2325 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

2325 results found for 'Shetland Islands'
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  • Solan oil tank arrives in Lerwick

    28 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    A large steel oil storage tank to be installed west of Shetland as part of Premier’s development of the Solan field has arrived in Lerwick onboard a heavy-transport vessel Xiang Yun Kou, to make use of the port’s deep-water quays and anchorage. The vessel is berthed at Holmsgarth 5 and local engineering and logistics companies […]

  • WATCH: Shetlanders send a message in a bottle urging ‘sibling across the sea’ to stop massive oil & gas project

    20 January 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    A group of Shetlanders have made a short film, asking Norway to stop the development of a giant oil field off the coast of Shetland.

  • PHOTO: BP’s new FPSO coming together

    13 July 2015
    Project & Tenders

      British oil giant BP has, through social media, revealed a photograph of its new Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) vessel. The 270 metres long, 52 meters wide FPSO, to be named Glen Lyon, is currently under construction at a Hyundai Heavy Industry shipyard in South Korea. Once completed, the vessel will be deployed in the UK […]

  • ACE Winches Completes Equipment Package for Quad204 Project

    28 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    ACE Winches has completed a scope of work for Technip as part of a subsea infrastructure project in the Loyal field, west of the Shetland Islands. Quad204 is the redevelopment of the Schiehallion and Loyal fields, located 175 km west of Shetland and 15 km north of the Foinaven field. The complete project will see […]

  • Shell Increases Stake in Schiehallion Field (UK)

    14 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Shell announced today the signing of separate agreements for the acquisition of Murphy Schiehallion Limited 5.9% stake in the Schiehallion field west of Shetlands and for the sale of Shell’s interest in the Seal area within the Peace River oil sands of Alberta, Canada to Murphy Oil Company Ltd. The additional equity in the Schiehallion […]

  • BP retesting Clair Ridge crew after five test positive for Covid-19

    13 October 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    BP has confirmed that five crew members on its platform off the UK have tested positive for Covid-19 and have been flown to shore.

  • PHOTO: Normand Vision CSV resting in Schiedam

    26 March 2018

    Navingo’s Siwart Mackintosh has sent us an image of the construction support vessel Normand Vision in the Port of Rotterdam.

  • Technip Bags Edradour Subsea Gig from Total

    4 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Technip has been awarded a contract by Total E&P UK for the Edradour Subsea Development, located approximately 75 kilometers North West of the Shetland Islands, in approximately 300 meters of water. Technip’s scope of work covers the: – fabrication and installation of 12” production pipelines, 6” MEG pipeline complete with 2″ piggy backed service line; – supply […]

  • EPC Offshore Supports Total UK’s Edradour Development

    14 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Project management and development engineering specialist EPC Offshore has signed an agreement with Total E&P UK Ltd (TEP UK) to provide support services at its natural gas and condensate discovery in the Atlantic. Edradour, located in Block 206/4 of the UK Continental Shelf, is expected to start pumping in 2016, will be linked to the […]

  • DeltaTek wins North Sea cementing services deal from Siccar Point

    21 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Well construction specialist DeltaTek Global has won a two-year contract from Siccar Point Energy.

  • EPC Offshore Helps Total E&P UK Develop Edradour Discovery

    14 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    Project management and development engineering specialist EPC Offshore has signed an agreement with Total E&P UK Ltd (TEP UK) to provide support services at its natural gas and condensate discovery in the Atlantic. Edradour, located in Block 206/4 of the UK Continental Shelf, is expected to start pumping in 2016, will be linked to the […]

  • Top News of The Week August 12 -17, 2013

    18 August 2013

    ‘Ramco Crusader’ OSV Sinks Off Brazil Brazil’s national oil company Petrobras has informed that the Ramco Crusader offshore support vessel sank Monday night, offshore Brazil. Huntington Field Shut Amid FPSO Issues. All Noreco’s Fields Now Closed Norwegian oil company Noreco has announcer that E.ON, the operator on the Huntington field in the UK North Sea, […]

  • Decade-long decom ops at Shell’s UK oil & gas field enter home stretch as final mammoth topside is skidded quayside

    6 November 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    The last remaining topside from a Shell-operated oil and gas field situated northeast of the Shetland Islands has been lifted to the quay by Dutch heavy lifting and transport provider Mammoet.

