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…
Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies has been awarded a contract for delivery of an extended concept study and pre-front end engineering design (FEED) on infield flowline and riser systems for the Statoil-operated Johan Castberg project in the Barents Sea…
COSCO (Dalian) Shipyard Co., a subsidiary of COSCO Corporation's 51% owned subsidiary, COSCO Shipyard Group Co., has secured contracts worth more than US$470 million, excluding owner-furnished equipment, from Maersk Supply Service (part of the A…
VSMC, a cable-laying joint venture between Royal Boskalis Westminster and VolkerWessels, has been awarded a contract by Sandbank Offshore Windfarm (a joint venture between Vattenfall and Stadtwerke München). The scope of work includes cable supply…
Last week, workers at the Hijos de J. Barreras SA shipyard (Astillero Barreras) in Vigo, northwest Spain, laid the keel for a new floating accommodation vessel for Pemex Exploration and Production. The Barreras shipyard was founded in the Galicia region in 1892…
US oil and gas company Apache says it will exit both Chevron-operated LNG projects, Kitimat and Wheatstone, in which the company holds equity interests in order to focus on its more lucrative onshore business. Apache’s Chairman and CEO G…
Ceona awarded NCS Survey Ltd. a five-year contract for positioning services, in which mobilization has been successfully completed on the first vessel, Ceona’s DP3 multi-purpose vessel, the Normand Pacific. Following initial work in the Gulf of Mexico…
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…
Gulf Island Fabrication has received an award letter from Arena Offshore for the fabrication of two jacket/piles and topsides for Arena’s projects in the US Gulf of Mexico. Delivery for these units is set for late second quarter 2015…
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…
Aker Solutions has awarded DNV GL a global frame agreement to pave the way for better technology collaboration, more efficient project execution and considerable cost savings. The frame agreement covers the following business segments: Subsea…
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…
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