Archer has secured a long-term platform drilling contract – worth around $50 million – in the UK with an undisclosed operator.
Shell has awarded TechnipFMC with an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract for the Jackdaw development offshore the UK. The contract covers pipelay for a 30-kilometer tieback from the new Jackdaw platform to Shell’s Shearwater platform, as well as the delivery of an
Offshore accommodation rig provider Prosafe has secured a contract extension for one of its units with BP in the UK North Sea.
Floatel International has secured contract extensions with Equinor for two units operating offshore Norway.
The UK government has lifted the moratorium on shale gas production in England and confirmed its support for a new oil and gas licencing round.
Two oil and gas companies, OMV and Wintershall Dea, have awarded a drilling contract to Transocean to drill 17 wells in Norway.
Vår Energi has secured two types of permits from the Norwegian authorities for two exploration wells located in the Barents Sea off Norway.
i3 Energy has started drilling an appraisal well in the North Sea with a Stena Drilling-owned rig in a bid to find additional hydrocarbons.
AF Gruppen has been awarded a contract by TotalEnergies for the removal and recycling of platforms in the Dutch sector of the North Sea.
Oil major Shell has secured a semi-submersible rig for plug and abandonment operations on two of its fields located offshore Norway.
The UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has kicked off research on end-of-life oil fields in the North Sea using the robot submarine Boaty McBoatface with the aim of helping monitor and protect the marine environment and support industry transition towards net-zero targets. The Autosub Long-Rang
Norway recorded lower gas production in August 2022 compared to the figures from July 2022 while the oil output is higher than last month.
The NSTA says that the UK oil & gas industry is making progress on emission reduction targets but more will be required to reach 2030 goals.
Oil major Chevron and its partners in the Aphrodite gas field off Cyprus have allocated funds for the drilling of an appraisal well and other development costs for the project.
