CNR International selected a consortium of AF Gruppen subsidiary AF Decom Offshore UK and Heerema Marine Contractors to remove and dispose of one of the largest platforms in the UK North Sea (pictured). Under a letter of intent, Heerema-AF Consortium's contract will cover engineering…
MPI Offshore, based in Stokesley, UK, and part of the Netherlands-based Vroon Group, announced that its vessel MPI Adventure and its services will be employed on the Sandbank Offshore Wind Farm project. The company will perform the…
Production from the entire Siri area offshore Denmark is hoped to resume in Q3 on finalization of permanent structural repair to the Siri platform (right). Noreco, a partner in the Cecile License, which relies on Siri for offtake, said…
Houston based drilling and floating production firm Northern Offshore is still considering options for its sole floating production platform (FPF), including divestment, as operator EnQuest eyes additional tie-ins to the unit. The semisubmersible…
Subsea 7’s Autonomous Inspection Vehicle (AIV) has successfully completed its first test mission in the UK North Sea for Shell, the firm announced today (13 August). A series of field trials were undertaken from Subsea 7 vessel the…
First oil from EnQuest’s Alma/Galia development in the North Sea is now not expected until next year, the firm said today (August 13). First production from the field, due to be developed using the EnQuest Producer floating production…
Subsea 7 and Tata Steel entered multiple contracts in which Tata Steel will supply undersea pipes to four separate projects in the North Sea. The contracts, signed in the last 12 months, are worth approximately US$13.4 million in total…
This video shows Lerwick Harbour receiving the 10,000-tonne subsea oil storage tank for Premier’s Solan oil field development located 90km west of Shetland. The tank was delivered to the port on 26 July from the construction…
Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) is investigating a hydrocarbon leak which happened on the Eldfisk field in Block 2/7 in the North Sea early on Thursday 7 August. The leak led to the discharge of stabilized oil to the sea…
Junior North Sea-focused exploration firm Trapoil is to shed more of its senior staff, including its co-founders, in a bid to maintain the value of its assets. The firm, currently has a mix of carried and paying interests in 11 licenses…
Aker Solutions has agreed to lease a new office complex in Aberdeen on a 20-year contract as part of an expansion in the UK. The facility is under development and will consist of three interconnected buildings in the new Aberdeen International Business Park near Aberdeen airport…
Lundin Norway has agreed to acquire a 35% interest in production licenses 674 in the North Sea. The deal comprises acquiring 15% interest from Petrolia Norway and a 20% interest of a carve out area of PL674 from operator E.ON. Petrolia and E…
UK-based Cluff Natural Resources (CNR) has been awarded three Conditional Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) licenses, Options for Leases and non-exclusive Exploration Licenses for two offshore deep UCG prospects offshore Durham and Cumbria…
Aberdeen’s oil industry has pioneered global offshore harsh environment exploration, but it will need to “innovate its socks off” to maximize the North Sea’s remaining potential and remain competitive globally, a special SPE event in the Scottish city heard last night…
Lundin's CEO has slated Shell and FPSO operator Bluewater for delays on the Brynhild project startup. Brynhild, which sits in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, will be a four-well subsea tieback to Bluewater’s Haewene Brim, which produces the Shell-operated Pierce field…
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