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12 Jul 26 |
UK: Labour MP takes case for North Sea oil and gas direct to incoming PM Andy Burnham A Labour member of Westminster's Energy Security and Net Zero Committee has revealed he took evidence presented during the committee's visit to Aberdeen directly to incoming Prime Minister Andy Burnham as he urged the new government to adopt a more 'pragmatic' approach to the North Sea. |
12 Jul 26 |
UK: Powering exploration with accessible data Oil and gas, carbon storage and other offshore energy projects have all been handed a significant boost with a series of data accessibility innovations. Vital information on the North Sea Transition Authority’s National Data Repository (NDR), which contains more than one million files dating from the 1960s to the present, can now be located in just a few seconds. |
10 Jul 26 |
Norway: Norwegian Offshore Directorate grants Vår Energi a drilling permit for well 36/7-6 S in PL 636 The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Vår Energi a drilling permit for well 36/7-6 S in production licence PL 636. Planned spud date is September 2026. |
10 Jul 26 |
Norway: Norwegian Offshore Directorate grants Vår Energi a drilling permit for well 6407/5-3 S in PL 1002 The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Vår Energi a drilling permit for well 6407/5-3 S in production licence PL 1002. Planned spud date is July 2026. Licensees are: Var Energi (Operator) 42.30%; Equinor 57.7%. |
10 Jul 26 |
Norway: Vår Energi announces Q2 2026 trading update Vår Energi will publish its financial report for the second quarter 2026 on Tuesday 21 July. Today, the Company provides an update on production, sales volumes and other relevant items. Average production in the first half of 2026 was 391 kboepd. Vår Energi’s net production of oil, liquids and natural gas averaged 376 kboepd in the second quarter of 2026, a decrease of 7% from the first quarter of 2026 and an increase of 31% compared to the second quarter of 2025. |
10 Jul 26 |
UK: Archer awarded a large P&A contract in the UK Further to the announcement on June 26, 2026, Archer has now entered into a large contract related to plug and abandonment ('P&A') activities in the UK North Sea for Well-Safe Solutions on the Beryl and Forties fields operated by Apache North Sea. The decommissioning project, which will commence during 2026, includes seven platforms and more than 260 wells. |
