North Sea & Europe Production News

Statoil has raised the natural gas reserves estimate for the Snøhvit field offshore Norway in the Barents Sea by 20 bcm (706 bcf).

OIE Services has won a contract to support construction of a new platform for Apache’s Forties complex in the UK central North Sea.

Antrim Energy and Valiant Petroleum have agreed on early installation of subsea facilities for the Fionn field development in the UK northern North Sea.

Dragon Oil expects to employ three drilling rigs for all or part of this year on its fields in the Cheleken Contract Area of the Caspian Sea.

Statoil has decided to replace the control systems in some of its older subsea wells offshore Norway, starting with the Vigdis and Tordis oilfields in the North Sea.

Severe weather in the UK North Sea caused the Banff FPSO to lose its anchors, causing damage to the risers, according to Premier Oil.

ConocoPhillips has contracted Wilton Engineering Services for the long term compression (LTC) module for the Britannia gas-condensate field in the UK central North Sea.

Statoil has had to deal with two potential emergencies this week on its installations on the Norwegian continental shelf.

Statoil is set to implement its plans to enhance recovery using light well intervention (LWI) vessels.

Conversion of the Athena field FPSO in the UK North Sea has proven more complex than originally anticipated, according to operator Ithaca Energy.

The achievement of first oil from the Peregrino heavy-oil field in Brazil in April marked a major milestone for Statoil, the operator.

Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has authorized BP Norge to use an onshore control room at Forus near Stavanger, Norway, for offshore operations on the Valhall field in the North Sea.

EnQuest has provided an update on its E&P operations in the UK northern North Sea.

GDF SUEZ E&P Nederland has started production from the G16a-C gas field in the Dutch North Sea.

Mellitah Oil & Gas, the joint venture operating company between NOC and Eni, has restarted gas production from the Sabratha platform offshore Libya.

Eni has started gas production from the Guendalina field platform in the Adriatic Sea.

Third-quarter production from the Buzzard field complex in the UK North Sea averaged 114,000 boe/d, below the norm of 195,000-220,000 boe/d.

PA Resources (PAR) expects first production from the Aseng field off Equatorial Guinea before year-end.

Normal operations have resumed at the Grane field in the Norwegian North Sea.

Statoil has awarded ABB a NOK1.6-billion ($288 million) EPC contract for the electric drive system for two new pre-compressors on the Troll A platform in the Norwegian North Sea.

Wintershall Noordzee has brought onstream the Wingate gas production platform in the UK southern North Sea.

Dockwise has clinched a second assignment for its newbuild transportation vessel Dockwise Vanguard.

The semisub Sedco 704 has successfully completed four of the five production wells for the Athena field development in the UK North Sea.

Statoil has temporarily restricted oil production on the Grane field in the Norwegian North Sea.