Fosun International subsidiary Transcendent Resources has almost completed its off-market takeover bid of Roc Oil. The Hong Kong-based Fosun announced that it has received acceptances of 92.595% of all existing Roc shares, which translates to 363…
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA, Energistyrelsen) reported record interest from oil and gas companies in the upcoming licensing round for blocks in the North Sea. DEA received 25 applications from 15 oil companies, and several applicants have not previously held licenses in Denmark…
FMC Technologies, Inc. received an order from Total to supply subsea systems for its Edradour and Glenlivet fields offshore in the West of Shetland area. FMC Technologies' scope of supply consists of subsea equipment including manifolds and associated connections and controls equipment…
In this video Dong Energy gives an idea of how the Hejre oil and gas platform project is being carried out in the Danish part of the North Sea. Hejre is Dong Energy’s first high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) development and is…
A partner on the Laggan-Tormore project, west of Shetland, in UK waters, has said first oil is likely to be delayed from the end of 2014 to 2015. DONG Energy’s CEO Henrik Poulsen said Total, the operator of Laggan-Tormore, was reviewing…
Production from the entire Siri area offshore Denmark is hoped to resume in Q3 on finalization of permanent structural repair to the Siri platform (right). Noreco, a partner in the Cecile License, which relies on Siri for offtake, said…
DONG Energy released a video showing the installation of the Hejre jacket that occurred on 23 May 2014. DONG Energy has installed the jacket for the Hejre platform in the Danish sector of the North Sea, 292km north west of Esbjerg…
COSCO (Guang Dong) Shipyard Co. is going to build a further two platform supply vessels of the ULSTEIN PX121 design for Vroon Offshore Services, the Netherlands. Ulstein has entered into an agreement with COSCO on delivering ship design…
Typhoon Neoguri originated near Guam early Friday, 4 July, and has developed into the first superstorm of the season along the Pacific rim. It is now battering Japan's small southern islands (the Ryukyu Islands, known in Japan as the Nansei Islands)…
A cost reduction program has meant Total has now decided to move forward with its West of Shetland Edradour subsea development, the French oil major said today. Edradour, in Block 206/4a, in about 300m water depth, 75km northwest of the Shetlands…
The 8500-tonne launch jacket for DONG's Hejre field offshore Denmark has sailed from Heerema Fabrication Group's Heerema Vlissingen facility in the Netherlands (pictured). HFG's contract, which was with Technip, covered the procurement and construction of a jacket…
The Danish Parliament's finance committee approved the final implementation of the investment agreement between the Danish State, DONG Energy, Goldman Sachs, Arbejdsmarkedets Tillægspension, PFA along with existing minority stakeholders. The…
A problem Dong Energy was having last year with the replacement of a damaged subsea control module on the Danish sector Oselvar field was solved using 3D visualization technology at Aker Solutions’ Forus IPort performance technology in Norway…
The 50:50 partners in Denmark's Siri oil field fell out last month over the latest proposals to deal with the subsea cracks that have beset the 13-year old Siri production and storage platform in recent years. Meg Chesshyre reports.The row…
Continuous registration of vessel traffic above pipelines via the proposed Automatic Identification System (AIS) represents a significant improvement on pipeline operators' emergency response to possible mechanical damage, says Jens Erik Thygesen…