West of Shetland basement fractured reservoir explorer Hurricane Energy has a new non-executive chairman after John Hogan announced his plans to step down from the board on completion of a three-year stint in the role in March of this year…
North Energy completed the acquisition of Explora Petroleum for a cash payment of US$2.5 million this week. Image from North Energy. The transaction was implemented through the…
Romanian gas producer Romgaz and its partners are to drop their EX29 Est Rapsodia Block in the Black Sea, offshore Romania, following exploration results. Romgaz, with partners Lukoil Overseas Atash and PanAtlantic Petroleum, had signed two concession agreements…
UK-based exploration minnow Cluff Natural Resources (CLNR) has entered into a further memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Halliburton. The move will see the pair to collaborate on the development of CLNR's southern UK North Sea gas…
Wood Group PSN says it is to reduce rates paid to about a third of its UK-based contractors by about 9% 'in response to continuing cost and efficiency challenges affecting the UK North Sea oil and gas sector.' Wood Group, which already…
PGS is to start a 8200sq km survey of the Nordland Ridge area of the Norwegian Sea, starting May and to be completed during 2016. The survey is a prefunded GeoStreamer project and extends the existing PGS library coverage of the Halten Terrace to provide a regional dataset of over 29…
Rolls-Royce signed an US$11.5 million (£8 million) contract to supply the mooring system for the world’s largest semisubmersible crane vessel (SSCV), Sleipnir. An illustration of the Sleipnir vessel…
UK-based Centrica plans to reduce its workforce by 3000 by year-end, and a total of 6000 by 2020 in a move that will save the company more than US$1.1 billion (£750 million). Image of Iain Conn…
Norway-based Harding was awarded contracts to deliver lifeboats and davits to the Culzean offshore gas complex, that will be constructed for Maersk Oil UK by Sembcorp Marine subsidiary SMOE Pte. Image from Harding…
Malaysian independent exploration firm Hibiscus Petroleum is set to become a UK North Sea operator after receiving regulatory and shareholder approval for its acquisition of a 50% stake in the Anasuria cluster. It will be the firm's first producing asset…
Egil Haugsdal has been promoted to president of Kongsberg Maritime, following current president Geir Håøy, who will assume the position of CEO of Kongsberg in June 2016. Haugsdal holds extensive leadership experience from Kongsberg, and currently heads Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies…
Norway’s decommissioning market has the potential to be the second largest in the North Sea after the UK Continental Shelf, according to Oil & Gas UK’s first Norwegian Continental Shelf Decommissioning Insight report. The report, which provides a forecast for the region over the next decade…
Statoil launched a new venture capital fund, Statoil Energy Ventures, dedicated to investing in attractive and ambitious growth companies in renewable energy, supporting its strategy of growth in new energy solutions. Image from Statoil…
Norwegian engineering and construction firm Kvaerner says it has a healthy backlog but that there are few opportunities for new contracts in 2016 and 2017 looks uncertain. The firm, which only posted a relatively small drop in revenues in 2015…
Norway-based floating LNG specialist Höegh LNG says it will not engage in further new floating LNG (FLNG) developments, but focus on floating storage, and regasification units (FRSUs). The firm plans to have a fleet of 12 FRSUs by 2019…
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