Fossil Energy
Oil & Gas UK: New licenses need to translate into new wells
Oil & Gas UK has commented on the results of 28th Licensing Round announced yesterday (November 6) by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) UK. Oonagh Werngren MBE, Oil & Gas UK’s operations director, said: “Today’s announcement by the UK Government that it is to award 134 licences to c
Statoil: Barents sea exploration is marathon, not sprint
Statoil has completed its 2013-2014 exploration program in the Barents Sea. According to the Norwegian oil giant, this represents an all-time high exploration activity and 10% of all exploration wells drilled in the Barents Sea since its opening in 1980. “This is a unique exploration program. A co
Enegi clinches block near Fyne discovery
Enegi has been offered a production licence on Block 21/28b, in the UK Central North Sea, by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Block 21/28b contains two known discoveries named Crinan & Dandy, which lie adjacent to the Fyne Project Area (“Fyne”) in water depths of c. 89m. Crinan (also kno
Faroe bags two offshore UK licences
Faroe Petroleum has provisionally been awarded two new exploration licences on the UK Continental Shelf in the UK’s 28th Offshore Licensing Round. Fynn – Blocks 15/11 & 15/16d – Faroe 25% Located in the Central North Sea, approximately six kilometres from the Faroe operated Lowlander Field, Fynn is
Apprentice of the Year award goes to Proserv
Proserv, an energy services company, has informed that its apprentice technician Marnie Toal has won an Apprentice of the Year award from Oil & Gas UK. Apprentice technician Marnie Toal was presented with the Apprentice of the Year Award last night (Thursday, November 6) after being judged to have m
Statoil applies, Statoil wins (UK)
Statoil was awarded interests in 12 new licences, 9 as operator, in the 28th licensing round on the UK continental shelf, announced today by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. “We were awarded all the acreage that we had applied for and are of course very pleased with the outcome of this l
Quintet of offshore blocks for Maersk Oil (UK)
Maersk Oil UK has been awarded five licences in the initial tranche of offers from the UK’s 28th Licensing Round, three of which will be operated by the Company. “The award of these new licences supports the long term growth strategy for the UK business, enhancing our exploration programme around ou
Petrojarl Knarr FPSO approved for work in Norway
Teekay Petrojarl Production AS (Teekay) has received the PSA Norway’s Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for the Petrojarl Knarr FPSO. An Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) is a statement from the PSA expressing the authorities’ confidence that a petroleum activity can be performed by the facility
IOG wins one North Sea licence
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG), the North Sea focused oil and gas company, has been awarded the licence between Cronx and Blythe, in the North Sea, containing the Elgood discovery and Tetley and Rebellion prospects. IOG notes that typically the award of licences in this area are delayed due to enviro
PSA: All good with well clean-up and well testing on NCS
In the first and second quarters of 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of the management of well clean-up and well testing on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The activity was directed at the management, planning and execution of well clean-up and well testing
UK awards offshore blocks in ‘biggest ever’ licensing round
Edward Davey, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) UK, today, November 6, 2014, announced the offer of awards for Licenses in the 28th Seaward Licensing Round. “After thorough consideration of the applications made in the 28th Offshore Oil and Gas Licensing Round, I am pleased
Oil & Gas UK welcomes OGA CEO
Oil & Gas UK has welcomed the appointment of first chief executive for the new Oil and Gas Authority. DECC has today informed that Andy Samuel has been appointed as the first chief executive of the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA). Commenting on that announcement Oil & Gas UK’s chief executive Malcolm We
Rosneft wraps up seismic survey in East Siberian Sea
Rosneft has finished seismic data acquisition on the East-Siberian-1 block in the East Siberian Sea. According to the company, the seismic data survey was carried out independently and the amount of 2D works totaled 2000 km. Rosneft says that in spite of extremely severe ice conditions this year, al
Oil and Gas Authority gets CEO
Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has informed that Andy Samuel, currently Managing Director of BG Group’s Exploration and Production in Europe, has been appointed as the chief executive of the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA). According to DECC, the government is also asking industry and ot