North Sea & Europe

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Offshore flaring
Energy Transition

UK North Sea industry ahead on methane reduction targets

Sept. 18, 2024
Britain’s offshore oil and gas industry has more than halved methane emissions since 2018.
Lars Morken/Equinor
Johan Castberg FPSO
North Sea & Europe

Barents Sea Johan Castberg FPSO moored, into hookup phase

Sept. 17, 2024
Hookup operations have started at the Johan Castberg field development project.
Courtesy Norwegian Petroleum Directorate/Odfjell Drilling
Deepsea Stavanger
North Sea & Europe

Equinor wells prove more oil, gas at North Sea Gudrun field

Sept. 17, 2024
The semisubmersible Deepsea Stavanger drilled two exploration wells in 110 m water depth.
Courtesy Norwegian Offshore Directorate
Six companies have applied for CO2 storage acreage
Energy Transition

Bids received for Norway’s North Sea CO2 storage round

Sept. 16, 2024
Aker BP, Equinor Low Carbon Solutions, Harbour Energy Norge, Horisont Energi, Storegga Norge and TotalEnergies EP Norge made the applications.
Courtesy EnQuest
Greater Kittiwake Area
Decommissioning

EnQuest taking charge of North Sea GKA fields decommissioning

Sept. 16, 2024
Shell UK and Dana Petroleum have authorized EnQuest, operator of the Greater Kittiwake Area fields in the central UK North Sea, to additionally assume management of the decommissioning...