North Sea oil news

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Wellesley Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 35/4-2, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.

The contract will create two new roles (a customer support engineer and a technical advisor) and will also increase the service engineer team by 10%.

The integrated business, 'Neptune Energy Norge', will be amongst the top five independent producers on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and will become the operator of the Fenja field development project in the Norwegian Sea.

The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved the plan for development and operation of the Troll Phase 3 development.

The subsea field Vigdis has been producing oil through the Snorre field for more than 20 years. Field production will now be boosted by almost 11 million bbls.

The discovery well, which is located 6 km south of the Beryl Alpha Platform, was placed on production in late November, less than eight months after being drilled in March 2018.

The companies have signed a binding agreement to swap interests on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

Serica Energy plc has announced the completion of the acquisition of interests in the Bruce, Keith and Rhum fields and associated infrastructure in the UK North Sea from BP by Serica Energy (UK) Limited.

Under the terms of the three-year agreement, Petrofac’s Condition Monitoring team will provide onshore and offshore vibration analyses, and support TAQA in equipment troubleshooting and monitoring for its North Sea assets.

The company has announced that it has completed the acquisition of the remaining 75% interest in the Magnus oil field, an additional 9% interest in the Sullom Voe Oil terminal and supply facility and additional interests in associated infrastructure from BP as planned.