North Sea oil news

Chrysaor is seeking agreement for the storage of CO2 in a depleted Southern North Sea gas reservoir.

The project will see the company responsible for fixed lifting equipment and lifting accessories across the operator’s 11 assets in the region.

Equinor has awarded Norsea Group AS, Saga Fjordbase AS and ASCO Norge AS contracts for services at supply bases in Norway.

Independent Oil and Gas has awarded the rig contract for its Core Project Phase 1 to a subsidiary of Noble Corp.

Premier Oil has received the requisite level of support from each class of its creditors for its proposed merger with Chrysaor Holdings Limited.

Dolphin Drilling has secured a new combined contract with Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO Norge AS.

Preliminary estimates place the size of the discovery between 0.5 and 1.6 million m3 of recoverable oil equivalent.

The November/December issue of Oilfield Technology begins by reviewing the state of the North Sea. The issue then moves on to cover Drilling Technologies, Deepwater Operations, Flow Control, and more.

Wintershall Dea has begun drilling the first of six wells on the operated Nova field in the Norwegian North Sea.

OGUK’s Workforce Insight report 2020 has shown that the number of workers on offshore oil and gas installations decreased by around 4000 as the UK went into lockdown in March this year.