2316 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

2316 results found for 'Shetland Islands'
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  • UK: Ocean Installer Wins Contract to Perform Offshore Survey Operations

    25 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Premier Oil plc (Premier) has awarded Ocean Installer a contract to perform offshore survey operations in support of the development of the Solan oil field. “We are very pleased to have been awarded our first offshore contract with Premier. Adding to our growing client base, this contract illustrates that Ocean Installer is capable of providing […]

  • CSV Normand Clipper to Support Development of Solan Oil Field (UK)

    25 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Premier Oil plc (Premier) has awarded Ocean Installer a contract to perform offshore survey operations in support of the development of the Solan oil field. “We are very pleased to have been awarded our first offshore contract with Premier. Adding to our growing client base, this contract illustrates that Ocean Installer is capable of providing […]

  • UK: TAQA Discovers Oil in Northern North Sea Darwin Field

    18 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) has discovered oil in the new Darwin oil field in the Northern North Sea area near the Shetland Islands in Scotland. Leo Koot, the managing director at TAQA’s UK oil and gas business, said: “This discovery proves that the North Sea still has great potential and that it […]

  • GALLERY: ‘Pioneering Spirit’ sets world record with Brent Delta lift

    1 May 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Allseas-owned dynamically positioned single-lift installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel Pioneering Spirit has removed Shell’s 24,000 t Brent Delta platform topsides from the UK North Sea setting what the company claimed was the world record in lifting.  Following its arrival to the Brent field on Thursday, the vessel performed the lift on Friday, April 28, 2017. The Shell-operated […]

  • John Lawrie expands into Shetland with new site buy

    19 December 2017

    John Lawrie Group has expanded its activities and service offering by acquiring the assets of 60 North Recycling in Shetland.

  • UK: Sterling Contracts Rig for South Cladhan Drilling

    21 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Sterling Resources Ltd. has hired the Transocean Sedco 704 semi-submersible drilling rig to drill an exploration well in the South Cladhan area in UK North Sea Block 210/29c. The rig is expected to arrive on location, east of Shetland Islands in March with the timing dependant on its current work program for Premier Oil. This […]

  • UK: Ocean Installer Supports Development of Premier’s Solan Oil Field

    25 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Premier Oil plc (Premier) has awarded Ocean Installer a contract to perform offshore survey operations in support of the development of the Solan oil field. “We are very pleased to have been awarded our first offshore contract with Premier. Adding to our growing client base, this contract illustrates that Ocean Installer is capable of providing […]

  • Siccar, BHGE pen Cambo development deal

    1 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    BHGE will as the exclusive supplier support the appraisal and early production phases of Cambo, with the ability to extend into the full field development.

  • ACE Winches Moors Iron Lady Barge for Brent Delta Decom Work

    12 May 2017
    Equipment

    ACE Winches has mobilized a six point mooring system to anchor the ‘Iron Lady’ barge being used on the Brent decommissioning project.  The equipment, designed and manufactured by ACE Winches at their global headquarters in Aberdeenshire is now in situ and being supported by a team of ACE Winches offshore personnel. As part of the Brent […]

  • Total sells UK gas assests

    28 August 2015

    French gas and oil giant Total has signed an agreement to 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 ($905 million). The Total-operated Frigg UK Pipeline (FUKA) is a 362-kilometer pipeline delivering gas from some 20 fields […]

  • Worker Injured on Technip’s North Sea Atlantic Vessel

    23 July 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    Following media reports about the accident on board Technip-run multi-purpose construction vessel, the North Sea Atlantic, Technip has confirmed that one offshore worker has been injured. Following treatment on board, the injured crewman was transferred to Gilbert Bain Hospital in Lerwick by helicopter for further treatment. He has now been transferred to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary […]

  • BP working to restore power at Clair platform after outage

    20 March 2017

    British oil major BP is working on restoring power at its North Sea platform following an outage over the weekend. A BP spokesperson confirmed to Offshore Energy Today that there was a power outage on the Clair platform at approximately 5.45am on Saturday. This resulted in a partial down man of non-essential staff. “Power is […]

  • ‘Polarcus Naila’ done with UKCS survey with TGS

    20 August 2014

    Polarcus, a UAE-based seismic survey company, has said that its vessel ‘Polarcus Naila’ has continued to deliver superior performance since her propulsion upgrade in April this year.   The modern 3D seismic vessel has recently completed a two month program for TGS-NOPEC towing a large 12 streamer spread offshore of the UK Shetland Islands. The program […]

