Dutch marine contractor Boskalis has picked SPT Offshore for the detailed design and installation of 33 suction pile foundations for the foundations of 11 suction bucket jackets for the Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm. The European Offshore…
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) and The British Geological Survey (BGS) have released the 21st Century Exploration Roadmap (21CXRM) Palaeozoic Project. The project aims to improve the knowledge and data from the under-explored Palaeozoic…
Bristow Helicopters Ltd. has secured a new contract with Apache North Sea Ltd. to support its North Sea operations. The contract which has a five-year primary term, with further extension options, will commence on 1 September 2017. Aircraft…
EC-OG switched on the Subsea Power Hub (SPH) for the first time yesterday (13/04). The ocean current energy conversion system was successfully installed Friday, 14 April, and is now fully operational. The unit, which is being tested at EMEC’s Shapinsay sound test site…
Test production from the Rolvsnes or Edvard Grieg South (EGS) discovery offshore Norway is expected to start in 2019, according to Rex International Holding, which holds a 30% stake in the license through subsidiary Lime Petroleum. Map of PL338C…
Claudio Descalzi has been re-appointed as Italian oil firm Eni's CEO and general manager by its board of directors. Born in Milan, Descalzi has been Eni’s CEO since May 2014. He joined Eni in 1981 as an oil and gas field petroleum engineer…
Scottish engineering company Scotrenewables Tidal Power has reached full rated power from its 2MW tidal energy device at the European Marine Energy Centre, Orkney. It is the highest power tidal energy device in the market. After undergoing…
In the first of two German auction rounds, the Bundesnetzagentur (Germany’s Federal Network Agency) awarded DONG Energy the right to build three offshore wind projects in the German North Sea. DONG Energy submitted six projects in the…
Despite the low cycle that the market is facing, a total of 30 oil and gas projects are expected to start operations in the North Sea by 2020. The UK will lead with 19 projects, followed by Norway with 10 and Denmark with a single project…
Providence Resources is set to drill a wildcat targeting the multi-billion bbl potential of both the Druid and Drombeg offshore Ireland this summer. The Stena IceMAX, from Stena Drillng. Providence…
Nord Stream 2 finalized a deal with Allseas for the offshore pipelay of the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline though the Baltic Sea last week, as the Gazprom-led company moves to begin the environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedure in Russia for the project…
Subsea power cables and umbilicals supplier JDR has been awarded a contract by VBMS (UK) to supply intra-array cables for ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia One (EA1) offshore wind farm. Image from JDR…
Independent Oil and Gas has agreed to acquire the recently decommissioned Thames Gas Pipeline in the southern North Sea for a nominal consideration from Perenco, Tullow Oil and Centrica. The pipeline will provide a proposed export route for IOG’s southern North Sea assets…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Aker BP consent to drill an exploration well in the Frigg Gamma Delta prospect. Aker BP is the operator of production license 442 in the North Sea. Aker BP has made a discovery in a prospect named Frigg Gamma Delta…
Lundin Petroleum has gained regulatory consents and approvals to complete the internal reorganization to spin-off its assets in Malaysia, France and the Netherlands into International Petroleum Corp. (IPC). The reorganization was completed on 7 April 2017…