Offshore news

Aker BP has received consent to drill two exploration wells in the North Sea.

Statoil has signed agreements to enter two additional offshore exploration licenses in Suriname. The agreements cover two blocks in the Guyana basin

The company has completed six wells and is drilling the seventh one. The average daily production exceeded 14 thousand tonnes of oil last June.

The Barryroe Partners have been granted a two year extension to the term of the first phase of SEL 1/11 to July 2019 and overall term to July 2021.

Lundin Petroleum has announced the successful completion of the drilling and production testing of Alta appraisal well 7220/11-4.

Bibby Offshore, a leading subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, has announced a multimillion pound contract with a global energy player, Maersk Oil UK, to provide both late life production enhancement and decommissioning support in the North Sea.

The new Norsel High 3D acquisition comprises a minimum of 1600 km2, covering 4 blocks that are included in the round.

Trendsetter Engineering has successfully completed live well operations with their new 15 000 psi subsea hydraulic intervention system (referred to as STIM).

Royal Dutch Shell plc has reached an agreement to sell its interest in the Corrib gas venture for up to US$1.23 billion.

DeepOcean will perform remote hyperbaric tie-in of the oil export pipeline on the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea.