10000 results found for 'North Sea'

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  • North Sea Award for Subsea 7

    24 January 2006

    Global subsea contractor, Subsea 7 announced today that it has been awarded a contract with a value of approximately US $25 million from Talisman Expro Limited, (formerly Paladin Expro Limited) for a subsea installation contract in the North Sea.

  • Three die in North Sea accident

    24 September 2007

    Three men have died after an accident on a gas rig standby vessel in the North Sea, the boat’s operators say. Vroon Offshore Services said they died on the Viking Islay in the BP Amethyst gas field off the East Yorkshire coast.

  • T1200 Completes North Sea Project

    2 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Helix Energy Solutions Group’s new T1200 burial and trenching unit is quickly establishing a positive track record following the completion of an oil and gas project in the North Sea. The T1200 features a 1,200hp jet trenching spread, capable of burying product in water depths to 3,000m (10,000ft). T1200 was deployed to bury a 14km […]

  • Statoil: Oil Spills in the North Sea

    8 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Norwegian oil and gas major Statoil has reported that an undetermined amount of oil leaked into the North Sea this morning during tanker loading operations at the Statfjord A platform. The oil spill was observed in the sea close to the OLS B loading buoy, while the tanker “Hilda Knutsen” was being loaded. The OLS B loading buoy […]

  • Pharos plough set for North Sea work

    21 April 2020
    Equipment

    Pharos Offshore Group has delivered a fully refurbished telecoms plough for use in the North Sea region. The Cheltenham-based firm has delivered this full rebuild within a three-month period from start to finish. The delivery also included a new bespoke control system. Pharos will also be supporting the operation of the plough system with its […]

  • US giant fortifies its LNG arsenal with 20-year offtake from Gulf Coast project

    22 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of North America’s energy infrastructure company Sempra, has won a multi-year sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with ConocoPhillips, a U.S.-headquartered energy giant, for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the second phase of its LNG export terminal under development in Port Arthur, Southeast Texas, United States.

  • Total hits gas in North Sea

    10 April 2015

    Total E&P Norge, operator of production licence 627, said it is about to complete the drilling of wildcat well 25/6-5 S.

  • RWE Dea prepares for North Sea wildcat

    4 November 2014

    The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted RWE Dea Norge AS a drilling permit for the well 35/9-12 S, in the North Sea, offshore Norway.   The wildcat well, located in the production licence 420, will be drilled using the Leiv Eiriksson semi-submersible drilling rig, after completing the drilling of wildcat wells 34/6-3 S and 34/6-3 A for Total […]

  • WEC: Opportunities Abound in the North Sea

    16 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development

    The energy potential of the North Sea is to play a crucial role in the energy transition facing North-West Europe and can create between EUR 100 billion and EUR 200 billion in value by 2050, according to a report by the World Energy Council Netherlands (WEC).

  • Tekmar scores in Norwegian North Sea

    26 February 2021
    Equipment, Infrastructure, Safety

    Tekmar Energy has secured a new contract award to supply its bend restrictors and J-tube seals to protect subsea umbilicals on an offshore energy project in the Norwegian North Sea. Manufacturing and delivery will take place in 2021. According to Tekmar, the conract came from a leading integrated subsea solution provider. The company has not […]

  • Dolphin Drilling’s 1990-built rig moves to P&A ops in North Sea

    7 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Dolphin Drilling has confirmed that its 35-year-old semi-submersible rig is now focused on its plug and abandonment (P&A) mission in the UK sector of the North Sea.

  • Centrica signals North Sea progress

    29 July 2010

    Energy group Centrica said it seven out of ten well drilled so far this year have been successful. Reviewing operations in the first half of this year Centrica said: “Of the ten operated and non-operated wells drilled this year seven have shown positive results, including three exploration discoveries.”

  • Major new North Sea development

    14 December 2006

    Proposals for developing the Gj

  • North Sea cargo ship stabilised

    7 January 2008

    A Dutch cargo ship, which began listing in high winds 90 miles north east of Aberdeen, has stabilised. The crew of the 3,000-tonne Nordgard, which was heading for Grangemouth, raised the alarm after some of its cargo of timber came loose.

  • Boat hit by problems in North Sea

    3 December 2006

    A large standby vessel is limping to safety after developing rudder problems and taking on water in the North Sea.

  • Expro Deploys CaTS in North Sea

    25 October 2017
    Equipment

    Expro has accomplished, what the company claims to be, the world’s first proven wireless transmission of reservoir pressure data to surface, from a recently abandoned subsea appraisal well which incorporated a rock-to-rock cement plug. The system was installed in the North Sea and will be used to improve understanding of the reservoir and to optimize […]

  • JFO Executes North Sea Projects

    21 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    JFO has delivered subsea cutting projects for Subsea 7 on behalf of BP and Premier Oil in the North Sea. The projects were executed by JFO’s hydraulic shear (the 1950Te) which is affectionately nick-named ‘Tiny’. Anything but small, Tiny is 4.5 meters long, by 1.2 meters wide and 2.2 meters high, with a jaw which […]

  • Marine Operations in North Sea for ABB

    10 February 2011

      MMT has recently been contracted by ABB for the vessel management and survey services during mass flow excavation operations for the BritNed cable between the United Kingdom and The Netherlands. MMT has charterted the DP2 vessel Olympic Zeus for the operation. MMT has also contracted Rotech Subsea for the provision of a T 8000 […]

  • Dry appraisal well in the North Sea

    13 December 2007

    NOIL Energy ASA, operator of production licence 341, has concluded drilling of appraisal well 24/12-5 S. The well was drilled on the 24/12-3 S discovery in the central part of the North Sea.

  • WATCH: DeepOcean wraps up ‘deepwater milestone’ at gas field in Norwegian waters

    24 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    DeepOcean has finished sliding into place foundation template structure (FTS) for an offshore natural gas field, described as the deepest field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

  • Oil discovery in the Norwegian North Sea

    24 October 2007

    Lundin Norway AS, operator of production licence 338 in the Norwegian North Sea, has finalized the drilling of exploration well 16/1-8. The well is located 28 kilometer east of the Gudrun Field. The purpose of the well was to prove hydrocarbons in sediments of Jurassic age in a prospect called Luno.

  • New platform debuts in North Sea

    1 November 2010

    Gas production is due to start soon from a newly installed gas platform in the Dutch sector of the North Sea which is designed to be reused. Centrica’s F3-FA new gas field development features a jackup platform fitted with suction anchors and has been specially designed for marginal and sub-marginal fields where it can used […]

  • Appraisal of North Sea oil find 

    30 November 2007

    StatoilHydro ASA has concluded drilling of exploration well Ragnarrock 2 (16/2-4), in the North Sea. The well lies 35 kilometres east of the Gudrun field and 30 kilometres south of the Grane field. StatoilHydro completed Ragnarrock 1 (well 16/2-3) in mid-September 2007. The aim with Ragnarrock 2 was to appraise hydrocarbons from the first well.

  • Spectacular salvage operation in the North Sea

    15 November 2010

    Last weekend the salvage company J A Rederiet (Jens Alfastsen) conducted a spectacular salvage operation in the North Sea. In heavy weather and winds up to 25 m/s the Dutch owned tug Compass lost its tow some 28 nautical miles west of Hvide Sande while on a voyage from England to Larvik in Norway. The […]

  • Gas uptick for Shell’s North Sea development project

    15 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Shell has disclosed better porosity and permeability than previously assumed for its natural gas discovery in the North Sea, which is situated on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). This led the firm’s partner, Deltic Energy, to reveal a boost in recoverable gas volumes from the project.