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North Sea oil news

Browse the latest north sea oil news news and articles.

Fraser Well Management adds Victoria well to operatorship portfolio
4 Aug 20202 min read

Fraser Well Management adds Victoria well to operatorship portfolio

The company has been contracted by NEO Energy to operate the Victoria well in the southern North Sea.

Fugro carries out first fully remote platform inspection in North Sea
4 Aug 20201 min read

Fugro carries out first fully remote platform inspection in North Sea

The inspection was carried out in UK waters, 250 km east of Scotland, using an ROV and the company's remote operations centre in Aberdeen.

Equinor transfers operatorship of Bressay project to EnQuest
3 Aug 20202 min read

Equinor transfers operatorship of Bressay project to EnQuest

The Bressay oilfield was discovered east of Shetland in 1976 and Equinor became operator in 2007.

Ampelmann and Olympic Shipping supporting Ithaca Energy in the North Sea
30 Jul 20202 min read

Ampelmann and Olympic Shipping supporting Ithaca Energy in the North Sea

Ampelmann and Olympic Shipping are supporting topside commissioning work on Ithaca Energy’s FPF-1 offshore semi-submersible in the North Sea.

Plexus Holdings awarded production wellhead contract
29 Jul 20203 min read

Plexus Holdings awarded production wellhead contract

The order from Spirit Energy includes Plexus’ POS-GRIP 5000 psi leak proof “HG” metal to metal sealing surface production wellhead and associated spares and equipment for a new gas well in the UK North Sea.

Petrofac awarded well management contract with NEO Energy
29 Jul 20201 min read

Petrofac awarded well management contract with NEO Energy

Petrofac will provide Well Management and Well Operator support for 25 production wells across the Affleck, Balloch, Dumbarton, Flyndre and Lochranza fields in the North Sea.

Production at Draugen resumes following turnaround
23 Jul 20201 min read

Production at Draugen resumes following turnaround

The maintenance work started on 23 June and ended 20 July, two days ahead of schedule.

Production and gas lift flowlines installed at Duva and Gjøa P1 projects
23 Jul 20202 min read

Production and gas lift flowlines installed at Duva and Gjøa P1 projects

Gjøa P1 is on track to achieve first oil two months ahead of the original plan.

Scarabeo 8 resumes drilling activities in Norway
22 Jul 20201 min read

Scarabeo 8 resumes drilling activities in Norway

Saipem and Vår Energi have reached an agreement for the execution of 4 wells to be drilled in the Barents Sea and in the North Sea.

Decom North Sea appoints new board members
22 Jul 20202 min read

Decom North Sea appoints new board members

Callum Falconer and Steve Simpson have both been nominated onto the DNS board, following a period of time spent as nominated members of the organisation’s Decommissioning Leadership Group.

Premier Oil signs SPAs for BP North Sea acquisitions
20 Jul 20202 min read

Premier Oil signs SPAs for BP North Sea acquisitions

The acquisitions remain conditional on agreeing the terms of the refinancing of Premier’s existing credit facilities, equity funding and customary other approvals, including shareholder approval.

Vår Energi resumes drilling operations
17 Jul 20202 min read

Vår Energi resumes drilling operations

The company is to resume drilling in the Barents Sea and the North Sea.

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