Meg Chesshyre speaks with HSM Offshore as the company looks to the offshore wind market while the oil industry downturn continues. The Horns Rev C offshore high voltage substation. Photo from HSM Offshore…
John Bradbury takes a look at activity in the North Sea – across Norway and the UK. Johan Sverdrup - an artist's impression. Image from Statoil. By the middle of 2016 it was evident…
Could we on the verge of embracing the industry 2.0 era? Intelligent energy, or the digital oilfield, is set to be discussed in Aberdeen next month. We take a dip into the debate. Image from iStock…
Oil and gas production from Chevron's Erskine field in the North Sea has restarted following the clearance of a pipeline blockage and the completion of scheduled maintenance works on the Lomond platform, says partner Serica Energy. The pipeline blockage…
Van Oord, a dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects contractor, has reached agreement on the acquisition of the offshore wind activities of Bilfinger Marine & Offshore Systems, a German company active in the engineering, construction…
Completion of the first phases of an US$15.7 million (£11.95 million) quay extension at Lerwick Harbor’s deepwater Dales Voe Base has facilitated mobilization of a large offshore construction vessel ahead of a contract offshore Canada. Subsea 7’s 18…
First gas on one of the largest recent discoveries in the North Sea has been delayed, according to partner Centrica Energy. The firm said that first gas on the four-platform Cygnus development project in the southern North Sea is now expected in Q4 this year…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Det norske a drilling permit for well 25/2-18 S on PL 442 in the central North Sea. The well, targeting the Langfjellet prospect, will be drilled using the Maersk Interceptor jack up drilling rig…
Dutch firm Damen Shipyards Group has announced its latest concept design: the Damen Decommissioning Series. The vessel will specialize in three core areas of the oil and gas decommissioning sector: topside decommissioning, offshore platform removal (up to 1600-tonne)…
The Eirik Raude semisubmersible was used to drill ExxonMobil’s 2013 Dunquin well. With the entry of major operators, could the time finally be ripe for the Irish Offshore? Elaine Maslin reports…
The opportunities around implementing intelligent energy (IE) technologies are quite vast and the potential just as significant for the oil and gas industry. But, commercial and business models are not necessarily aligned to adopting IE…
Norway's Statoil has made a gas condensate and oil discovery southwest of the Oseberg Sør facility in the North Sea, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). The discovery, in production license 035/272, was made through the wildcat wells 30/11-14 and 30/11-14 B…
Claxton, an Acteon company, has been awarded a contract with Statoil to provide 'rigless recovery' of seven abandoned wells on the Huldra platform, located in the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Work is due to start in December 2016 and complete within 21 days…
The UK's offhsore regulator, the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), has launched the 29th Offshore Licensing Round, with more than 1200 blocks on offer. The latest round has been set out to support the OGA’s objective of maximizing economic recovery…
Nearly 400 members of Unite and RMT unions working for Wood Group across eight Shell oil and gas platforms in the North Sea have gone on strike today. The strike is the first in 28 years and is over a dispute over 30% pay cuts and changes to allowances…
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