Norway’s state-owned energy giant Equinor has secured a drilling permit from the country’s authorities for an appraisal well in the North Sea off Norway. The drilling work is expected to be carried out using one of Odfjell Drilling’s rigs.

UK-headquartered and AIM-listed oil and gas company i3 Energy has started drilling an appraisal well in the North Sea with a Stena Drilling-owned rig in a bid to find additional volumes of hydrocarbons beyond those encountered in the original discovery well.

Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has hired Well-Safe Solutions, an Aberdeen-based decommissioning services provider, to undertake a decommissioning campaign covering more than 20 wells in the Dutch and UK sectors of the North Sea.

UK-based independent oil and gas company Parkmead Group has secured approval to drill a high-impact well on the Skerryvore prospects in the UK Central North Sea. This will be Parkmead’s first operated exploration well.

The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has received offers for production licences from 26 companies for further exploration activity on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) as part of the Award in Pre-Defined Areas 2022 (APA 2022).

UK-based oil and gas company Tailwind Energy has started production from its field in the UK Central North Sea ahead of schedule.

Spanish oil and gas company Repsol has been forced once again to temporarily shut down its Yme field located in the North Sea offshore Norway due to technical issues.

Norwegian offshore engineering contractor Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract from Shell UK for the delivery of a not permanently attended installation (NPAI) for the Jackdaw gas field located in the UK North Sea.

UK-based Parkmead Group has launched a farm-out process to find a partner for the development of an oil project in the North Sea, which is expected to bolster the UK’s energy security after production begins.

German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has started production from its operated Nova oil field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.