10000 results found for 'Decommissioning'

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  • 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.

  • Siemens Energy, Techint to design electrolysis plant for low-carbon methanol project in Mexico

    1 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    Siemens Energy and Techint E&C have been selected to carry out FEED for a 210 MW electrolysis plant that will form part of the low-carbon methanol project, Pacifico Mexinol, located in Sinaloa, Mexico.

  • Interview: High-growth regions, subsea, and FPSO jobs unlocking EnerMech’s resilience in energy realms

    18 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    EnerMech, an Aberdeen-headquartered integrated solutions specialist, has pinpointed the focus on high-growth regions, subsea work, and floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) assignments as its tripartite resilience formula, which it uses as keys to achieving resilience against the backdrop of ongoing economic and geopolitical woes.

  • ‘Inaugural’ biomethanol production site in India planned at Kandla

    18 August 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders, Transition

    India’s Deendayal Port Authority (DPA), Kandla, has published a tender for the establishment of the country’s inaugural port-based biomethanol production facility on an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) basis. According to DPA, once operational, the site is to manufacture around 10 tonnes of biomethanol per day. The production will involve converting biomass into fuel via […]

  • SHI once again selects Wärtsilä technology for dual-fuel VLEC quintet

    2 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, an arm of Finland-based technology group Wärtsilä, has been commissioned by South Korea’s giant Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to provide its cargo-handling and fuel gas supply system for five dual-fuel very large ethane gas carriers (VLECs). As disclosed, the vessels in question are currently under construction at Samsung Heavy Industries’ yard for […]

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Drydocks World and Aker Solutions to revamp FPSO destined for UK’s giant oil & gas field

    3 February 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Drydocks World Dubai and Aker Solutions will work together on upgrading an FPSO for one of the largest undeveloped oil fields in the UK.

  • UK: A&P Falmouth Finishes Multi-Million Refit Project of RFA Cardigan Bay

    6 April 2012

    A&P Falmouth has successfully completed a multi-million pound refit of the RFA Cardigan Bay – the third ship in her class to undergo a major refit at the world-renowned dockyard. The team at the docks is now preparing for the arrival of the RFA Lyme Bay, which is due to arrive this summer and will […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • AI Leads Data-Driven Survey of Changing Underwater Habitats

    4 September 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    A recent expedition led by Dr. Blair Thornton demonstrated how the use of autonomous robotics and artificial intelligence at sea can accelerate the exploration and study of hard to reach deep sea ecosystems, like intermittently active methane seeps. Thanks to rapid high throughput data analysis at sea, it was possible to identify biological hotspots at […]

  • Update: PTTEP beats Chevron to Erawan, Bongkot field operatorship

    13 December 2018

    Thailand’s PTTEP oil and gas company has won the rights to operate two offshore blocks in Thailand containing the producing Erawan and Bongkot gas development, beating bids made by the U.S. major Chevron.