Spanish oil and gas company Repsol has experienced production interruption at its operated Yme field located in the North Sea offshore Norway but the field has now been restarted.

UK’s regulator, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA), has fined Shell £50,000 and served it with a sanction notice for breaching production consents for five fields in the North Sea.

Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor has started drilling an exploration well, located in the North Sea offshore Norway, using an Odfjell Drilling-owned rig.

Seismic exploration company Shearwater GeoServices has secured a contract with energy giant Equinor to conduct a 4D ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the Norwegian North Sea.

Following the first gas from two fields in the UK North Sea, UK company IOG plc has experienced mechanical issues on the producing platform. Meanwhile, a Noble-owned jack-up is almost ready to come back offshore and resume drilling on the third field next month.

About 28,500 workers at Norwegian shipyards, oil industry fabrication plants and other manufacturers will go on strike from April 1, unless labour unions and employers reach a new wage deal, a state-appointed mediator said on Monday.

Norwegian offshore drilling company Island Drilling has secured two new contracts, one with Petrofac in the UK North Sea and another with Maersk Decom for P&A operations offshore Mauritania.

UK’s petroleum regulator, the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), has selected three winners for its £1 million offshore electrification competition, aiming to advance oil and gas electrification plans as part of the UK’s decarbonisation efforts.

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Chinese oil and gas giant CNOOC Limited has started production from the Buzzard Phase II development located offshore in the UK sector of the North Sea.