Nigeria-based Seplat Petroleum Development confirmed Afren’s “highly preliminary approach” regarding a possible merger of the two companies made on 22 December. Image from Afren. In a statement released by Seplat…
In a year during which the oil price remained stable at circa US$100 per barrel until the last quarter when a significant collapse in commodity price began, activity levels in both the UK and Norwegian sectors have continued to show a distinct divergence…
Five companies have been awarded licenses covering 10 exploration blocks in the Adriatic Sea in Croatia's first licensing round. The round had offered 29 blocks in the eastern Adriatic Sea covering a total of 36,822sq km. Bids were received from six companies for 15 exploration areas…
The UK government gave consent for the Hornsea Project One offshore Yorkshire. Project One will be made up of three offshore wind farms with a maximum capacity of 1200MW and covers a 407km area located 64 mi. off the Yorkshire coast. Once built…
As the offshore industry grows in complexity – in terms of projects and geographies – software is playing an increasing role in engineering, both to aid engineering and collaboration, as projects increase in complexity and diversity. Meg…
DONG Energy is constructing the offshore wind farm Burbo Bank Extension located 8km off the United Kingdom coast in Liverpool Bay. Image of DONG's Barrow Offshore Wind Farm. From DONG. Burbo…
MENCK’s “Gentle Giant” will be used to assist Bilfinger Marine & Offshore Systems with the installation of subsea foundations for Project Sandbank, a new 72 turbine strong wind farm in the North Sea. The Gentle Giant…
Iberdrola Renewables Offshore Deutschland GmbH awarded Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) in partnership with Volker Stevin International (VolkerWessels) a US$91.8 million contract for the partial construction of the Wikinger Offshore Wind Farm in the German section of the Baltic Sea…
Sarah Parker Musarra examines Israel’s Leviathan field’s potential and separates fact from misconception. The Tamar field, which was turned around from discovery into production in only four years…
TAM International unveiled its new 22-in. casing annulus packer, or LongCAP. The new LongCAP was designed for a major international company and follows TAM’s recent design and qualification of a 22-in. port collar. Together, the LongCAP…
The Neon Energy board is moving forward with the “superior proposal” from Evoworld and calling off its merger plans with MEO Australia. Image from Neon. Neon entered into a bid implementation agreement (BIA) with Evoworld on 19 December…
Det norske oljeselskap ASA (Det norske) received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) of Norway for exploration drilling on the three appraisal wells in Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea. Illustration of Ivar Aasen…
Abigail Ross Hopper has been appointed Director of the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), effective 5 January, the US Department of the Interior announced on 18 December 2014. Hopper, who will be the second director in the agency’s history…
Aberdeen City Council has called for a summit, bringing together governments, trade unions and industry bodies, to see if there are way to save jobs in the city. The industry has seen a tide of cut backs and redundancies in the facing of the plummeting oil price…
Schlumberger Oilfield UK has been awarded the contract to provide integrated drilling and well services on the Statoil-operated Mariner heavy oil development in the UK North Sea. Mariner is the largest field development on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) in more than a decade…
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