North Sea oil news
Equinor awarded 23 production licences in Norwegian continental shelf
8 of the production licences are in the North Sea, 8 in the Norwegian Sea and 7 in the Barents Sea.
ConocoPhillips makes oil and gas discovery in North Sea
The company was drilling northwest of the Balder field in the central part of the North Sea when it made the discovery of several oil and gas-bearing intervals.
Petrofac to establish Petrogas NEO's North Sea operation
In a two-year deal valued in the region of US$50 million, Petrofac will integrate the services of its Operations, Projects and Well Engineering service lines.
BP to sell North Sea assets to Premier Oil
The assets to be sold by BP include its interests in the Andrew area in the central UK North Sea and its non-operating interest in the Shearwater field.
i3 Energy planning mid-2020, multi-well appraisal programme
With the successful Serenity discovery and remaining potential at Liberator, the company has begun planning a mid-2020, multi-well appraisal programme and is simultaneously conducting a farm-down process of its licences to potentially fund the 2020 drilling campaign.
Petrofac awarded North Sea engineering frameworks
The two framework agreements are for the provision of Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning (EPCC) services.
United Oil & Gas completes sale of North Sea blocks
North Sea Blocks 15/18d and 15/19b (Licence P2366) have been sold to Anasuria Hibiscus UK Limited for a headline consideration of up to US$5 million.
Collaboration, creativity and commercial partnerships – the new upstream triumvirate
Dave McKendrick, Baker Hughes, demonstrates how industry partnership models are marking a new era for extending life of field.
Serious work-related incident at Heimdal
Two Equinor employees were injured in a serious work-related incident on board the Heimdal platform in the North Sea on 28 November.
Maersk Supply Service awarded contract for North Sea tow and mooring installation project
Maersk Supply Service will provide the full scope from site preparation, installation of pile anchors, tow of the FPSO, through to final hook up operations.