Chemicals company INEOS has increased acquired the 25% interest in the Clipper South gas field, further increasing its ownership in North Sea fields. INEOS had announced earlier this month its acquisition of a portfolio of natural gas assets…
KBR has been awarded a detailed design engineering and follow-on services contract by SMOE, Singapore, for the topsides facilities for Maersk Oil's HPHT UK North Sea Culzean project. Specifically, KBR will deliver the living quarters…
Eni CEO Claudo Descalzi met with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Energy and Water Minister Yuval Steinitz in Jerusalem today (29 October) to discuss potential joint development of natural gas in the Eastern Mediterranean as…
Badger Explorer and the University of Glasgow, supported by the Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC), will collaborate on the development of the Badger Explorer technology, a rig-less formation and reservoir evaluation tool. The device drills down to the target reservoir…
Eni subsidiary Saipem is asking for up to US$3.8 billion (3.5 billion EUR) in capital from its investors to scale back its debt, as the company reported a 13% drop in revenue in 3Q 2015. Image from Saipem…
Italian giant Eni has sold 12.5% interest in its subsidiary Saipem, to Fondo Strategico Italiano (FSI) in a move that is expected to enhance Eni’s financial flexibility and development. Image from Saipem…
DONG Energy announced it will construct the 660MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm, located in the Irish Sea, approximately 19km off the west coast of Britain. The final investment decision has been made after securing all necessary consents from authorities…
Statoil’s US$7 billion Mariner heavy oil project in the UK North Sea has been set back a year due to engineering and construction delays, the operator revealed today. The Norwegian operator's Aasta Hansteen project, in the Norwegian Sea…
Global Maritime Deep Sea Mooring (DSM) has been awarded a three-year contract with Lundin Norway to provide services and products supporting Lundin’s activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) including mooring equipment for drilling rigs and accommodation units…
UK engineering solutions provider Costain has worked closely with Hurricane Energy to produce a number of field development options for their Lancaster Discovery, West of Shetland. Over the last 24 months the Costain team, in collaboration with Hurricane…
BG International and SSE E&P UK entered into an agreement with Block 23/16f participants, Serica Energy, Endeavour Energy UK, and EOG Resources UK, to transfer their equity of Block 23/21a in the UK North Sea. Columbus field…
Fred Olsen Energy has formally declared that construction contract for a newbuild semisubmersible rig which was originally destined for development drilling at the Chevron-operated Rosebank oil development in the UK West Shetlands region has been cancelled…
Drilling on the Spanish Point area offshore Ireland is now scheduled for 2017, according to partner Providence Resources, which is now looking to farm-out some of its 58% interest in the license. Spanish Point, in Frontier License 2/04 and 4/08…
Image: OPITO OPITO has introduced a mobile app designed to give North Sea offshore workforce access to their training and certification records anywhere at any time. In its first year…
Europa Oil & Gas CEO Hugh Mackay says now is a perfect chance to drill on the firm’s offshore Irish prospects thanks to rig rates being at their lowest in a decade. The CEO, whose firm is targeting 1.5 billion boe, unrisked, in three…