North Sea News


Var Energi Gets Clearance to Drill North Sea Wildcat Well

Dec 23, 2024

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Vår Energi a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore7/1-3 in production license 1090, operated by Var Energi with 50% working interest, along with partners Aker BP holding 30% and Petoro 20% stakes…

Full Ramp Up of Tyra II Gas Development Hits Another Delay

Dec 19, 2024

BlueNord, the partner in the Tyra II project along with TotalEnergies and Nordsøfonden, has informed that the full ramp-up of the Denmark’s largest offshore gas development has been pushed for three weeks, with the plateu production now expected in the second half of January 2025…

Norway Awards Two CO2 Storage Permits in North Sea

Dec 19, 2024

Norwegian Ministry of Energy has offered two CO2 storage permits to Harbour Energy, Equinor, and Aker BP, both located in the North Sea.One of the permits is being offered to a group consisting of Harbour Energy (operator) and Equinor Low Carbon Solution…

OKEA and DNO Exchange Stakes in Mistral and Horatio Prospects Off Norway

Dec 19, 2024

Norwegian oil and gas companies DNO and OKEA have entered into swap agreement to exchange 10% interests in production licenses that contain Mistral and Horatio prospects.As part of the agreement, DNO Norge will pick up 10% interest in PL1119 containing the Mistral prospect…

NAM Extends BrandSafway’s Maintenance Contract for North Sea Assets

Dec 18, 2024

Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services by BrandSafway has secured a six-year extension to its maintenance term contract with oil and gas production company NAM Offshore for its assets in Southern North Sea.With a strong focus on safety and productivity…

Equinor Makes Oil and Gas Discovery Near Troll Field in North Sea

Dec 17, 2024

Equinor and its partners DNO and Petoro have made an oil and gas discovery west of the Troll field in the North Sea, currently estimated at between 2 and 12 million barrels of oil equivalent.The discovery, made 17 kilometers from the Troll field…

Inpex Joins Norway’s Trudvang CCS Project

Dec 13, 2024

Japan’s top oil and gas producer Inpex has joined Trudvang carbon capture and storage (CCS) project offshore Norway, by acquiring 30% of Sval Energi’s 40% share in the scheme.Trudvang CCS is a large-scale CCS project that aims to cumulatively…

Aker BP Bites Dust Offshore Norway

Dec 13, 2024

Aker BP and its partners have drilled a wildcat well in the northern part of the North Sea, which proved to be dry.The well 34/6-7 S was drilled with Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Nordkapp semi-submersible rig, about 40 kilometres north of the Visund field…

Viridien, TGS Deliver High-Res Data for Sleipner Area in North Sea

Dec 12, 2024

Viridien, in collaboration with joint venture partner TGS, has delivered the final processed data from the multi-client Sleipner Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) project.The Sleipner OBN survey, the second of two dense multi-client OBN surveys acquired in the North Sea in 2023…

Serica Energy Boosts North Sea Assets with Parkmead E&P Acquisition

Dec 12, 2024

UK-based oil firm Serica Energy has signed an agreement with Parkmead Group to buy its exploration and production assets, expanding its North Sea oil and gas activities.As part of the agreement, Serica Energy will acquire all shares of Parkmead (E&P)…

Delmar Systems to Deliver Moorings for TotalEnergies’ Culzean Floating Wind Pilot

Dec 11, 2024

Delmar Systems has been selected to deliver mooring scope for TotalEnergies’ Culzean floating wind pilot project, which will supply renewable electricity to an offshore oil and gas platform in the North Sea.Delmar Systems was hired by Archer Wind…

DNO Boosts North Sea Output with Trym Field Production Restart

Dec 09, 2024

Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO has restarted production at its Trym field in the Norwegian North Sea, which is tied-back to Tyra field’s infrastructure, after five-year shutdown.First commissioned in 2011, Trym is expected to contribute 3…

Serica Energy Sees Another Production Setback with New FPSO Triton Outage

Dec 05, 2024

UK-based oil firm Serica Energy has suspended the production from its Triton floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit in the North Sea after identifying an issue with one of the compressors seals, prompting the company to further reduce its full-year production outlook…

DNO Proves 'Dry Belt' in North Sea to be Not So Dry with New Oil Discovery

Dec 02, 2024

Norwegian oil and gas operator DNO has made an oil discovery in the Othello prospect in the southern North Sea, offshore Norway, refuting what the industry deemed as a dry belt area.The discovery was made in wildcat well 2/6-7 S in production license 108…

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