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URS develops Mattress Recovery Tool

Nov 18, 2016

Utility ROV Services (URS) has developed a new Mattress Recovery Tool (MRT) for the oil and gas decommissioning market. The tool has been designed to recover concrete mattresses that have been installed extensively in oil and gas fields to protect subsea piping…

Hurricane awarded Halifax license

Nov 18, 2016

Hurricane Energy was awarded the P2308 licence (Halifax) offshore the UK by the Oil and Gas Authority in an out of round application. The licence is contiguous to, and extends north east from, Hurricane’s existing Lancaster licence. The…

Prosafe ordered to review systems

Nov 18, 2016

Accommodation provider Prosafe has been hit with an order from the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) after failing to remedy non-compliances found during an inspection. The PSA carried out an inspection on the Safe Scandinavia in September this year…

30 MW tidal project takes shape

Nov 18, 2016

Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC) has announced major partnerships with global tidal turbine manufacturers, Schottel Hydro and Tocardo Tidal Turbines. PTEC is a 30 MW tidal tidal energy generation project being created off the Isle of Wight…

Noble lays out job cuts, four-year plan

Nov 17, 2016

Noble Energy's long-term plans has cut 60 jobs from its workforce, with 55 of them in Houston, and lays out plans for its offshore assets in the Eastern Mediterranean. Tamar operations, image from Delek…

Black Sea development takes step forward

Nov 17, 2016

Black Sea Oil & Gas (BSOG) has awarded Xodus Group a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the development of the Ana and Doina discoveries in the Black Sea. Xodus will work on the offshore and onshore facilities for the development of the Midia Gas Development Project…

Frames contracted to Maersk Culzean project

Nov 17, 2016

Sembcorp Marine subsidiary SMOP has awarded Dutch firm Framesa contract for the supply of two seawater electrochlorination systems, one wellhead control panel complete with a hydraulic power unit, and three hydraulic power units for topside and subsea valves…

Shell to cut 380 jobs in Glasgow

Nov 16, 2016

Shell is set to cut 380 jobs as the supermajor moves to close its finance office in Glasgow following a review of its global finance operations, according to news reports. 'For Shell to remain competitive, difficult choices continue to…

AzEire to acquire Antrim Ireland

Nov 16, 2016

Antrim Energy entered into an agreement with AzEire to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of Antrim's Ireland subsidiary, Antrim Exploration (Ireland) Ltd. in a US$250,000 in cash deal. The deal is expected to close by 25 November.

BP, GE in joint digital start-up

Nov 15, 2016

BP and GE Oil & Gas announced the start-up of Plant Operations Advisor (POA), a new digital solution designed to improve the efficiency, reliability and safety of BP’s oil and gas production operations. POA is already helping BP manage the…

Decom North Sea elects new board members

Nov 15, 2016

Decom North Sea elected eight new board directors and re-elected one director from across a range of sectors within the oil and gas industry. Image of Esson, from Decom North Sea. New directors have been named as: Simon Gibb…

GMS completes European charter contract

Nov 15, 2016

Gulf Marine Services (GMS) has completed a new contract for a large class vessel to support maintenance work in European waters, which is scheduled to start in Q2 2017. The contract is for 18 months, and comes with options. Duncan Anderson…

Statoil's Mariner B

Nov 15, 2016

In this video, Statoil shows its Mariner B floating storage unit (FSU) for the Mariner field on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The Mariner field is on the East Shetland Platform of the UK North Sea, approximately 150km east of Shetland…

Technip launches Deep Explorer DSV

Nov 15, 2016

Technip’s latest newbuild, the diving support vessel (DSV) Deep Explorer, has been officially named in Norway. The traditional naming ceremony was held at VARD’s Langsten shipyard.  Deep Explorer is a DP3 class DSV, purpose-designed and…

North Sea decom to grow in next 10 years

Nov 15, 2016

A new report forecasts a gradual but steady rise in offshore oil and gas decommissioning in the UK and Norway over the next 10 years, with activity growing from a market worth more than US$25 billion (£2 billion) in 2015.

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