OMV Norge is expected to start drilling on the Hades & Iris prospect in production licence 644 in the Norwegian Sea early next month (December) following approval from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate for well 6506/11-10. Drilling…
Repsol Norge is moving forward with a new attempt to develop the Yme field offshore Norway. The firm has awarded a contract to Maersk Drilling for use of the combined drilling and production jackup Mærsk Inspirer for five years, with a five-year extension…
Noble Energy has chosen Gate Energy to provide facility commissioning for the Leviathan platform offshore Israel. The scope includes topside commissioning planning, onshore commissioning execution and offshore commissioning services of the production platform…
Workers at a fabrication yard in Scotland will continue working without pay so that their employer can complete a contract, according to the BBC. Burnt Island Fabrications, or BiFab, in Fife, told staff yesterday it didn't have enough cash to pay them…
Pacific Drilling has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 'to pursue a comprehensive restructuring' of its approximately US$3 billion in outstanding funded debt. The international drilling contractor reported on 12 November that it planned…
Hague and London Oil (Halo) gas completed the acquisition of Tullow 101 Netherlands, seeing it take over a portfolio of offshore exploration and production licenses in the Dutch North Sea. Halo says it is now a producer of more than 2500 boe/d…
Former chair and chief executive of Shell UK Sir Bob Reid is to take up a new role as non-executive director of Belltree, a specialist oil and gas consultancy based in Edinburgh. Sir Bob will advise and support Belltree with its continued growth into international markets…
Industry stalwart David Pridden (66) passed away last weekend following a battle with cancer. Pridden became the inaugural CEO of industry trade group Subsea UK in 2004, several months after the organization was formed by Government and industry…
Statoil has picked Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters for the hull and living quarters for its Johan Castberg floating production development in the Norwegian Barents Sea. Statoil has signed a letter of intent with Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters…
DNV GL has secured a combined engineering services agreement with Chrysaor to deliver a unique range of services to the company in support of its North Sea operations. Chrysaor recently completed the acquisition of a package of assets in the UK North Sea from Shell for US$3 billion…
The control room for Statoil’s first platform to be remotely operated from land opened today (9 November) at Sandsli in Bergen, Norway. Source: Statoil “We have had land-based surveillance and control of offshore operations for a long time…
UK subsea company Rovco has been awarded a three-year contract to support one of the world’s largest offshore windfarms, Gwynt y Môr, which lies 8mi off the coast of North Wales in the UK. Rovco will be providing an underwater ROV 3D visual survey solution…
Statoil has awarded Norwegian firm Multiconsult a for site preparation and marine structures for Statoil's carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration project offshore Norway. The project, called Northern Lights by Statoil, will see…
Chemicals and oil products firm INEOS, which has UK upstream assets, has awarded a two-year well testing contract to oilfield services company Expro. The contract will see Expro provide testing services for at least three wells, including two new drills and one re-entry…
Asset visualization specialists Return To Scene has won a new contract with North Sea independent Chrysaor. Return to Scene, part of James Fisher and Sons, will create photographic models of the Everest, Lomond and Armada platforms…