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  • Wood Mac: Decommissioning to Ramp Up on Oil Price Slump

    9 September 2015
    Research & Development

    A high oil price has enabled operators to extend field life and delay decommissioning time and time again on the UK continental shelf (UKCS), however the current low oil price has brought into stark relief that this cannot continue indefinitely concludes a new analysis by Wood Mackenzie. The report, prepared for Offshore Europe 2015, forecasts […]

  • Well-Safe to buy and convert Diamond semi-sub rig into P&A unit

    9 April 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Well-Safe Solutions has agreed to acquire the Ocean Guardian semi-submersible drilling unit sparking another jobs boost for the company.

  • Beneficial Use of Dredged Material in the Gulf

    15 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Historic Egmont Key will soon receive critical sand thanks to maintenance on the Tampa Harbor channel. The small island has experienced large-scale erosion and structural damage on its western shoreline. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District awarded a $13.4 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Oak Brook, Ill., to […]

  • CHC wins Equinor extension for helicopter services in Norway

    10 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    CHC Group has been awarded a contract extension by Equinor for both the Tampen/Oseberg and Heidrun contract in Norway by one year.

  • Energean excludes Norwegian but keeps UK assets within Edison E&P deal

    29 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Energean and Edison have further changed their deal for Energean’s acquisition of Edison E&P’s assets to also exclude the Norwegian subsidiary.

  • Subsea 7 wins last major subsea contract for Johan Sverdrup phase 2

    13 June 2019
    Business & Finance

    Subsea 7 has been awarded a substantial contract by Equinor for the Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 project, located in the North Sea, 160 kilometers west from Stavanger in Norway.

  • If UK bans new oil & gas exploration licences, what energy games are left to be played?

    21 June 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    Is the saga about the Labour Party’s plans for the UK’s oil and gas industry reaching a softer stance while plans for renewables remain firm?

  • Staying the same is not good enough, OPITO says

    15 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    At the fifth annual OPITO Safety and Competence Conference (OSCC 2014), the chief executive of safety standards body, OPITO, will warn the industry that staying the same is simply not good enough and more effective leadership is required to drive a step-change in safety across the global oil and gas industry. David Doig, group chief […]

  • Aker Solutions bags Troll and Askeladd subsea awards

    23 January 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Statoil has awarded EPC contracts for the delivery of subsea production systems and services for the Troll Phase 3 project in the North Sea and the Askeladd project in the Barents Sea, respectively, to Aker Solutions.

  • Beatrice Export Cable Installation Project Starts Tomorrow

    12 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The phase 1 of the Beatrice offshore wind farm’s export cable campaign is scheduled to start on April 13 with the installation of horizontal cable pipes beneath Portgordon Beach. These pipes are installed using a micro-tunnelling machine pushed through the ground beneath the seabed. At the exit points approximately 420-450 meters offshore, the removal of the tunnelling […]

  • Work on Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline Starts in 6 Months, Petroleum Minister Says

    5 July 2011

      Work on Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline is expected to start in six months and will be completed until 2014, Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Petroleum & Natural Resources, Dr Asim Hussain said. He noted that Present regime is stuck to the energy policy and soon it would be uncovered, MOJ news agency reported. He went on […]

  • Nexstep contracts Oceaneering for first-ever joint well decom campaign

    21 January 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Six oil and gas operators in The Netherlands have signed an agreement with Oceaneering Services in the first joint campaign to decommission mud line suspension (MLS) wells in the Dutch North Sea, which are wells that were once drilled for exploration purposes, but never became producing wells.

  • Shell Files Brent Decom Plan

    8 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Shell has submitted a decommissioning plan for the Brent oil and gas field to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). Following submission, an extended 60-day public consultation has been initiated on recommendations to decommission the North Sea field. The field, located 115 miles north-east of the Shetland Islands has produced around three billion […]

  • Norway: Statoil Selects Concepts for Dagny and Eirin

    17 January 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

      A fixed platform has been selected by Statoil and its partners for the Dagny oil and gas discovery in the North Sea, while the Eirin gas field is to be developed with a subsea solution. Gas from Dagny will be exported through a tie-back to the infrastructure on Sleipner East, while offshore loading into […]

