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Around 300 Workers on TotalEnergies' UK Offshore Platforms Set to Strike

Nov 17, 2021

About 300 employees working for Ponticelli UK and Semco Maritime aboard TotalEnergies' North Sea offshore facilities in the UK have voted in favor of a strike after a dispute over cuts to terms and conditions, Unite the union said Tuesday.Unite’s…

Transaction Drag: UK Regulator Launches Probe into $1B Exxon, NEO North Sea Deal

Oct 26, 2021

The UK oil and gas industry regulator Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has opened an investigation into the proposed sale by ExxonMobil of 13 producing fields, specifically Elgin Franklin, to NEO, amid concerns it is not progressing as quickly as expected…

Prosafe Wins More Work with TotalEnergies for Safe Caledonia Flotel

Oct 22, 2021

Oil and gas firm TotalEnergies E&P UK,  subsidiary of the French energy giant TotalEnergies, has chartered Prosafe's Safe Caledonia offshore accommodation rig for work in the UK North Sea.Under the 270-day contract, the Safe Caledonia will provide…

Lebanon-Israel Maritime Border Talks Need to Be Quick, U.S. Mediator Says

Oct 22, 2021

The U.S. mediator for indirect talks on border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel said on Thursday that the negotiations he was hoping to revive should be concluded in a short period if they were to succeed.Amos Hochstein, speaking to Al Hadath TV during a visit to Beirut…

Wood's Chair Franklin Joins Energean as Independent Director

Oct 13, 2021

Oil and gas company Energean, focused on the development of its Karish gas field offshore Israel, has appointed engineering firm Wood's Chair Roy Franklin OBE as an Independent Non-Executive Director.Franklin will join Energean's Nomination and Governance Committee and its Environment…

Hurricane Ida: Chevron's Gulf of Mexico Platforms Appear Undamaged

Sep 02, 2021

Chevron Corp on Wednesday said its offshore facilities in the Gulf of Mexico appeared to be undamaged after Hurricane Ida. The company also said it began redeploying personnel to assess the damage to its offshore facilities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico from Hurricane Ida and to restore production…

Harbour Energy Delays North Sea Field Start-Up as Platform Issues Found

Jul 21, 2021

London-listed oil and gas Harbour Energy has hit a snag with the start-up of its Tolmount offshore gas field in the UK North Sea, as electrical systems issues were found during the testing of the recently delivered offshore platform. The start-up…

Engineering Firm Wood to Pay $177M to Settle Amec Foster Wheeler's Brazil Bribery Case

Jun 29, 2021

UK-based engineering firm John Wood Group, also known as Wood, on Monday said it had reached agreements with authorities in the UK, Brazil, and the U.S. to resolve their respective bribery and corruption investigations into the past use of third parties in the legacy Amec Foster Wheeler business…

Wood Chairman Franklin Joins Kosmos Energy Board

Jun 10, 2021

Offshore oil and gas exploration and production company Kosmos Energy has appointed Roy A. Franklin as a member of its Board of Directors, effective June 9, 2021. Franklin is a senior executive with more than 45 years in the energy industry…

US Explores Wind Energy Potential in Gulf of Mexico

Jun 08, 2021

The Biden administration on Tuesday said it will explore the potential of offshore wind energy development in the Gulf of Mexico, part of its goal to supercharge growth in clean energy over the next decade.'This is an important first step to see what role the Gulf may play in this exciting frontier…

80:20 Procurement Wins North Sea Contract with Total

May 24, 2021

Peterson Energy Logistics' unit 80:20 Procurement Services has recently won a contract with the oil company Total E&P UK, a subsidiary of the French oil giant Total.The contract scope of 80:20 includes general consumables and ad-hoc material supply…

CNOOC's Glengorm South Well Fails to Deliver

Apr 19, 2021

Chinese oil company CNOOC has failed to unearth commercial quantities of hydrocarbons at the Glengorm South well in the UK North Sea.Energean, a partner in the Glengorm project, said Thursday that 'the Glengorm South appraisal well contained no commercial hydrocarbons…

Wood Reaches Settlement in Scotland Over Unaoil-related Dealings

Mar 16, 2021

Energy infrastructure engineering and construction giant John Wood Group (Wood) said Tuesday its subsidiary WGPSN had reached a civil settlement with Scotland's Civil Recovery Unit 'in relation to the historical engagement of Unaoil by a legacy joint venture and potential unlawful conduct…

ExxonMobil Sells UK North Sea Fields to NEO for More Than $1B

Feb 24, 2021

North Sea-focused oil company NEO Energy has struck a deal to buy ExxonMobil's UK North Sea assets, a month after it was announced the companies had started exclusive talks over a potential transaction.Backed by Norwegian private equity investor HitecVision…

DNV GL Secures 3-Year Contract with Total in UK North Sea

Feb 22, 2021

Classification society and quality assurance firm DNV GL has been awarded a three-year contract with Total in the UK to provide various services across the company's UK North Sea assets.DNV GL will provide core services such as verification…

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