U.K.-based oil firm Serica Energy has completed the repairs on Triton floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, with the production scheduled to resume end of June, after the annual maintenance program.Repairs on the Triton FPSO in the North Sea have been ongoing…
Glamox has delivered smart lighting to the offshore converter platform DolWin epsilon, built by consortium consisting of Seatrium and Aibel, for Tennet’s DolWin5 grid connection system in North Sea.European grid operator TenneT is in the process…
Offshore Helicopter Services UK (OHSUK) has taken delivery of a new bespoke Airbus H175 to supplement its helicopter fleet.The aircraft was handed over following test flights in the south of France on last week and will shortly go into service in the North Sea…
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) and Crown Estate Scotland (CES) have signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) which commits both organizations to work together to realize the energy and carbon storage potential of the North Sea.The SoI,…
Two weeks after the successful load out, the steel topside for the Hollandse Kust (west Beta) substation platform is ready to leave the port of Hoboken near Antwerp in the Netherlands for its final North Sea destination.The topside is schedule to leave the Dutch port on May 17…
Scotland-based PBS has secured extension of its General Maintenance and Operations Contract (GMOC) with TotalEnergies after the operator exercised an option to retain PBS's services through to the end of April 2027.The GMOC was initially awarded to PBS - a consortium comprising Ponticelli UK…
LS Eco Advanced Cables (LSEAC) has launched a five-week public consultation on its proposals to develop a high voltage cable production facility at the Port of Tyne for subsea electricity transmission, designed to transport clean energy generated by offshore wind onto UK shores…
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate (NOD) has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for three wildcat wells in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore 25/1-14 A, 25/1-14 B and 25/1-14 C in production license 873 B.Aker BP is the operator of the license with 47…
Drilling waste management specialist TWMA has secured a contract with BP to provide drilling waste management services in the U.K. North Sea.The three-year agreement, which includes options for renewal, started in October 2024.The scope of work will utilize TWMA’s cutting-edge technologies…
U.K.-based oil and gas company Viaro Energy has appointed Exceed as well operator for over 190 wells which will comprise Viaro’s One Gas West assets following completion of the acquisition from Shell and ExxonMobil.Exceed will manage all aspects of late life well operations…
North Star has officially named its first commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV), the Grampian Kestrel.The vessel was named at a ceremony at VARD’s shipyard in Vard Langsten in Norway on May 6.The Grampian Kestrel is the first of two CSOVs to be delivered this year…
Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has moved its 1990-built semi-submersible rig to Caledonia field in the North Sea ahead of upcoming permanent plug and abandonment (P&A) operation.The rig, Paul B. Loyd Jr., has completed operations at Harbour Energy's Brodgar well…
United Living Energy, a subsidiary of U.K. critical infrastructure provider United Living Group, has been selected as one of the primary contractors to deliver CO2 transportation and storage (T&S) infrastructure for Eni’s Liverpool Bay carbon capture and storage (CCS) project…
Technip Energies has secured a detailed engineering design contract by India’s EPC contractor Larsen & Toubro (L&T) for the expansion of QatarEnergy LNG’s North Field, one of the largest natural gas fields the world.Under the contract, Technip Energies…
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Aker BP a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea.The permit is for wellbore 25/1-14 in production license 873 B, which is operated by Aker BP, with a 47.7% working interest.Aside from Aker BP…