
Seven oil and gas companies have been offered four production licences located offshore Norway as part of the country’s 25th Licensing Round.

Petrofac will build on its 18-year tenure supporting the Kittiwake platform, following the award of a contract extension from EnQuest.

UK’s Oil and Gas Authority has issued an updated guidance on flaring and venting, which sets out a tougher approach to driving reductions.

Sakhalin Energy has completed the planned shutdown at the largest oil and gas production platform of the Sakhalin-2 project in Russia.

Oil and gas company Vår Energi has made a ‘significant’ discovery of oil and gas in the King and Prince exploration wells in the Balder area in the Southern North Sea offshore Norway.

Norway’s oil production in May 2021 was four per cent above predictions made by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD).

Aker BP and its partners in Skarv have started production from Gråsel in the Skarv area in the Norwegian Sea, ahead of the schedule.

Norwegian energy major Equinor has made progress with two of its offshore project developments located offshore Norway and the UK.

Lime Petroleum, a subsidiary of Singapore’s Rex International, is buying Repsol’s interest in the Brage field located offshore Norway.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted MOL Norge a drilling permit for an appraisal well in the North Sea off Norway.

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has been awarded two contracts for its rigs for operations in waters offshore Norway.

Oil and gas company Lundin Energy has sold first-ever certified carbon neutrally produced oil from its Johan Sverdrup field offshore Norway.

Hurricane Energy has hired a Stena Drilling-owned rig for plug and abandonment of the Lincoln-14 well, located off the UK and restarted at Lancaster.

Norway’s safety watchdog, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given Equinor and Wintershall Dea consents to use two Odfjell Drilling rigs for work offshore Norway.