  • Chevron Terminates Rosebank FPSO Order

    14 December 2016

    US oil major Chevron has canceled floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel order for the Rosebank oil and gas project. Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), who in April 2013 secured the contract for the design verification, detailed design and full engineering, procurement and construction of the FPSO, informed that it has received a termination notice from […]

  • Nova Innovation cheers selection of Yell for Carbon Neutral Islands project

    18 May 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Tidal energy pioneer Nova Innovation has welcomed the Scottish Government’s move to select Yell in Shetland as one of six islands included in its Carbon Neutral Islands (CNI) project. 

  • CNR submits decom draft for Ninian North platform

    3 March 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Oil and gas company Canadian Natural Resources (CNR) has submitted a draft of a decommissioning plan for its Ninian North platform (NNP) in the North Sea to the UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA). The company plans to start the abandonment of the Ninian North platform this year. A cessation of production application for the NNP was […]

  • Ireland: Skerries Harbour Dredging Step Closer to Realization

    12 June 2012

    Dredging work should get underway shortly in the South Mouth of Skerries harbour, after news that the last funding element is in place to complete the £286,000 project. Shetland Islands Council has been given approval for £71,550 of European Regional Development Funding (ERDF) towards the cost of the works. The scheme will give vessels an […]

  • VIDEO: Glen Lyon FPSO from the bird’s-eye perspective

    23 November 2016
    Infrastructure

    The video above, shared by the UK oil giant BP, shows the giant Glen Lyon FPSO from the bird’s-eye perspective. Replacing the original Schiehallion FPSO, the 270-meter Glen Lyon FPSO, moored in the North Sea west of the Shetland Islands, is getting ready for a start of production from the Quad204 offshore project. The multi-billion […]

  • DNV GL Supports Shell Penguins Redevelopment in UK

    2 August 2018
    Project & Tenders

    DNV GL has won a cross-service contract to support Shell’s Penguins field redevelopment on the UK Continental Shelf. The contract with Shell involves a team which will deliver an integrated verification and class project for the operator’s Penguins floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, DNV GL explained. DNV GL is providing integrated verification and […]

  • UK: Suncor closes Rosebank buy

    7 October 2016

    Suncor Energy UK has closed the previously announced purchase of a 30 percent participating interest in the U.K. North Sea Rosebank project from OMV (U.K.) Limited. Suncor said on Thursday that all necessary regulatory approvals for the transaction announced in August this year have been received and as per the agreement, Suncor has made an […]

  • Total Inaugurates Laggan-Tormore Project

    16 May 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    Total has held official inauguration ceremony of the Laggan-Tormore fields on Monday in UK. The inauguration was held at the Shetland Gas Plant in the presence of government and industry partners including Amber Rudd MP, the UK Government secretary of state for energy and climate change and Patrick Pouyanné, chairman and CEO of Total. The Laggan-Tormore fields, […]

  • Production Resumes from Cormorant Alpha Platform After Oil Leak (UK)

    7 March 2013

    Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) has begun the process of restoring the flow of an estimated 80,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil in the Brent pipeline system following a precautionary shutdown on Saturday 2 March. The pipeline system, which is operated by TAQA and runs through the Cormorant Alpha platform, was […]

  • UK: TAQA Begins Process to Restore Crude Oil Flows in Brent Pipeline System

    7 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) has begun the process of restoring the flow of an estimated 80,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil in the Brent pipeline system following a precautionary shutdown on Saturday 2 March. The pipeline system, which is operated by TAQA and runs through the Cormorant Alpha platform, was […]

  • BP provides Clair oil spill volume estimate

    4 October 2016

    British oil company BP has provided an estimate of the amount of oil spilled into the sea from the Clair platform in the North Sea on Sunday. In an update on Monday afternoon, BP said that the most likely volume of oil to sea has been calculated from platform data “as around 95 tonnes.” The […]

  • AFG Ink LoI for Removal and Disposal of Murchison Platform

    13 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    AF Gruppen ASA’s (AFG) wholly owned subsidiary, AF Decom Offshore U.K. Limited in a consortium with Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland SE, called Heerema-AF Consortium, has been awarded a Letter of Intent by CNR International (U.K), for the removal and disposal of the Murchison Platform in the North Sea. Murchison oil field straddles across the UK/Norway […]