North Sea oil news
ConocoPhillips given consent to use mobile facility for P&A in Ekofisk field
The Rowan Norway mobile facility will be used for the plugging and abandonment of six wells in the Ekofisk field.
CAN-ductor technology lowers environmental impact of Kathryn well
The rig time was reduced from seven days on a conventionally drilled well to four days using Neodrill's CAN technology.
Archer awarded multi-well P&A contract by TAQA
The Archer Topaz modular rig has been contracted by TAQA to perform a 21-well plug and abandonment campaign for their Northern North Sea Cormorant Alpha platform.
Norway reports greater than expected oil production in April
Oil production in April was 1.9% higher than the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s forecast.
Maersk Supply Service awarded subsea removal contract for Dunlin Alpha platform
Maersk Supply Service will remove four 30 in. jacket-mounted drilling conductors and two associated conductor guide frames using an I-class vessel.
Total and NEO Energy renegotiate North Sea asset deal
Previous deal partner Petrogas is no longer part of the transaction.
Jersey Oil & Gas acquires Equinor's interest in Verbier discovery
Licence P2170 is located in the Greater Buchan Area in the North Sea.
ODE awarded duty holder contract for Babbage field platform
ODE has acted as operations and maintenance provider for the asset since the project phase and successfully transitioned the platform from normally manned to not normally manned status in recent years.
Neptune Energy ends deal for Edison E&P's UK and Norway assets
Neptune will pay a US$5 million termination fee to Energean Oil and Gas.
Shearwater to carry out North Sea 4D survey for Apache
The survey will be carried out in the Forties field by the Amazon Warrior.