Bibby Offshore’s Houston-based division, Bibby Subsea, has successfully completed a subsea decommissioning project with Shell Pipeline, a subsidiary of Shell Oil US. Through its strategic alliance with US diving company, Aqueos Corp.…
Former chair and chief executive of Shell UK Sir Bob Reid is to take up a new role as non-executive director of Belltree, a specialist oil and gas consultancy based in Edinburgh. Sir Bob will advise and support Belltree with its continued growth into international markets…
Private equity backed independent Chrysaor says it is already maturing drilling opportunities after completing a deal to buy a major package of UK North Sea assets from Shell for up to US$3.8 billion. The deal sees Chrysaor become a major independent exploration company company in the UK…
Chrysaor has awarded Sparrows Group a three-year crane management services contract for the three operating assets it took ownership of from Shell in November. The scope of work will see Sparrows operate and maintain seven cranes across the Armada…
UK oil major BP is set to sell its operated interests in the Bruce, Keith and Rhum fields, including three bridge-linked platforms and subsea infrastructure in the North Sea to UK independent Serica Energy. Subject to completion of the deal…
A new research centre focused on robotics for the offshore industry is to be set up in the UK with nearly US$19 million (£14.3 million) UK Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) funding. The Offshore Robotics for Certification of…
Brazil’s National Energy Policy Council has approved acreage to be offered in the 15thRound of Bids for Exploration, scheduled for 29 March, 2018, of the 15th Round of Bids for Exploratory Blocks, and the 4th Round of Bids for production sharing on 7 June 2018…
Asset visualization specialists Return To Scene has won a new contract with North Sea independent Chrysaor. Return to Scene, part of James Fisher and Sons, will create photographic models of the Everest, Lomond and Armada platforms…
Brazil held its 2nd and 3rd production sharing rounds concerning pre-salt areas today (27 October) where Shell and Petrobras were early winners. Shell will participate in three blocks, and operate two, while Petrobras will serve as operator for three blocks…
The control room for Statoil’s first platform to be remotely operated from land opened today (9 November) at Sandsli in Bergen, Norway. Source: Statoil “We have had land-based surveillance and control of offshore operations for a long time…
Statoil has awarded Norwegian firm Multiconsult a for site preparation and marine structures for Statoil's carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration project offshore Norway. The project, called Northern Lights by Statoil, will see…
Industry stalwart David Pridden (66) passed away last weekend following a battle with cancer. Pridden became the inaugural CEO of industry trade group Subsea UK in 2004, several months after the organization was formed by Government and industry…
Shell has submitted plans to develop the Fram gas and gas condensate field in the UK North Sea as a subsea tieback to the Shearwater platform. The project, in Blocks 29/3a, 29/4c, 29/8a, 29/9c in the Central North Sea, had been considered as a standalone development…
Two Diamond Offshore drilling rigs – semisubmersibles Ocean Apex and Ocean Patriot -- have secured contracts for additional work. Woodside Energy extended its contract for Ocean Apex from mid-February 2018 to early April 2018 with an…
Petrobras and BP have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to jointly identify and evaluate business opportunities involving assets or ventures in Brazil and elsewhere, which include cooperation on upstream, LNG and downstream, with the purpose of developing a potential strategic alliance…
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