North Sea oil news

The Oil and Gas Authority estimates that approximately 180 wells in the North Sea have issues with scale formation, which cost the industry approximately £106 million in 2017 alone.

The new and renewed awards have resulted in over 100 additional personnel being employed to support projects in the North Sea and Azerbaijan.

The work will be delivered by Wood’s Aberdeen-based operations and engineering teams, with construction and maintenance operatives working offshore.

The company will provide engineering support services as a tier 1 contractor for brownfield modifications and projects across Repsol Sinopec Resources UK’s operated assets and terminal at Flotta.

The contracts, with major North Sea operators, are for TWMA to provide offshore processing of drilling waste.

Ecobuy, being launched at Offshore Europe, will offer customers the option to buy more environmentally friendly and less wasteful products, as well as limiting the number of journeys by vehicles and vessels in the delivery of these.

Rystad Energy expects a new wave of UK field development projects to be sanctioned towards 2022.

The offshore phase commenced last month following the completion of ongoing decommissioning work at the Leadon field.

The company is to drill an appraisal well at the Birgitta field in the Central part of the UK North Sea.

Over the course of the 30-day campaign, the company's E1000 system enabled more than 1925 safe personnel transfers and 354 lifts, transferring 118 t of cargo.