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  • Corallian taps Fraser Well Management for North Sea well operator role

    30 July 2019
    Business & Finance

    Well engineering and project management specialist Fraser Well Management is preparing to drill Corallian Energy’s Curlew-A appraisal well located in the UK North Sea. 

  • Cluff looking for partners to fund wells in Southern North Sea

    16 January 2017

    Cluff Natural Resources, an AIM quoted company investing in natural resources, is looking for farm-out partners to fund the drilling of wells at its Southern North Sea licenses.  Early in 2016, the company took the decision to concentrate its investment on its two most prospective assets, 100% owned licenses P2252 and P2248, and was granted […]

  • Offshore oil workers go on strike in North Sea

    26 July 2016

    Hundreds of oil workers employed by Wood Group on Shell’s platforms in the North Sea are participating in a strike action in a dispute over proposed cuts of up to 30 per cent on pay and allowances. The strike action follows a ban on overtime working that started on Monday morning. Over 400 members of RMT […]

  • Maersk Drilling buys jack-up rig from rival company

    27 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Danish driller Maersk Drilling has acquired a newbuild harsh environment jack-up rig from its distressed rival Hercules Offshore. What is more, the rig comes with a five-year drilling contract in the North Sea. The company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the newbuild harsh environment jack-up rig, formerly named Hercules Highlander, from a subsidiary of […]

  • BP boosts West Nile Delta stake (Egypt)

    9 December 2015

    UK oil and gas giant BP has expanded its foothold in Egypt by acquiring an additional stake in the West Nile Delta (WND) project from Hamburg-based DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG. BP is the operator of the WND project in which it now owns 82.7% stake. In May 2015, DEA agreed with its joint venture partner in the project BP to […]

  • Farstad Shipping Secures Ten AHTS Charter Contracts

    6 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Farstad Shipping ASA announced that the it has been awarded a ten charter contracts from various customers. The contracts are as follows: AHTS Far Sky (1991, ME 303 II, 13,382 BHP) and AHTS Far Grip (1993, UT 722, 14,388 BHP) have been awarded contracts by ENI Australia Ltd. for a fixed period of 5 months […]

  • Platts: November Asia Spot LNG Prices Climb

    22 October 2013

    Prices of LNG for November delivery to Asia rose 4.1% to an average $15.864 per million British thermal units (/MMBtu), as North Asian utilities increased storage levels ahead of the peak winter demand season, according to the latest monthly Platts Japan/Korea Marker (JKM), which reflects month-ahead delivery. The monthly average Platts JKM for delivery in […]

  • UK: Wales Green Energy Awards Finalists Announced

    17 September 2013

    The finalists for the first Wales Green Energy Awards have been announced today. The new awards, organised by RenewableUK Cymru, celebrate the achievements of the green energy industry in Wales. A panel of independent judges comprising Lee Water, Director of the Institute of Welsh Affairs, Peter Davies, Wales’ Commissioner for Sustainable Futures and Chris Kelsey, […]

  • DONG Sets Aside GBP 10 Million for Race Bank and Hornsea One Community Fund

    12 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    ​DONG Energy is launching a GBP 10 million fund to help local community projects on the UK East Coast over the next 20 years. The East Coast Community Fund is being set up to ensure that local people benefit from the operation of two of the company’s offshore wind farms – the 580MW Race Bank and the […]

  • Fraunhofer IWES to Test Soil in German Offshore Wind Zones

    9 April 2018
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has selected Fraunhofer IWES, among others, to conduct the preliminary assessment of soil conditions in the first bidding round for new offshore wind farm zones in the North and Baltic Sea. Fraunhofer IWES said it will conduct multichannel seismic measuring, which, in combination with isolated findings from geological […]

  • Johan Sverdrup’s Power from Shore Switched On

    9 October 2018
    Operations & Maintenance

    The Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Kjell-Børge Freiberg, has officially opened the power-from-shore solution which will provide the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea with electricity for more than 50 years.  Today Johan Sverdrup’s power from shore was officially switched on about a year before production start-up. “This is an important day for […]

  • EU duo seals LNG deal as Central and Eastern European countries resolutely reinforce energy diversification ties

    10 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Project & Tenders

    Slovakia’s ZSE Group has signed a gas sales agreement with Poland’s Orlen Group to secure the supply of LNG originating mainly from the U.S.

