North Sea oil news
OWI EU 2020: Positioning the North Sea as the global centre of excellence for offshore well intervention
A surge in offshore well intervention activity over recent years is helping the North Sea develop into a global centre of excellence for innovative oilfield services.
Licensing in 2020/21 suspended by UK Oil and Gas Authority
The UK Oil and Gas Authority has halted its licensing rounds for offshore exploration acreage in the North Sea at least until next year.
First oil expected at Evelyn field by 2022
Tailwind Energy will make a final investment decision on the Evelyn field, in the central North Sea, in 2020.
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.