East Shetland Basin

North Sea

Siccar Point and partners say Equinor ‘premature’ with Mariner downgrade

12/01/2022

By Allister Thomas

Siccar Point Energy has said that Equinor, its partner and operator of the Mariner project, has been "premature" in making a huge downgrade in reserves estimates for the field.

North Sea

‘Not what we hoped it would be’: Equinor takes £1.3billion hit on Mariner field as reserves slashed by a third

12/01/2022

By Allister Thomas

Equinor has taken a £1.3billion impairment on the value of its Mariner field in the North Sea after a major downgrade to its recoverable reserves.

Decom

EnQuest ‘very interested’ in joint-operator decommissioning but ‘someone needs to take the lead’

24/11/2020

By Allister Thomas

The North Sea boss of EnQuest has said the firm is “very interested” in a joint-operator decommissioning approach, but “someone needs to take the lead”.

Oil & Gas

Shetland eyes ‘more of that tax take’ from oil revenues in self-determination bid

19/09/2020

By Allister Thomas

The leader of Shetland Islands Council has said the region wants “to retain more of that tax take” from oil and gas revenues in its self-determination bid.

North Sea

Taqa submits decommissioning plan for 30-year-old North Sea platform

23/12/2019

By Allister Thomas

Taqa has submitted plans to decommission a 30-year-old platform in the UK North Sea.