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  • Upstream M&A deals hit three-year high in 2021 – Rystad

    21 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Global upstream merger and acquisition deals rebounded to pre-Covid-19 levels in 2021, reaching a total of $181 bln, Rystad Energy’s says.

  • Shell keeps Prosafe rig but defers Shearwater job for 2021

    3 September 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Prosafe and oil major Shell have agreed to defer and amend the contract for the Safe Zephyrus to provide accommodation services in support of the Shearwater platform turnaround in the UK North Sea.

  • North Sea Link passes halfway line in Norway

    26 June 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Technology, Transition

    Construction of the longest subsea power cable in the world has now passed the halfway point. The North Sea Link, a joint venture project between National Grid and Norwegian system operator Statnett, is a subsea electricity cable that will connect the UK and Norwegian electricity grids. Prior to cable-laying in Norway, the team had to […]

  • UK-made tools put Equinor’s subsea electrical jumpers to test

    12 April 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Technology

    UK’s C-Kore Systems has delivered testing tools to DeepOcean that were deployed at an Equinor-operated field in the North Sea to confirm the status of subsea electrical jumpers. C-Kore said that the testing tools were used to “quickly and simply” confirm the status of subsea electrical jumpers on the Tordis field in Norwegian waters. According […]

  • Wintershall Dea in last phase of Nova project as drilling operations start

    27 October 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has started drilling the first of six wells on the operated Nova field in the Norwegian North Sea.

  • Shell joins QatarEnergy’s North Field East LNG expansion

    5 July 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    QatarEnergy has selected Shell as a partner in the large North Field East LNG expansion project.

  • Hywind Tampen floating wind farm now delivering to second oil and gas field

    17 May 2023
    Collaboration, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    Equinor’s Hywind Tampen, the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm in operation, has started delivering electricity to the Snorre oil and gas field in the Norwegian North Sea. The 88 MW Hywind Tampen delivered first power in November 2022. The electricity was delivered to the Gullfaks A platform. Now the wind farm is delivering electricity […]

  • UK: ESS to Deploy SCAR Plough System on Baltic 2

    13 March 2013

    Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has been awarded its largest boulder clearing and multi-pass trenching contract to date by Siem Offshore Contractors. ESS will deploy its SCAR plough system for clearing and pre-lay trenching operations on a 90km route on the EnBW owned Baltic 2 offshore wind farm project. Baltic 2 is an 80 turbine development […]

  • Solstad Offshore secures North Sea work for PSVs

    12 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Vessels

    Solstad Offshore has been awarded contracts for two platform supply vessels by an unnamed North Sea operator.

  • CGG to Conduct Largest OBN Survey in UK CNS

    19 November 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    CGG has taken on a new project to deliver the largest OBN multi-client survey ever conducted in the UK Central North Sea (CNS). Planned to start in early 2020, the survey is being prefunded in part by BP. In the first phase of this multi-year program, CGG aims to acquire over 2,000 sq. km of […]

  • Well-Safe Wins DNO Decom Gig

    11 June 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Well-Safe Solutions has bee awarded a contract to decommission up to twenty-one wells on the Schooner and Ketch fields in the UKCS, operated by DNO North Sea (ROGB). The Schooner and Ketch fields, located in the UK Southern North Sea, ceased production in August 2018, with 20 platform wells and a single subsea well. The […]

  • Maersk Involver Scores Total Gig

    11 March 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Maersk Supply Service has secured a contract with Total Denmark for its Stingray-class subsea support vessel Maersk Involver. The charter deal has been fixed for 161 days to support maintenance of the DAN F platform located offshore Esbjerg for walk-to-walk and accommodation services. The contract is expected to start in April 2019. The first long-term […]

  • UK: Felixstowe Flood Defence Project About to Begin

    16 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Work to repair a flood defence wall in Felixstowe will begin at the start of next week. The wall is between the War Memorial to the north of Felixstowe and Landguard Common to the south. The £120,000 works will help to continue to protect 960 residential and 468 commercial properties. Pete Roberts, Asset Performance Team […]

  • Heerema Readies Elia’s OSY Platform Jacket for Installation

    5 November 2018
    Equipment

    Heerema Fabrication Group has completed the construction and sail away of the jacket of the Offshore Switch Yard (OSY) platform for the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project for Belgium’s transmission system operator Elia. The contract for procurement and construction was awarded in February 2018. Construction started early March 2018. The jacket weighs 1500 ton and will be […]

  • BP, EnBW to start site investigations for 3 GW offshore wind project in UK

    21 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    A geophysical, geotechnical and environmental (benthic) survey at the sites the Crown Estate awarded to a consortium between BP and EnBW earlier this year is set to start on 27 June. The proposed 3 GW Yellow North and South offshore wind project consists of two sites in the Irish Sea, off the coasts of North […]

  • Petrobras reaches record Buzios output in July

    6 August 2020
    Exploration & Production, Infrastructure

    Brazilian oil major Petrobras has broken a monthly oil production record on its Buzios deepwater field offshore Brazil.

  • IOG spuds North Sea well after overcoming technical issues

    31 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    IOG plc has finally started drilling the first Southwark development well following a two-month hiatus due to rig issues.

  • MOL Norge gets drilling permit for North Sea well

    4 December 2020
    Authorities & Government, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted MOL Norge a drilling permit for a wildcat well in the North Sea offshore Norway.

  • Serica preparing to bring third Rhum well online

    10 June 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Vessels

    Serica Energy has completed a flow test on the Rhum R3 well in the UK North Sea with plans to start production in the third quarter of 2021.

  • FAR claims “good interest” for Sangomar stake sale

    16 July 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Australian oil and gas company FAR Limited said on Thursday it has received a “good level of interest” in the sale of its 15 per cent stake in the Sangomar oil and gas development offshore Senegal.

  • Oil & gas player sanctions North Sea project and hires Maersk rig for drilling ops

    23 September 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Ineos and its partners have made a final investment decision (FID) on the development of an oil and gas project in the Danish North Sea.

  • Aker BP obtains safety consents for vessel operations in Norway

    30 March 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety, Vessels

    Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has received two consents from the country’s offshore safety regulator, the Petroleum Safety Authority.

  • SeaBird wins Gulf of Mexico OBN source contract

    22 September 2020
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Oslo-listed seismic player SeaBird Exploration has received a letter of award for an OBN source contract in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract will start in Q4 2020 with an expected duration of about three months. In addition, Seabird secured an OBN source contract in the North Sea end-June this year. The company noted that […]

  • SapuraOMV gets green light for Kanga-1 drilling

    10 May 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has approved the drilling of the Kanga-1 offshore well by SapuraOMV.

  • Aker Solutions to modify Ekofisk topsides for Tommeliten Alpha tie-back

    10 September 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Aker Solutions has been awarded a large topside modification contract by ConocoPhillips for the Tommeliten Alpha project offshore Norway.