North Sea oil news
Fraser Well Management adds Victoria well to operatorship portfolio
The company has been contracted by NEO Energy to operate the Victoria well in the southern North Sea.
Fugro carries out first fully remote platform inspection in North Sea
The inspection was carried out in UK waters, 250 km east of Scotland, using an ROV and the company's remote operations centre in Aberdeen.
Equinor transfers operatorship of Bressay project to EnQuest
The Bressay oilfield was discovered east of Shetland in 1976 and Equinor became operator in 2007.
Ampelmann and Olympic Shipping supporting Ithaca Energy in the North Sea
Ampelmann and Olympic Shipping are supporting topside commissioning work on Ithaca Energy’s FPF-1 offshore semi-submersible in the North Sea.
Plexus Holdings awarded production wellhead contract
The order from Spirit Energy includes Plexus’ POS-GRIP 5000 psi leak proof “HG” metal to metal sealing surface production wellhead and associated spares and equipment for a new gas well in the UK North Sea.
Petrofac awarded well management contract with NEO Energy
Petrofac will provide Well Management and Well Operator support for 25 production wells across the Affleck, Balloch, Dumbarton, Flyndre and Lochranza fields in the North Sea.
Production at Draugen resumes following turnaround
The maintenance work started on 23 June and ended 20 July, two days ahead of schedule.
Production and gas lift flowlines installed at Duva and Gjøa P1 projects
Gjøa P1 is on track to achieve first oil two months ahead of the original plan.
Scarabeo 8 resumes drilling activities in Norway
Saipem and Vår Energi have reached an agreement for the execution of 4 wells to be drilled in the Barents Sea and in the North Sea.
Decom North Sea appoints new board members
Callum Falconer and Steve Simpson have both been nominated onto the DNS board, following a period of time spent as nominated members of the organisation’s Decommissioning Leadership Group.