  • STATS Group Appoints Chris Lilley as Business Development Manager (Singapore)

    11 March 2011
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

      Pipeline engineering specialist, STATS Group, is expanding in to the Asia Pacific region with the appointment of Chris Lilley as business development manager in Singapore. The Aberdeen isolation and intervention technology company has recently secured a number of key contracts in Asia and believes clients in the region will account for around 30% of […]

  • Coastal Contracts Sells 4 Vessels for $45 Mln (Malaysia)

    14 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Malaysia’s Coastal Contracts has secured contracts for the sale of an Accommodation Work Barge, an Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel and two low-end vessels for a total value of RM141 million ($45.1 million). All the vessels, except for the AHTS, have been sold to new clients from Singapore. “We are pleased to have the opportunity […]

  • Interview: Winning back investor confidence in wave energy – Mocean Energy’s guide

    23 October 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vision

    In an interview with Offshore Energy, the co-founder and managing director of Mocean Energy, one of the leading wave energy companies in the world, Cameron McNatt talked about the development of innovative wave energy technology and projects, while successfully navigating through all the challenges one start-up could encounter coming up in an emerging renewable energy industry.

  • Wind propulsion gaining ground in the transition to zero-emissions ships

    29 December 2020
    Environment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    The black swan year of 2020 has brought many challenges for the shipping industry, including the ongoing crew change crisis, but it has also shown how the sector can be resilient in the face of adversity and pressure. Gavin Allwright, Secretary-General of the International Windship Association (IWSA), explained that the lessons learned during the pandemic […]

  • Third Prosafe unit wins assignment in Brazil

    8 December 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Prosafe has been awarded a contract for the provision of the Safe Zephyrus vessel for safety and maintenance support off Brazil.

  • Total makes fresh discovery offshore Suriname

    14 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Vessels

    Total and Apache Corporation have made a new significant oil and gas discovery at the Keskesi East-1 well, in Block 58 off the coast of Suriname.

  • Blenheim Palace: Queen’s Pool Project Kicks Off

    23 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    One of the biggest civil engineering projects ever undertaken at a British stately home, aimed to save ‘the finest view in England’, has officially begun, Blenheim Palace said in their latest announcement.  In 2016 planning started for the restoration of Queen’s Pool and vital repairs to the Grand Bridge. Created by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown over […]

  • Lundin drills duster in North Sea. Final Lundin gig for Island Innovator rig

    7 March 2016
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Lundin Petroleum is in the process of concluding the drilling of wildcat well 16/4-10, on the Fosen prospect, offshore Norway. The well is dry. The company started drilling the exploration well in January 2016. The well 16/4-10 was drilled by the Island Innovator semi-submersible drilling rig. According to Lundin, this was the final well in Lundin […]

  • TotalEnergies’ final sprint toward first gas at North Sea project underway

    13 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    TotalEnergies has tucked another milestone under its belt with the loading of methanol at the Tyra II redevelopment project in the North Sea.

  • Netherlands overshoots 2023 offshore wind target

    23 October 2023
    Authorities & Government, Outlook & Strategy

    The Netherlands will reach, and exceed, the target set in its Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap 2023 by the end of this year. The country’s first offshore wind roadmap, created following the Dutch Energy Agreement signed ten years ago, sets a goal of 4.5 GW of installed capacity by the end of 2023 – and the […]

  • Cairn Energy to drill Chimera well using Stena Don rig

    13 March 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Cairn Energy has said it has hired the Stena Don semi-submersible drilling rig for the Chimera exploration well offshore the UK.

  • Bumi Armada to refund EnQuest for Kraken FPSO

    15 September 2016
    Infrastructure

    A Malaysian news website has issued a report claiming that that FPSO provider Bumi Armada is still in talks with the UK oil company EnQuest regarding a $65 million refund and liquidation damages claim by EnQuest due to a delay in delivery of the Armada Kraken FPSO. The Malaysian company, however, has rejected the claims of ongoing discussions […]

  • Floatel International: 1Q Net Income Drops (Sweden)

    10 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Floatel International Ltd (“Floatel”) presents its consolidated financial statements for the first quarter of the financial year 2013. Period highlights: · In January Statoil exercised a five months charter extension under the present contract for Floatel Superior. This charter extension will commence first quarter 2015. Statoil have further options to extend this contract. · In […]