Aberdeen-based engineering group Wood Group is looking to cut around 300 UK onshore staff, the firm announced today. Wood Group says the move is 'in response to continuing cost and efficiency challenges affecting the oil and gas sector…
UK-based wellhead engineering firm Plexus Holdings has received its ninth purchase order since 2012 from Norway's Det norske oljeselskap, to supply surface wellhead and mudline equipment services for the Langfjellet standard pressure exploration well on the Norwegian Continental Shelf…
Oilfield services firm Proserv has won a multi-million dollar contract from Apache Corp for work on the UK Continental Shelf. Proserv will supply a subsea control system and associated topside and subsea interface equipment for use on the new Callater wells south of the Beryl Alpha platform…
The University of Aberdeen is to get a £250,000 grant from the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) to investigate the potential for hydrocarbon exploration in the Rockall area of the North Atlantic. The funding is part of a package of measures…
Oil & Gas UK has announced a new organisational structure, following a thorough business review. The revised business model is designed to make sure the leading trade association is in the best shape possible to promote and serve its…
Lundin Petroleum has agreed to acquire Statoil's 15% stake in the Edvard Grieg field in return for increasing its shareholding in Lundin. The deal, which inccreases Statoil's stake in Lundin from 11.93% to 20.1%, also includes Lundin…
The development of the new, world-class Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) in Aberdeen has moved forward with the appointment of the board and recruitment is now underway for a chief executive officer and other senior posts. The project…
John Bradbury speaks with ExxonMobil’s Marilyn Tears ahead of her presentation at this year’s Underwater Technology Conference in Bergen, Norway. Tears. Marilyn Tears has already…
With big data also comes big risks to security. DNV GL’s Nada Ahmed discusses how security standards can be raised within the oil and gas industry. New IT infrastructures and technologies…
Scrap or refurbish and reuse? It’s a question being asked on the UK Continental Shelf. Elaine Maslin reports. Pipe, ready for reuse. Staff photo. At a recent conference in Aberdeen…
There’s a war on: who can produce the fastest inspection ROV with the highest quality data? Elaine Maslin explains. The Surveyor Interceptor. Image from MMT. Is it a bird, is it a plane…
Subsea boosting is coming under the spotlight, despite and also because of the current low oil price environment. Elaine Maslin reports from Subsea Expo and Subsea Valley. Omnirise ECM Subsea Boosting Pump System…
Tapping small fields and coming up with economic early production system solutions offers engineers an interesting challenge. Elaine Maslin reports. Amplus’ VPU. Image from Amplus. There…
Ultra-deepwater exploration on the Atlantic margin could be the opportunity the offshore industry is looking for, according to geoscience firm Spectrum. Elaine Maslin reports. Maersk Venturer drillship…
Deepwater subsea tiebacks conjure up all manner of technical innovation requirements, and/or the need for complex subsea processing technologies. Yet, it’s not always so. Elaine Maslin explores the particulars of Total’s Laggan Tormore development…
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