Dana Petroleum has successfully completed the drilling of the Lille John-2 appraisal well and side-track on the Lille John oil field in license 12/06 in the Danish North Sea last week. Map from Dana Petroleum…
Dana Petroleum awarded Atlantic Offshore an emergency response rescue vessel (ERRV) contract to support the Ocean Guardian semisubmersible in the UK North Sea. Atlantic will use its Ocean Sprite ERVV in the contract, which is for two wells estimated at 70 days each…
Forsys Subsea, the joint venture between FMC Technologies and Technip, has been awarded a contract from Statoil to provide a subsea front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for subsea tie-back of Trestakk to Åsgard A floating production…
Statoil has awarded Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) the contract for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the unmanned wellhead platform at Oseberg Vestflanken 2, as well as the transport and installation of the platform…
Aker Solutions saw a 16.5% drop in its revenue in Q4 2015 as the market activity declined, especially in the North Sea, that will result in the company to slow down activity, reduce costs, and streamline its maintenance, modifications, and operations (MMO)…
Despite posting an increase in profits, Danish drilling firm Maersk Drilling has warned that there's a need for a different cost level in the offshore drilling industry. The firm posted US$751 million profits for 2015, up from $478 million in 2014…
Statoil has awarded Technip two lump sum contracts for infield pipeline construction on the Johan Sverdrup Development and the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 projects. Discovered in 2011, the Johan Sverdrup field is one of the largest oil fields in the North Sea…
Petrofac's enginnering and production services business SPD Ltd. was awarded a contract by Zennor Petroleum to provide well design and well construction management services, to support the Finlaggan appraisal well which is located in the central sector of the North Sea…
PA Resources signed an agreement to divest its portfolio of North Sea assets to Petrogas E&P. The sale includes the company’s 24% interest in license 12/06 in Denmark, which holds the Broder Tuck and Lille John discoveries, as well as its exploration licenses in the UK…
TV presenter and maths expert Rachel Riley is set to return as host for this year’s OE-supported Offshore Achievement Awards after winning over the crowd at last year’s ceremony. After graduating from Oxford with a mathematics degree…
Aker Solutions will deliver a concept study on a new processing platform for future phases of the Statoil-operated Johan Sverdrup field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The study includes design solutions for a tie-in of the…
ExxonMobil is seeking a permit to plug 22 wells at its Jotun field in the North Sea, with start-up planned for April, according to news reports. The Jotun vessel. Image from ExxonMobil. The…
New oilfield services company Ardyne has been launched with £50 million backing from Lime Rock Partners and has made its first acquisition. Headquartered in Aberdeen, Ardyne will specialize in the provision of downhole products and…
Offshore trade unions have teamed up to form a co-ordinated 'fightback' against cuts and changes effecting workers in the UK's oil industry. The newly formed Offshore Co-ordinating Group (OCG) has representatives from Units, the RMT, the British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) the GMB…
Wood Group has secured an extension to continue to support Chevron Upstream Europe across four offshore assets in the North Sea. Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) will deliver operations and maintenance services to the Alba Northern platform, Alba floating storage unit…
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