The longest pig run was performed along the Nord Stream pipeline between Germany and Russia last year. Elaine Maslin found out more. At 1224km (759mi.) long, the Nord Stream’s twin offshore pipeline gas transportation sys- tem from Russia to Germany…
In an age of increasingly hard-to-tap resources and high demand, operators are continually searching for reliable, cost-effective ways to extend production and improve recovery in mature or damaged wells. A cased hole whipstock system that…
Wintershall is to begin evaluating development options for the Skarfjell discovery, after a second appraisal well on the field exceeded expectations. Options could includea tie back to the Gjøa platform, or another facility, or as a standalone development…
Oil major Shell is planning to breath new life into its oldest North Sea floating production unit after acquiring new 4D seismic data last year. According to a partner on one of the fields produced by the Anasuria floating production…
GDF Suez E&P Norge AS awarded the subsea operation support services contract to IKM Ocean Design. The contract involves operational management, administration and execution support of Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR) for the Gjøa sealines system…
Chevron North Sea Ltd. will proceed with its high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) Alder field development in the North Sea after receiving regulatory approval. Discovered in 1975, Chevron says new technology has helped to unlock the central North Sea field…
Drydocks World (DDW) has signed an agreement with Drill One Capital to build what it is describing as the largest jackup ever built. The Dubai Expo 2020 NS jackup rig will be the first Gusto MSC CJ 80 design rig to be built. It has been designed to be operated in harsh environments…
Wood Mackenzie’s annual UK upstream oil and gas review concluded that 2013 was a mixed year for the industry.Capital investment continued to increase, however, this was set against the backdrop of project delays, production underperformance and poor exploration success…
Dolphin Drilling has won a US$255 million contract with Chevron North Sea for us of the semisubmersible Blackford Dolphin for a minimum 18-months in the UK North Sea, starting Q2 2015. The announcement follows three major contract wins for the same high specification drilling rig this year…
Subsea inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) group Harkand has ordered a new build dive support vessel and agreed an option for a second. The order has been placed with Norway's Vard Holdings Limited (VARD), with delivery of the first vessel scheduled for Q2 2016…
Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC, awarded AMEC a six-year contract to provide engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for Nexen's North Sea offshore assets. The work will cover operational modifications and brownfield projects…
First gas has been produced form the southern North Sea Juliet field, says operator GDF SUEZ. Juliet is a subsea development on the western flank of the southern gas basin, 39km east of the Lincolnshire coastline in the UK. First gas is from the West Well…
Asset integrity services firm Stork Technical Services has agreed to sell its subsea division to Netherlands-based N-Sea Group. Stork said the move followed a strategic review of its core business and would enable it to focus on key services and innovations…
Repeated boughts of bad weather around the UK have caused disruption to offshore oil and gas operations in the North Sea. Endeavour International Corporationsaid today that, due to the continued periods of bad weather, timing of first production from second production well…
North Sea oil and the constitutional debate in Scotland and the UK The possibility of Scotland becoming an independent country is currently attracting much interest, and not just locally, but in the rest of the UK and elsewhere as a referendum on the issue…