RockRose Energy has agreed a deal to acquire Egerton Energy Venture's share capital, in a move which will see it take over the firm's non-operated interests in the Galahad (27.8%) and Mordred (8.33%) gas fields in the southern North Sea. RockRose…
Badger Explorer entered into a letter of intent (LOI) with the shareholders of Dwellop to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Dwellop for approximately US$22.4 million (NOK 190 million). In addition, certain shareholders of Badger…
A Norwegian newcomer with ties to Seadrill, Borr Drilling, is set to acquire Transocean’s entire jackup fleet, including newbuilds, in a US$1.35 billion deal. The Constellation II jackup. Image from Transocean…
Dounreay Trì has been granted planning consent for the installation of a floating windfarm 9km off the Northern Coast of Scotland by the Scottish government. The decision means that the facility will achieve the necessary Renewables Obligation…
Norwegian engineering firm Aker Solutions is to provide design engineering for Statoil's semisubmersible Njord A platform upgrade in Norway under sub-contract to Kvaerner, which in turn has a US$590 million engineering, procurement and construction contract on the job…
BP has named appointments for the regional president for Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey (AGT), and for the chief operating officer, production, transformation and carbon. Gary Jones has been appointed the new regional president for AGT…
FES International, a producer of fluid transfer solutions, has been awarded a major contract from National Oilwell Varco (NOV) to supply equipment to be used in the Maersk Oil UK-operated Culzean field in the North Sea. The project includes the design…
Semco Maritime has signed its largest contract with Maersk Oil and Gas to date for manpower to the operations in the North Sea. “The contract, which has a duration of five years, include both blue collared and white collared employees…
The second jacket for the Shah Deniz Stage 2 platforms has set sail to the Caspian Sea offshore Azerbaijan, the BP-led Shah Deniz consortium announced today (16 March). Sailaway of the QU jacket…
Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract extension by Centrica for its Morecambe Bay onshore and offshore gas production assets. The engineering, construction and project support (ECAPS) contract includes work for operations and maintenance…
Semco Maritime and Skipavika enter into strategic agreement on service preparedness for all rigs at the port facility Skipavika Terminal near Bergen. The agreement also comprises an intention to develop the submarine base Olavsvern near Tromsø as a rig service center…
GustoMSC has unveiled its latest jackup design for the NG-5500X-LD self-propelled jackup, the NG series. Illustration of the NG-5500X-LD self-propelled jackup, from GustoMSC. Based…
Odfjell Drilling received a letter of intent for use of the Deepsea Bergen semisubmersible for one firm high-pressure, high-temperature well on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Image of the Deepsea Bergen…
Energean Oil & Gas has signed US$19 million exploration and production contract with State of Montenegro for two blocks off the Montenegrin coast. Rigas, Sekulic signing the exploration contract…
Atlantic Petroleum has agreed to sell its 25% stake in the Orlando development to Decipher Energy. The project is a planned subsea tieback to the Ninian platform, operated by CNR International. Decipher Energy was set up in September…