North Sea oil news
Equinor granted drilling permit for North Sea well
Well 35/10-5 will be drilled from the West Hercules drilling facility.
RockRose Energy completes West Brae development well
The company has completed the first of two infill development wells at West Brae, offshore Scotland.
Awilco Drillling to undertake P&A work for Petrofac
The plug and abandonment programme will take place in the Rubie and Renee oilfields in the North Sea.
Production resumes at Bruce platform
It is anticipated that production from the Bruce, Keith and Rhum fields, located in the UK North Sea, will be fully restored over the coming days.
Independent Oil and Gas advancing mapping of Harvey-Redwell area
The Harvey and Redwell licences are in the UK Southern North Sea.
Equinor makes North Sea oil discovery
Preliminary estimates place the size of the oil discovery, 11 km southeast of Gudrun, between 1 and 2.7 million m3 of recoverable oil.
Dolphin Drilling secures North Sea deal with Wellesley Petroleum AS
Global contractor Dolphin Drilling has announced it has secured a one well plus one optional well with Wellesley Petroleum AS for a programme of drilling work on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Wintershall encounters dry appraisal well in North Sea
Wintershall Dea Norge AS is in the process of concluding the drilling of appraisal well 6604/5-2 S, located about 113 km southwest of the Aasta Hansteen field.
Axxis Geo Solutions to carry out North Sea OBN survey
The contract is with an unnamed major international oil company.
Skogul oilfield gets start-up approval
Operator Aker BP plans start-up of the Skogul oilfield in the North Sea in March 2020.