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February 06, 2024
The Feb. 1 “equipment incident” involved the Ocean GreatWhite drilling rig about 125 miles (200 kilometers) west of the Shetland Islands, the company said in a U.S. filing on Monday. BP is leasing the vessel through at least August. Diamond Offshore describes it on its website as “one of the world’s largest ultra-deepwater harsh environment semisubmersible” rigs.
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February 01, 2024
A total of 24 licenses have been offered in the second tranche of the NSTA’s 33rd licensing round with a third tranche to follow. This is important news for people across the industry and its supply chains, which support over 200,000 jobs across the UK.
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January 31, 2024
The round is a key part of the North Sea Transition Authority’s (NSTA) drive to support the oil and gas industry, which currently contributes around three quarters of domestic energy needs and, according to official forecasts, will continue to do so even as demand is reduced.
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January 30, 2024
A total of 55 operators contributed to the NSTA survey, which showed that innovations related to net zero ambitions and digital transformation have risen significantly.
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January 28, 2024
Vissim’s new oil spill detection system utilizes upgraded image processing technology that enables much higher sensitivity, which allows it to detect even smaller oil spills. It also capitalizes on machine learning to classify detected phenomena, preventing the system from generating false alarms.
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January 24, 2024
Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) CEO, David Whitehouse, will chair the conference and executive committee for SPE Offshore Europe 2025 (OE25) being held at P&J Live, Aberdeen from 2-5 September 2025.
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January 23, 2024
The contract will see Aquaterra Energy deliver a comprehensive range of offshore analysis services, including riser and conductor analysis for jack-ups and semi-submersibles, plus integrity management, decommissioning and late life analysis.
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January 22, 2024
The ROCS system, developed by Optime Subsea, transforms the installation of production tubing in subsea wells by eliminating the need for umbilicals. This results in significantly safer and faster operations while reducing the need for personnel in the red zone on the rig.
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January 22, 2024
The Tyra East Riser platform Echo was declared hot, with all pipelines connected. De-isolation of these pipelines has also commenced, which is an important step towards first gas. On Tyra West, the first wells have successfully been unplugged and de-watered, with two wireline teams working in parallel on the Tyra West B and C platforms.
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January 19, 2024
The Norwegian authorities are offering Aker BP ownership interest in 27 exploration licenses on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in the APA 2023 licensing round. For 17 of the licenses, Aker BP is also granted operatorship.
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January 18, 2024
The awards include eight production licenses in the North Sea, 13 in the Norwegian Sea, and eight in the Barents Sea. Equinor is the operator of 14 of the awarded licenses, and a partner in 25.
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January 17, 2024
Three license awards are in the North Sea (one as operator) and 10 in the Norwegian Sea (four as operator). Nine of the awards are new licenses, and four are area extensions to existing licenses.
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January 17, 2024
The Victory field is expected to produce around 150 MMcfgd (approximately 25,000 boed). Most of the field’s recoverable gas is expected to be extracted by the end of the decade.
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January 16, 2024
Equinor ASA was awarded 39 licenses, while Aker BP ASA received 27 and Var Energi ASA 16. Wintershall Dea was awarded 13 licenses and Poland’s PGNiG Upstream Norway AS 10.
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January 12, 2024
The expected gain from the well is up to 8 MMboe, of which ca 80% is natural gas. This well is drilled into the Jurassic with good reservoir properties, however with a wide range of subsurface outcomes with respect to volume.
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January 11, 2024
Between 40 and 50 wells are expected to be completed, up from 34 last year, the Norwegian Offshore Directorate said Thursday. More than half of the 23 wildcat wells undertaken last year found hydrocarbons, it said.
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January 10, 2024
Wood’s Operations business will deliver engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) services to enhance the central processing facility of bp’s Eastern Trough Area Project (ETAP) production hub in the central North Sea.
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January 09, 2024
The Catcher area produces from 20 subsea wells from the Catcher, Varadero and Burgman fields. The wells are a combination of water injection and production wells, which are tied-back to the BW Catcher FPSO.
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December 2023
The UKCS has a substantial number of unused pipelines and reservoirs, but the investment costs remain high. Activity in this area should increase over the medium and longer terms.
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December 29, 2023
Vår Energi’s net production from the field was 1,500 boed in the first nine months of 2023 and had remaining net reserves 1.9 MMboe at year end 2022.
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December 26, 2023
Kristian Johansen, CEO at TGS, commented, “This project, for a major energy customer, further highlights the integral role OBN acquisition has in providing our clients improved seismic data quality and help them make better reservoir development decisions.”
