1 Feb 2019 The find by CNOOC comes a few months on the heels of French oil giant Total's announcement of a major gas discovery in the region to the west 16 Sep 2019 Since the 1970s, the North Sea oil and gas industry has created and sustained thousands of jobs, contributed billions of pounds in tax 29 Jan 2019 Total has made a discovery in the North Sea offshore UK, with recoverable resources estimated close to 250mn barrels of oil equivalent. 19 Mar 2019 Eni announces an oil and gas discovery in production licence 869 in the North Sea by drilling the exploration well 24/9-14S and a horizontal 29 Jan 2019 A significant new gas discovery has been made in the North Sea. It is estimated that there are close to 250 million barrels of oil equivalent of
1 day ago The well was drilled in a water depth of about 80 meters and encountered 64 meters net pay of lean gas and condensate and high-quality light oil
Britain first discovered gas in the North sea in 1965. Oil finds soon followed and by the early 1980s the UK was exporting more oil than it imported. Aberdeen 16 Dec 2019 DNO North Sea (Norge) and its partners have made minor oil and gas discovery at wildcat well 6507/7-16 S located near Heidrun field in the One-Dyas has confirmed an oil discovery with its Ossian-Darach well in southern North Sea. Monday, December 16 2019. Drilling started in May. The well was 8 Apr 2019 The Rattray volcanic province in the central North Sea remains largely unexplored, despite being located in one of the world's most prolific- Eni through Vår Energi, jointly owned by Eni (69.6%) and by HitecVision (30,4%) announces an oil and gas discovery in production licence 869 in the North Sea 29 Jan 2019 Total holds a 25% working interest in the Glengorm discovery, alongside CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
In January, the monthly rate of oil production achieved its highest level of 84.9 million barrels. 1988. Piper Alpha. The Piper Alpha disaster in July 1988, resulting in the deaths of 167 people, was a tragedy and watershed moment for the North Sea Oil & Gas industry.
A significant gas discovery in the central North Sea is being described as the biggest find in more than a decade. with up to 20 billion barrels of oil equivalent remaining under the North Sea The North Sea had already been established as a source for natural gas, but once its reserves of oil were discovered, the ill-wind of economic depression could finally begin to abate. British Petroleum would be raising many a glass in celebration. CNOOC Makes Major New Oil Discovery in North Sea Off Scotland. China state oil company CNOOC on Tuesday announced a major new oil discovery at the Glengorm prospect in the U.K. sector of the North Sea.
10 hours ago MOL Norge successfully completed an oil and gas discovery close to the Balder field in the North Sea - 25/8-19 S and 25/8-19 A.
23 May 2018 North Sea Brent Crude is a light sweet blend of crude oil whose price Oil was discovered in the area in 1859, but it was not until 1966 that The situation was transformed in December 1969, when Phillips Petroleum discovered oil in Chalk of Danian age at Ekofisk, in Norwegian waters in the central North Sea. The same month, Amoco discovered the Montrose Field about 217 km (135 mi) east of Aberdeen . [4] 1970: Large oil field found in North Sea The oil company British Petroleum has announced it has struck oil in the North Sea. The find will eventually make a huge difference to Britain's balance of payments since almost all of the country's oil is imported. March 4 - an oil discovery from the Visund A platform in the Telesto exploration well in the North Sea. January 16 – a gas and condensate discovery south of the Kristin field in the Norwegian Sea. Equinor and partners ExxonMobil, Idemitsu and Neptune have discovered oil and gas in exploration well Echino South, 35/11-23, by the Fram field in the North Sea. Recoverable resources are estimated at 6-16 million standard cubic metres of oil equivalent, corresponding to 38-100 million barrels of oil equivalent. Aberdeen is the third-largest city in Scotland called the Oil Capital of Europe or the Energy Capital of Europe. Oil was discovered here in the North Sea in the 1970's.
24 Dec 2019 A newly-discovered oilfield in the Norwegian part of the North Sea is on track to produce almost 0.5% of global oil supplies next year.
A significant gas discovery in the central North Sea is being described as the biggest find in more than a decade. Chinese state-owned company CNOOC said it made the gas discovery - equivalent to A Chinese-led consortium has discovered the UK’s biggest gasfield in more than a decade, leading experts to say there is life yet in the country’s offshore sector. Drilling found the equivalent of about 250m barrels of oil could be recovered from the Glengorm reservoir in the central North Sea, about 5% of the UK’s annual gas demand. In January, the monthly rate of oil production achieved its highest level of 84.9 million barrels. 1988. Piper Alpha. The Piper Alpha disaster in July 1988, resulting in the deaths of 167 people, was a tragedy and watershed moment for the North Sea Oil & Gas industry. By the end of 1969, it was clear that there were large oil and gas reserves in the North Sea. The first oil field was Ekofisk , which produced 427,442 barrels of crude in 1980. Subsequently, large natural gas reserves have also been discovered and it was specifically this huge amount of oil found in the North Sea that made Norway’s separate path outside the EU possible. In October 2018 Wellesley Petroleum AS announced the successful appraisal of the Grosbeak discovery in the Northern North Sea. Appraisal wells were drilled in production license (PL) 248I, where Wellesley holds a 60% operated interest, the company reported in a press release. New Oil Discovered in the North Sea. Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. Equinor and partners Lundin and Spirit Energy have struck oil in the PL 167 licence at the Utsira High in the North Sea. The discovery is currently estimated to contain 15-35 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent.