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  • Collision in the North Sea

    12 October 2010

    Cypriot container vessel, the Jork Ranger, and a Greek tanker, the Mindoro, have collided some 30 kilometres off the Dutch port Scheveningen, Dutch media reports. No person was injured but the tanker sustained a hole of five times six metres. Some of its cargo of kerosene, jet fuel, was spilled and forms a three-kilometre long […]

  • Rescue in the North Sea

    23 February 2009

    Eighteen people have been rescued after a Eurocopter Super Puma helicopter ditched into the sea about 125 miles east of Aberdeen on its way to a BP oil production platform. The helicopter ditched in the sea approximately 500 metres from the platform at about 1915 GMT on Wednesday night. Workers on the platform saw the […]

  • Wood scores North Sea extension trifecta worth $118 million

    7 May 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    The UK-based engineering and consulting company Wood has secured three reimbursable contract extensions, allowing it to continue working with Shell UK, Dana Petroleum, and CNOOC International in the North Sea.

  • Drilling ops yield fertile ground for carbon storage in North Sea

    14 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Transition

    Equinor Low Carbon Solutions, a subsidiary of Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor, has drilled two appraisal wells in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, which are said to possess suitable properties for the injection and storage of carbon dioxide (CO2).

  • North Sea wildcat trio on Odfjell Drilling rig’s agenda this month

    13 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Aker BP has secured drilling permits for three exploration wells in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, which will be drilled this month with a semi-submersible rig owned by Odfjell Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor.

  • More gas for Europe as Shell turns on the taps at Norwegian field’s next chapter

    27 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Transition

    Shell has brought online a new phase of its natural gas field in the Norwegian Sea, which is set to augment the amount of gas recovered from the asset, bolstering Europe’s energy security.

  • North Sea operator takes steps to boost its stake in UK’s largest gas field

    20 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Ithaca Energy, a North Sea oil and gas operator and producer, has made a move to enlarge its operated interest in a gas field, said to be the largest one on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), by acquiring Spirit Energy’s share in the asset.

  • DECC Awards North Sea Energy with New Blocks in UK North Sea

    5 January 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    North Sea Energy Inc. announces that it has been notified by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) that it, together with its partners, has been awarded three new blocks in the UK North Sea in the 26th Seaward Licensing Round, namely the Norfolk prospect – block 12/16b (20% interest), the Norfolk East […]

  • North Sea duster for Suncor

    24 June 2015

    Suncor Energy Norge AS, operator of production licence 571 in the North Sea, off Norway, has concluded the drilling of exploration well 25/10-13 S. According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, the well is dry. The well was drilled in the central part of the North Sea about 5 kilometres west of the Balder field and […]

  • NSTA and Crown Estate Scotland to team up on North Sea energy, carbon storage

    16 May 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Vision

    The UK’s North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) and Crown Estate Scotland (CES) have signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) to coordinate efforts around energy and carbon storage in the North Sea. According to NSTA, the agreement outlines shared priorities, including enabling co-location of technologies, supporting net-zero targets, and developing a coordinated approach to seabed management. […]

  • North Sea charter for Vroon

    4 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Vroon Offshore Services Aberdeen has secured a five-ship charter and support contract with a major North Sea oil and gas operator.

  • Tendeka Sees Growth in North Sea

    22 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    Tendeka has made a substantial capital investment, led by UKCS growth, in manufacturing facilities, expanding their use of local supply chain and in-house capabilities. The company has more than doubled its work in the UK offshore sector over the past twelve months. Tendeka supplies a range of technologies to maximize production from reservoirs. Brad Baker, […]

  • TGS stays in the North Sea

    4 August 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian seismic company TGS has completed what it describes is a “key project” in the North Sea and started the next one in the same area. The projects are being carried out using the TGS Z700 ocean bottom node (OBN) crew.  According to TGS, this crew has completed two projects during this North Sea season and […]

  • More money for North Sea

    13 July 2010

    Ithaca Energy has secured further cash for its North Sea projects. Ithaca has arranged for a new US $140 million of finance – a “facility agreement” with the Bank of Scotland with a loan period of up to five years.

  • Oil Discovery in The North Sea

    12 May 2011

    Oil has been proven by Statoil and its partners Det norske oljeselskap ASA and Svenska Petroleum Exploration AS on the North Sea Krafla prospect. The well is located in block 30/11 around 26 kilometres south of the Oseberg South field. Based on preliminary calculations the size of the discovery is between 12.5 and 56.5 million […]

  • ‘Outstanding’ drilling results at Serica’s North Sea cluster spur hopes for late June production restart

    22 May 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    UK-based upstream oil and gas player Serica Energy has provided an update on the activities undertaken to bring its floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) back online following a shutdown caused by a storm.

  • Further North Sea exploration

    28 December 2006

    Statoil has today, Thursday 28 December, commenced drilling of exploration well 16/4-4 on the North Sea Biotitt prospect. The drilling marks the start of a busy exploration programme for the West Epsilon rig which initially will drill four North Sea exploration wells for Statoil.

  • Equinor in North Sea Find

    4 March 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Equinor has made an oil discovery from the Visund A platform in the Telesto exploration well in the North Sea. The resources are estimated at 12-28 million barrels of recoverable oil. “We are pleased to have made a new discovery on Equinor-operated acreage on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). These are profitable barrels that can […]

  • Dry well in the North Sea

    12 February 2008

    Marathon Petroleum Norge AS, operator of production licence 311, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 31/1-1. The well is located west of the Troll field and 25 kilometres north-east of the Oseberg field in the North Sea.

  • $19 Bn for the North Sea

    20 September 2010

    Outgoing BP chief executive Tony Hayward has promised his company will be investing up to $19 in the North Sea in the next five years. Hayward was appearing before an Energy and Climate Change committee in the UK House of Commons as part of an investigation by Members of Parliament into the implications of the […]

  • Prospective North Sea CCS sites sought to ‘turbocharge’ UK’s path to net zero

    15 May 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Regulation & Policy

    UK regulator the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has called on interested parties to submit their proposals for potential carbon storage locations in the North Sea.

  • Oil discovery in the North Sea

    14 January 2008

    StatoilHydro Petroleum AS, operator of production licences 090 and 090D, has concluded drilling of a development well with an exploration target, well 35/11-B-23-H in the Fram area. The well is located 10 km north of Troll.

  • RBG Clinches North Sea Riser Manufacture Project for Apache North Sea Ltd.

    14 June 2010

    RBG, the leading provider of fabric maintenance and construction support to the global energy industry, has secured a contract worth more than £500,000 for the manufacture of two risers for Apache North Sea Ltd. The two 130 metre long risers, constructed at RBG’s Invergordon, UK facility, will be used to replace existing risers on Forties […]

  • Sustainable exploitation of the North Sea

    4 February 2012

    The North Sea offers many opportunities to exploit its wealth: think about traditional fishery, offshore wind or oil and gas exploration. However, many generations have exploited the North Sea, so we need to beware of exhaustion and pollution. Therefore, Rijkswaterstaat, the executive agency of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, wants to stimulate ideas […]

  • Oil discovery in the North Sea

    3 December 2010

    Lundin Norway AS, operator of production licence 338, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well about 4 km northwest of the ”Luno” oil discovery and 3 km south of the ”Draupne” oil discovery. The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Hugin formation), as […]