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Ineos acquires DONG's E&P business

May 24, 2017

DONG Energy has today agreed to sell its E&P business, including a stake in the Rosebank field, west of Shetland, to petro-chemical business Ineos for US$1.05 million, plus $250 million in contingent payments. Ineos, which recently acquired the Forties pipeline system from BP…

BP to sell Forties Pipeline assets

Apr 03, 2017

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…

Scolty/Crathes online, Kraken on its way

Nov 21, 2016

UK independent EnQuest has brought its Scolty and Crathes development in the UK North Sea onstream. The firm also confirmed sailaway of the US$2.6 billion Kraken development floating production, storage and offloading vessel is due in coming days…

Chevron restarts at Erskine

Sep 06, 2016

Production at Chevron’s Erskine restarted late last month in the central North Sea, following the completion of maintenance work at Shell’s Lomond platform. Erskine. Image from Chevron. Erskine…

Chevron's Erskine production delayed

Aug 23, 2016

Production at Chevron’s Erskine project in the Central North Sea has hit a new snag, after Shell said that further work is needed on the recommissioning of the Lomond platform, according to partner Serica Energy. Erskine…

Wood Group inks Apache extension

Jul 13, 2016

Wood Group has been awarded an extension to its master service agreement (MSA) contract with Apache Corp. in the North Sea. Wood Group will continue to deliver subsea engineering and consultancy services, in support of Apache's routine operation and maintenance works…

Apache puts focus on drilling

Dec 08, 2015

Apache is to increase investment in drilling to 78% of its annual capital spending in 2016-2020, compared to 51% in 2012-2015, a business breakfast was told in Aberdeen this morning.  Investment in seismic will double, from 5% of its capital spending to 10%…

Apache: Significant North Sea reserves potential

Nov 18, 2015

Houston-headquartered Apache Corporation has claimed it has increased its North Sea reserves by some four to seven times since the end of 2014.  In a trading update highlighting the performance of its North Sea business, focusing on the Forties and Beryls assets…

Apache targeted for takeover

Nov 09, 2015

US-based independent Apache has rejected a recent takeover bid, said to be worth US$18 billion, according to Bloomberg. But the company is now working with Goldman Sachs on a defense strategy. On 9 November, analyst firm Simmons & Co…

Forty and still ‘a beaut’

Sep 01, 2015

For OE, 2015 is a milestone year – it’s our 40th anniversary. We share that milestone with one of the world’s most iconic oil fields – the UK North Sea Forties field. Elaine Maslin charts the field’s history and finds out what the future holds…

BP investing US$1bn in ETAP

Aug 05, 2015

BP has started a US$1 billion in its Eastern Trough Area Project (ETAP) in the North Sea as part of a platform renewal life extension project. The investment will see the facilities (pictured), which produce oil and gas from nine different reservoirs…

Paradigm support Forties deluge system

Aug 03, 2015

Paradigm Flow Services has successfully completed a deluge remediation and replacement project for Apache North Sea in the Forties field. The remediation work was carried out as part of the company’s Deluge Integrity Management service on four of the Forties assets…

Erskine offers Serica new opportunity

Jun 05, 2015

Chevron's Erskine field has restarted production after being shut-in since September last year while a major upgrade was carried out on BG Group's Lomond facility, which it exports production through. Before the shut-down, the field was producing about a quarter of what is able to…

BP awards Trinidad & Tobago work

May 13, 2015

Massy Wood Group has been awarded a five year contract, worth up to US$250 million, by BP to provide services to its operations in Trinidad & Tobago. The company, which is jointly owned by UK-based Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) and the energy division of Massy Holdings…

Cape wins BP North Sea work

May 01, 2015

UK supermajor BP awarded Cape a US$153.5 million two-year contract to supply services on six North Sea assets and the Forties Pipeline Systems. According to Cape, the company will provide a range of core services, including access, insulation…

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