UK/UKCS
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July 21, 2024
Petroleum production in the waters between the UK and Norway peaked some 20 years ago. Yet the offshore industry still supports more than 200,000 jobs and adds billions of pounds to the nation’s GDP, giving it serious economic weight even in its twilight years.
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July 16, 2024
Repeated delays to well plugging and abandonment (P&A) work, competition for rigs from overseas and cost pressures are pushing up the estimated bill for decommissioning on the UK Continental Shelf, according to the North Sea Transition Authority's new report.
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July 15, 2024
Ramco Norway has been awarded 80% of the volume of oil and gas pipes running from Equinor at Fjord Base in Florø to the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Additionally, the company has been allocated 100% of the volume from Sandnessjøen and Hammerfest.
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July 05, 2024
OEUK warned many of the industry’s skilled people and investors remain deeply concerned about Labour proposals for a further windfall tax on homegrown oil and gas production and to end new oil and gas licenses in UK waters. OEUK says such measures would not create the investment conditions the UK needs to deliver the homegrown energy transition needed to kickstart economic growth.
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June 27, 2024
TotalEnergies has signed an agreement to sell to The Prax Group its entire interest in West of Shetland assets in the United Kingdom (Laggan, Tormore, Glenlivet, Edradour and Glendronach fields, the onshore Shetland Gas Plant and nearby exploration licenses).
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June 20, 2024
Changes in the tax regime, in particular a windfall levy on oil and gas introduced two years ago and extended until March 2029, has affected independent oil and gas producers listed in the UK and their ability to raise money.
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June 18, 2024
The country’s current daily production of about 1.2 MMboed is projected to drop to 0.7 MMboed in 2030 by industry regulator the North Sea Transition Authority. “Getting things right” and moving forward all investment opportunities currently under consideration by companies would temper that decline, meaning production in 2030 would be 0.9 MMboed, OEUK said in its Economy and People report on Tuesday.
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June 16, 2024
The contract scope includes project management, engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of a 22km 12” water injection pipeline. Subsea7’s scope also includes associated subsea structures and tie-ins at the Triton Floating Production Storage & Offloading (FPSO) vessel and the Bittern field.
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June 11, 2024
Deltic considers it “unlikely” that Selene will require further appraisal prior to field development planning commencing and could be brought into production “relatively quickly” following discovery given the proximity of existing infrastructure.
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Emerson to deploy completion monitoring systems for Equinor’s Rosebank oil and gas field offshore UK
June 06, 2024
Emerson’s suite of Roxar downhole monitoring tools will empower Equinor to use advanced oil recovery techniques, optimize reservoir performance and verify well integrity in real time. The Rosebank field is estimated to contain over 300 MMbbl of recoverable oil resources.
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June 05, 2024
The comprehensive campaign spans over 120 days and is segmented into five sub-campaigns, each addressing specific tasks crucial for the decommissioning process.
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May 30, 2024
Stable, long-term policies that enable fair returns are critical to ensure UK firms and their people can compete in the global race for energy investment. OEUK says over £200 billion can be unlocked and ploughed into our energy future this decade, but only if firms, skilled people and capital stay here in the UK.
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May 30, 2024
This deal involves the Clipper and Leman Alpha offshore field clusters and represents the latest move by major oil and gas companies to exit the aging North Sea basin in favor of more lucrative ventures.
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May 21, 2024
A new report by Robert Gordon University (RGU) has revealed that the UK will fail to achieve a ‘just and fair’ energy transition by 2030 unless there is urgent alignment across the political spectrum to sustain UK offshore industry jobs, supply chain investments and the economic contribution of the workforce.
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May 16, 2024
Chevron Corp. put its stake in the UK’s Clair oilfield up for sale in a move that will mark the U.S. supermajor’s exit from the North Sea after more than half a century.
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May 16, 2024
Under this arrangement, Equinor will boost its ownership in the Heidrun field and Noatun discovery, while scaling back its stakes in the Tyrihans and Castberg fields, along with the Carmen and Beta discoveries.
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May 03, 2024
The North Sea Transition Authority has announced the allocation of 31 new oil and gas licenses, marking a significant step towards reinforcing energy security in the UK, says Offshore Energies UK (OEUK).
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May 01, 2024
The 23-month contract, part of the Elgin-Franklin Flare Gas Recovery System Project, will redirect gas that would have previously been flared through a new compressor system offshore to be treated and then reused.
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April 23, 2024
The combination will immediately create an enlarged and stronger combined group with 2024 production greater than 100,000 boed and the underlying potential to organically grow to 150,000 boed by the early 2030s.
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March 26, 2024
Right across the UK, the existing oil and gas supply chain already has 60%-80% of the capabilities needed to develop these new energy technologies. But current policy and political rhetoric present serious challenges to these firms’ ambitions to scale up and seize these opportunities.
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March 12, 2024
Perenco UK announced a decommissioning milestone with the successful completion of the plug & abandonment of three subsea wells at the Gawain field in the UK Southern North Sea, including the removal of the associated subsea infrastructure.
