Popular news, March 16 – 22, 2015

The most popular article during the week of March 16 – 22, 2015 was about Transocean sending more rigs to the scrapyard.

The rig decommissioning story was followed by a piece on an incident in the UK North sea, where a supply vessel crashed into a platform.

You also read about Chevron’s giant Big Foot platform leaving towards its offshore location in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico; our interview with Ms. Fiona MacAulay, COO at Rockhopper; UK Chancellor Osborne’s North Sea tax cuts.

UK offshore unions preparing for strike; Expro and Nexen cutting workforce, Iran kicking off production at the South Pars; also sparked your interest.

Scroll down for more popular news:

1. Transocean sends another four rigs to scrapyard  
2. Vessel hits North Sea platform. Workers evacuated 
3. Photo: Chevron’s giant Big Foot platform en route to offshore location
4. Nexen axes 400 jobs 
5. Expro slashes jobs in Aberdeen. Responds to market downturn 
6. ITF questions Chevron’s safety procedures after workers left trapped on Barrow Island 
7. Interview: ‘Sea Lion’ on track, Rockhopper COO says 
8. Chancellor Osborne cuts North Sea oil & gas taxes
9. Iran inaugurates Phase 12 of South Pars field

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Offshore Energy Today Staff