North Sea News


DNO Norge Gets Clearance for North Sea Drilling Operation

Aug 14, 2024

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted DNO Norge a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea, to be conducted using Noble Corporation's Noble Invincible ultra-harsh environment jack-up rig.The drilling permit is for a wellbore2/6-7 S in production license 1086…

Norway Greenlights Equinor’s Drilling Ops in North Sea

Aug 09, 2024

The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Equinor a permit to drill a wildcat well in the North Sea, using Odfjell Drilling’s Deepsea Atlantic rig.The drilling permit is for wellbore 35/11-30 S in production license 090, which is operated by Equinor with 45% working interest…

Petrofac Secures Multi-Million-Dollar FEED Contract for Aramis CCS Project

Aug 01, 2024

TotalEnergies EP Nederland has awarded a multi-million-dollar front-end-engineering design (FEED) contract to Petrofac for a CO2 injection platform as part of the Aramis carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the Netherlands.The project…

North Sea Oil and Gas Producers Say UK Windfall Tax is a 'Wrecking Ball'

Aug 01, 2024

Britain's decision to increase a windfall tax on oil and gas producers to help pay for its push to grow renewables will lead to a sharp drop in revenue and accelerate the ageing basin's decline, North Sea drillers said.The new Labour government…

Viaro Energy Acquires Shell and ExxonMobil’s UK Southern North Sea Assets

Jul 30, 2024

UK-based oil and gas company Viaro Energy reached an agreement with Shell and ExxonMobil for the acquisition of a full working interest in the Shell-operated UK Southern North Sea assets owned by the two supermajors.Viaro Energy made the deal…

Shell Starts Drilling Selene Well with Valaris’ Rig

Jul 30, 2024

The drilling operations on the Selene exploration well in the Southern North Sea have begun with Valaris 123 rig.Shell, as the operator of the license P2437, has informed the drilling of the well 48/8b-3 has started using Valari’s Valaris 123 drilling rig…

BP Hires Subsea7, SLB’s OneSubsea Alliance for Murlach Oil and Gas Job

Jul 29, 2024

Subsea Integration Alliance, a global alliance between Subsea7 and SLB’s OneSubsea, has secured a ‘sizeable’ contract from BP for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of subsea pipelines and production systems at Murlach development in the North Sea…

Valaris 123 Rig on Its Way to Drill Selene Well for Shell

Jul 23, 2024

Valaris’ jack-up rig Valaris 123 has been mobilized and is en route to drill the Selene exploration well in the Southern North Sea in Shell-operated license.The Valaris 123 drilling unit was mobilized on July 21 from its current location in the Central North Sea…

Perenco Boosts Production at UK’s First Offshore Gas Field

Jul 22, 2024

Perenco UK has completed a campaign of velocity string installations on five wells at the West Sole Charlie platform in the Southern North Sea, improving its gas production.The campaign was conducted by the Petrodec HAEVA rig and has delivered sustained production gains of around +5 MMscf/d…

Siemens, Dragados Offshore to Build Two Power Conversion Platforms in North Sea

Jul 18, 2024

The consortium made up of Dragados Offshore – a subsidiary of Cobra IS, a VINCI company – and Siemens Energy has been awarded a $3.17 billion (€2.9 billion) contract by the German transmission system operator 50Hertz to design, build and install of two electrical conversion stations…

Bluestream Lands Subsea Remedial Job at Two North Sea Offshore Wind Farms

Jul 16, 2024

Bluestream, an OEG Renewables business, has secured a large remedial campaign on two offshore wind farms in the German sector of the Southern North Sea.Bluestream has been awarded a remedial campaign by Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München on the…

Petrogas E&P Starts Producing Gas from North Sea Platform

Jul 12, 2024

Petrogas E&P Netherlands, part of Oman-based Petrogas E&P, has achieved first gas production from the field in the Dutch North Sea.Petrogas E&P Netherlands, along with its partners EBN, Rockrose and TAQA Offshore, started producing gas from the first well on the B10 platform on July 6…

Wellesley Petroleum Strikes Oil in North Sea

Jul 10, 2024

Oil and gas company Wellesley Petroleum has proven oil and gas in an appraisal well drilled in the North Sea, using COSL Drilling’s COSLPromoter drilling rig.The oil was discovered in the Gnomoria Appraisal (35/10-12 S) well in the North Sea…

Prosafe’s Safe Caledonia Flotel Set for Check-In at North Sea

Jul 08, 2024

Offshore accommodation rig provider Prosafe has received a letter of intent (LoI) from Ithaca Energy for the charter of its Safe Caledonia offshore accommodation rig for work at the Captain field in the UK sector of the North Sea.As stated in the LoI…

Another Technical Issue Impacts Tyra II Commissioning

Jul 08, 2024

TotalEnergies, the operator of the Tyra II project on behalf of consortium partners, has faced another technical issue during the commissioning of Denmark’s largest offshore gas development.TotalEnergies, the operator of the Danish Underground Consortium in charge of Tyra II redevelopment…

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