A jacket built for the for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm offshore substation by Sembmarine SLP in Lowestoft, England, sailed away from the yard yesterday (11 May). The 1500-tonne structure that has dominated Lowestoft’s port skyline…
A new report produced for the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) says there are no technical hurdles to permanently and safely storing large quantities of CO2 deep underground off the coast of the UK. There is also the potential for…
Wintershall Norge has awarded a four-year service contract to support its exploration and development projects in Norway to Halliburton. The contract is effective immediately and will be used for drilling-associated services on Wintershall’s Maria development in the Norwegian Sea…
Maersk Training has signed a global framework agreement with Statoil to provide drilling simulation training for the next three years with an option to extend for additional two years. Statoil has identified a need for advanced drilling…
UK independent operator Premier Oil says it has cut costs on its North Sea Catcher floating production project by 15% - and the project remains on schedule. Forecast gross capex to first oil is now anticipated to be about US$1.35 billion…
Drilling contractor Awilco Drilling posted zero revenues for Q1 this year and a net loss of US18.7 million, thanks to one rig being out of work and another undergoing work. While the firm has work for one of its two semisubmersible rigs…
Sparrows Group has been awarded a 20-month inspection services contract to cover Stena Drilling’s global fleet of drilling vessels. The agreement will see Sparrows Group deliver LOLER lifting gear surveys, potential dropped objects surveys…
Fugro has begun a three-year period of metocean and ice data acquisition as part of the Barents Sea Metocean and Ice Network Project. The data will help operators to better understand relevant operational uncertainties and risk factors…
The Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF) has appointed Richard Luff to its board as a non-executive director. A chartered civil engineer, Luff has over 40 years’ experience in the oil and gas sector and currently serves as INTECSEA’s senior vice president for the Europe and Africa region…
Photographer Jan Berghuis has caught these stunning images of the moment Heerema Marine Contractor's Thialf heavy lift vessel lifted into place a new, 10,000-tonne module for Talisman Sinopec Energy UK's new Montrose platform in the UK North Sea…
Bibby Offshore has entered into a multimillion dollar agreement for two of its vessels to provide first gas and construction support on its assets in the Southern North Sea. The contract, with an unnamed global energy provider, is due to be executed between Q3 and Q4 2016…
Vessel builder Vard is looking at its options concerning a Harkand diving support and construction vessel that is under construction at its yard, after Harkand went into administration last week. Harkand has one diving support and construction…
OE readers won’t need much reminding of the parlous state in which oil and gas currently finds itself. That’s particularly the case here in the North Sea where the price slump is compounded by dwindling reserves and high operating costs. By contrast…
The UK's Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), a newly formed independent regulator, has released a second invitation to tender (ITT) for the 2016-2017 UK Government funded seismic program. This tender is for reprocessing legacy seismic data in…
Tidal energy developer Atlantis Resources has completed the acquisition of Scottish tidal project assets from ScottishPower Renewables (UK) in exchange for a stake in the company's wider development portfolio. Atlantis subsidiary Tidal Power Scotland has issued new ordinary shares to SPR…
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