The British government will increase a windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas producers to 38% from 35% and extend the levy by one year, finance minister Rachel Reeves announced on Wednesday.Presenting the first budget under the new Labour government…
Shell-operated joint venture, consisting of Deltic Energy and Dana Petroleum, has confirmed gas discovery in the Selene prospect in the North Sea.The Shell operated 48/8b-3Z well, in license P2437, proved a 160-meter-thick section of Leman Sandstone…
TotalEnergies has discovered additional gas condensate resources in the new well at the Harald field in the Danish North Sea, which could start producing through the existing Harald and Tyra facilities before the end of 2024.Located in shallow waters…
Van Oord has installed over a quarter of the foundations which will support Sofia offshore wind farm’s 100 wind turbines in the North Sea since the start of operations in May.The Dutch contractor Van Oord is using the Port of Tyne’s Clean Energy Park as a storage and marshalling base…
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted OKEA a drilling permit for a new wildcat well at Brage field in the North Sea.The permit is for a wellbore 31/4-A-23 F in production license 055.OKEA is the operator of the license with 35.2% stake…
Norway's Equinor has started monitoring operations of the Sleipner B platform in the North Sea, following the outage due to smoke development reported in one of its electrical facilities.The emergency vessels Skandi Mongstad and Esvagt Bergen…
Norwegian cleantech service provider Soiltech has secured a contract from Equinor to provide solid waste handling of drill cuttings on Equinor’s Statfjord B platform in the North Sea.Soiltech will install its solutions for handling of the drill…
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) and The Crown Estate have confirmed published a new Statement of Intent to confirm joint aspirations in ensuring a more sustainable and closely coordinated management of the seabed.The aim is to build…
INEOS Energy has brought online the electric-driven compressor at the Teesside Gas Processing Plant, which will boost gas flows from the INEOS-operated Breagh gas field offshore U.K.The new compressor represents a significant investment that…
Mermaid Subsea Services has completed the first stage of a major North Sea decommissioning contract for Shell, ahead of the next phase scheduled to begin in 2025.Delivered ahead of schedule, the initial phase of the multi-year campaign involved…
Serica Energy has informed that the B6 well on the Bittern field, which started initial flowback to the Triton FPSO in September 2024, is now producing at a stable rate.The well is producing oil and gas at a combined gross rate of around 8,000 boepd…
TGS, a global provider of energy data and intelligence, has signed a strategic partnership with Aker BP contributing to digitalize the operations of the Yggdrasil oil and gas area.This agreement builds on the ongoing collaboration between the…
BlueNord, the partner in the Tyra II project along with TotalEnergies and Nordsøfonden, has informed that the onshore repair of the second transformer for Tyra II is progressing well, with full technical capacity of Denmark’s largest offshore…
Norwegian offshore engineering and construction firm Aker Solutions has secured an EPCIC contract from Equinor to prepare the topside of Troll A for accelerating production from the Troll West gas reservoir.The Troll field is located in the North Sea…
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has entered into a long-term frame agreement with a UK-based operator for the provision of diverless subsea inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) services offshore U.K.Two call-offs have now been executed for offshore work in 2024 since the contract award…
