UK oil giant BP plans to cut approximately 4000 jobs across its global upstream sector in the next two years to simplify its business, improve efficiency, and reduce costs. Image from BP. BP…
First production from the Greater Stella Area development in the UK North Sea has been set back once again. Sail-away of the FPF-1 floating production facility is expected to be delayed by six-12 weeks due to slippage in completion of…
The shortlist for the 2016 Offshore Achievement Awards, supported by OE, has been announced today. With approximately 100 entries received this year, a record since the awards were re-launched in 2011 by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Section…
Norwegian Energy Co. (Noreco) has been served a notice of default on the North Sea Huntington license. The notice comes after the firm failed to make payments as a joint operating partner in the license and not finding a buyer for its 20% stake in the field…
UK trade union Unite repeated a call for the industry to end its year-long imposition of cuts after members in the Offshore Contractors Association (OCA) agreement accepted improvements to their terms and conditions. Following a consultative ballot…
A floating production vessel working on CNR International Banff field has become the latest victim to bad weather in the UK. The Teekay-owned Petrojarl Banff unit, based some 190km east of Aberdeen, saw two of its 10 achor lines 'lose tension' at around midnight on 3 January…
A year on since the oil price collapse and the effects are making themselves felt across Northwest Europe, particularly in the UK and Norwegian sectors. The count of exploration and appraisal well spuds in the UK is an all-time low…
UK-based underground coal gasification (UCG) firm Cluff Natural Resources (CLNR) is in the process of securing industry partners to fund and develop its North Sea work program. Map of CLNR's North Sea assets…
Lloyd’s Register and Aker Solutions have agreed to collaborate under a new global framework agreement to drive efficiency in engineering and subsea oil and gas developments. The contract gives Aker Solutions access to all relevant services from the Lloyd’s Register Group…
The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority granted Statoil consent to drill exploration well 30/11-11 using the Songa Delta. Beginning mid-January 2016, Statoil has allocated 36 days for the activity. The well is around 28km south of the Oseberg field…
North Sea production rose for the first time in 15 years last year, but, the industry will be extremely challenged to sustain this into 2016 and beyond and job losses are set to continue, industry body Oil & Gas UK warns. According to government data…
Statoil has awarded two new, long-term contracts with estimated value of NOK 11 billion for insulation, scaffolding and surface treatment services to Beerenberg Corp and Prezioso Linjebygg. They will provide services to 20 of the company’s…
Aker Solutions, N-Sea and Saab are in contention for the Subsea Company of the Year award at this year’s Subsea UK Awards, held during Subsea Expo – Europe’s largest subsea focused exhibition and conference, and supported by principal media partner OE…
Ongoing storms in the North Sea have seen another vessel break loose and start drifting. According to reports on Norwegian news sites, the Safe Bristolia flotel, which was being towed from the UK to Poland, is drifting about 120km offshore Scotland…
Norwegian accommodation vessel provider Prosafe and oil firm Statoil have agreed to re-phase the Mariner project on the UK Continental Shelf of the North Sea from 2016 into 2017, and extend the firm hire duration from eight months to 13 months…
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