UK oil and gas company EnQuest has completed the buy of a 100 per cent equity interest in the P.1078 license containing the proven Bentley heavy-oil discovery from Whalsay Energy.
The BP-led Shah Deniz consortium has started production from the East South flank – the biggest milestone planned for the project this year.
Allseas and its giant heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit have delivered Aker BP’s Valhall QP jacket to a yard in Norway for decommissioning.
Norwegian oilfield services provider Aker Solutions has delivered the 5,000-ton additional module for Equinor’s Johan Sverdrup riser platform.
A massive explosion caused by a mud volcano on Sunday shook the Caspian Sea where Azerbaijan operates offshore oil and gas fields.
Equinor has secured regulatory consent to start-up facilities and modifications associated with the Troll phase 3 project in the North Sea.
Norwegian oil major Equinor has awarded Modern American Recycling Services Europe (M.A.R.S) a contract for deconstruction and recycling of the Veslefrikk B platform in the North Sea offshore Norway.
Norwegian Simon Møkster Shipping has been awarded more work with Aker BP to support its drilling campaign offshore Norway.
Aker Solutions and AF Gruppen will merge the two companies’ existing offshore decommissioning operations into a 50/50 owned company.
Τhe FPSO market is booming this year, with more contracts awarded in the second quarter of 2021 than during the full year 2020, Rystad Energy says.
The Equinor-operated Martin Linge oil and gas field in the North Sea came on stream on Wednesday night, 30 June. The field is powered from shore and operated from its onshore control room.
Petrofac, an international service provider to the energy industry, has been awarded a two-and-a-half-year project with Ithaca Energy.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit to Lundin Energy Norway for a well in the North Sea off Norway.
Oil and gas companies are still feeling the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic as new project start-ups are being delayed and costs are rising due to continuous challenges arising from related restrictions.
