The Norwegian offshore oil and gas safety regulator PSA Norway has ordered Equinor to ensure maintenance of hydrocarbon pipes in carbon steel on the Statfjord B platform after a probe into May 2022 gas leaks found what the PSA said were serious breaches of regulations…
ODE Asset Management said Thursday it had started a 9-month charter of the VOS Glamour multi-purpose vessel managed by Vroon Offshore Services.VOS Glamour will undertake emergency response and multi-role duties across ODE AM’s managed assets in the UK's southern North Sea…
Russia has in recent months tried to gain intelligence to sabotage critical infrastructure in the Dutch part of the North Sea, Dutch military intelligence agency MIVD said on Monday.A Russian ship has been detected at an offshore wind farm in…
Production from Tailwind Energy's Gannet GE-04 well in the UK North Sea has started via the Triton FPSO, Serica Energy said Monday.The diving support vessel Deep Discoverer mobilized to the Triton area in early February to carry out the subsea tie-in of the Gannet GE-04 well…
Norway's Equinor and German energy group EnBW plan to jointly develop offshore wind farms in Germany, the two companies announced on Friday.Germany, which seeks to cut its reliance on fossil fuel, in November raised its national renewable energy target to 80% of power generation by 2030…
The Norwegian oil company Equinor has completed the drilling of an appraisal well to test a 2009 offshore discovery in the North Sea, off Norway. The appraisal well, 16/2-23 S, came up dry, with traces of hydrocarbons, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said…
UK-based workers' union Unite said Tuesday that offshore workers employed by Petrofac on the FPF1 platform and the Wood Group UK Limited on TAQA platforms were being balloted for strike action.Unite said that the latest offshore disputes were…
Norwegian oil firm Equinor has chartered Havila Shipping's Havila Clipper platform supply vessel.Havila Shipping said Wednesday that the contract was for six months. Equinor will have two 2-month extension options after the expiration of the six-month charter…
Britain has delayed until mid-July a decision on whether to grant permission for Orsted's giant Hornsea Four offshore windfarm, whose footprint on the sea floor partially overlaps that of a BP-led carbon capture project. The planned 2.6-gigawatt…
About forty offshore installations in the UK North Sea could be affected by strike action by Bilfinger workers beginning in early April 2023, over a pay dispute.Unite the union, a workers' rights union in the UK, said Friday that more than 700…
UK-based workers' union Unite said Friday that some 300 Stork construction members would be balloted on strike action on over 30 offshore installations in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), potentially affecting operators such as EnQuest, Repsol…
Aker BP has made an oil discovery near the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea, offshore Norway, but the volumes discovered are not seen as profitable 'at present time.'The oil firm, as the operator of the production license 867 B, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 25/10-17 S…
Norwegian independent oil firm Aker BP AKRBP.OL will boost its dividend by 10%, the company said on Friday after posting a $2.2 billion operating profit for the final quarter of 2022, up from $1.2 billion a year earlier. Norway's second-largest listed oil company…
This week, the Dutch offshore installation firm Van Oord installed the last monopile for CrossWind's Hollandse Kust Noord wind farm in the Dutch North Sea, bringing the total number of installed monopiles to 70. The offshore wind farm is located 18…
Subsea cable maker JDR has won a contract from Petrogas E&P Netherlands to supply two umbilicals for the A15 and B10 offshore conventional gas fields in the Netherlands. The fields are located in quads A & B, in a shallow water depth of 115 ft…
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