22 January - Shell seeks approval to develop HPHT Jackdaw field via Shearwater tieback
15 January - Statfjord partners approve plans to extend production towards 2040
08 January - Creditor ARCM threatens to scupper Premier Oil asset deals with BP, Dana
18 December - Vår Energy seeks approval to extend Balder life to 2045 in Future project
11 December - Rystad forecasts fields will need to break even below $60 a barrel
04 December - Hurricane successfully flows light oil in Warwick West well 204/30b-4
27 November - Hibiscus opts for FPSO as preferred solution for Marigold/Sunflower
20 November - ConocoPhillips wins PDO approval for Tor 2 redevelopment project
13 November - Siccar Point submits plan to develop WoS Cambo field with dedicated FPSO
06 November - Shell awards OneSubsea EPCI contract for Ormen Lange compression system
30 October - i3 Energy gives UK sector another boost with Liberator/Serenity plans
23 October - Premier discovers more gas as UK sector receives mixed drilling results
16 October - Neptune agrees $280 million deal with Energean to acquire Edison E&P assets
09 October - Dana seeks UK approval to develop UK Platypus gasfield as two-well tieback
02 October - Vår Energi acquires ExxonMobil Norway assets in $4.5 billion deal
25 September - Chrysaor seeks approval from OGA to increase Hawkins, Seymour output
18 September - EnQuest seeks approval to develop Eagle as one-well tieback to Gadwall
11 September - UK receives double boost from latest E&A drilling in two offshore areas
04 September - Siccar Point awards Sembcorp Marine FEED contract for Cambo Sevan FPSO
28 August - Jersey Oil & Gas adds block 21/2a to success in Greater Buchan area round
21 August - OGUK checklist tool aims to help industry boost reserves recovery
14 August - IOG targets early-September for Core Project FID, first gas in 2021
07 August - Study shows cluster developments can significantly enhance recovery
31 July - OGA first ever wells strategy aims to increase UKCS activity, performance
24 July - Neptune contracts TechnipFMC for UK Seagull project integrated EPCI
17 July - Gudrun partners sanction water injection project, contract Aibel
10 July - Total divests former Maersk Oil assets to Petrogas/HitecVision partnership
03 July - InfraStrata signs agreement with Vitol for Islandmagee full storage capacity
26 June - Lundin wins PDO approval to develop Solveig as a tieback to Edvard Grieg
19 June - Equinor awards Subsea 7 contract for Johan Sverdrup phase two SURF EPIC
12 June - Tommeliten Alpha partners eye 2024 start-up after entering select phase
05 June - Chevron offloads UK North Sea assets in $2 billion deal with Ithaca Energy
29 May - AGCC survey reveals UKCS investment is at its highest level since 2006-2007
22 May - Zennor finishes Finlaggan drilling and both wells produce over 12,000 b/d
15 May - Equinor awards three-year contracts to 11 suppliers for drilling services
08 May - Predator says Celtic Sea Ram Head project feasible on basis of 10 wells
01 May - Shell exercises exclusive option with Cluff to farm into Selene prospect
26 April - Chrysaor adds ConocoPhillips UK assets to portfolio in $2.675bn deal
17 April - Serica sets it sights further UKCS expansion as BKR fields boost output
10 April - Lundin approves FID to run EWT in Utsira High Rolvsnes well 16/1-28S
03 April - Decipher achieves first oil from UK northern block 3/3b Orlando field
27 March - Lundin seeks approval to develop Solveig via tieback to Edvard Grieg
20 March - O&GUK says E&P companies need to spend £20bn to boost production life
13 March - Premier sets sights on sanctions for Catcher North, Laverda by end-June
06 March - IOG unanimously rejects RockRose takeover bid as "opportunistic"
27 February - Ineos plans to invest £500 million to rejuvenate Forties pipeline system20 February - Spirit Energy seeks approval form Morecambe South decom plan
13 February - Cluff agrees Pensacola, Selene licence farm-out deal and option with Shell
06 February - OGA launches supplementary 31st round to boost Moray Firth activity
30 January - Glengorm believed to be largest gas discovery in the UK for over a decade
23 January - Repsol wins approval for four plans to decommission the Beatrice field
16 January - Equinor seeks approval to develop Gullfaks Shetland/Lista reserves
09 January - WoodMac forecasts North Sea could see 60 exploration wells in 2019
03 January - Vår Energi eyes tieback to Goliat FPSO for discovery in appraisal 7122/7-7S