Apache entered the North Sea in 2003 upon acquiring an approximate 97 percent working interest in the Forties field, which is in the northern part of the British sector of the North Sea.
News and articles
Recent news
Jun 22, 2009 Latest Apache North Sea Well Brought on Production at 10,500 Barrels/Day
Jun 23, 2005 Apache Reports Forties Resuming Production After BP Plant Outage Shuts in Pipeline
Jun 21, 2005 Apache's North Sea Forties Field Off Line Due to Temporary Shut-In of BP's Kinneil Processing Plant
Recent Articles
Volunteer Award
October 2009
Aberdeen’s Mark Richardson, left, and Ross Littlewood right, recently received the James Logan Award from the Lord Provost of Aberdeen Peter Stephen for their outstanding achievement in supporting Voluntary Services Aberdeen (VSA).
Kickin' it to first place
October 2009
Apache North Sea engineers recently joined forces to participate in the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Young Professionals soccer tournament in Aberdeen.
Forties Import Upgrade transforms field's weakest link
May 2008
The system's success has been proven several times.
Record fix
January 2008
The North Sea Region launched an extensive inspection program to ensure the integrity of the essential pipelines – some dating to the field’s original development in the 1970s. What unfolded after the inspection is an excellent example of Apache’s commitment to environmental stewardship, asset integrity, and its sense of urgency in action.
Forties operator's idea 'slip-streams' bottleneck
September 2007
What if you drilled a new well capable of producing 7,800 barrels of oil per day but bottlenecks prevented you from getting all that oil in the pipeline to the point of sale? That was the challenge facing Apache North Sea’s Forties Bravo team in July when they brought the FB 6-3 on production.