North Sea oil news
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.
Equinor to publish CO2 storage data from Sleipner field
Since 1996, the Sleipner field in the North Sea has been used as a facility for carbon capture and storage by Equinor as operator and a group of partnering companies.
Well-Safe Solutions secures North Sea decommissioning contract
The decommissioning project in the Schooner and Ketch fields will start immediately with a plan to commence offshore operations at the end of 2019.
Tommeliten Alpha Project passes important decision gate towards production in 2024
PGNiG Upstream Norway and its partners decided to move to the select phase of the project, during which key technical decisions regarding the field development will be made.
PGNiG purchases interest in King Lear field
Production start at the King Lear field, located in the North Sea, is planned for 2025.
Hurricane Energy achieves first oil at Lancaster field
The combined flow from both wells during a 72-hour production test earlier this week reached and maintained the planned production rate of 20 000 bpd.
Equinor awarded five new licences on UKCS
The licences are situated in the Moray Firth and East Shetland Platform.
PGNiG expects production from Ærfugl gas reservoir to start in June 2020
PGNiG Upstream Norway holds an 11.92% interest in the Ærfugl project in the Norwegian Sea. The operator is Aker BP, while the other partners are Equinor Energy and Wintershall DEA.