Floating wind developer Hexicon has appointed China's Mingyang as the preferred wind turbine generator (WTG) supplier for its TwinHub project in the Celtic Sea. Hexicon has also awarded the firm the WTG front end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the project…
The North Sea oil and gas industry is on track to meet early emissions reduction targets after posting cuts of more than a fifth between 2018-21, according to the UK regulator, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA). But bold measures will be needed to hit a 2030 goal of halving emissions…
UK regulator the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has announced that 26 bids were submitted in the UK's first carbon storage licensing round by a total of 19 companies. On offer were 13 areas, off the coasts of Aberdeen, Teesside, Liverpool and Lincolnshire…
Austria's OMV and German operator Wintershall Dea have jointly contracted Transocean's Transocean Norge semisubmersible drilling rig for drilling 17 wells in Norway. The two firms also said they had entered into an exclusive partnership with…
The UK Government has announced it will support a new oil and gas licensing round in the North Sea that is expected to be launched in October. It has also lifted a moratorium on shale gas production in England. In a statement, the government said…
The UK arm of Italian energy group Eni has has applied for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) license for the depleted Hewett gas field in the Southern North Sea. Eni says that the application, submitted through the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA)…
Norway's AF Gruppen has been awarded a decommissioning contract from TotalEnergies EP Nederland for the removal and recycling of 10 platforms in the Dutch sector of the North Sea.The contract includes engineering, preparatory works, removal…
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy said Tuesday it had awarded a $30 million decommissioning contract to Well-Safe Solutions, for a campaign covering more than 20 wells located across eight Dutch and UK North Sea fields.'It is the first multi-region…
Offshore drilling contractor Maersk Drilling and oil and gas company Petrogas E&P Netherlands have signed a five-well deal for the Maersk Resolute jack-up drilling rig.The duo has agreed to an amendment of the previously signed contract for the supply of the Maersk Resolute…
From EQUANS' fabrication hall in Antwerp, Belgium, the topside for TenneT's Hollandse Kust (north) transformer platform was placed on a floating barge in the port on Monday. Following the load out, the steel structure weighing over 3,500 tons…
Serica Energy has hit a snag with the drilling of a high-impact North Eigg exploration well off the UK due to rig equipment failure, and the operations are now expected to take six weeks longer than originally expected. According to Serica,…
Offshore installation and decommissioning firm Allseas said earlier this week that its giant Pioneering Spirit vessel was on its way to Frederikshavn, Denmark, to deliver two more offshore jackets for recycling. 'Our record-breaking construction…
Oil and gas companies Equinor and ConocoPhillips have recently drilled dry wells in the North Sea, offshore Norway, targeting the Poseidon and Lamba prospects, respectively, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.Equinor, the operator of production licence 1104…
No details of an oil and gas licensing round in the British North Sea will emerge until after the official mourning period for Queen Elizabeth ends on Sept. 20, a spokesman for the North Sea Transition Authority said on Monday.New British Prime Minister Liz Truss…
Offshore installation and decommissioning contractor Allseas has shared a video of its removal of Repsol Norge's 30,000 tonne Gyda platform.The video, featuring its Pioneering Spirit heavy lift vessel follows the removal and delivery of the platform's 11…
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