Infield Systems’ Neda Djahansouzi gives a flavor of the forecasted fixed platform market in 2017-2021, while we let some figures speak for themselves. Sources: Infield Systems Over…
BP’s five-year plan has revealed the next wave of its competitive projects with potential new final investment decisions (FID), a list of several offshore projects set to come online this year, and eight projects that are currently under construction set for start-up in 2018-2021…
Forum Energy Technologies has delivered a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to new Norwegian firm ESEA Submarine for offshore work, including inspection, survey and salvage work. ESEA Submarine was established during 2016 by Georg Stranden…
The UK's Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has launched a search for operators to voluntarily participate in a multi-operator, well plug and abandonment (P&A) optimization program. The objective of the pilot program is to demonstrate the cost…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Aker BP consent to connect the Oda field to the Ula field. The Centrica Resources-operated Oda field will be developed as a subsea facility tied back to the Ula field, where Aker BP is the operator…
Subsea power cables and umbilical manufacturer JDR has been selected by US Wind Inc., as the preferred cable partner for its first offshore wind project. The project is the 750MW Maryland Development project. Expected to be the largest offshore wind farm to date in the USA…
First oil has been achieved at the Stella floating production project in the UK North Sea. The Greater Stella Development had been planned to come onstream, using the upgraded FPF-1 semisubmersible production unit in 2014, but has faced repeated setbacks…
Dutch fabricator HSM Offshore has won a contract to construct the offshore transformer station for the huge 700 MW Borssele Alpha project offshore the Netherlands. HSM also has an option for the contract to build a transformer station for the 700 MW Borssele Beta project…
Engie E&P Norge has awarded Rosenberg WorleyParsons a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for modifications at the Gjøa platform in the Norwegian North Sea as part of the Skarfjell subsea tieback project. Skarfjell is in license PL418…
UK independent EnQuest says first oil from its US$2.6 billion Kraken heavy development in the UK North Sea is on track for Q2 after hook-up works completed. The Kraken development, about 125km east of the Shetland Islands, off Scotland…
Wood Group has appointed Alan Johnstone as president of its Asset Life Cycle Solutions business in Europe. Joining Wood Group from his position as Amec Foster Wheeler's managing director for upstream asset solutions, Alan brings almost three decades of North Sea…
Germany's Wintershall has submitted its Skarfjell field development plans to Norway's Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. Image from Wintershall. The proposed solution, which was first revealed earlier this month…
UK-based semisubmersible rig operator Awilco Drilling has said global floater fleet utilization could finally start to recover from 2018. The firm says the decline in exploration and production spending seems to be bottoming out in 2017…
The Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea was officially opened earlier today (13 February) by Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Søviknes. From left Øyvind Eriksen, chairman of the board in Aker BP and CEO in Aker…
A new, US$224 million (£180 million) center aimed at making Aberdeen a center of oil and gas technology has been launched today. The launch of The Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC), which is to include a number of thematic 'solutions centers…