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CEO Richards departs Dana

Dec 03, 2013

Dana Petroleum’s Marcus Richards is stepping down as group chief executive after three years. Graham Scotton, chief operating officer will become the company’s acting group chief executive immediately. Richards joined the company following…

Heerema opens Polish yard

Dec 03, 2013

Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has opened a new €6 million fabrication facility in Opole, southern Poland. Heerema said growing demand for qualified prefabrication of small offshore steel structures and substructures for HFG’s fabrication yards…

Offshore Achievement Awards entry call

Nov 29, 2013

The deadline for entries for this year’s Offshore Achievement Awards (OAAs) has been extended to December 9. Ambitious companies and individuals hoping to be recognised amongst the best and brightest that the UK offshore industry has…

UK licensing round success

Nov 29, 2013

The UK's Government has awarded a further 52 North Sea oil and gas exploration licenses, bringing the total number of awards offered in the 27th Round to 219. The figure represents a record, with the number of smaller independent companies being offered awards also representing a high level…

MSc energy students shine

Nov 29, 2013

MSc papers from students studying at the University of Aberdeen and Robert Gordon University (RGU) were pitched against each other at the Aberdeen branch of the UK's Energy Institute’s annual student competition this week.  Six students…

ThoughtStream: Shifting dynamics: Industrializing economies are moving markets

Nov 27, 2013

ThoughtStream: Opinion The shift in oil demand from industrialized to emerging economies is one that we at Dana Petroleum know only too well. An impressive North Sea success story with modest but ambitious beginnings in Aberdeen in the mid-1990s…

Prospector I arrives in Cromarty

Nov 27, 2013

Prospector Offshore Drilling's new jack-up drilling rig, Prospector 1, arrived in the Cromarty Firth, Scotland today, after a two-month journey from its construction shipyard in Dalian, China. The jack-up features an advanced, fully-automated…

Alpha makes bid for ATP UK

Nov 27, 2013

Alpha Petroleum (UK) Holdings Limited is the proposed buyer for ATP Oil and Gas UK Ltd (ATP UK), it has been revealed.  Independent Oil and Gas plc, which is a partner in licenses operated by ATP UK, said US court documents posted today…

Eni increases Russian ties

Nov 27, 2013

Italy's Eni has signed a string of agreements with Russian operators and a research institution, building its ties with the country. The first is a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Eni and Novatek, which sees the two firms agreeing…

Eni fires up supercomputer

Nov 27, 2013

Italian oil major Eni has fired up its new petaflop-class supercomputer at its Green Data Center in Ferrera Erbognone, northern Italy. The supercomputer will support hydrocarbon exploration activities, providing the computing capacity…

Fugro acquires Australia's Advanced Geomechanics

Nov 26, 2013

Fugro announced that it has wholly-acquired Advanced Geomechanics Pty Ltd. (AG) to become part of its global geoconsultancy practice. The nearly 20-year-old, Perth-based AG provides geotechnical and geophysical engineering and consulting services…

Ampelmann buys Offshore Solutions

Nov 26, 2013

Dutch walk-to-work technology company Ampelmann has acquired fellow Netherland’s based firm Offshore Solutions.  Delft-based Ampelmann provides systems to safely transfer people and cargo from ships to offshore oil rigs or wind turbines…

Denmark nears 7th round

Nov 26, 2013

Denmark’s Energy Agency (DEA) is due to launch its seventh licensing round for oil and gas exploration and production licenses in the Danish North Sea before the end of 2013, according to International Law Office.  Image: DONG Energy's Siri platform…

Offshore wind projects stall

Nov 26, 2013

More offshore wind projects could be scrapped in the UK, an official has warned, after it was announced that technical challenges had brought a halt to a 1200 MW project in the UK’s Bristol Channel.  RWE Innogy said its planned Atlantic…

Ulstein building new OSVs

Nov 25, 2013

Ulstein's Ulstein Verft yard is to build an offshore construction vessel (OSV) larger than any other vessel the yard has built before. The new OSV, part of an order for two new OSVs from Edison Chouest Offshore and Island Offshore, through Island Ventures II LLC…

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