Lloyd’s Register has been awarded a global Master Service Agreement with Statoil Petroleum. The Master Service Agreement (MSA) is for platform technology services and HSE studies is effective from 10 November 2015 and will cover Statoil’s…
UK-based Unison has installed and commissioned the world’s largest and most powerful all-electric pipe bending machine, at the Norwegian offshore and maritime services company, Westcon Yard. Capable of generating a colossal 660,000 Nm of continuous…
Government tax receipts from North Sea oil and gas producers will be down by 94% this year to just £130 million, the UK’s Chancellor, George Osborne revealed yesterday. The revelation was made as part of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement and Spending Review…
Aker Solutions won a framework agreement to provide maintenance and modifications services at BP-operated oil and gas fields offshore Norway. The contract has a fixed period of five years valued at as much as NOK 3.2 billion. It also…
The confidence of North Sea oil and gas contractors is at an all-time low, according to a new industry report released today. Four in five contractors (79%) surveyed say they are less confident in their prospects than a year ago, compared to just 1% that are more confident…
UK-based ROV and trenching vehicle manufacturer Specialist Machine Developments (SMD) is to cut 80 jobs in the wake of its largest ever order being suspended due to Russian sanctions. Image from SMD Facebook…
Marine and subsea firm Inspection Monitoring Engineering Solutions (IMES) has invested US$75,481 (£50,000) in new technology, expanding its existing service offering for clients in the oil and gas industry. The Aberdeen-based company…
Statoil has awarded a contract to Isleburn Limited for providing the suction anchors to its floating wind farm project, the Hywind pilot park, offshore Peterhead, Scotland. Isleburn, part of Global Energy Group and based in Northern Scotland…
Gilles Cochevelou has been appointed Chief Digital Officer of French oil major Total. Cochevelou joined Total in 1994 and has held, successively, the positions of Operations Manager at Donges Refinery and Head of Strategic Planning in Refining and Marketing…
Oil major Shell has been fined £22,500 after admitting failures that led to an oil leak in the North Sea. The leak, the biggest in a decade in the North Sea, was discovered on 10 August 2011, when oil was spotted on the sea surface near Shell’s Gannet F field…
Lundin Petroleum has started drilling exploration well 7130/4-1 on the Ørnen (Eagle) prospect. Ørnen is in PL708, on the eastern parts of the Finnmark Platform in the southern Barents Sea. The reservoir is expected to consist of Upper Permian carbonates…
Reusing wells on the Norwegian shelf can be good business. This is why the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) is skeptical of the proposal to plug wells as a measure to keep drilling rigs in activity. As resource steward, the NPD wants…
Statoil is the operator for production license 104 and has received consent to drill exploration well 30/89 S on the Oseberg field. Statoil has allocated 54 days for the activity and will be drilling with the Songa Delta, in approximately 99m water depth…
OMV Norway signed a three-year frame agreement with Aptomar to deliver its integrated field monitoring services for the operator’s future drilling activities. As part of the frame agreement OMV will have access to the Aptomar’s 24/7 environmental monitoring services…
MacGregor create a new division 'Advanced Offshore Solutions' by merging its two Norway-based divisions and combining the strengths in offshore mooring, loading and load handling businesses. With the new joint division MacGregor aims to gain…
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