A total of 32 crude and natural gas projects are expected to commence operations in the North Sea region by 2025, with the UK claiming the highest number at 22, followed by Norway and Denmark with nine and one respectively, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData…
OMV has entered a deal to sell its UK subsidiary, OMV UK, to Siccar Point Energy for up to US$1 billion in a move that will see the Austrian company give up its stake in the Chevron-operated Rosebank deepwater project in the North Sea. Image from OMV…
Inpex made a gas find at an exploration well offshore the Shimane and Yamaguchi prefectures in Japan. The Transocean M.G. Hulme Jr., from Inpex. The Transocean M.G. Hulme Jr. semisubmersible…
Sembcorp Marine posted a 26% loss in its group revenue that resulted in the rig builder to cut about 8000 jobs amid the tough operating environment, the company revealed in its Q3 2016 and nine month results. Image of the Safe Zephyrus…
Royal IHC has signed a new contract for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a tandem mooring and offloading system for a floating, storage and offloading (FSO) vessel. Image from Royal IHC…
Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) is investigating a fire on Statoil's Statfjord A platform yesterday (16 October) morning. The operator said the fire started in a loading pump in the utility shaft on the platform. No one is reported to have been hurt and the fire…
Singapore’s Keppel is cutting more than 3000 jobs in its offshore and marine division (Keppel O&M) due to slow global growth and weak demand in the first nine months of the year, the company said today (20 October). Image from Keppel…
A strike by workers in the Norwegian sector has led to a number of rigs in the basin having to halt operations and staff being put on temporary dismissal. Songa Offshore says three of its four newbuild Cat D rigs are out of operation and on force majeure rate…
Airborne Oil & Gas (AOG) raised US$26 million (€23 million) in a series C investment round from both new and existing shareholders. (SAEV) joins the shareholder base with an investment of $11 million (€10 million). SAEV is the corporate venturing arm of Saudi Arabian Oil Co…
Production has resumed at the Goliat field early Tuesday morning (27 September), in the Norwegian Barents Sea, according to operator Eni Norge. Eni says full production is expected to be reached shortly, with full reinjection of gas and produced water…
Petrel Resources and Clontarf Energy, with a Ghanaian partner, have been offered revised deep water Tano Basin acreage by Ghanaian officials, which have been accepted in principle. The acreage, which has been offered to Pan Andean Resources…
Karoon Gas Australia has been awarded a three-year commitment to explore the Great Australian Bight (GAB), in which the company will focus on acquiring seismic surveys, offshore South Australia. Map of GAB…
Canada's Suncor Energy has closed a deal to acquire a 30% stake in the UK North Sea Rosebank project from Austria's OMV. Suncor has made an initial payment of US$50 million. In the event the co-venturers approve the Rosebank project final investment decision and Suncor elects to participate…
Wreckage from the Chevron helicopter crash has been found, along with one of the missing persons from the deadly accident that occurred last week. Image from iStock. According to Chevron subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Co…
Dutch heavy weight Allseas marked its biggest milestone yet, late August - and has now released a video showing the operation. The firm's mega-vessel, the US$2.7 billion Pioneering Spirit, successfully completed its first commercial job…