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An exploration and production firm has achieved the “incredible achievement” of delivering first oil from its flagship North Sea field on time and within budget. This has only just started the work in developing “considerable resources” at Lancaster field, to the west of Shetland, Hurricane Energy said. Due to its naturally fractured basement reservoirs, London-headquartered […]

Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill is considering to sell their non-core assets which include its 15.7% stake in oil service firm Archer. This is to reduce their liabilities, according to the firm’s chief financial officer. Controlled by Norwegian billionaire John Fredriksen, Seadrill emerged from the U.S. Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings last year. In order to repay […]

According to Rystad Energy, crude and lease condesate production in the North Sea is set for lower levels in the coming months for summer. This further tightens the global oil market which is already grappling with several production declines in Iran and Venezuela, OPEC’s cuts and a contamination issue that shut down Russian pipeline supplies […]

In Claymore offshore platform located in the UK North Sea, the production has been temporarily shut down. Repair work is being carried out by the operator Repsol Sinopec Resources UK on the valve of the export pipeline from the platform to the onshore Flotta terminal in Scotland. There was a reported leaking of the hydraulic […]

Aker BP has been given a consent by Norwegian PSA to use the Deepsea Nordkapp mobile drilling facility. This is to help to plug production wells of Jette Field. This will involve permanently plugging the two production wells on Jette field or North Sea based on the given consent. Work is scheduled to begin by […]

For the next 6 years, OPITO, an energy skills body has set out a strategy to prepare for the shift in skills for requirements in the UK oil and gas industry. Under the OPITO’s Skills Landscape 2019-2025 Report of section of UKCS Workforce Dynamics research series, it has been observed that technology advancement, internationalisation and […]

A report on Monday mentioned that a key North Sea gas pipeline may be an auction for sale. Antin Infrastructure Partners was evaluating for selling the Central Area Transmission System (Cats) pipeline system according to The Sunday Telegraph. It was owned for nearly five years and it is held by Kellas Midstream business. It is […]

Shell is currently having discussions with BP over $250m Stake in North Sea Oil and Gas Field Shearwater. With this venture, the deal is valued to be around USD250 million (£193 million) which will almost double Shell’s share in the venture. For this field, Shell holds a 28% stake in the field, followed by BP […]

For the P11-B Unity project located in the North Sea, Allseas Lorelay and Calamity Jane are joining hands. A versatile vessel, Lorelay is optimised for executing small and medium diameter pipeline projects of any length in unlimited water depths. It can also handle associated work such as the installation of risers and subsea protection frames. […]

An energy intelligence group Rystad Energy, mentioned that if the pace of discoveries remains similar to the first quarter, it will exceed 2018’s discovered resources to as much as 30%. Global discoveries of conventional resources since the first quarter reached a robust 3.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe), said Rystad since last week Monday. […]