Italian giant Eni has gained operatorship of frontier exploration licence (FEL) 3/04 in the southern Porcupine Basin after supermajor ExxonMobil elected to withdraw from the license, according to partner Providence Resources. Following ExxonMobil’s withdraw…
In this video from Det norske oljeselskap, the company shows a time-lapse of the topside installation on Ivar Aasen on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The 15,000-tonne topside, which was installed late last month, has now been installed on the jacket…
Marine energy is a sector which has faced its fair share of ups and downs. That said, there remains much to be positive about in both wave and tidal energy in Scotland. Both industries have taken enormous strides forward in the last 12 months…
Ithaca Energy's floating production unit, the FPF-1, has set sail for the Stella field in the North Sea after completing final marine systems trials. First oil from the Greater Stella Area development is expected in about three months later…
PJ Valves (PJV), a valves manufacturer and supplier, has been awarded more than US$1.3 million (£1 million) worth of contracts to supply over 1000 valves to Maersk Oil’s Culzean field in the UK North Sea. PJV will manufacture forged…
Gloucestershire-based Arc Energy Resources, the weld overlay cladding and fabrication company, has acquired precision machining company CLG Engineering, based in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Arc Energy Resources provides corrosion-resistant weld overlay cladding services…
Cost reduction measures continue at Fugro, as the company plans to further reduce its workforce and fleet in the remainder of 2016. Image from Fugro. During 1H 2016, Fugro cut its headcount by 585…
Norway's Det norske's exploration well on the Rovarkula prospect in the Norwegian sector of the central North Sea is dry, says the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. The 25/10-15 S wildcat well was drilled using the Maersk Interceptor jackup…
Eni is to plug and abandon its Aurelia wildcat exploration well in the Barents Sea after poor drilling results. The well, 7222/1-1, was the first exploration well in production license 226, awarded in 1997. It was drilled about 80km…
Teekay Offshore is to take a hit of US$43.7 million after cancelling construction contracts for two flotels, described by Teekay as units for maintenance and safety (UMS). The firm also says it suffered a drop in income due to its Arendal…
A 48-hour strike has started in the UK North Sea by offshore workers working for Wood Group on Shell platforms. The strike, on the Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Nelson, Gannet, Shearwater and Curlew platforms, follows a 24-hour walk out by workers from the Unite and RMT unions on Tuesday 26 July…
Statoil has been approved to use newbuild Cat D semisubmersible drilling rig Songa Enabler to drill three wells - two production and one CO2 reinjection - at the Snøhvit gas field in the Barents Sea. Snøhvit started production in 2007 via a subsea development…
Det norske has taken over the operatorship for production license 442 from Centrica and has been given consent to drill an exploration well in a prospect named Langfjellet by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA). Well 25/2-18 S…
UK supermajor BP has completed construction work of Clair Ridge, west of Shetlands Islands, bringing its US$6 billion investment closer to production. Clair Ridge. Image from BP United Kingdom Twitter…
DNV GL has been awarded a five-year contract to provide in-service verification work for Wintershall Noordzee's RAVN and A6-A platforms. The two platforms based in the North Sea are the unmanned RAVN in the Danish sector and manned A6-A in the German sector…