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Vattenfall, GE Partner on 12MW Turbine

May 17, 2019

Offshore wind developer Vattenfall is partnering with manufacturer GE Renewable Energy on developing its 12MW Haliade-X turbine platform to aid bids at future offshore wind capacity auctions.With a capacity of 12MW, it is the largest offshore wind turbine on the market to date…

North Sea Fields Shut for Pipeline Repairs

May 16, 2019

Production at oilfields that feed into North Sea crude grade Flotta Gold has been shut down due to repairs on the main pipeline to the export terminal in Scotland, a spokesman for the terminal operator said.'We are carrying out repairs to a…

EMGS Kicks Off Barents Sea Survey

May 16, 2019

Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) announced Thursday it has entered into an agreement for a fully prefunded multiclient 3D controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) survey in the Norwegian Barents Sea.The contract has a value of $1.25 million…

Decommissioning Players Join Forces

May 16, 2019

Three leaders in the oil and gas industry’s decommissioning sector have teamed up to launch Fairfield Decom, a new company based in Aberdeen that will manage, integrate and execute end-to-end late life operations and decommissioning activities…

Premier Oil Raises Output Guidance

May 16, 2019

Britain's Premier Oil increased its 2019 production guidance on Thursday, saying output had been boosted by efficiency measures and a late sale from its now-divested Pakistan oil fields.The company said it now expects output to reach 75,000 to 80…

Statfjord Loading Still Shut After Spill -Equinor

May 16, 2019

Equinor has still not identified the source of an oil spill at its Statfjord field in the North Sea, and the loading of crude onto tankers remains shut, the Norwegian company told Reuters on Thursday.The leakage consisted of 'small observations' of oil on the surface of the ocean…

Horizon Maritime Sets Up Norwegian Arm

May 15, 2019

Canadian based Horizon Maritime announced it has taken delivery of the newly rebranded support vessel Horizon Arctic, paving way for the establishment of its new Norwegian operation.The former Bourbon Arctic, now sailing under the name Horizon Arctic…

Heerema Wins Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha Project

May 15, 2019

Heerema Marine Contractors said it has been awarded the Petrofac contract for TenneT's Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) Alpha project, one of the largest offshore wind farm zones being developed in the North Sea off the Dutch coast.The award entails…

Oil Spill at Statfjord

May 15, 2019

An unspecified amount of oil was observed on the sea surface early Wednesday morning in connection with loading oil from buoy to shuttle tanker on the North Sea Statfjord field, Equinor announced.The loading operations were stopped when this was discovered…

Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 Plan Approved

May 15, 2019

Norwegian authorities have formally approved the plan for development and operation (PDO) of the second phase of the Johan Sverdrup field, Equinor announced on Wednesday. The Norwegian energy company said the NOK 41 billion ($4.7 billion) project…

TechX: Accelerating Clean Tech for O&G

May 14, 2019

The Oil & Gas Technology Center (OGTC) and Deep Science Ventures (DSV) have selected two pioneering start-up companies to join industry-leading technology accelerator program, TechX Pioneers.A groundbreaking collaboration between the OGTC and DSV…

Siccar Point 'Encouraged' by Blackrock Results

May 14, 2019

Siccar Point Energy CEO Jonathan Roger said he is “encouraged” by drilling results at the Blackrock exploration well 204/5b-2 in the West of Shetland.The well was drilled with Diamond Offshore’s Ocean GreatWhite semi-submersible rig on Licence P1830 in 1…

Equinor Awards Drilling Services Contracts

May 14, 2019

Equinor said it has awarded a group of drilling service contracts worth about NOK 2.5 billion ($286 million), exclusive of options, to several suppliers.The services will be delivered to both new and existing fields on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS)…

Hurricane Energy Starts Up Lancaster Field

May 13, 2019

British oil and gas company Hurricane Energy started up its Lancaster field west of Scotland's Shetland Islands, it said on Monday, pushing its shares up 6 percent to a seven-week high.Hurricane specializes in recovering oil from fractures in…

Equinor Extends Oseberg Field Shutdown

May 10, 2019

Production at Norway's Oseberg oil and gas field, whose crude is a part of global oil benchmark Brent, is expected to remain shut for eight days, longer than previously anticipated, the company said on Friday.Production at the field was shut…

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