2327 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

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  • 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 […]

  • Damen to refit Stena Don semi-sub

    2 August 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Damen Verolme Rotterdam has been awarded a contract by Stena Drilling for a refit of its drilling rig Stena Don.

  • Giant vessel Pioneering Spirit reaches Brent field, set for Delta lift

    28 April 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Allseas-owned giant vessel Pioneering Spirit has arrived at the Shell-operated Brent field located in the UK sector of the North Sea to perform its heaviest lift until now.  The twin-hulled, 382 meters long and 124 meters wide vessel executed its maiden heavy lift of the Yme offshore platform in the North Sea off Norway in August 2016. […]

  • Hurricane Energy spuds Lincoln well

    9 November 2016
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    UK-based oil and gas company Hurricane Energy started drilling the Lincoln well, located west of the Shetland Islands, on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. The spudding of the Lincoln well followed the completion of the Lancaster 7 wells and the subsequent removal of the wear bushing from the 205-21a-6 well and the cessation of drilling activities on […]

  • VIDEO: Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit vessel lifts second Brent topsides

    19 June 2019

    Pioneering Spirit, a giant heavy lift and pipelay vessel owned by Allseas, has recently removed Shell’s Brent Bravo topsides from its location in the UK sector of the North Sea.

  • Chevron Orders Rosebank FPSO

    11 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Chevron, a California-based oil and gas exploration and production company has, through its subsidiary Chevron North Sea Limited, ordered a Floating Production Storage Offloading unit from South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries. Hyundai Heavy, one of the world’s largest shipbuilding companies, made an announcement on the Korea Exchange saying that the vessel will, once completed, be supplied […]

  • EnQuest: First oil flows from Kraken field

    26 June 2017
    Project & Tenders

    EnQuest has informed that that first oil from its Kraken North Sea field was produced on June 23, 2017. Kraken is a large heavy oil accumulation in the UK North Sea, located in the East Shetland basin, to the west of the North Viking Graben, approximately 125 km east of the Shetland Islands. The field contains c.128 […]

  • GALLERY: Mariner modules loaded on ‘Mighty Servant 3’

    26 June 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Lerwick Port Authority has informed that the heavy transport vessel Mighty Servant 3 has reached the UK loaded with modules for Statoil’s Mariner field development. The Port Authority said that the Mighty Servant 3 arrived at Greenhead Base on Thursday. According to Lerwick Port, the ship will remain there for up to a week to enable final […]

  • Policy and Innovation Group releases 2020 ocean energy review report for UK

    19 March 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    The University of Edinburgh’s Policy and Innovation Group, in collaboration with Wave Energy Scotland, has published the UK Ocean Energy Review 2020 report.

  • Nova to study Bardsey Sound potential for tidal generation

    17 July 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Nova Innovation has received an agreement for lease (AfL) from The Crown Estate to explore the potential of Bardsey Sound for tidal power generation.

  • Equinor in another ‘Safe Boreas’ extension at Mariner field

    24 September 2018

    Norwegian oil firm Equinor has extended the contract with Prosafe for the use of the Safe Boreas offshore accommodation rig in the UK North Sea. Equinor is using the rig to support its Mariner development.

  • VIDEO: Shell’s Brent Delta arrives at final destination

    4 May 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Able UK, a specialist for decommissioning and disposal of offshore oil and gas structures, has posted a video on its website showing the arrival of Shell’s Brent Delta platform to Quay 6 at Seaton Port on May 2, 2017. The platform topside was removed on April 28 by Allseas-owned giant vessel Pioneering Spirit which was […]

  • EMEC to spearhead Scottish Isles transition to net-zero

    17 March 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology, Transition

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has been named a key delivery partner for the Islands Growth Deal, set to unlock £335 million of investments over the next 10 years, and will lead the development of the Islands Centre for Net Zero business case.

  • Equinor rethinking Rosebank plan

    15 February 2019
    Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has decided to revise the original development plan for the Rosebank project located west of Shetland.

  • Top news, September 3 – 9, 2018

    9 September 2018

    MarineEnergy.biz has compiled the top news from marine energy industry from September 3 – 9, 2018.

  • UK: Total in Laggan-Tormore start-up (Gallery)

    8 February 2016
    Project & Tenders

    French oil and gas company Total has started-up production from the Laggan and Tormore gas and condensate fields, located in 600 meters of water in the West of Shetland area. According to Total, the fields will produce 90,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d). “Laggan-Tormore is a key component of our production growth in […]

  • Video: ORE Catapult applauds Nova’s tidal innovation

    14 November 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Nova Innovation has been hailed as a tidal energy game changer by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, the UK’s flagship innovation center for offshore renewable energy.

  • Siccar Point’s Lyon well fails to live up to expectations

    28 June 2019

    Siccar Point’s Lyon offshore exploration well has failed to live up to expectations and the company has now plugged and abandoned it.

  • Gangway detaches at Statoil’s Mariner field amid worsening weather conditions

    7 December 2017
    Exploration & Production

    A gangway connecting Statoil-operated Mariner A platform with an accommodation rig disconnected last night, prompting the oil giant to transfer some of its workers to another installation by helicopter. Discovered more than thirty years ago, the Mariner heavy oil field is located about 150 kilometers east of the Shetland Islands. The field’s recoverable reserves were estimated […]

  • Drydocks Wins Innovative Solution Award for Solan Subsea Tank

    25 May 2015
    Research & Development

    Drydocks World and Maritime World has received the “Innovative solution” Award at the distribution of “International Business Excellence Awards” ceremony, for the construction of subsea oil storage tank “Solan”. Drydocks World began working on subsea oil storage tank “Solan” in 2013 and delivered the project in 2014. Solan accommodates more than 400,000 barrels of oil […]

  • Equinor buys Chevron out of Rosebank field

    1 October 2018

    Norway’s Equinor will buy Chevron’s 40% operated interest in the Rosebank project, one of the largest undeveloped fields on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).