Greece-based explorer Energean Oil & Gas said it is planning to achieve first gas from the Tanin and Karish fields offshore Israel by 2020. The firm, in which the Petroleum Council of Israel has approved its US$148 million acquisition of 100% of the two fields…
Hellenic Petroleum has been awarded Block 10 offshore western Greece, in the Kyparissiakos Gulf, as part of the 2nd International Round. Hellenic was already awarded two onshore blocks, and offshore Block 2, west of Corfu, in a joint venture with France's Total (operator) and Italy's Edison…
Subsea services firm N-Sea and the University of Strathclyde’s Institute of Sensors Signals and Communications at the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering have secured funding from the Data Lab Innovation Centre for a research project to automate subsea pipeline inspection…
The oil and gas industry has ‘cleared the first hurdle’ in its drive for better collaboration but there is still more work to be done, according to a new survey by Oil & Gas UK and Deloitte. The ‘UKCS upstream supply chain collaboration…
The UK's Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) has invited companies to apply for new licenses to drill at 14 blocks in the supplementary round to the 29th oil and gas licensing round. The 14 blocks on offer in the supplementary round are outside of the 29th oil and gas licensing round offer area…
Wood Group and Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for joint efforts to offer wellhead platform development, from design to installation, hook-up and commissioning, to clients on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS)…
Faroe Petroleum and DONG E&P Norge have completed the acquisition deal consisting of five Norwegian North Sea oil and gas fields, with Faroe only paying a fraction of the original US$70.2 million price tag. Image of Trym subsea gas compression…
Bibby Offshore secured a significant contract with Shell to provide engineering and subsea construction activities in the Gannet G field in the Central North Sea. The campaign, due to commence in Q1 2017, will utilize Bibby's multipurpose dive support and offshore construction vessel…
BP has begun drilling a potential carboniferous gas play in southern North Sea block 43/26a that, if successful, could open up a new phase of development in the region, the supermajor announced 5 December. The well, being drilled with partners Perenco and Premier…
Decommissioning is now firmly on the North Sea oil and gas industry’s agenda. Some US$21.98 billion is forecast to be spent on decommissioning UK North Sea facilities in the next 10 years.* As the number of operational platforms decreases and the pace of decommissioning increases…
Siemens Wind Power has launched its first customized turbine transport vessel in Esbjerg, the Rotra Vente, with a sister ship on the way next year. Image of the Rotra Vente, from Siemens. Sea…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) carried out an audit of operations, maintenance and pressure safety focused on Statoil's and Gassco's land organizations and the Heimdal main platform (HMP) and Heimdal riser platform (HRP). The audit was conducted between 22 and 29 September 2016…
FMC Technologies and Technip announced that the pending, combination between the companies has received a clearance decision issued by the General Superintendent of Administrative Council for Economic Defense, (CADE), the Brazilian antitrust authority…
Norwegian giant Statoil has started drilling at its Mariner field in the UK North Sea using the world’s largest jackup, with a target for first oil set for 2018. Image of the Mariner topsides at DSME…
Aker BP has completed the integration after the merger between Det norske oljeselskap and BP Norway. Aker BP now operates as one organization with considerable ambitions on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. “Aker BP has been through extensive integration work since we announced the merger…