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Nearly 400 to strike in North Sea

Jul 18, 2016

Nearly 400 members of Unite and RMT unions working for Wood Group across eight Shell oil and gas platforms in the North Sea will be striking for the first time in a generation in a dispute over 30% pay cuts and changes to allowances, the Unite and RMT unions announced on 18 July…

Decommissioning Brent

Jul 11, 2016

In this video, Shell shows the history of its Brent field, in addition to its efforts in the decommissioning process. Brent, located some 320mi from Aberdeen, one of several large fields that came on-stream during the global oil crisis of the 1970s…

Oil majors bid for Cyprus blocks

Jul 27, 2016

Oil majors Statoil, Eni, Total and ExxonMobil have submitted rival bids for three exploration blocks offshore Cyprus in the country's 3rd Licensing Round.  Three blocks - 6, 8 and 10 - in the Mediterranean Sea were put on offer, with six applications made…

BG Group lay offs hit Houston

Jul 12, 2016

The Houston BG Group office will close by the end of the year, and layoff a total of 154 jobs, with the majority set to be cut late next month. According to a letter to the Texas Workforce Commission, 118 employees will be laid off on 31 August…

Six applicants for three Cyprus offshore blocks

Jul 25, 2016

Cyprus has received six applications from eight companies for the three blocks it put up in its 3rd Licensing Round for offshore exploration. The three blocks were Blocks 6, 8 and 10, in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea…

Lukoil takes on Bumi ice-class vessels

Jul 20, 2016

Russia's LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft has taken into service, from contractor Bumi Armada Berhad, three ice-class vessels for use on its Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea. Bumi Naryan-Mar is a standby/rescue vessel equipped with oil spill response equipment and fire fighting system…

Lankhorst wins Prelude award

Jul 08, 2016

Lankhorst Engineered Products received an Innovation and Customer Focus award for its performance and teamwork on Shell’s Prelude FLNG project. The contract for the Shell Prelude FLNG project was awarded through Shell’s contractor Technip…

Well intervention market to grow 4.3% CAGR to 2021

Jul 21, 2016

A new report from Reports and Reports called 'Global Well Intervention Market 2016-2021,' says worldwide, well intervention is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 4.34% from 2016-2021, on account of rising demand in the oil and gas energy along with aging well assets…

Transocean stackings rises to 28, wins new contracts

Jul 22, 2016

Global drilling giant Transocean has announced a string of new contracts and the start of its newbuild drillship Deepwater Proteus on contract.  The firm has also stacked six rigs, taking its total number of currently stacked rigs to 28…

Exxon joins V-IR JIP

Jul 19, 2016

ExxonMobil has joined a joint industry project (JIP) to develop Viper Subsea’s innovative V-IR system.  ExxonMobil has joined the V-IR project, which has been established through the Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF), at a crucial…

AusGroup lands Prelude contract

Jul 14, 2016

AusGroup subsidiary MAS Australasia entered into an agreement with Technip Oceania to supply of scaffolding and rope access services on the Shell-operated Prelude floating Liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project. The firm will be responsible…

North Sea workers vote for industrial action

Jul 13, 2016

A ballot by members of the unions Unite and RMT at engineering firm Wood Group working across Shell operated assets has seen a 'massive majority' supporting industrial action. In a joint statement, Unite and RMT said more than 50% of members voted in the ballot…

EI appoints Malcolm Brinded as president elect

Jun 29, 2016

The Energy Institute (EI) has appointed former executive director for Shell Upstream International, and current chairman for the Shell Foundation Malcolm Brinded CBE FREng FEI as president-elect, in addition to the announcement of several other EI appointments…

Shell updates Brent decommissioning plan

Jul 06, 2016

Oil major Shell has set out its plans for decommissioning the Brent field facilities in the UK North Sea, including leaving its foundations in place.  The firm, which has already spent 10 years working on decommissioning the four platforms…

What to see at Deepwater Intervention Forum 2016

Jul 18, 2016

The 12th Annual Deepwater Intervention Forum (DIF), presented by OE, kicks off in Galveston, Texas, this 9-11 August, which will feature industry-leading experts from the subsea intervention space. DIF exhibit hall in 2015…

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