Statoil Petroleum awarded Baker Hughes an eight-year contract to design and supply production chemicals to the offshore Norne field and the deepwater Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea. Work is anticipated to begin in July 2015…
Chevron Upstream Europe has installed a new topsides module on to its Brittania bridge linked platform, paving the way for the start-up of the Alder. The Alder high-pressure, high-temperature field was discovered in 1975, in Block 15/29a…
North Atlantic Drilling has been awarded a contract extension for the semisubmersible drilling rig West Phoenix by Total E&P UK. The contract extension starts mid-March 2016, securing work for the unit through the end of August 2016.…
June was a busy month for Statoil’s Gina Krog in the North Sea. In the last weeks of June, the Gina Krog jacket was installed and the top floors of the living quarters were lifted into position at Stord. Statoil provided a timeline of…
UK-based operator Premier Oil says work on its west of Shetland Solan development remains on track for start up in 4Q, while it looks for cheaper options for its Norwegian Vette project. Premier Oil says it is also moving towards pre…
Hungarian exploration outfit MOL Group has completed a deal with UK independent Ithaca Energy, giving it its first step into the Norwegian offshore sector. MOL has bought Ithaca's Norwegian subsidiary, which has stakes in 14 licenses…
Six autonomous, self-propelled robotic crafts that collects ocean meteorological and natural resources data, were deployed in the Barents Sea on 1 July. The crafts collect a wide range of information such as wave height, current speed and direction…
According to the Baker Hughes offshore rig statistics, Latin America’s rig count is 62, down from 69 a month ago and down from 70 a year ago. The Europe offshore count is holding steady at 48, the same as it was one month ago and one year ago…
Energy Intelligence announced that Norwegian company Statoil is the winner of its 2015 Award for Leadership in New Energy. The award recognizes a company that is at the forefront of the energy transition from traditional fossil fuels to a lower-carbon energy system…
Chancellor George Osborne (pictured) has thrown a bone to the North Sea oil industry in his Summer Budget speech today (8 July). Osborne confirmed that the UK Government plans to broaden the types of investment qualifying for the Investment Allowance and cluster area allowances…
The French government is planning to launch a tender for several pilot floating offshore wind farms, Reuters reports. Matthieu Monnier, head of offshore wind at France Energie Eolienne (FEE) was reported as saying he expected two-three…
Two firms have signed a memorandum of understanding to co-development an up to 870 MW offshore wind farm in the North Irish Sea offshore Ireland. The firms, Oriel Windfarm and Gaelectric Holdings hope to start the development with a 15 MW demonstration project…
Datum360 has been awarded - and has already successfully delivered - a US$1.05 million (£685,000) contract by Total to provide a data warehouse for the ground breaking Martin Linge project in the Norwegian North Sea. Currently under construction…
A major cross-industry initiative led by Wärtsilä, MAN Diesel & Turbo and Winterthur Gas & Diesel to develop basic technologies for use in two-stroke and four-stroke marine engines has been officially launched. The Hercules-2 project is aimed…
Frank Maclean has been appointed to the position of general manager of Kongsberg Maritime Ltd. base in Aberdeen for the offshore division. Maclean has over 35 years’ experience within the oil and gas industry, the vast majority of that time spent with Kongsberg Maritime…