10000 results found for 'Decommissioning'

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  • Scotland sets up new oil & gas strategy to secure growth

    8 February 2016

    The Scottish Government has responded to industry challenges by setting up a new plan for long term oil and gas industry growth.  According to the government’s statement on Monday, a new oil and gas strategy calls for a transformed supply chain to drive efficiency, innovation and internationalisation to ensure a long and vibrant future for the […]

  • Emergency arbitrator picked: Has Dolphin Drilling’s attempt to oppose Nigerian oil & gas firm’s restraining order against rig termination failed?

    15 May 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL) has succeeded in its endeavor to obtain an interim injunction against Dolphin Drilling’s plan to break off a semi-submersible rig’s deal off the coast of Nigeria.

  • Download: UK’s plan to revamp oil & gas fiscal regime

    4 December 2014

    UK’s Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander today announced what was described as “significant new government support for the oil and gas industry.” He and the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Priti Patel announced the changes today at a meeting with industry representatives to unveil a further set of reforms and provide further detail […]

  • FPSO Held Firm by Back-Up Lines Made with DYNEEMA® (The Netherlands)

    24 February 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

      Ropes made with Dyneema®, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), are being successfully used to secure rigs, Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs), Buoyant Turret Mooring (BTM) systems and similar constructions in the offshore oil and gas industry. Users are finding them invaluable when original equipment steel wire rope (SWR) and chains that secure mooring legs […]

  • OEEC 2018: Unlocking mature basins a way to bridge the supply gap

    23 October 2018

    The OEEC kicked off early in the morning on Tuesday, October 23, in Amsterdam RAI with the “Exploration in a mature basin” technical session.

  • Fincantieri Announces Technology Partnership with Russia Focusing on Innovation

    27 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    During the Italy-Russia Business Forum, being held in Trieste, Fincantieri announced, in the presence of Enrico Letta, Italy’s President of the Council of Ministers, and Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, the signing of an agreement to define plans for a drillship featuring frontline innovation and technology, and the securing of a contract to […]

  • W&T Offshore Could Be Banned from Taking Part in Future Federal O&G Leases

    28 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    W&T Offshore, Inc. announced today that it has recently received notices from U.S. Government regulators that could affect certain aspects of its operations on Federal oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico.   “The Company believes these regulatory actions are undeserved and do not reflect the degree of financial and operational responsibility and […]

  • NSRI Creates Roadmap to Overcome Subsea Storage Challenges

    1 August 2016
    Research & Development

    The National Subsea Research Initiative (NSRI) is on a mission to develop technology that will make subsea storage more viable, helping to increase the recovery of hydrocarbons and prolong the life of the North Sea. The industry-led, technology organisation has issued a report on the outcomes of its recent subsea storage workshop which aimed to […]

  • BP brings on stream first oil & gas tie-back to its UK North Sea hub in 20 years

    6 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    BP has started production from a field in UK waters, which was developed by Neptune Energy and connected to the oil major’s 25-year-old Eastern Trough Area Project (ETAP) hub, reusing some existing subsea infrastructure.

  • Survey to begin on damaged section of almost 40-year-old interconnector

    5 November 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    The UK National Grid is about to begin a marine survey of a damaged section of an interconnector between France and the UK that has been operating since 1986. The survey of the IFA 2000 submarine cable is scheduled to begin today, November 5, approximately 3 nautical miles offshore Folkestone, Kent, and will continue until […]

  • Lion’s share of lenders reaffirms backing: TotalEnergies’ Mozambique LNG moves forward post‑force majeure

    3 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    France’s energy giant TotalEnergies has shed more light on the financing of its multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas (LNG) project off the coast of Mozambique in the wake of the UK Export Finance (UKEF) and Atradius exits. The project is getting back into the groove after a years-long hiatus.

  • Rig return expands Petrobras’ contracted fleet for oil & gas search

    4 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    A semi-submersible rig, owned by Constellation Oil Services, has kicked off its multi-year drilling assignment off the coast of Brazil with Petrobras, the South American country’s state-owned energy giant.

  • DNV spotlights digital twin’s ability to give a shot in the UK’s energy transition arm

    12 June 2024
    Automation, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, IT & Software, Technology, Transition

    A new report from DNV has examined the role digital twins can play in helping the UK attain its net-zero objectives.

