Earlier this month, energy leaders from across the world descended on Stavanger, Norway, for the annual Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) conference. The focus of this year’s event was clear: how we can accelerate Europe’s transition to a low-carbon future while at the same time ensuring a reliable and affordable energy …
Read More »Europe Turns to North Sea Oil to Replace Russian Supply
Refiners in Europe have significantly raised purchases of North Sea crude grades in recent weeks as they look to replace as much Russian crude as soon as possible, ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg showed on Wednesday. European buyers, especially those in the Baltic region, began raising imports of crude pumped …
Read More »Germany Intends to Increase Oil and Gas Production in the North Sea
Finance Minister Christian Lindner said this is necessary to reduce dependence on Russian energy sources due to the invasion of Ukraine, writes RBC-Ukraine, citing Reuters. Germany, which depends on Russia for two-thirds of its natural gas imports, is urgently trying to stimulate the development of alternative energy sources, including the …
Read More »Russia Plans to Invest Additionally $55 Million in 2022 in Northern Sea Route Development
Additional investments in development of the Northern Sea Route in 2022 are planned at 4 billion rubles ($55 million). The money will be used for construction of the Utrenniy LNG terminal at the Arctic port Sabetta, reads a memorandum on Russia’s draft budget for 2022-2024. TASS has a copy of …
Read More »Can Carbon Capture Tech Save North Sea Oil Production?
As North Sea oil exploration and production will continue for years to come, oil companies look at ways to reduce emissions following significant criticism from environmentalists. But will cutting emissions sway public opinion on Britain’s ongoing oil and gas activities? This month, the U.K. government announced $22.8 million for projects …
Read More »The UK has Committed to Achieve Net-Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050
The U.K. continues to stand by its oil and gas commitments even following this month’s G7 climate change conference in Cornwall, international pressure to move away from fossil fuels, and the ceasing of operations by other North Sea states. Energy minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan stated this week that the U.K will …
Read More »Equinor Makes Minor Oil Discovery in North Sea
Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has made a minor oil discovery near the Visund field in the North Sea offshore Norway, which will be a tie-in to the planned development of the Garantiana oil discovery. The wildcat well 34/6-5 S is located in production licence 554 where Equinor is …
Read More »BP in Talks to Sell 28% Stake in UK North Sea Field
BP is in advanced talks to sell its 28 per cent interest in the Shearwater field in the UK North Sea to Tailwind Energy, an explorer backed by trading house Mercuria Energy Group, people familiar with the matter said. The companies may reach an agreement in the coming days, sources …
Read More »Asian Buyers Rush to Secure North Sea Oil after Saudi Surprise Cut
Saudi Arabia’s surprise announcement that it would cut 1 million barrels per day (bpd) beyond its share of OPEC+ cuts in February and March has refiners in Asia scrambling to secure supplies from Europe, with record purchases of North Sea cargoes in one day. Saudi Arabia caught the market by …
Read More »BP Relaunches Sale of Stakes in North Sea Oilfields
As reported by Reuters, BP has relaunched the sale of stakes in a number of North Sea oilfields it agreed to sell to Premier Oil before Premier was taken over last year, industry sources said on Thursday. BP originally agreed to sell its interest in the fields in the Andrew …
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