UK/UKCS
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October 01, 2018
Equinor has signed an agreement to acquire Chevron’s 40% operated interest in the Rosebank project, one of the largest undeveloped fields on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Once concluded, the transaction will strengthen Equinor’s UK portfolio, which includes the Mariner development, attractive exploration opportunities and three producing offshore wind farms.
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September 27, 2018
Angus Energy plc, a UK conventional oil and gas production and development company, has announced that the flow test of the horizontal well, Balcombe-2z, has commenced.
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September 27, 2018
BP announced today that approval has been received from the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) to proceed with the Vorlich development in the central North Sea, which will target 30 MMboe, expected to produce 20,000 boed (gross) at peak.
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September 27, 2018
Weeks away from fracing its first well in seven years, Britain’s oil and natural gas industry is stepping up complaints that the government is moving too slowly to approve further projects.
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September 25, 2018
Global subsea equipment specialist, Ashtead Technology, has successfully completed a subsea installation monitoring project for Subsea 7 in support of Equinor’s Utgard development, located in blocks 15/8 (NCS) and 16/18a (UKCS) of the central North Sea.
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September 24, 2018
Total announces a major gas discovery on the Glendronach prospect, situated offshore UK, West of Shetland.
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September 20, 2018
Verus Petroleum has signed a Sale & Purchase Agreement (SPA) for the acquisition of Cieco Exploration & Production (UK) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of ITOCHU Corporation.
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September 19, 2018
Prosafe has signed a contract with a major oil and gas operator for the Safe Caledonia to provide accommodation support in the UK sector of the North Sea.
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September 19, 2018
Last week, hook up of the Ailsa Floating Storage and Offloading unit (FSO) was successfully completed. This marks the final step of the FSO transportation and installation for Culzean field, under the project management of Maersk Supply Service.
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September 17, 2018
Zennor Petroleum Limited has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Zennor North Sea Limited, has entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement with Mitsui E&P UK Limited (MEPUK) in respect of its interests in United Kingdom Continental Shelf Licenses P.213, Block 16/26a, Area B and P.345 Block 16/27b Area B, which represent an 8.97% working interest in Britannia field.
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September 13, 2018
Cygnus, the largest single producing gas field in the southern North Sea, is now available for a virtual tour.
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September 13, 2018
Hurricane Energy plc, the UK based oil and gas company focused on hydrocarbon resources in naturally fractured basement reservoirs, has provided an operational update in relation to the Early Production System development of Lancaster field (Lancaster EPS).
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September 11, 2018
With the Cambo well operations shortly due to complete, Siccar Point Energy E&P Limited and its JV partner have elected to defer the drilling of the Lyon exploration well (Licence P.1854) until 2019.
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September 11, 2018
The oil business has mostly recovered from a worst-in-a-generation crude price slump, but not everyone is celebrating.
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September 06, 2018
A joint study by the UK oil and gas industry’s Technology Leadership Board, the Oil & Gas Technology Centre and the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has found that adopting data analytics and digital technologies for asset maintenance and operations could increase production and lower maintenance costs worth £1.5 billion annually to the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
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September 03, 2018
Hurricane Energy plc, the UK based oil and gas company focused on hydrocarbon resources in naturally fractured basement reservoirs, has announced that Spirit Energy Limited has farmed-in to 50% of Hurricane’s Lincoln (P.1368 South) and Warwick (P.2294) licenses, together covering the Greater Warwick Area (GWA).
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August 28, 2018
Azinor Catalyst Limited, the Seacrest Capital Group-backed E&P Company focused on the UK Continental Shelf, has announced that the 9/14a-16 well on the Agar Plantain prospect, was spudded on Aug. 24, 2018, using the Transocean Leader drilling rig.
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August 24, 2018
Petrofac Limited has announced that it signed an agreement to sell Petrofac GSA Holdings Limited to Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited for a total consideration of up to $292 million.
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August 23, 2018
Siccar Point Energy has successfully concluded well testing operations on the 204/10a-5 appraisal well in Cambo field, northwest of Shetland.
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August 23, 2018
United Oil & Gas Plc, the London Stock Exchange listed oil and gas exploration and development company, has announced that further to the announcement of May 24, 2018, it has accepted the formal offer from the Oil and Gas Authority, the UK oil and gas regulator, confirming the award of Blocks 15/18d and 15/19b.
