Lime Petroleum has completed a three-well drilling campaign on the Brage platform, including the Talisker producer and exploration well, while the operator of Bestla (PL740) has finished a multi-well programme with the Deepsea Yantai rig, adding commercial oil in Cook, Statfjord and Brent Group formations.
Equinor and ORLEN have confirmed a gas and condensate discovery at the Sissel structure in Norway’s North Sea sector, with early NOD estimates suggesting 6.3–28.3 MMboe of recoverable resources.
French carrier CMA CGM will keep three services on the longer route around Africa instead of using the Suez Canal, even as Maersk returns to the Red Sea and markets weigh capacity and freight-rate impacts.
UK AR7 offshore wind results link £204 million of CIB support to £3.4 billion private spending for ports, factories and supply networks, underpinning up to 7,000 jobs.
