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.
Israel's Minister of Energy has opened the country's first offshore bid round covering 24 areas in the Levant Basin, with some located close to existing major gas discoveries. The discovery of giant gas fields in the Levant Basin, offshore…
Danos has completed the fabrication of three boarding valve skids and one service line skid for Shell deepwater Appomattox facility. Requiring approximately 12 months to complete, the project engaged four Danos service lines, including project management…
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 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…
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…
Singapore-based Sembcorp Marine entered into an agreement to sell its 30% stake in Cosco Shipyard Group (CSG) in a US$156 million (S$220.68 million) deal with China Ocean Shipping Group Co. (COSCO), eliminating the majority of Sembcorp’s interest in CSG…
Repsol E&P sent an early termination notice to Rowan Companies last week, ending its contract for the Rowan Renaissance drillship effective immediately. “The company expects to continue to be paid by Repsol on a monthly basis through the original termination date of 22 April 2017…
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…
Woodside has completed the acquisition of half of BHP Billiton’s Scarborough area assets in the Carnarvon basin, offshore Western Australia. The acquisition was concluded for a purchase price of US$250 million and a contingent payment…
Tidal energy developer Atlantis has achieved first power on its MeyGen project in the Pentland Firth, Scotland. The first fully connected turbine, supplied by Andritz Hydro Hammerfest (AHH), was successfully installed last week and plugged…
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded four new contracts worth about US1.25 million (£1 million) to supply more than 10,000km of reprocessed proprietary 2D seismic data of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) as part of the UK Government funded seismic acquisition program…
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…
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. Decommissioning Insight 2016…
Subsea cable and connector specialist Hydro Group appointed William (Bill) Mildon as president of newly formed Hydro Group Systems Inc. - a wholly owned subsidiary located in Pinellas County, Florida. Image of Mildon…
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