Equinor is ready to drill two wells in the North Sea offshore Norway following the receipt of approvals and permits from the Norwegian authorities.
Equinor has been served with a notice of order from the country’s offshore safety agency following a serious lifting incident on the Oseberg B platform.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has lowered its 2020 oil demand forecast to negative -9.8 million barrels a day.
A survey by the Norwegian statistics bureau SSB has revealed that oil and gas companies in Norway have boosted investment plans in recent months.
Ithaca Energy is moving forward with its plans to develop the Abigail field, located in the UK North Sea as a subsea tie-back.
The European Commission has seen progress in the safety of offshore oil and gas operations following the implementation of the safety directive.
Oil and gas major Shell has partnered with marine robotics firm Ocean Infinity to combine expertise and assets to execute multiclient seep hunting projects. The companies believe that combination of Shell’s specialist seep hunting expertise and Ocean Infinity’s ‘Armada’ fleet of robotic ships, will
Equinor’s Johan Sverdrup field is increasing its daily production capacity, expecting to reach around 500,000 barrels of oil per day by the end of the year.
Swedish oil and gas company Lundin has not been able to find any hydrocarbons at the Polmak well exploration well in the Barents Sea offshore Norway.
Despite concerns that Covid-19 could drive down discovered volumes to their lowest levels in decades, exploration activity has been resilient this year with discovered resources set to hit 10 billion boe in 2020.
Shelf Drilling is selling five of its stacked drilling rigs. The rig owner has also won a couple of new gigs while some contracts have been suspended.
Equinor has awarded contracts for concept studies to progress the Wisting project development, in the Barents Sea, towards a final concept select decision.
LOC Group has been awarded new contracts with SBM Offshore to act as Marine Warranty Surveyor on two of its FPSO projects.
Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has made a minor gas and oil discovery in the Norwegian Sea.