  • Shell offloads its Nigerian onshore business to focus on deepwater and integrated gas

    17 January 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Following the divestment, the oil major plans to turn all its attention to deepwater and integrated gas businesses in Nigeria.

  • Netherlands boosts industry consortium with €7.8M for offshore floating solar development

    17 November 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vision

    Dutch-Norwegian company SolarDuck and its consortium partners have received a €7.8 million project subsidy from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) to develop, test and validate the Merganser floating solar energy platform in harsh North Sea weather conditions.

  • Bridging borders: Regulatory harmonisation

    5 January 2012

    In recent times, the attention of project developers, policy makers and energy regulators has started shifting towards the construction of (transnational) large scale far offshore wind farms. This is due to their advantages over conventional energy production facilities, being larger in scale, inducing economies of scale; offering less nuisance related to visual or noise pollution […]

  • Sir Ian Wood Calls for New Oil & Gas Regulator in UK

    11 November 2013

    Sir Ian Wood, recently retried Chair of the Wood Group, a multi-national engineering services company focused on the energy sector, has published his interim report revealing the economic and energy security opportunities still available from the UK’s offshore oil and gas resources.  The “UKCS Maximising Recovery Review”, the first of its kind in more than […]

  • UK: Ithaca Acquires Non-Operated Interests in Cook and MacCulloch Fields

    9 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Ithaca Energy Inc. announces that it has entered into agreements with Noble Energy Capital Limited (a subsidiary of Noble Energy Inc.) to acquire two wholly owned UK subsidiary companies that will hold non-operated interests in UK North Sea producing fields; a 12.885% interest in the Cook field and a 14% interest in the MacCulloch field. […]

  • Marathon fined for gas blast on North Sea platform

    23 May 2019

    Oil and gas company Marathon Oil UK has been fined £1.16 million ($1.5 million) following an HSE investigation into a high-pressure gas release on its Brae Alpha offshore platform in the North Sea on Boxing Day 2015. HSE is Britain’s national regulator for workplace health and safety. According to its statement on Monday, Aberdeen Sherriff Court […]

  • OceanGate Completes Revolutionary Hull Design for Subsea Manned Submersible

    22 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    OceanGate Inc., a global provider of manned submersible solutions for research and commercial applications, has announced the completion of the initial carbon fiber hull design and feasibility study for its next generation manned submersible – Cyclops™. Under a contract issued to Boeing Research & Technology (BR&T), OceanGate, the Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of […]

  • Urgent political alignment needed for UK to achieve ‘just and fair’ energy transition by 2030

    21 May 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vision

    The UK will fail to achieve a “just and fair” energy transition by 2030 unless there is urgent alignment across the political spectrum to sustain offshore energy industry jobs, supply chain investments and the economic contribution of the workforce, a new report by Robert Gordon University (RGU) states. The “Delivering our energy future” report analyzed […]

  • OceanGate Completes Hull Design for ‘Cyclops’ (USA)

    22 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    OceanGate Inc., a global provider of manned submersible solutions for research and commercial applications, has announced the completion of the initial carbon fiber hull design and feasibility study for its next generation manned submersible – Cyclops(TM). Under a contract issued to Boeing Research & Technology (BR&T), OceanGate, the Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of […]

  • Stork Technical Services Announces Acquisition of RBG Limited (The Netherlands)

    16 May 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Stork Technical Services and Arle announced the acquisition of RBG Limited, the UK based supplier of inspect, assess and repair services to the global energy industry. RBG Limited, which in 2010 had revenues of c.£300m, has been acquired as a strategic addition to Stork Technical Services Holding B.V., a leading knowledge-based asset integrity management company […]

  • EnQuest to buy the rest of Magnus field from BP

    7 September 2018

    EnQuest has exercised an option to acquire the remaining 75% interest in the Magnus field in the UK North Sea from the British oil major BP.

  • ConocoPhillips eyeing Barossa first gas in 2023

    13 July 2017
    Project & Tenders

    ConocoPhillips has submitted the first offshore project proposal for its Barossa area development in the Timor Sea, offshore Australia. The Barossa offshore development area encompasses the Barossa and Caldita Fields, in the Bonaparte Basin, some 300 kilometers north of Darwin. The development is anticipated to produce natural gas and light condensate. According to ConocoPhillips, the […]