Norwegian offshore consultancy Ridge has appointed Ole Jacob Sandal as subsurface manager, effective November 1, 2018.Sandal possesses extensive international and North Sea experience gained over 20 years in the oil and gas business, with roles ranging from exploration…
BP Exploration Operating Company has chartered the Safe Zephyrus to provide gangway connected operations supporting the completion of some post first oil scopes in summer months when the weather is favourable at the Clair Ridge platform West of Shetland in the UK sector of the North Sea…
BP has received approval from the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) to proceed with the Vorlich development in the central North Sea, which is expected to come onstream in 2020.New North Sea development is targeting 30 million barrels of oil equivalent and expected to produce 20…
BP announced that it has entered into agreements with ConocoPhillips that will significantly increase its holding in the Clair field, a core asset of BP’s North Sea business in the UK, while also selling its non-operating interest in the Kuparuk and satellite oilfields in Alaska…
U.S. oil producer ConocoPhillips said on Tuesday it would sell a 16.5 percent stake in the Clair field to oil major BP for an undisclosed price. Houston, Texas-based ConocoPhillips will retain a 7.5 percent interest in the North Sea offshore oil field through a unit while BP will hold a 45…
When design-to-first-oil takes 10 years, keeping up with communication technology can be a challenge. Elaine Maslin details what BP has done for its latest North Sea projects (originally published in OE's December 2017 issue). With new technologies appearing all the time…
UK oil major BP is set to sell its operated interests in the Bruce, Keith and Rhum fields, including three bridge-linked platforms and subsea infrastructure in the North Sea to UK independent Serica Energy. Subject to completion of the deal…
Industry conditions remained challenging; but awards to market are expected to increase in 1H 2018, says subsea contractor Subsea 7, echoing optimism indicated by rival TechnipFMC last month. The firm's boss, CEO Jean Cahuzac, says: 'Although the market environment remains challenging…
Last month (October 2017), Chevron approved plans for a commercial polymer EOR project on its UK North Sea Captain heavy oil field. Elaine Maslin looks at the broader prospects for EOR projects on the UKCS. For many fields on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) the clock is ticking…
Cost cutting could help push more final investments decisions through this year, giving industry sight of some much-needed work. Steve Hamlen reports. Wood Mackenzie’s Malcolm Dickson. Northeast…
Oilfield giant schlumberger has revealed a slew of new contacts including a deal to supply equipment to the Leviathan field, offshore Israel, and to perform ocean bottom survey work on BP's Clair Ridge field, west of Shetland, UK. The…
BP has launched a 'return to growth' for its North Sea business after marking first oil from the Quad 204 project, west of Shetland on the UK Continental Shelf. Quad 204 is redevelopment of the 1 billion barrel plus Schiehallion and Loyal fields…
BP has agreed to sell its Forties Pipeline System (FPS) business to INEOS in a US$250 million deal, to focus on its major offshore interests west of Shetland and in the Central North Sea. Image from BP…
Aberdeen-based visual asset management (VAM) firm Return To Scene is conducting a pilot project for BP utilizing the latest generation of its visualization technology, R2S Mosaic. The technology, which adds spatial intelligence, among other advanced new capabilities…
BP’s five-year plan has revealed the next wave of its competitive projects with potential new final investment decisions (FID), a list of several offshore projects set to come online this year, and eight projects that are currently under construction set for start-up in 2018-2021…