First production on the southern North Sea RWE Dea UK-operated Breagh gas field has been set back, again. Sterling Resources, a partner on the project, said production start-up will now be delayed until mid-October, according to RWE…
Noreco has said an end could be in sight to some of its production problems across UK, Norwegian and Danish North Sea sector assets. The firm’s Huntington and Oselvar fields were both shut-in during parts of August. At the E.ON E&P-operated UK North Sea Huntington field…
Heerema Marine Contractor’s new Deepwater Construction Vessel (DCV) Aegir was christened in the Rotterdam Calandkanaal (NL). This state-of-the-art vessel is capable of executing complex infrastructure and pipeline projects in ultra deep water…
A new shipbuilding yard, jointly developed by Keppel Offshore & Marine, Azerbaijan’s state oil firm SOCAR and Azerbaijan Investment Company (AIC), was officially opened this morning, September 20. Baku Shipyard is a 62ha yard, in Baku…
Austalia's Woodside has been given the official go-ahead to start exploration acitivies in Ireland's offshore Porcupine basin. Its joint venture partner Petrel Resources said Ireland's minister of state at the Department of Communications…
Nexans has been awarded an €8 million contract by Statoil to supply the static umbilicals for the Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen gas project in the Norwegian North Sea. It will be the fourth Statoil project in quick succession to feature the new…
The Goliat floating production unit will be the first facility on the Norwegian shelf to be held in place by ropes, says Eni. For the project, the first oil field due to come on stream in the Barents Sea, Eni Norge says it has has developed 'the world's strongest mooring rope'…
Keppel Shipyard has been awarded two floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) conversion contracts, including one for Shell's Stone's project, worth a combined value of US$150 million (S$190 million). The first is from SBM Offshore…
UTEC Geomarine today announced the successful completion of a significant geotechnical survey program in the West of Shetland region. The work was carried out for BP on their Quad 204 development and involved the utilization of UTEC Geomarine's…
Intertek has been awarded the dimensional control contract for INPEX Ichthys floating production storage offloading (FPSO) turret development. The contract invoves the assurance and verification of fabrication and integration of the FPSO turret…
Barrier Group has acquired a 49% stake in a North East-based rubber product manufacturing company. The Wallsend-based company has bought the share in Tyneside’s Aquaseal Rubber with the aim of helping to expand the business’ presence in to wider markets…
Bristow Group has secured a number of new multi-year contracts for offshore oil and gas services across Europe and in other established and emerging markets. In total, the contracts are for 12 large and three medium helicopters, expected to generate up to US$850 million in revenue…
Serica Energy has said a drilling campaign will start offshore Morocco in October. Drilling will be carried out on the Foum Draa and Sidi Moussa blocks in October, and H1 2014 respectively. The well on the Foum Draa block (operated by Cairn Energy…
A plan by ConocoPhillips (UK) and co-venturer Chevron North Sea to develop the central North Sea Enochdhu field has been approved by the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). ConocoPhillips, operator, expects first production to start in late 2014…
Jumbo announced that it has been awarded a contract by Malaysian pipelay contractor Sigur Ros. Under the contract, Jumbo will oversee transportation and installation of 126 gravity anchor spreads in water depths up to 1400m (4593ft), using the heavy-lift vessel…