Apache North Sea News


EnQuest COO steps down today, by mutual agreement

Dec 11, 2017

EnQuest COO and executive director Neil McCulloch is stepping down today from his posts, by mutual agreement, according to the UK independent operator. In his place, Faysal Hamza has been appointed Interim Head of North Sea, and Bob Davenport has been appointed Managing Director…

Wood starts SAGE operating role

Nov 20, 2017

Engineering house Wood has started its multi-million dollar, 'evergreen' contract to act as operating partner of the Scottish Area Gas Evacuation (SAGE) system and Beryl pipeline, on behalf of Ancala Midstream Acquisitions. Wood will manage the day-to-day operation of the SAGE system…

Apache brings Callater online

Aug 04, 2017

Apache has brought its Callater North Sea subsea tieback on stream ahead of schedule. Discovered in 2015, Callater, a six-well slot bundle tieback to the Beryl Alpha facility.  It was among three fields, including Seagull and Corona…

12 new licenses awarded in North Sea

Jul 13, 2017

The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has offered for award 12 licenses to 11 companies, including Statoil, BP, Shell, Maersk, Apache and EnQuest in the 2016 Supplementary Offshore Licensing Round. Fourteen blocks were originally on offer in this Supplementary Round…

Expro lands US$10 million Apache extension

Jun 20, 2017

Expro has secured a US$10million well services contract extension with Apache North Sea at its Forties field. The contract covers a range of well services including slickline, cased hole services and pumping services, as well as support in delivering coiled tubing services…

Bristow Helicopters gets Apache contract

Apr 18, 2017

Bristow Helicopters Ltd. has secured a new contract with Apache North Sea Ltd. to support its North Sea operations. The contract which has a five-year primary term, with further extension options, will commence on 1 September 2017.  Aircraft…

Servelec Controls to install Apache safety system

Apr 05, 2017

Apache Corp. awarded Servelec Controls a contract to modify the fire and gas safety systems on the Beryl Alpha platform in the North Sea to enable the safe expansion of its current processing capability. Beryl Alpha…

Deep Sea Supply inks a trio of extensions

Feb 02, 2017

Deep Sea Supply has been awarded extensions of the time charter contracts for the PSVs Sea Flyer and Sea Forth, in addition to a six month (plus options) contract award for the PSV Sea Tantalus for operations in the UK Continental Shelf for Apache North Sea…

New lease on Beryl

Feb 01, 2017

Apache’s FNT development may appear a bit “vanilla” on the surface, but a fit-for purpose and fast-to-first-oil ethos under the Apache Projects Group Mission Command management system meant the difference between production and stranded reserves…

Xodus to support Apache North Sea infill wells

Jan 23, 2017

Xodus Group has won a contract with North Sea operator Apache to deliver subsea engineering services for two new infill well developments at the Nevis and Skene fields in the northern North Sea.  The project includes a novel idea of designing…

Oil & Gas UK names 4 new board members

Oct 04, 2016

Oil & Gas UK (Oil & Gas UK) appointed four new members to its board. Cory L. Loegering, region vice president and managing director for Apache North Sea; Robin Allan, Premier Oil’s director, North Sea and Exploration; and Bill Dunnett…

Nobel acquires Maclure stake

Sep 09, 2016

UK independent Nobel Upstream has completed a deal to buy a 7.59% stake in the UK North Sea Maclure oil and gas field from Shell. Maclure was discovered in 1991 and put into production in 2002. Production in 2016 has averaged 8200 boe/d…

Wood Group inks Apache extension

Jul 13, 2016

Wood Group has been awarded an extension to its master service agreement (MSA) contract with Apache Corp. in the North Sea. Wood Group will continue to deliver subsea engineering and consultancy services, in support of Apache's routine operation and maintenance works…

Apache to use Bibby for subsea work

May 26, 2016

Bibby Offshore, a leading subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, has announced a substantial contract win with Apache North Sea to provide subsea construction, ROV and diving services at the largest oil field in the North Sea…

Proserv inks Apache North Sea contract

May 03, 2016

Oilfield services firm Proserv has won a multi-million dollar contract from Apache Corp for work on the UK Continental Shelf. Proserv will supply a subsea control system and associated topside and subsea interface equipment for use on the new Callater wells south of the Beryl Alpha platform…

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