A group representing the Ukrainian diaspora said on Tuesday it was seeking a judicial review of the Canadian government’s decision to return a repaired turbine to Germany that is needed for the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline.

A gas leak in a contained area related to a turbine on the Equinor-operated Sleipner A offshore platform in Norway was reported on the morning of 11 July, resulting in parts of the field being shut down.

North Sea-focused independent E&P company Waldorf Production has inked a deal to buy the entire share capital of Alpha Petroleum, an upstream oil and gas company focusing on the UK North Sea, from Shorelight Partners. The deal is expected to boost the firm’s asset portfolio and help strengthen the UK’s energy security amid the current geopolitical crisis.

Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) has approved a plan for the development and operation (PDO) of the Aker BP-operated field in the North Sea, which will enable the firm to fast-track the development to achieve the first oil 18 months after the PDO submission.

UK-headquartered oil and gas company United Oil & Gas (UOG) has revealed that its discovery, envisioned as a subsea tie-back in the Central North Sea, has been valued at £33.5 million on a risked basis, or £109.1 million on an unrisked basis.

ConocoPhillips Skandinavia, a subsidiary of the U.S.-based energy giant ConocoPhillips, has come up dry in a wildcat well, which was drilled using a Transocean-owned rig in the Norwegian Sea near the Fenja field.

The Norwegian government has decided to step in to avoid further loss of oil and gas production after offshore workers downed their tools and went on a strike due to a dispute over wage demands. This intervention comes at a time when the worldwide geopolitical crisis threatens the security of the global energy supply.

Canadian offshore petroleum regulator has brought charges against the company operating the Hibernia platform off the coast of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. The charges are in relation to an oil spill from this platform, which occurred in July 2019.

Norwegian state-owned giant Equinor has decided to exercise its option for additional wells to be drilled by an Odfjell Drilling-owned rig offshore Norway.

Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has received consent from Norway’s offshore safety regulator to use one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs for production drilling and completion on a field located in the North Sea off Norway.