With many assets now more than 25 years old, asset integrity is a daily concern on the UK Continental Shelf. Is the industry keeping up? Elaine Maslin reports. Rope access is used to get to areas usually out of reach…
OE reached out to analysts Wood Mackenzie and IHS Energy to find out the view on the next 12-18 months. And the outlook is not so great for exploration spend. Audrey Leon and Elaine Maslin report. Wood Mackenzie Image from iStock…
Voxels, submicrons and synchrotronic optics are coming to an oil and gas laboratory near you. Well, almost. Elaine Maslin reports on the University of Aberdeen’s new high-spec scanner. High…
Well plugging and abandonment activity as part of offshore decommissioning is starting to ramp up – but could it be done better? Elaine Maslin reports. Interwell’s exothermic P&A solution. Image from Interwell…
Abdelghani Henni reports on how French major Total is keeping the ABK field offshore Abu Dhabi up and running past its initial life span, and beyond, serving as a pilot project for other major fields in the country. ABK…
Aging assets and life extension are consuming ever more engineering hours in the offshore oil and gas industry. How can engineering tools help? Meg Chesshyre looks for answers. Image from Petrofac…
Independent Oil & Gas (IOG) has received extensions from the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) for its Cronx and P2085 licenses located in the North Sea. Cronx OGA has extended the Cronx license by one year to 9 January 2017. In addition…
Songa Offshore's newbuild semisubmersible drilling rig, the Songa Endurance, has today started drilling operations under its eight-year drilling contract with Statoil at the Troll field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, and the rig is now on operating rate…
Oil firm BP has started returning staff to its Valhall complex after evacuating the facility when an adrift barge started drifting towards it as fierce weather continued to wreak havoc across the UK and Norway. ConocoPhillips had also downmanned its Eldfisk platform earlier today…
One person has died and two more were injured after a breaking wave hit the COSL Innovator semisubmersible drilling rig around 5pm local time on 30 December, Statoil announced. The rig, which is under contract with Statoil for the Troll field in the North Sea…
Lundin Petroleum has completed the drilling and evaluation of exploration well 7130/4-1 on the Ørnen prospect. The well is in PL708, on the eastern parts of the Finnmark Platform in the southern Barents Sea. The well was dry and has been plugged and abandoned…
Shell started first natural gas production from the Corrib field, off the northwest coast of Ireland. Corrib start up. Image from Shell. Corrib is located 83km off Ireland’s northwest coast in nearly 350m water depth…
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) announced first oil from the new Cladhan field development in the UK North Sea on 29 December. The field was developed as a subsea tieback to the TAQA-operated Tern Alpha platform. Peter Jones…
Petroceltic has opted to exit stakes in Greece and Egypt, following an announcement by the company's board that it has initiated a formal strategtic review of its business and assets due to breaching debt repayment obligations. In the 23 December announcement…
Shell has terminated the contract for the Polar Pioneer, a harsh environment semisubmersible drilling rig, announced rig owner Transocean on 28 December. The rig was famously used this summer in Shell's Arctic campaign in the Chukchi Sea…