2313 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

2313 results found for 'Shetland Islands'
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  • 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 […]

  • MMT Surveys Shetland

    24 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    MMT UK, based in Banbury Oxfordshire, is currently undertaking two hydrographic surveys in the Shetland Islands on behalf of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency. MMT has since 2006 been one of the MCA´s Civil Hydrography Programme survey providers of multi-beam bathymetry, providing hydrographic data for updating nautical charts for safe navigation and efficient maritime transport. […]

  • Heerema-AF JV get LoI for Murchison platform removal job

    13 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    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) Limited, for the removal and disposal of the Murchison Platform in the North Sea. Murchison oil field straddles across the UK/Norway median line, whilst the platform itself […]

  • Prosafe finds North Sea work for ‘Safe Caledonia’ flotel

    20 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Prosafe has been awarded a contract with British oil major BP for the provision of an accommodation vessel in the North Sea.

  • UK: Vattenfall in Quest for Missing Wave Measurement Buoy

    28 June 2012

    After one of Vattenfall’s wave measurement buoys disappeared from its anchoring place, the company had to assure the residents of the Shetland Islands that the proposed Aegir wave farm will be firmly anchored. Last year, Vattenfall deployed two buoys around 2 kilometres to the west of the south tip of Burra and one of them […]

  • Drilling Starts at Darwin (UK)

    29 October 2012

    Fairfield Energy, a North Sea-focused independent oil and gas company,  announced that the first well of a three well campaign in the Darwin area spudded on 23 October. The well is being drilled from the Ocean Nomad and is operated by Fairfield. The Darwin area includes the southern end of Block 211/27a (previously known as […]

  • Investigation launched after fire breaks out on North Sea platform

    23 June 2016

    An investigation has been launched after a fire broke out on CNR International’s offshore platform Ninian South located in the UK sector of the North Sea. Following reports of a fire on the North Sea platform, Offshore Energy Today reached out to the field operator seeking confirmation and further details on the incident. The company’s […]

  • JFMS joins €20M tidal arrays optimization project

    15 September 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has joined Nova Innovation-led EnFAIT project which aims to optimize tidal arrays to accelerate the commercialization of tidal energy sector.

  • Wood Group Kenny Wins FEED for Rosebank Export Pipeline (UK)

    29 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Wood Group Kenny has been awarded the Gas Export Pipeline Front End Engineering Design (FEED) by Chevron North Sea Ltd for their Rosebank West of Shetland development. “This is excellent news and keeps us positioned as leaders in the design of pipeline systems in the extreme and hostile environment West of Shetlands,” says Steve Wayman, […]

  • First Oil Flows from TAQA’s Cladhan Field

    29 December 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) announced first oil from the Cladhan field development in the UK North Sea. The field is developed as a subsea tie-back to the TAQA-operated Tern Alpha platform. Peter Jones, TAQA’s UK managing director, said: “Cladhan is the third field developed by TAQA and the largest to date. First […]

  • Equinor takes over Chevron’s Rosebank share

    11 January 2019

    Equinor and Chevron have completed their transaction whereby Equinor has acquired Chevron’s 40% operated interest in the Rosebank project in the West of Shetland region of the UK Continental Shelf.

  • Hess Sells UK Offshore Assets to Shell

    30 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Hess Corporation today announced it had reached agreement with Royal Dutch Shell to sell its 15.67 percent interest in the BP-operated Schiehallion field, its associated share in the Schiehallion Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) and the West of Shetland pipeline system. The sale is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to complete […]

  • Siccar Point spuds delayed Lyon wildcat

    20 May 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Siccar Point Energy has started drilling at its Lyon prospect located north of the Shetland Islands, using a Diamond Offshore-owned semi-submersible rig

  • Subsea 7 Lands Penguins Job

    11 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Shell for the Penguins redevelopment project, located approximately 150 miles north-east of the Shetland Islands. The engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract incorporates the fabrication of two pipeline bundles containing pipe-in-pipe production flowlines, gas lift flowlines and control systems. Additionally, this award includes the fabrication of […]

  • Production Starts from Laggan and Tormore Fields

    8 February 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    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. 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 2016 and beyond. The innovative subsea-to-shore development concept, […]

  • John Lawrie re-opens Shetland recycling facility to support decom sector

    12 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Metal reprocessing, tubular supply and decommissioning company, John Lawrie Group, on Monday re-opened its new Shetland recycling facility for business. 

  • Petrofac extends Bibby Stockholm coastel charter

    25 June 2014

    Petrofac have exercised their option to extend the charter of Bibby Stockholm accommodation vessel until the end of September 2014.

  • Prosafe bags Mariner extension for ‘Safe Boreas’

    16 August 2019
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Equinor has exercised the fourth of six one-month options to extend Prosafe’s Safe Boreas flotel at the Mariner project in the UK sector of the North Sea.

  • Chevron’s Rosebank Offshore Project Enters FEED Phase (UK)

    9 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Chevron Corporation has entered front-end engineering and design (FEED) on the Rosebank oil and gas project in the West of Shetland region. “The Rosebank project is another important step forward in our strategy to grow profitably in core areas of our upstream business,” said George Kirkland, Chevron’s vice chairman. “Chevron has extensive deepwater capabilities, and […]

  • Total Sells North Sea Pipelines for USD 905 Mln

    27 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    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 (around $905 million). “The sale of these midstream transportation assets is another example of Total’s strategy of active portfolio management and the strong […]

  • Total Fires Up Edradour and Glenlivet Fields Off UK

    30 August 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    Total has started-up production from the Edradour & Glenlivet gas and condensate fields, located in about 300 to 435 meters of water in the West of Shetland area. The Edradour and Glenlivet development will bring additional production capacity of up to 56,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day (boe/d), the company said. “The start-up of […]

  • Cape: BP deal to secure 170 jobs in UK

    3 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Cape plc, a UK-based energy services company, has won a contract extension worth £9.8million ($15.27M) on oil major BP’s Clair Ridge project, located 75 kilometers to the west of the Shetland Islands. The company said that the contract extension would help secure 170 jobs. According to Cape, the contract will see further phases added to its current work over […]