As decommissioning gathers pace, the debate around how to make the entire process more efficient – safely – at a reduced cost intensifies. Emma Gordon reports. Are we thinking big enough, or is the challenge smaller than we think? Certainly…
As the North Sea enters the decommissioning era, should complete removal remain the default option? And what is the impact of the process on North Sea ecosystems? Emma Gordon reports. The oil and gas industry must address its knowledge…
When Total launched the Laggan-Tormore subsea tieback, West of Shetland, it was always with the long-view, and not just in terms of distance. The investment is starting to pay off. Elaine Maslin reports. The 143km-long gas pipeline export facilities for Laggan-Tormore…
Seeking to cope with changing seismic market fundamentals, marine geophysical firm Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) will centralize and streamline its operations, resulting in a reduction in its executive management team. PGS' Ramform Tethys…
ABB Turbo Systems will acquire Swiss-based Tekomar Group, the company announced today. ABB said the by acquiring Tekomar, ABB will further develop Tekomar’s digital solution for engine analytics and advisory systems. 'Advancing ABB capabilities in performance modeling and analysis…
Drilling operations have started on the Tambar development project in the producing Tambar field offshore Norway, says partner Faroe Petroleum. The Tambar and Tambar East Unit fields are satellite fields, about 16km southeast of the Ula field in the Norwegian North Sea…
Shell has submitted plans to develop the Fram gas and gas condensate field in the UK North Sea as a subsea tieback to the Shearwater platform. The project, in Blocks 29/3a, 29/4c, 29/8a, 29/9c in the Central North Sea, had been considered as a standalone development…
Ardyne, provider of plug and abandonment and slot recovery technology, has appointed Paul Warwick as non-executive chairman. Warwick has been a non-executive director of Ardyne since shortly after the launch of the company in 2016. He is also executive chairman of Whalsay Energy…
A new US$1.32 million (£1 million) research and development project focussed on cost reduction, increased efficiency and value add for the oil and gas sector has received backing from government agency Scottish Enterprise. US firm ION Geophysical subsidiary…
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has published a 'lessons learned' on the use of polymer technology to enhance oil recovery (EOR) from UK oil fields. “Polymer Enhanced Oil Recovery – Industry Lessons Learned” was produced in collaboration…
Premier Oil's Catcher development is on track for first oil by the end of the year with the project's floating production vessel now moored in field. The BW Catcher vessel, built at the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore, and owned and operated by BW Offshore…
US oil major Chevron is moving ahead with plans for an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project using polymer technology on its Captain heavy oil field in the UK North Sea. The Captain field was discovered in 1977, in Block 13/22a on the edge of the outer Moray Firth…
Mediterranean explorer Energean Oil & Gas praised the “untapped potential” of its two blocks offshore Montenegro, which may hold 1.8 TCF of gas and 144 MMboe of liquids (438 MMboe in total), according to a new report by Netherland Sewell & Associates (NSAI)…
TechnipFMC has agreed to acquire Plexus Holding's Wellhead exploration equipment and services business for jackup applications - the Jack-up Business - for up to US$56 million (£42.5 million). Plexus will initially receive $19.7 million…
Subsea 7 will become the sole owner of the Normand Oceanic, a flex-lay and heavy construction vessel that is being managed by Solstad Farstad while under long-term contract to a third party. The company will take ownership of the vessel…