2313 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

2313 results found for 'Shetland Islands'
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  • UK: Suncor buys Rosebank stake from OMV

    10 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    Suncor Energy UK will acquire a 30 percent participating interest in the U.K. North Sea Rosebank project from OMV.  In August 2013, Austrian oil and gas company OMV bought 30% interest from the Norwegian oil giant Statoil increasing its Rosebank stake to 50%. After selling its 30% interest to Suncor, OMV will have 20% interest […]

  • Wales funds Nova Innovation’s ‘blue energy island’ tidal scheme

    12 November 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    Scottish tidal energy company Nova Innovation has secured an investment of £1.2 million from the Welsh government for its Enlli tidal energy project in North Wales.

  • Scots start exploring green hydrogen production using tidal energy

    11 May 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    Scottish company Nova Innovation is heading up a consortium to look at the potential of producing green hydrogen and oxygen from its tidal energy projects in Shetland.

  • European Commission gives go-ahead to EnFAIT tidal energy project

    6 September 2018
    Authorities & Government, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The European Commission has given its approval to the Enabling Future Arrays in Tidal (EnFAIT) tidal energy project to proceed to the next stage that will see an extension of the Bluemull Sound array to six turbines.

  • Equinor sets timeline for Rosebank FID

    4 June 2019
    Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian oil firm Equinor has set timeline for the Rosebank offshore project in the UK.

  • BP withdraws workers from Magnus platform amid water contamination probe

    22 November 2017

    BP is taking workers off its Magnus platform in the UK North Sea, following a recently reported contamination of drinking water aboard the unit.

  • UK: MCS Takes Delivery of Three Damen FCS 2610s, Two More on the Way

    11 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd. took delivery of three more Twin Axe wind farm support vessels in June and two more will arrive next month. With the introduction of the five new Damen Twin Axe Fast Crew Suppliers, MCS has the largest Twin Axe fleet in the offshore wind industry. The addition of the latest […]

  • Island communities seek greater involvement in MRE schemes

    23 March 2016
    Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    Developers should pay more attention to the needs of island communities when consulting on harnessing their potential as sources of renewable energy, a study suggests.

  • North Sea subsea interconnector among ‘major’ clean energy duo bringing over $165 million to UK archipelago

    28 August 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    SSEN Transmission has revealed an investment of £125 million (close to $165.2 million), which the construction of two big green energy projects poured into the local islands’ economy and businesses located in Shetland.

  • One of world’s largest semi-sub rigs comes back to UK port ahead of resuming drilling gig with BP

    18 March 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders

    A giant rig has returned to the UK’s Kishorn port to prepare for its return to the drilling campaign with BP in the UK North Sea.

  • Scotland-Rotterdam hydrogen highway in the making

    14 December 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    A consortium of international partners has launched a new project that aims to establish a hydrogen export route from Scotland to Rotterdam via liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC). The project named LOHC for Hydrogen Transport from Scotland (LHyTS) seeks to demonstrate that LOHC, in the form of methylcyclohexane (MCH), can be successfully transported at scale, […]

  • UK: Kraken FPSO offloads first cargo

    14 September 2017
    Equipment, Infrastructure

    Malaysia’s Bumi Armada has informed that its Armada Kraken FPSO, operating on the Kraken field in the UK North Sea has completed the offloading of its first cargo on September 12, 2017. The Kraken is a large heavy oil accumulation in the UK North Sea, located in the East Shetland basin, to the west of the North […]

  • Wood gets $75 million worth Mariner job from Equinor

    14 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance

    Oilfield services provider Wood has secured a new contract with Equinor to support its operations at the Mariner field in the UK Continental Shelf.

