North Sea oil news
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.
CGG to execute OBN survey in UK Central North Sea
Planned to start in early 2020, the survey has already received significant industry interest and is being prefunded in part by BP.
Petrofac awarded EPS contracts
The contracts and contract extensions have a combined value of more than US$120 million.
i-Tech 7 completes North Sea UWLID project
The underwater inspection in lieu of dry-docking (UWLID) project was undertaken for Borr Drilling in the North Sea.
Ithaca Energy completes acquisition of Chevron's North Sea assets
The transaction adds ten additional producing field interests to Ithaca's existing portfolio.
Apache’s North Sea subsidiaries award subsea frame agreement to Baker Hughes
The equipment and service provided by Baker Hughes will support Apache North Sea’s exploration and development activities in the North Sea for the next three years.
Rystad Energy: Best year for discoveries on NCS since 2014
Rystad Energy estimates the discovery to hold recoverable resources of around 70 million boe.
West of Shetland production to overtake North Sea for Shell and BP’s UK portfolios by 2020, says GlobalData
The company’s latest research reveals that the West of Shetland (WoS) area retains the attention of major exploration and production (E&P) players in the region.