  • Erskine restart delayed due to pipeline maintenance

    29 August 2017

    Production restart from the Chevron-operated Erskine gas condensate field in the UK sector of the North Sea has been delayed by two weeks, following a suspension for facilities maintenance.  The field includes a normally unattended installation and is remotely controlled from the Chrysaor-operated Lomond platform. Lomond field operatorship was transferred from Shell following its North Sea […]

  • Hibiscus returns to profit thanks to Anasuria buy from Shell

    31 May 2016

    Malaysia’s independent exploration and production company Hibiscus Petroleum returned to profit for the financial period ended March 31, 2016 due to completion of acquisition of Shell’s Anasuria cluster in the UK North Sea.  To remind, in August 2015, Shell reached an agreement to sell a batch of its North Sea oil fields to Ping Petroleum Limited and Hibiscus Petroleum whereby each […]

  • Faroe completes Blane and Enoch acquisition

    6 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Faroe Petroleum has completed the previously announced acquisition of interests in the Blane and Enoch fields in the UK North Sea from Roc Oil. Faroe will now will hold in aggregate a 30.5047% non-operated interest in the Blane and a 13.86% non-operated interest in the Enoch Initial consideration of $17 million, based on an effective […]

  • Serica Issues Tender Documents for Columbus Development

    6 March 2013

    Serica Energy plc announces the issue of tender documents for development of the North Sea Columbus field. The Field Development Plan provides for the supply of 51.3 million cubic feet of gas per day at peak to the UK gas market and 3,600 barrels per day of condensate and natural gas liquids (NGLs) with the […]

  • UK: BP, Partners Approve Major Re-Development of Schiehallion and Loyal Oil Fields

    13 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    On behalf of its co-venturers BP announced an agreement to progress a major re-development of the Schiehallion and Loyal oil fields to the west of the Shetland Islands. Schiehallion and Loyal have produced nearly 400 million barrels of oil since production started in 1998 and an estimated 450 million barrels of resource is still available. […]

  • UK: BP Partners Approve Major Re-Development of Schiehallion and Loyal Oil Fields

    13 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    On behalf of its co-venturers BP announced an agreement to progress a major re-development of the Schiehallion and Loyal oil fields to the west of the Shetland Islands. Schiehallion and Loyal have produced nearly 400 million barrels of oil since production started in 1998 and an estimated 450 million barrels of resource is still available. […]

  • UK: Tag Names New CEO

    23 October 2013

    TAG Energy Solutions has welcomed experienced marine and offshore construction specialist, Stuart Oakley, as its new Chief Executive Officer. Stuart joins the North East England-based company from an emerging offshore accommodations group in the Netherlands and brings considerable senior executive and management experience from his career in the subsea and deep-water field development sectors. After […]

  • MAKE: Grid Congestion in China Impacts 2014-2016 Global Outlook

    29 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Storage

    MAKE identifies several market dynamics since the analysis in Q3/2014 that in aggregate result in a 0.4% downgrade in the ten-year outlook for grid-connected capacity. Adjustments in China, the Middle East and Africa have influenced a net downgrade, but the outlook for installed capacity is maintained with a slight upgrade of 0.2%. Demand has been […]

  • Ofgem Reveals OFTO Tender Round 5 Start Date

    30 September 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Storage

    UK’s energy market regulator Ofgem will start the fifth tender round (TR5) for offshore transmission owners (OFTOs) where companies will bid to become owners of five transmission links to offshore wind farms on 10 October 2016.  The five links have an estimated value of GBP 2 billion in total and a generation capacity of 2.3 GW – […]

  • Thailand: Bangchak Invests in Flood Defense

    19 June 2012

    Bangchak Petroleum Public Company Limited has poured hundreds of millions of baht into the construction of a flood defense dyke in light of the 5 billion-baht damage to its solar cell business caused by last year’s flood. During a seminar focusing on Thailand’s pulling through natural disasters, including flood, earthquake and drought, Bangchak President Anusorn […]

  • Bergen Group Hanøytangen Takes Over Scanmet AS

    12 February 2014

    Bergen Group Hanøytangen is taking over Scanmet AS as it prepares for increased efforts towards offshore decommissioning. Scanmet AS is among the oldest and most experienced companies in Norway that carry out decommissioning of oil installations in the North Sea. Currently the company is situated at Stord in Sunnhordland, but in connection with the purchase, […]