North Sea

Driving the future of energy in Scotland

Submitted by Editorial staff on 17th September 2018

17th September 2018

A transformative initiative which brought together redundant but highly experienced oil and gas professional, to create and launch exciting, innovative and scalable businesses is aiming to build on its success, as applications open for the third programme.

Norway’s largest oil pipeline now in place

Submitted by Mark Venables on 12th September 2018

12th September 2018

Saipem Castorone at the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea.

Last week Norway’s largest and longest pipeline, laid by the vessel Saipem Castorone, reached the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea.

M2 Subsea completes North Sea survey and inspection project with Ithaca Energy

Submitted by Editorial staff on 28th August 2018

28th August 2018

M2 Subsea, the global independent provider of ROV services, has completed a contract with Ithaca Energy UK Limited to conduct a subsea system survey of a North Sea field.

Equinor taps FutureOn for cloud-based offshore data visualization software

Submitted by Editorial staff on 28th August 2018

28th August 2018

FutureOn, a leading oilfield software and data visualization solutions provider, announced a new multi-license agreement for its cloud-based software Field Activity Planner (FieldAP) with Equinor, a Norwegian multinational energy company, formerly Statoil.

Industry collaboration explores role of new production technology in extending North Sea life

Submitted by Mark Venables on 10th August 2018

10th August 2018

New production technology to extend North Sea life

International oil and gas firms have joined forces to explore whether a new reusable production buoy concept could help extend North Sea production by unlocking smaller oil and gas reservoirs.

TechX Ventures to create new deep science technology for oil and gas

Submitted by Editorial staff on 30th July 2018

30th July 2018

TechX Ventures targets new tech for carbon negative operations, automated oiland gas, and energy movement

Additional 12 million barrels gained from improvements to production efficiency

Submitted by Mark Venables on 19th July 2018

19th July 2018

UKCS efficiency approved again last year

Production efficiency (PE) on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) has improved for a fifth consecutive year, rising to 74%, according to a new report released by the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA).

BP’s ETAP hub celebrates 20 years of production

Submitted by Mark Venables on 19th July 2018

19th July 2018

The Eastern Trough Area Project (ETAP) North Sea development, labelled by the Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) as the “poster child” for its Maximising Economic Recovery (MER UK) strategy, celebrates 20 years of production today, with the key hub expected to operate into the mid-late 2030s.

M2 Subsea secures contract with Premier Oil

Submitted by Editorial staff on 18th July 2018

18th July 2018

Global independent provider of ROV services, M2 Subsea, has secured a contract to provide inspection services for Premier Oil’s Balmoral Floating Production Vessel (FPV).

BP to increase share in UK’s giant Clair field and sell interest in Alaska’s Kuparuk field

Submitted by Mark Venables on 13th July 2018

13th July 2018

BP has announced that it has entered into agreements with ConocoPhillips that will significantly increase its holding in the Clair field, a core asset of BP’s North Sea business in the UK, while also selling its non-operating interest in the Kuparuk and satellite oilfields in Alaska.