North Sea oil news
Wood Mackenzie comments on potential ExxonMobil exit from Norway
ExxonMobil's reported divestment of its Norwegian upstream portfolio "doesn't come as a surprise" according to Wood Mackenzie.
Rigless P&A technology enables safe pressure testing of suspended mudline wells
Unity’s Temporary Abandonment Cap Test Tool (TACTT) was deployed to support an end of life project located in the Southern North Sea.
Oil discovered at Jorvik and Tellus East exploration wells
The combined gross resources of Jorvik and Tellus East are estimated to be between 4 and 37 million boe.
Hurricane Energy achieves first lifting from Lancaster field
The company's first cargo from the Lancaster field, offshore Shetland, UK, was sold on 18 June and marketed by BP Oil International Ltd.
Aker BP granted drilling permit for well 25/2-20
The drilling programme for well 25/2-20 relates to the drilling of a wildcat well in production licence 442. Aker BP ASA is the operator with an ownership interest of 90.26%.
Equinor and partners make oil and gas discovery in Norwegian Sea
The discovery was made in exploration well Snadd Outer Outer/Black Vulture in production licence 159B in the Norwegian Sea.
DeltaTek Global completes SeaCure cementing deployment for Total
DeltaTek’s SeaCure service provides stabbed-in, inner string cementing for subsea wells.
Valhall QP topside removed
The single-lift operation took 2 hours to complete from positioning the vessel Pioneering Spirit around the 3800 t platform to the moment of the lift.
CNOOC extends UKCS jack-up rig contract with Maersk Drilling
The Mærsk Innovator is now firmly contracted to continue drilling infill wells at the Buzzard field on the UK Continental Shelf until February 2020.
Equinor awards contracts for Johan Sverdrup phase II
Phase 2 of the Johan Sverdrup development was approved by Norwegian authorities in May 2019, with start-up scheduled for 4Q22.