North Sea oil news

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.

The contract is for the design of a Sevan cylindrical floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit.

The agreement includes provision of well operator and well engineering project management services for four wells within the Rubie and Renee fields, 200 km north east of Aberdeen, UK.

Petrofac will provide personnel to the Unity Platform in the Central North Sea, the onshore Cruden Bay Terminal and other landline sites.

The Mariner field is the first Equinor-operated oilfield on the UK Continental Shelf.

The index charts the frequency with which oilfields in the North Sea report zero production compared to those exporting oil into pipelines in any given month.

Assuming an early September FID date, under the development schedule to be submitted in the finalised Phase 1 Field Development Plan, First Gas is expected to be reached in July 2021 from the Southwark field in the North Sea.

The three-year contract will see OPEX Group roll out its X-PAS predictive analysis service on the Buzzard, Golden Eagle and Scott platforms in the North Sea.