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Wood Group, unions agree new proposal

Sep 06, 2016

Talks between engineering firm Wood Group and two unions over pay cuts and changes to allowances have resulted in a 'mutually agreeable proposal,' it has been announced. Nearly 400 workers in the RMT and Unite unions staged strikes earlier…

Nearly 400 to strike in North Sea

Jul 18, 2016

Nearly 400 members of Unite and RMT unions working for Wood Group across eight Shell oil and gas platforms in the North Sea will be striking for the first time in a generation in a dispute over 30% pay cuts and changes to allowances, the Unite and RMT unions announced on 18 July…

BG Group lay offs hit Houston

Jul 12, 2016

The Houston BG Group office will close by the end of the year, and layoff a total of 154 jobs, with the majority set to be cut late next month. According to a letter to the Texas Workforce Commission, 118 employees will be laid off on 31 August…

EI appoints Malcolm Brinded as president elect

Jun 29, 2016

The Energy Institute (EI) has appointed former executive director for Shell Upstream International, and current chairman for the Shell Foundation Malcolm Brinded CBE FREng FEI as president-elect, in addition to the announcement of several other EI appointments…

475 Shell UK and Ireland jobs to go

May 26, 2016

Oil major Shell has said it is to cut around 475 jobs from its UK and Ireland business by the end of this year as it further reduces its cost base.  The firm has already announced more than 10,000 jobs cuts globally, including some 2800…

Petrofac to operate Anasuria

Mar 11, 2016

Petrofac has been appointed as duty holder to support UK joint venture Anasuria Operating Co. (AOC) to take over operatorship of Anasuria cluster in the North Sea. Anasuria Operating Co. is a joint venture company formed between Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad and Ping Petroleum…

Shell fined £22,500 after leak

Nov 25, 2015

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…

Haewene Brim overhaul complete

Nov 12, 2015

A team from diesel power specialist Royston has completed the engine overhaul on the Bluewater-owned Haewene Brim floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. The facility has operated in the Pierce field in the UK sector of the North Sea since 1999…

LR, TWI launch 3D printing JIP

Oct 13, 2015

Lloyd’s Register (LR) Energy and TWI launched a joint industry project (JIP) inviting companies from across the world to tackle the current and future issues faced by manufacturers supplying the energy industry. This latest JIP focuses on additive manufacturing…

Multi-tasking

Sep 01, 2015

Collaboration on- and offshore the Netherlands has resulted in a new concept in platform operations and maintenance. Elaine Maslin reports. Wagenborg’s Kroonborg. Photo from Wagenborg. Across the North Sea…

Going for greenfield

Sep 01, 2015

A greenfield platform was a more effective option over brownfield modifications on Shell’s Leman Alpha complex in the North Sea. Elaine Maslin explains how Dutch expertise made it a reality. The Leman AC platform engineering drawing rendering…

Technip in Triton subsea gig

Apr 14, 2015

Dana Petroleum awarded Technip a brownfield subsea contract for the Triton floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in the central North Sea. Image from Dana Petroleum. This…

Subsea 7 lands Shell UKCS contract extensions

Mar 02, 2015

Subsea 7 has been awarded a two-year extension to two Underwater Services Contracts (USCs) by Shell Upstream International Europe, worth approximately US$240 million.  Under these life of field contract extensions for diving support vessel…

Tata marks 1m-tonnes of North Sea pipelines

Jan 28, 2015

Europe’s second largest steel producer Tata Steel has marked the supply of one million tonnes of pipeline for oil and gas projects in the North Sea. Henrik Adam, chief commercial officer of Tata Steel in Europe, says the firm has completed…

Brents A and B to cease 1 November

Oct 30, 2014

Shell will formally cease oil and gas production from the Brent Alpha and Brent Bravo platforms in the UK North Sea on 1 November 2014. Brent Alpha and Brent Bravo are located 186km (115 miles) east of Lerwick.  Both platforms have significantly…

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