  • Equinor: Rosebank FID Expected by May 2022

    5 June 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    Equinor and its partners have confirmed a new timeline for the Rosebank project on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), with the final investment decision planned to be taken by May 2022.   The new timeline comes after the award of a three-year extension for the Rosebank licences by the UK Oil and Gas Authority. “Together with […]

  • First oil from Kraken expected by end of June

    25 May 2017

    EnQuest has informed that its Kraken field in the UK North Sea is expected to start producing oil by the end of June. The Kraken field, to be developed using the Armada Kraken FPSO, is a large heavy oil accumulation located in the East Shetland basin, to the west of the North Viking Graben some […]

  • Siccar Point Energy hires West Hercules rig for UK work

    19 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Offshore driller North Atlantic Drilling Ltd (NADL) has been awarded a one-well contract with Siccar Point Energy E&P (SPE) for Seadrill’s semi-submersible drilling rig West Hercules. NADL is a harsh environment drilling contractor and Seadrill’s subsidiary who took over management of the rig in 2012. The driller informed on Monday that the contract with the […]

  • Kraken FPSO comes in for inspection and certification stage in Rotterdam

    17 January 2017
    Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    FPSO unit Armada Kraken, meant for the Kraken field development in the UK North Sea, is currently undergoing inspection and certification in Rotterdam prior to its deployment to the field.  The Kraken field is operated by EnQuest with 70.5% working interest with Cairn as its partner with 29.5% working interest. The field is a large heavy oil accumulation […]

  • EnQuest denies ‘contingency plans’ talks with OGA. Shares rise

    20 June 2016

    EnQuest, an independent oil and gas company focused on the UK sector of the North Sea, saw its shares rise 11.3 percent on Monday afternoon, after it launched a statement rebuffing claims on OGA’s North Sea contingency plans, written in the Telegraph on Saturday. Namely, the UK-based newspaper, citing unnamed sources, said that the country […]

  • Jumbo Offshore to install protection structures

    28 April 2011

    Jumbo’s DP2 Offshore Heavy Lift Vessel Fairplayer will install 4 subsea protection structures for production flowlines at 600 m water depth in the Laggan & Tormore fields. These gas condensate fields, owned by Total and Dong Energy, are located 125 km north-west of the Shetland Islands. This region contains approx. 17% of the remaining UK […]

  • UK: Total gets $905M from North Sea sale

    27 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    French oil company Total will sell all of its interests in the FUKA and SIRGE gas pipelines and the St. Fergus Gas Terminal to North Sea Midstream Partners for £585 million (around $905 million), subject to the customary approvals. “The sale of these midstream transportation assets is another example of Total’s strategy of active portfolio […]

  • Total sells interests in four West of Shetland fields

    29 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Total has signed an agreement to sell 20% of its interests in the Laggan, Tormore, Edradour and Glenlivet fields, located in the West of Shetland area, to SSE E&P UK Limited for £565 million (around $876 million), subject to the customary approvals. “The sale of these minority interests is aligned with Total’s portfolio management strategy and target of divesting […]

  • BP Encounters Gas Condensate at North Uist (UK)

    5 April 2013

    Faroe Petroleum, an independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, has announced the results of the North Uist exploration prospect west of Shetland (Faroe 6.25%). The 213/25c-1V exploration well, operated by BP, targeted several reservoir objectives, the most significant of […]

  • No restart date in sight as probe into steam incident at TotalEnergies’ UK gas plant goes on

    7 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Safety

    TotalEnergies has shut down production at an onshore gas plant that takes in gas from offshore fields, which are part of the West of Shetland project.

  • VIDEO: Subsea Oil Storage Tank Offloaded at Lerwick Harbour

    8 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Lerwick Harbour has simultaneously accommodated two giant support vessels and the successful offloading of a 10,000 tonne subsea oil storage tank, destined for west of the Shetland Islands. The sheltered port’s facilities and proximity to the Solan Field, being developed by Premier Oil 90 kilometres into the Atlantic, meant is was perfectly placed for final […]

  • VIDEO: Statoil’s first Mariner module heads for North Sea

    4 May 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Norwegian oil major Statoil has posted a video on its YouTube channel showing the departure of the first module for the Mariner topside from South Korea. The Mariner module left the DSME yard in South Korea on May 2 onboard the heavy transport vessel Forte. It is now on its way to the Mariner oilfield […]