The Eirik Raude semisubmersible was used to drill ExxonMobil’s 2013 Dunquin well. With the entry of major operators, could the time finally be ripe for the Irish Offshore? Elaine Maslin reports…
The opportunities around implementing intelligent energy (IE) technologies are quite vast and the potential just as significant for the oil and gas industry. But, commercial and business models are not necessarily aligned to adopting IE…
Norway's Statoil has made a gas condensate and oil discovery southwest of the Oseberg Sør facility in the North Sea, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). The discovery, in production license 035/272, was made through the wildcat wells 30/11-14 and 30/11-14 B…
Claxton, an Acteon company, has been awarded a contract with Statoil to provide 'rigless recovery' of seven abandoned wells on the Huldra platform, located in the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Work is due to start in December 2016 and complete within 21 days…
The UK's offhsore regulator, the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), has launched the 29th Offshore Licensing Round, with more than 1200 blocks on offer. The latest round has been set out to support the OGA’s objective of maximizing economic recovery…
Nearly 400 members of Unite and RMT unions working for Wood Group across eight Shell oil and gas platforms in the North Sea have gone on strike today. The strike is the first in 28 years and is over a dispute over 30% pay cuts and changes to allowances…
Norwegian independent Det norske has marked the installation of the Ivar Aasen development topside. The 15,000-tonne topside has now been installed on the jacket, in two lifts using the Saipem 7000, on the Norwegian Continental Shelf…
Technip has been awarded an inspection, repair and maintenance contract by Repsol Sinopec Resources UK on its North Sea subsea infrastructure. Under a frame agreement, Technip will provide diving support and IRM services for 2016, with possible extension to include 2017 and 2018…
Ithaca Energy's floating production unit, the FPF-1, has set sail from the Remontowa shipyard in Gdansk after completing a required inclination test. The vessel has been moved to a deepwater location offshore Gdansk to undertake final marine system trials over the course of next week…
Dutch contractor Boskalis has been awarded the offshore balance of plant contract by Vattenfall for the construction of Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, also known as the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre. Following the announcement…
Fluor Corp. company Stork, was awarded a two-year fabric maintenance and asset support services contract by Repsol Sinopec Resources UK across six of their North Sea assets. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract award in Q2. Stork will…
2H Offshore has appointed Yann Helle as managing director. Helle. Image from 2H Offshore. Helle replaces Tim Eyles, who is moving to the role of vice president with parent company Acteon…
A £6 million grant fund has been launched to help more than 200 companies unlock innovations in offshore renewable energy. The SCORE program, being delivered by the OrbisEnergy innovation and incubation centre in Lowestoft, Suffolk, provides grants of up to £50…
UK independent Zennor Petroleum has drilled a successful appraisal well on the Finlaggan gas condensate accumulation in the UK North Sea. Finlaggan is in license P2013, in Block 21/5c, awarded in the 27th licensing round to Zennor. The Finlaggan discovery was made by ConocoPhillips in 2005…
Premier Oil spudded the Bagpuss heavy oil exploration well in the Moray Firth in the UK North Sea on 18 July, using the Ocean Valiant drilling rig, says partner North Sea Energy. Drilling results are expected in early August. The well…