North Sea oil news

Warwick West is the third and final well of the 2019 Greater Warwick Area drilling programme on Hurricane's Lincoln and Warwick assets.

The UK-focused company achieved first oil from the Lancaster field in June this year.

The 13/23c-9 pilot well on i3 Energy's 100% owned Liberator Field in the North Sea has now been plugged and abandoned as planned following completion of the vertical seismic profile (VSP) survey and shear wave sonic logging.

Baron Oil and its partners, Corallian Energy and Upland UK, have been formally awarded blocks by the UK Oil & Gas Authority following the UK 31st Offshore Licensing Round.

The work scope, valued at a seven figure sum, includes the inspection of infrastructure on five manned platforms and multiple unmanned satellite platforms.

Crondall Energy will deliver a Concept Select study for Pharis Energy’s heavy oil Pilot Field development in the Central North Sea.

The four blocks in the Central North Sea cover an area of approximately 500 km2, and include the Zeta prospect, which United estimates could contain over 90 million bbl of in-place oil.

The move follows recent investment in the company from a US-based private equity firm.

The well, offshore the Shetland Islands, UK, was shut-in yesterday to enable a planned pressure build-up test.

Equinor, Shell, Total and several other companies are studying the possibilities for developing CO2 storage on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).