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  • North Sea countries to ink pact with offshore wind industry, TSOs

    26 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Government officials from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK are set to sign a declaration confirming the ambition to build 300 GW of offshore wind in the North Seas by 2050, and an investment pact with the offshore wind industry and transmission system operators (TSOs) that is said to […]

  • Serica farming into Central North Sea license with FPSO tieback potential

    4 November 2025
    Business Developments & Projects

    UK’s Serica Energy has signed a farm-in agreement with Perth-based oil and gas exploration player, Finder Energy, for an interest in a license in the Central North Sea.

  • North Sea drilling ops with COSL rig get blessed by the powers that be

    28 November 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Equinor has checked off the list the Norwegian authorities’ green light for drilling activities in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, which will be conducted with a semi-submersible rig owned by COSL Drilling Europe, an offshore drilling player.

  • North Sea FPSO back online after temporary production halt

    21 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Serica Energy has disclosed the restart of production from a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is deployed at its North Sea asset on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

  • Drilling ops with Saipem rig cleared for take-off in North Sea

    26 December 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Norwegian authorities have given their blessing for exploration drilling activities Norway’s oil and gas player Aker BP is planning to undertake in the North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NOC), with a semi-submersible rig owned by Saipem, an Italian engineering, drilling, and construction services giant.

  • Another ‘major’ North Sea decom job comes AF Offshore’s way

    13 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    AF Offshore Decom (AFOD), a subsidiary of AF Gruppen, has been hired on a new decommissioning project on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) by Ithaca Energy, a North Sea oil and gas operator and producer.

  • AquaTerra performs ‘first-of-its-kind’ repair work on North Sea platform

    12 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    UK-headquartered AquaTerra Group has undertaken offshore caisson repair at a platform in the North Sea. The firm claims this is the first time a full-length internal caisson repair has been executed on an offshore production facility, bringing a defective caisson back into service.

  • Go-ahead for North Sea drilling ops with Odfjell Drilling-managed rig

    6 March 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Norway’s oil and gas player Wellesley Petroleum has received the blessing from the country’s authorities for the drilling of an exploration well in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, which is expected to be carried out using a semi-submersible rig managed by Odfjell Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor.

  • Go-ahead for Aker BP to use accommodation facility at North Sea field

    8 April 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Regulation & Policy

    The Norwegian offshore safety regulator has given its blessing to Aker BP to deploy Macro Offshore Management’s mobile living quarters facility at a field in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.

  • Fresh gas and condensate discovery makes its presence known in North Sea

    20 January 2026
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Equinor has unearthed a new gas and condensate discovery in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, using one of Odfjell Drilling’s semi-submersible rigs.

  • AF Offshore and Heerema tasked with removing 39,500-ton North Sea platform

    2 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Heavy lifting, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    A consortium of AF Offshore Decom, part of AF Gruppen, and Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has secured a contract for the engineering, preparation, removal and disposal (EPRD) of a North Sea platform on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The platform’s topsides weigh approximately 27,500 tons and the supporting structure around 12,000 tons, with an option […]

  • Green light for North Sea drilling ops with Odfjell Drilling-managed rig

    6 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has obtained the go-ahead from the Norwegian authorities for drilling activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), which will be undertaken with a semi-submersible rig managed by Odfjell Drilling and owned by Northern Ocean.

  • North Sea oil & gas drilling ops with COSL rig good to go

    19 February 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has secured the go-ahead from the country’s authorities to use one of COSL Drilling Europe’s semi-submersible rigs for drilling operations in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.

  • First oil gushes out of subsea tie-back project in North Sea

    2 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Norwegian oil and gas player Aker BP has brought online a subsea development tied back to an existing platform in the North Sea off the coast of Norway.

  • Scotland backs North Sea oil & gas development and extraction, poll shows

    20 January 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    In the wake of rising job losses across the oil and gas sector, nearly six in ten voters across Scotland have thrown their support behind the full development and extraction of North Sea oil and gas, according to new Scotland-wide polling.

  • New partner joins North Sea gas discovery ahead of appraisal ops

    11 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Orlen Upstream Norway, a subsidiary of Poland’s Orlen, has set the wheels in motion to come aboard a gas discovery in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea by buying a stake held by Norway’s oil and gas player Vår Energi.

  • Two 2018-built vessels pick up North Sea gig with TGS

    2 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Norwegian energy data and intelligence company TGS has hired two platform supply vessels (PSVs), managed by Norway’s shipping company, Remøy Shipping.

  • StreamTec and Worley team up on GW-scale North Sea hydrogen pipeline

    6 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vision

    Switzerland-based StreamTec Solutions has joined Worley in the execution team for an offshore pipeline that will connect green hydrogen obtained in the North Sea with the European mainland and onshore hydrogen infrastructure. The gigawatt-scale AquaDuctus hydrogen pipeline to be located in the German North Sea will enable green hydrogen producers, particularly those linked to offshore […]

  • Go-ahead for Equinor to use 2016-built rig at North Sea field

    13 February 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has received clearance to deploy a ten-year-old jack-up rig at its offshore field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

  • North Sea FPSO closing in on restart date

    8 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance

    UK-based upstream oil and gas player Serica Energy is engaged in talks with Dana Petroleum to come up with a way to improve the performance of a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is being prepared to resume limited production from Serica’s North Sea asset on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

  • UK’s carbon storage drive advances with go-ahead for North Sea appraisal well

    5 March 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Great Britain’s regulator, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), has given its blessing for the drilling of a carbon storage appraisal well on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

  • TotalEnergies, Mitsui, and Nordsøfonden pick up CO2 storage exploration permit in North Sea

    15 January 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    The Danish Energy Agency has handed out its eighth permit for exploration and possible storage of CO2 in Denmark to a consortium consisting of TotalEnergies, Mitsui, and Nordsøfonden.

  • Two North Sea wildcats on 2017-built rig’s drilling list next month

    20 November 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor has secured a drilling permit for two exploration wells in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, which will be drilled using a rig managed by KCA Deutag, operating under the umbrella of Helmerich & Payne (H&P).

  • 250 North Sea workers to reap benefits from UK union recognition deal

    9 April 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Human Capital

    The offshore workers’ voices on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) are set to be amplified as Unite, described as Britain’s largest offshore trade union, has secured a new recognition agreement with Apache, a North Sea operator.

  • Page ends up being blank as North Sea drilling ops yield no oil

    18 November 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    DNO Norge, a subsidiary of Norwegian oil and gas player DNO, has not found black gold during the drilling of a well in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, which was conducted with a rig owned by Noble Corporation, a U.S.-headquartered offshore drilling giant.