Dong Energy has awarded a contract for the provision of cable installation and trenching work for its Race Bank offshore wind farm to DeepOcean. Offshore work will be carried out in 2016/2017 from DeepOcean’s in-house fleet of dedicated cable installation and trenching vessels…
Centrica Energy has started drilling a new well from the York gas field in the southern North Sea, offshore England, after nearly £80million of investment. The new well, the fourth at York, will tap an additional 20 Bcf of gas and extend the life of the field out to 2020…
UK-based energy services company Proserv has secured a £1.6 million plus contract to provide topside control equipment at one of the largest field discoveries on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The agreement will see Proserv supplying Aibel…
Dana Petroleum's Western Isles floating production unit will not be on stream until late 2017, some two years later than originally planned, it was confirmed today. In a statement, China's Cosco Corp (Singapore) said it and a European…
The construction of Amrumbank West offshore wind farm in the German North Sea is complete. Image from E.ON. All 80 turbines are connected to the network. With its full installed capacity of 288 MW now operational…
Alpha Petroleum has lifted the lid on a new FPSO based development for the Cheviot heavy oil field in the UK sector of the North Sea. Alpha has spelled out plans for a 26 well project with a target for first oil in 2021, which will have production of up to 35…
Operator Centrica Energy Norway and partners have decided that the Butch discovery in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea will be developed as a subsea tie-in to the Ula field. With the selected subsea tie-in concept the Butch well…
Low oil prices and demands for industry wide efficiencies are driving the need to make the most of offshore oil and gas assets. On 27 October, the Energy Institute (EI) will host a conference in Aberdeen to discuss Asset integrity, ageing…
Statoil senior vice president Tove Stuhr Sjøblom has taken over as managing director of Statoil Production UK. As the new head of the company’s Aberdeen office, Sjøblom is responsible for Statoil’s upstream development and production activities in the UK and Ireland…
Van Oord has completed the installation of the 150th foundation at the Gemini Wind Park in a record time of 3.5 months. On the 1 of July 2015, Van Oord’s newbuild installation vessel Aeolus, together with Swire Blue Oceans Pacific Osprey…
Total has agreed to sell a 15% stake in the Gina Krog field in Norway to Tellus Petroleum, a subsidiary of Sequa Petroleum for NOK 1.4 billion. 'As a result of a full comparative review of our global asset portfolio and in particular of our vast portfolio of opportunities in Norway…
Lundin Petroleum has started drilling exploration well 16/1-25 S on the Rolvsnes prospect in PL338C about 6km south of the Edvard Grieg field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Well 16/1-25 S will explore the Rolvsnes area, between the Edvard Grieg field and the Luno II discovery…
Det norske oljeselskap has entered into an agreement to acquire Svenska Petroleum Exploration for US$75 million on a cash free, debt free basis. Svenska has 15 employees in Norway, of which all will be transferred to Det norske. Svenska holds 13 licenses in Norway…
INEOS has agreed to acquire a strong portfolio of natural gas assets in the North Sea from a UK subsidiary of DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG, which is part of the LetterOne Group. Image from INEOS. INEOS Upstream will acquire gas fields…
BP's Glen Lyon floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) is nearly finished and due to sail away to the North Sea next month, BP has said in posts on social media. The firm, which posted a video of the naming ceremony…