The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) awarded Shearwater GeoServices the reprocessing of 2D seismic data in the Barents Sea. The reprocessing is of two projects to be run in parallel, including approximately 6000km of pre-stack time…
Premier Oil awarded Wood Group a contract to deliver front-end engineering design (FEED) to the Tolmount offshore field development in the Southern North Sea. Effective immediately, Wood Group will provide topsides, jacket, pipeline…
Oil major Shell has not provided enough information about its plans for decommissioning the massive Brent field structures, according to a joint statement by eight environmental groups. The statement was made at the end of a 60-day consultation…
Kvaerner and Aker BP have signed a framework agreement that will see Kvaerner provide construction and hook-up of fixed offshore platforms, including topsides and steel jacket substructures. The first project of the deal is set to be the Valhall West Flank normally unmanned installation…
Aker Solutions has completed the acquisition of oil-services provider Reinertsen, building on its position as a leading maintenance and modifications supplier offshore Norway. The agreement to buy Reinertsen's Norwegian oil and gas services business…
BW Offshore (BWO) signed a cooperation agreement with ICBC Financial Leasing Co. Ltd. (ICBCL) to form a long-term strategic partnership that will see the duo take on large international infrastructure projects with a focus on floating production and storage offloading units (FPSOs)…
Hurricane Energy has tripled its recoverable resource estimate for its Lancaster field in the North Sea to nearly 600 MMbbl. In its investor presentation, Hurricane provided an 'exaggerated' 3D model of Lancaster…
Serica Energy is targeting 2020 for first gas at its Columbus field in the Central North Sea, and reveals plans to begin drilling at the nearby Rowallan prospect next year. Map of Columbus, from Serica…
Late life-cycle integrity specialists, Well-Centric and Hunting, have been awarded an approximately US$6.2 million (£5 million) contract by a major North Sea exploration and production operator. The collaboration will see Well-Centric and Hunting join forces to provide maintenance…
Craig International has signed a five-year procurement contract for all Premier Oil’s maintenance and repair operations in the UK North Sea. The contract, which could be worth up to US$6.2 million (£5 million), will see Craig International’s…
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given Gassco consent to use the Polarled pipeline. Polarled is a new gas pipeline from Aasta Hansteen in the Norwegian Sea to the Nyhamna gas-processing facility in Møre og Romsdal county…
A new US$19.9 million (£16 million) Center of Excellence (CoE) for subsea development is to be established in East Kilbride, Scotland and will be led by TÜV SÜD Ltd. (NEL), a provider of research and development, consultancy and testing to the international oil and gas industry…
A wave of new projects is set to hit the Norwegian Continental Shelf this year, but how sustainable cost cutting measures have been to carry them out and the huge potential seen in digitizing the business was discussed in Oslo today. Shell's…
US supermajor ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum signed an exploration and production sharing contract with the government of the Republic of Cyprus for Block 10. Block 10 PSC signing. Image from Qatar Petroleum…
Maersk Oil has awarded iSURVEY Offshore a four-year survey and positioning contract for the company’s Danish business unit. The deal began last month, and has the option to extend by one 12-month period. iSURVEY will specifically…