A billion kroner fund from the Danish Underground Consortium (DUC) will target future oil and gas production from the Danish North Sea and potentially create research opportunities for up to 100 scientists. Based at Denmark’s Technical University (DTU) in Lyngby…
Technip was awarded by Marathon Oil Norge a contract for the extension of subsea infrastructure on the Alvheim field, located on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The scope of work includes installation engineering, procurement, fabrication…
After nine years with Paolo Scaroni serving at the helm of Italy’s Eni S.p.A., the company’s board of directors appointed his successor: Claudio Descalzi (pictured), chief operating officer of Eni’s Exploration and Production division since 2008…
A 20-year-old concept is receiving increasing attention in the North Sea as operators look for options to develop marginal fields. The concept is for unmanned production buoys, which could cost-effectively support production from small or marginal fields…
A year of significant construction work on the Cygnus gas project by Burntisland Fabrication (BiFab) came to fruition recently as major infrastructure sailed out from the yard in Methil, Fife. Operator GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd (38.75%) and partners Centrica Energy (48…
Lundin Petroleum (Lundin Petroleum), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Lundin Norway (Lundin Norway), is pleased to announce that the appraisal drilling and testing of the well 16/1-18 on the Edvard Grieg field in the North Sea sector of…
Oil & Gas UK has released issue 2 of its guidelines on Blowout Preventer (BOP) operations for offshore wells to improve cross industry understanding of well-related issues on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). In addition to providing operators…
Western Europe will continue to rely on imported Russian gas into the 2020s, as mature offshore provinces struggle for growth, while large-scale shale gas extraction looks increasingly unlikely in the medium term. Following Moscow’s intervention…
Subsea specialist ROVOP has announced that it will take delivery of five new remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), representing an investment of £17million (approx. US$28million). The ROVs include two UHD-III’s, which are the most advanced heavy-duty work-class vehicles in the market…
Ensco plc has named Carl Trowell chief executive officer and president, effective 15 June, the company announced on 9 May 2014. He succeeds Dan Rabun who is retiring after eight years as CEO. Rabun’s retirement was announced in November 2013…
Norwegian drilling contractor Norshore is to carry out top hole drilling in the Malikai field in Malaysia as part of a contract with Sabah Shell Petroleum Company, Far Frontier Energy Sdn. Bhd. Norshore said the contract was a breakthrough…
Through water technology and survey company Nautronix has been awarded a five-year frame contract - based on a non-exclusive agreement - by SURF and subsea contractor Ceona, with an initial one year call-off for the supply of survey services…
Norway’s state oil firm Petoro has said it wants to double the number of wells on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and halve their cost in order to realize the great potential of discoveries and existing fields in the Norwegian State’s Direct Financial Interest (SDFI) portfolio…
DNV GL has launched a JIP to assess how hybrid power concepts used in the maritime industry could be used in the offshore oil and gas sector. Hybrid power concepts use batteries in combination with traditional power generation equipment…
Norwegian mooring solutions and services firm Deep Sea Mooring (DSM) is backing a new, specialist business dedicated to subsea installation solutions. Deep Sea Installation (DSI), which will initially focus on the floating production, storage and offloading vessel segment…