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INEOS Postpones Forties Pipeline System Shutdown

Mar 25, 2020

INEOS FPS has said that it has responded to requests from customers and delayed its planned summer shut down of the Forties Pipeline System in the UK North Sea.The pipeline system, the largest pipeline system in the UK North Sea - opened in…

Several Suspected Covid-19 Cases on Taqa's North Sea Platforms

Mar 25, 2020

Oil firm Taqa has informed that several of its crewmembers on two North Sea platforms are in isolation over suspected Covid-19 symptoms, but that production is not affected.In an email to Offshore Engineer on Tuesday, a Taqa spokesperson said…

ASCO Takes Full Ownership Of NORM Solutions

Mar 23, 2020

ASCO, a UK-based materials and logistics firm providing services to the oil and gas industry, has acquired full ownership over NORM Solutions.Norm Solutions is a provider of specialist cleaning, treatment and disposal services for oilfield equipment…

Bristow Equips Helicopters to Transport COVID-19 Cases

Mar 20, 2020

Offshore helicopter operator Bristow has said it has successfully repatriated offshore workers in the oil and gas industry with suspected cases of the novel coronavirus – COVID-19 – using three specially-configured former search and rescue aircraft…

UK Oil and Gas Sector Needs Gov't Aid to Survive

Mar 19, 2020

Britain's oil and gas sector needs government help to survive, industry body OGUK said after the oil price crash triggered by the coronavirus and a Saudi-Russian price war threatens its ability to continue producing hydrocarbons in the North Sea…

Tens of Thousands of Offshore Jobs at Risk, UK Union Warns

Mar 19, 2020

UK-based offshore energy workers' union RMT has called for the government to help preserve the offshore oil and gas industry and jobs amid the coronavirus and the oil price rout.RMT has warned that oil price wars and a public health pandemic…

Dolphin Drilling Signs Multi-Well Drilling Contract with i3

Mar 19, 2020

Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has signed a drilling contract for one of its semi-submersible offshore drilling rigs in the UK North Sea with oil company i3 Energy.Bjørnar Iversen, CEO of Dolphin Drilling said the contract was…

EnQuest to Break Even $38/bbl Oil Price, Shuts Fields

Mar 19, 2020

EnQuest aims to break even this year at $38 a barrel and does not expect to restart its Heather and Thistle/Deveron fields, which produced 6,000 barrel of oil equivalent per day (boed) last year, the British North Sea oil and gas producer said on Thursday…

Unity Nets 3-Year Offshore Maintenance Deal with Spirit Energy

Mar 18, 2020

Offshore well integrity company Unity has signed a contract to maintain wellhead equipment across Spirit Energy's twelve offshore platforms.The platforms are located in the East Irish Sea, Southern North Sea and the Dutch sector of the North Sea…

Worker with Coronavirus Symptoms on North Sea Rig. Flights Suspended

Mar 17, 2020

Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has informed that a third-party worker aboard its offshore drilling rig at Total's Culzean field in the UK North Sea is exhibiting symptoms that may point to the COVID-19 coronavirus infection…

Offshore Equipment Firm KenzFigee Opens UK Business

Mar 17, 2020

Dutch offshore equipment and service supplier KenzFigee has established a UK subsidiary KenzFigee (UK) Ltd. citing increasing demand for its services, and the need to position its services closer to its UK clients.'Following a growing demand…

Northland Power Gives Up on Mono Bucket Demo at Deutsche Bucht OWF

Mar 17, 2020

Offshore wind farm developer Northland Power has decided to give up on the Demonstrator Project - the installation of two turbines using mono bucket foundations - at its Deutsche Bucht wind project in the North Sea.The company in February said…

Repsol Sinopec to Tie-In Tain to Bleo Holm FPSO

Mar 17, 2020

UK-based oil and gas operator Repsol Sinopec is planning to apply for permission for the development of the Tain field in the Central North Sea, offshore the UK.The Tain field is located in Block 13/23b.  The Tain field will be developed by…

Total Makes 'Encouraging' North Sea Discovery

Mar 17, 2020

Total has made a hydrocarbon discovery at the Isabella exploration well in the UK Central North Sea, Neptune Energy, Total's partner in the project has informed.Neptune Energy has described Isabella as 'an encouraging hydrocarbon discovery'…

JOG Leads Study for Wider Greater Buchan Area Development

Mar 16, 2020

UK-Focused oil firm Jersey Oil & Gas will lead the study aimed at forming a hub to potentially develop oil discoveries made by several operators in the Greater Buchan Area in the UK North Sea.JOG said Monday has established and will lead the…

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