Britain has approved the development of East Anglia One and East Anglia Two offshore wind farms with a combined capacity of 1.7 gigawatts, located in Southwold off the coast of Suffolk in the North Sea, Britain's planning inspectorate said.Britain has a target to reach net zero emissions by 2050…
Dutch grid operator TenneT has this week installed the topside of the second offshore transformer platform built to serve Vattenfall's Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea.Following the installation of the first transformer platform…
Oilfield consultancy specialist Oil Plus Ltd a contract with a North Sea operator to develop and deliver a proactive topsides maintenance resilience and equipment reliability program, to help enhance operational efficiency on one of its platforms…
Dutch marine services company Boskalis has delivered the Hollandse Kust Zuid Beta substation topside to Tennet in the Netherlands after a long journey from Dubai, where it was built.This is the second High Voltage Alternating Current (HVAC) offshore transformer station topside…
Oil major Shell has received regulatory approval for the removal of the Petrojarl Knarr FPSO and seabed structures on the Knarr field, offshore Norway.Discovered in 2008, Knarr is a field in the northern part of the North Sea, 50 kilometers northeast of the Snorre field…
Norway's Equinor is ramping up production at its Snorre B platform in the North Sea after shutting it down earlier on Monday following an earthquake, the company told Reuters.'We started on this actually a couple of hours ago already, so we're…
Oilfield services company Petrofac has won two-year operations and late-life asset support contract extension with Spirit Energy in the UK North Sea.Under the contract, Petrofac will provide operations and maintenance support for Spirit Energy’s York platform in the Southern North Sea…
Britain will likely run a North Sea offshore oil and gas licensing round for existing discoveries this year, a spokesperson for the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) said on Monday.The OGA, which is changing its name to the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA)…
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted Aker BP its approval to use the Hod B platform in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.Hod B is a normally unmanned installation (NUI), installed in August last year at the Hod field, offshore Norway…
Norway's Equinor has shut its Snorre B oil platform as a precautionary measure following an earthquake in the North Sea, the company said on Monday.It was not yet clear when Snorre B, which produces between 30,000-35,000 barrels per day of oil…
UK offshore oil and gas regulator the Oil and Gas Authority on Monday announced the name change to the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) 'to reflect its evolving role in the energy transition.''In 2021, the OGA revised our strategy to put…
Shell on Friday released an amended plan for the development of a major North Sea gas field which British regulators initially rejected last year on environmental grounds.Shell said in the new environmental development plan of the Jackdaw field that it aims to start production from the field…
UK-based oil and gas company Serica Energy has resumed production from its Rhum gas field in the UK North Sea, following a shutdown in February.As previously reported, Serica on February 28 said it had paused production from the Rhum gas field…
Noreco, TotalEnergies' partner in the Tyra offshore field redevelopment, has announced the sail away of the new Tyra II utility and living quarters unit (accommodation unit) from Ravenna, Italy, where it was built by Rosetti Marino.'The accommodation…
UK-North Sea-focused oil and gas firm IOG on Wednesday confirmed first gas production from the Elgood field, part of Phase 1 of its Saturn Banks Project. 'Following the confirmation of first gas at Blythe on Monday, the company yesterday also brought Elgood into production…