North Sea

Delayed decommissioning has been a theme on the UK Continental Shelf thanks to legal, regulatory, and technical hurdles, the report says.

This paper focuses on the vital task of identifying bypassed oil and locating the remaining oil in mature fields, emphasizing the significance of these activities in sustaining efficient oilfield exploitation.

Updates about global exploration and production activities and developments.

Partners will go back to the drawing board to design a new well to reach the prospect’s primary objectives.

Ineos, the day-to-day operator of Greensand Future, with its partners Harbour Energy and Nordsøfonden, has made a final investment decision into the first commercial phase, with storage operations set to begin by early 2026.

Permits for the East Side Cluster carbon storage project have been awarded, and participants have begun announcing final investment decisions.

This paper describes a project in the heavy oil Captain field in the UK sector of the North Sea in which reduced environmental impact dovetails with improved economics.

Aker BP plans to use a software platform from TGS as a process data server designed to improve field operations.

The facility for open-source carbon capture, transport, and storage has been completed.

A recent report from the North Sea Transition Authority says the industry has delivered a 4% decrease in emissions in 2023, a fourth consecutive year of reductions, but warns operators not to be complacent.