Norway Well Slot: Cambozola, Hamlet and Ormen Lange Deep
As of 26 April, Westwood Global Energy reports that there is one appraisal well and four exploration wells active.
As of 26 April, Westwood Global Energy reports that there is one appraisal well and four exploration wells active.
Shell has announced its intent to withdraw from a pair of North Sea discoveries – dealing a blow to partner Egdon Resources.
Shell and Deltic Energy will press ahead with drilling a major North Sea gas exploration target later this year.
Lime Petroleum, a subsidiary of Singapore’s Rex International Holding, has swooped in for a pair of assets in the North Sea.
A “key milestone” has been reached for Avalon, a new oilfield in the UK North Sea, to go ahead.
Production has restarted at a North Sea field after a temporary solution was found to a chemical injection fault.
North Sea operator i3 Energy (LON: I3E) has said an appraisal on its “company-making” Serenity field will now take place in the second half of the year.
The UK Government has announced plans for regulatory “accelerators" which it claimed could shave "years off” development time for new oil and gas projects in the North Sea.
Harbour Energy has outlined a clutch of projects expected to get underway in the North Sea this year, including new wells at the J-Area and Catcher field.
Orcadian Energy has been granted more time with one of its North Sea licences after “extensive talks” with the regulator.
A North Sea operator is targeting "first gas” from its third field this year as a problematic project gets back on track.
Parkmead has said it is nearing a drilling decision on its Skerryvore field in the UK North Sea.
Operator EnQuest (LON: ENQ) is exploring a range of options as it draws up plans to develop two major North Sea prospects.
If the question was “to be or not to be”, Neptune Energy has answered in the former for its Hamlet discovery.
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract worth $16.9 million (£12.9m) in the UK North Sea.
Years have passed since the last exploration well was drilled in the Southern North Sea, and Deltic Energy is hoping to lead a fresh wave of activity.
The Shell Jaws well in the North Sea has proved unsuccessful, partner Capricorn Energy has announced.
As of 28 February, Westwood Global Energy reports that there is one exploration well and one appraisal well active in the UK. One exploration well completed since the start of the year.
“It's been a tough journey but we're very, very close now,” IOG chief executive Andrew Hockey reflects.
Brent oil prices average $60-80 per barrel until 2027, BofA Global Research has said in a new report, suggesting high prices are here to stay – at least in the medium term.
Anasuria Hibiscus and partner NEO Energy are moving forward with plans for the Teal West project in the UK North Sea on an “accelerated schedule”.
While the future of the Cambo project remains on hold, Siccar Point Energy’s intentions for the scheme could soon become clearer.
Energy services firm Bilfinger UK, which has its offshore oil and gas base in Aberdeen, has said a new contract in the North Sea will create 300 new jobs.
Climate campaigners have questioned the decision to green light a North Sea oil and gas field that they claim will provide “little to no benefit” to the UK.
Odfjell Drilling (OSLO: ODL) plans to split itself into two companies which would see the creation of a dedicated technology spinoff.