Worley has secured a five-year EPC framework renewal with CNOOC International covering the Buzzard, Golden Eagle and Scott assets in the UK North Sea.
Aker BP, Equinor and DNO have raised the estimated size of the Verdandi and Lillefix discoveries to 8–15 million barrels following appraisal drilling in the Norwegian North Sea.
DNO has received consent to drill two appraisal wellbores at the Norma gas-condensate discovery in the North Sea using the Deepsea Yantai semisubmersible rig.
EnBW has inaugurated the 960 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany after completion of all 64 Vestas V236-15.0 MW turbine installations.
Eiffage subsidiary Smulders and NEPTUN WERFT have secured a second 2GW North Sea converter platform contract from 50Hertz for the LanWin3 grid connection project.
Aker BP has made a gas discovery at Alpehumle in the North Sea with Scarabeo 8, with recoverable resources estimated at about 1 million to 15 million barrels of oil equivalent.
Norway’s 2026 APA licensing round has drawn applications from 21 oil and gas companies, including Shell, for exploration acreage across three offshore regions.
Hornbeck Offshore Services has secured a multi-year North Sea decommissioning contract with a two-year firm term, starting in Q2 2027 and using the Well Enhancer or Seawell.
Norway has received applications from 21 companies for APA 2026 production licences, covering predefined acreage in the North Sea, Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea.
