/ukcs?format=feed Ukcs en-US Mon, 18 Dec 2023 06:20:22 -0500 /news/510201-petrofac-agrees-brownfield-epc-framework-with-totalenergies Oilfield services company Petrofac has signed an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) framework agreement with TotalEnergies for its assets in the North Sea… Mon, 18 Dec 2023 11:20:22 Z /news/510201-petrofac-agrees-brownfield-epc-framework-with-totalenergies /news/510198-shell-and-deltic-greenlight-pensacola-appraisal-well Oil major Shell and its partner Deltic Energy have approved the work program and budget for drilling the Pensacola appraisal well in late 2024.The Pensacola discovery… Mon, 18 Dec 2023 10:53:34 Z /news/510198-shell-and-deltic-greenlight-pensacola-appraisal-well /news/509661-serica-energy-to-acquire-interest-in-greater-buchan-area-off-uk UK-based oil firm Serica Energy said Thursday it had agreed to acquire a 30% non-operated interest in the UK North Sea licenses P2498 and P2170 which together make… Thu, 23 Nov 2023 09:09:33 Z /news/509661-serica-energy-to-acquire-interest-in-greater-buchan-area-off-uk /news/509593-serica-energy-cfo-andy-bell-to-step-down-martin-copeland-named-successor Serica Energy, a UK-based upstream oil and gas company, said Tuesday that its Chief Financial Officer Andy Bell had informed the board of his intention to step down… Tue, 21 Nov 2023 08:44:13 Z /news/509593-serica-energy-cfo-andy-bell-to-step-down-martin-copeland-named-successor /news/509234-uk-to-legislate-for-annual-north-sea-oil-and-gas-licence-rounds The British government plans to legislate to mandate annual North Sea oil and gas licensing rounds, in a move Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says would create certainty… Mon, 06 Nov 2023 09:59:56 Z /news/509234-uk-to-legislate-for-annual-north-sea-oil-and-gas-licence-rounds /news/509230-production-starts-from-seagull-north-sea-oil-and-gas-field Oil major BP said Monday that production had started from the Seagull oil and gas field in the UK North Sea.Seagull has been developed by Neptune Energy as a subsea… Mon, 06 Nov 2023 07:40:49 Z /news/509230-production-starts-from-seagull-north-sea-oil-and-gas-field /news/509218-uk-north-sea-discovery-sale-cancelled-as-buyer-fails-to-raise-funds United Oil & Gas has terminated the proposed sale of a UK North Sea offshore block containing the Maria discovery after the buyer, Quattro Energy, was unable to… Fri, 03 Nov 2023 15:55:37 Z /news/509218-uk-north-sea-discovery-sale-cancelled-as-buyer-fails-to-raise-funds /news/509212-repsol-sinopec-resources-uk-changes-name Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Limited, an oil and gas exploration and production company operating in the North Sea, said this week that the company would be renamed Repsol Resources UK… Fri, 03 Nov 2023 13:22:36 Z /news/509212-repsol-sinopec-resources-uk-changes-name /news/509177-ithaca-energy-takes-full-ownership-of-north-sea-discovery UK North Sea-focused oil company Ithaca Energy has completed the acquisition of the remaining 40% stake in the Fotla offshore discovery and three exploration licenses - P… Thu, 02 Nov 2023 13:22:45 Z /news/509177-ithaca-energy-takes-full-ownership-of-north-sea-discovery /news/509085-uk-offers-27-new-north-sea-licenses The UK on Monday offered 27 new licenses in North Sea areas with the potential to go into production more quickly than others.In addition to the 27 licenses, six more blocks… Mon, 30 Oct 2023 10:23:22 Z /news/509085-uk-offers-27-new-north-sea-licenses /news/509080-scotland-hundreds-of-offshore-drillers-balloted-over-working-rotas-and-annual-leave Scottish offshore trade union Unite said Friday that hundreds of Odfjell offshore drillers were being balloted in a dispute over working rotas and paid annual leave… Mon, 30 Oct 2023 08:10:15 Z /news/509080-scotland-hundreds-of-offshore-drillers-balloted-over-working-rotas-and-annual-leave /news/509005-uk-s-nsta-and-orcadian-agree-on-extension-terms-for-offshore-license-in-north-sea UK North Sea-focused oil and gas company Orcadian said Wednesday that the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) had confirmed to the company that it was prepared… Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:20:48 Z /news/509005-uk-s-nsta-and-orcadian-agree-on-extension-terms-for-offshore-license-in-north-sea /news/508974-slb-plexus-in-north-sea-p-a-deal Oil and gas engineering services firm Plexus Holdings said Tuesday it had won a contract award for Exact and Centric equipment for a North Sea Plug and Abandonment… Tue, 24 Oct 2023 10:55:05 Z /news/508974-slb-plexus-in-north-sea-p-a-deal /news/508944-saipem-and-petrofac-collaborate-on-north-sea-platform-decommissioning-project Oilfield services firm Petrofac has secured a new multi-million-pound deal with Saipem to support the decommissioning of a platform in the UK sector of the North Sea… Mon, 23 Oct 2023 12:02:49 Z /news/508944-saipem-and-petrofac-collaborate-on-north-sea-platform-decommissioning-project /news/508744-uk-regulator-greenlights-north-sea-oil-field-farmout Malaysian oil and gas company Hibiscus Petroleum has received UK regulator approval to acquire a stake in a UK North Sea license from Rapid Oil, as proposed in late August 2023… Fri, 13 Oct 2023 10:21:33 Z /news/508744-uk-regulator-greenlights-north-sea-oil-field-farmout