UK North Sea production is expected to remain flat in 2014, marking the first time in 15 years the industry has not seen a production decline in the basin. Production declines on the UK Continental Shelf had been steadily dropping at a rate of 7-8% per year…
EnQuest awarded Technip a large engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPCI) contract for the Kraken development located in the North Sea, 400km northeast of Aberdeen and 130km east of Shetland, at a water depth of approximately 120m…
RossOffshore AS, based in Bergen, Norway, has been awarded long-term helicopter services contract with Lundin Norway AS and the Det norske oljeselskap ASA. The three-year contract is to book personnel for flights offshore Norway, and includes three x two-year options to extend…
Petrex supported the CNR International's Subsea Project Team during the installation of a multiphase booster pump (MPBP) at the Lyell subsea field in the North Sea. Petrex acted as the CNR International interface for the day-to-day project management of the MPBP vendor…
GDF SUEZ E&P and BP have made an oil and gas discovery spanning two blocks in the in the UK Central North Sea. The discovery well 30/1f-13AZ, which spans GDF SUEZ-operated Block 30/1f (license P1588) and BP-operated Block 30/1c (license P363)…
ConocoPhillips kicked-off the drilling campaign on its Eldfisk II project with Maersk Innovator. Five wells have been pre-drilled, and the drilling operations of the remaining 35 wells has now begun. Eldfisk II is one of four fields that comprise the Greater Ekofisk Area…
Five major helicopter operators today announced a new industry association – HeliOffshore – for organizations with an interest in working together on safety in offshore helicopter transport. The new association was introduced today at a launch event at its offices in London…
Statoil discovered new oil resources in the D-structure at well 25/8-18 S in PL169, near the Grane field, in the North Sea. Map from Statoil. The D-structure is located on the Utsira High…
Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) introduces QuickSkid Solution to enable faster, more reliable and flexible communications for the oil and gas industry. Image of QuickSkid. From EMC. Rig owners…
BP is due to restart production at the high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) Rhum gas field in the UK North Sea, four years after the field was shut in due to Western sanctions against its 50% owner, Iran. A BP spokesperson said today that production was due to restart soon…
UK heavy oil explorer Xcite Energy has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with oilfield services firm Baker Hughes. The MOU sets out principles for the provision of oil field services for the UK North Sea Bentley heavy oil field…
Lundin's Vollgrav South exploration well 33/12-10 S in production license 631 in the northern North Sea has been plugged and abandoned after it was found to be dry. The well was drilled about 150km west of Florø, between the Statfjord and Gullfaks fields…
RWE’s sale of its exploration and production subsidiary RWE Dea AG to a Russian investor is still going ahead, the firm says, despite a question mark over the UK assets involved. The US$7 billion deal, with Russian-backed LetterOne Group…
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. (JAPEX) has farmed-in to four licences in the UK North Sea with Apache North Sea. As part of the move, JAPEX has formed a new subsidiary, JAPEX UK E&P CENTRAL (JUKC), with financial backing from Japan Oil…
EMAS AMC's flagship vessel, the Lewek Constellation, is due to arrive in the North Sea in the coming week in order to be fitted with its multi-lay tower and ancillary equipment for pipe lay activities at Huisman's Schiedam yard, Netherlands…