Rowallan well abandoned
Serica Energy has announced that exploration well 22/19c-7 in the central North Sea is not hydrocarbon bearing.
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Serica Energy has announced that exploration well 22/19c-7 in the central North Sea is not hydrocarbon bearing.
The project with Equinor is expected to produce revenue of approximately US$1 million over a one-year period.
Wildcat well 36/1-3, about 15 km east of the 35/3-2 (Agat) gas discovery, was found to be dry and has now been permanently plugged and abandoned.
The Rolvsnes oil discovery is located in PL338C on the southern side of the Edvard Grieg field and is a fractured and weathered granite basement reservoir.
The company will supply equipment which detects and protects workers from hazardous gases to 23 platforms across the North Sea, under three new contracts worth more than £1 million.
A concept study and Front End Engineering Design (FEED) project carried out by Xodus Group has determined that a North Sea operator will save up to £59 million by adopting a Not Normally Attended (NNA) status ahead of decommissioning the field.
Under the new contract, Vroon’s specialist subsea-support, walk-to-work unit, the VOS Start will deliver offshore logistical support to a planned maintenance campaign in the Dutch sector of the Southern North Sea.
The company and its joint venture partners BP and Japex announced that the final investment decision for the Seagull oil project in the UK North Sea has been agreed.
Hook-up and commissioning of all four platforms will take place alongside the tie-back of the eight pre-drilled production wells, ahead of expected first oil in November 2019.
The project adds further to Shearwater’s 4D programme in the North Sea and Barents Sea this season.
Oil & Gas UK published its annual Business Outlook review and presented its findings in both London and Aberdeen on 20 March. Westwood’s Technical Manager, Alyson Harding, comments.
The two final platform topsides were installed using the heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit’s single lift technology.