Norway’s authority on petroleum safety has awarded a contract to Vysus Group for risk consulting services.

The Maersk Intrepid and Maersk Integrator jack-up rigs were retrofitted with Siemens Energy’s BlueVault lithium-ion energy storage system.

Equinor has added development drilling of one additional well at the Martin Linge field offshore Norway to the work scope of the Maersk Intrepid.

As Dana’s data analytics partner, OPEX will be applying its X-PAS analytics platform across the firm’s Triton and Western Isles FPSO assets.

Recoverable resources at the Røver North discovery are estimated at between 7 and 11 million m3 of oil equivalent, corresponding to 44 – 69 million boe.

Improving commercial models which support cost reduction whilst incentivising the supply chain could re-energise collaborative culture, according to the findings of the annual Deloitte and OGUK Collaboration Report.

The drilling programme for well 31/11-1 S relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 785 S.

The Gorilla VI (JU-248) jack-up rig, operated by Valaris, will drill four wells for the development over the course of the drilling campaign which is expected to last 18 months.

Petrofac will continue to supply personnel to the Unity Platform in the Central North Sea, the onshore Cruden Bay Terminal and other landline sites, as well as provide engineering and construction support.

30 companies, including Equinor, Wintershall Dea, Lundin Energy, and Neptune Energy, have received offers of ownership interests in a total of 61 production licences on the Norwegian Shelf.