North Sea

Equinor contracts third Odfjell rig for North Sea drilling

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2021-05-26 00:00

26th May 2021

Odfjell has been awarded a drilling contract for its Deepsea Stavanger mobile rig, scheduled to start drilling in February 2022. The contract includes continuing options after the initial phase.

ICR renews significant Quickflange™ contract with Apache Corporation’s North Sea Subsidiaries

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2021-05-25 09:52

25th May 2021

ICR Integrity, provider of integrated maintenance and integrity solutions to the oil and gas, power, chemical, nuclear and renewables industries, has signed a renewal agreement for its Quickflange™ service with Apache Corporation’s North Sea subsidiaries.

TechnipFMC Awarded a Significant Subsea Contract for Ithaca Energy’s Captain EOR Project

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2021-05-18 11:39

18th May 2021

Ithaca Energy (UK) Ltd. has awarded TechnipFMC an EPCI contract for the Captain enhanced oil recovery project in the UK central North Sea.

OSSO nets North Sea win with Neptune Energy

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2021-03-18 13:56

18th March 2021

Mud cooler technology to manage project’s extreme downhole circulation temperature

Maersk Drilling secures one-well contract to reactivate Maersk Resolute

Submitted by Editorial on Mon, 2021-03-08 00:00

08th March 2021

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a one-well contract by Petrogas E&P Netherlands B.V. which will employ the harsh-environment jack-up rig Maersk Resolute to perform well maintenance and drill a side-track of the A9 well at the P9 Horizon field in the Dutch North Sea.

ExxonMobil to sell UK upstream central and northern North Sea assets

Submitted by Editorial on Wed, 2021-02-24 00:00

24th February 2021

ExxonMobil has signed an agreement with HitecVision, through its wholly owned portfolio company NEO Energy, for the sale of most of ExxonMobil’s non-operated upstream assets in the United Kingdom central and northern North Sea.

Neptune Energy starts up Gjøa P1 development

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2021-02-23 00:00

23rd February 2021

Operator Neptune Energy and its partners Wintershall Dea, Petoro and have announced that production has started from the Gjøa P1 development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.

Repsol Sinopec, TechnipFMC and Petrofac form industry alliance to maximise recovery of North Sea reserves

Submitted by Editorial on Mon, 2021-02-15 00:00

15th February 2021

Repsol Sinopec, TechnipFMC and PetrofacC have announced the formation of an innovative industry alliance which seeks to maximise the recovery of oil and gas from the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

Partial electrification of Sleipner approved

Submitted by Editorial on Thu, 2021-02-11 00:00

11th February 2021

The Sleipner field centre in the North Sea. (Photo: Øyvind Gravås and Bo B. Randulff)

The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved a revised plan for development and operation (PDO) for partial electrification of the Sleipner field centre.

Groundbreaking new app details every energy resource in the North Sea

Submitted by Editorial on Thu, 2020-10-29 12:11

29th October 2020

A new interactive mapping application that reveals the location of every energy-related site in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) is expected to bring real benefits for exploration and the search for carbon storage locations.