  • JFMS Secures Work on EnFAIT Project

    15 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) will be providing specialist marine engineering and consultancy services for the recently awarded €20-million European tidal energy project consortium, Enabling Future Arrays in Tidal (EnFAIT),  The project, led by Nova Innovation, aims to increase the commercial viability of tidal power and highlight its effectiveness as a source of reliable and […]

  • Shell’s new North Sea FPSO brings UK’s oil & gas field back online

    4 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Shell has put into operation mode its first new FPSO in the North Sea after more than two decades have gone by since its previous one.

  • $25.6M acquisition expanding Serica’s North Sea footprint

    30 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    The UK-based upstream oil and gas player Serica Energy has signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire 100% of the issued share capital of Prax Upstream from Prax Exploration & Production.

  • TAQA Evacuates Non-Core Crew from Cormorant Alpha (UK)

    16 January 2013

    Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) has concluded the planned reduction of non-core personnel from the Cormorant Alpha platform in the northern UK North Sea following the detection of hydrocarbons in one leg of the platform. There were 159 people on board when the incident was discovered on January 14. On Tuesday, 92 non-core […]

  • Oil Flows Through Brent Pipeline. Cormorant Alpha Rig Remains Shut (UK)

    18 January 2013

    Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) has confirmed that initial flows of crude oil have resumed in the Brent pipeline system following a precautionary shutdown on Monday. The pipeline system, which is operated by TAQA and runs through the Cormorant Alpha platform, was halted after hydrocarbons were detected inside one of the platform’s legs. […]

  • Equinor halts Mariner flights as helicopter gets stuck

    2 April 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    Crew changes on the Equinor-operated Mariner platform located off the UK have been suspended after a helicopter got stuck on the platform.

  • Sullom Voe Port Sells Its Troubled Tugs

    22 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    Shetland Islands Council has signed a deal to sell its troubled tug Solan, operated by Sullom Voe Harbour Authority, to a towage company Panfido, based in Venice, Italy. The council added that the tug, which used to provide towage services at the Port of Sullom Voe, will now be used in the port of Naples. Panfido is also moving ahead […]

  • UK: Worst Case Scenario for Potential Chevron’s Lagavulin Prospect Oil Spill

    8 December 2010

    An oil spill from a deepwater blowout near the Shetland Islands could reach the coastlines of Scotland, eastern England, Norway and Greenland, according to a company which began drilling there in October. Chevron, one of the world’s largest oil companies, made a worst-case forecast of the impact caused by a spill of 77,300 barrels a […]

  • Top news, July 3 – 9, 2017

    9 July 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from July 3 – 9, 2017.

  • EnQuest: Kraken on track for first oil in 2017

    18 March 2016
    Project & Tenders

    UK-based oil and gas development and production company EnQuest has said that its Kraken project in the UK North Sea is on track to achieve first oil in the first half of 2017. In its 2015 results statement from March 17, the company said it would continue with cost cutting efforts in 2016. Furthermore, EnQuest said in its annual report […]

  • Top News of The Week August 19 – 24, 2013

    25 August 2013

    Top News of The Week August 19 – 24, 2013

  • UK: Aker Solutions Supports Redevelopment of Quad 204 Fields

    13 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Aker Solutions, the international oil services provider, has secured a NOK 650 million (GBP 70 million) contract with BP to help redevelop one of the largest oil fields in the UK sector. The Aberdeen operation of Aker Solutions will manufacture and supply all subsea controls equipment for the Quad 204 project, the redevelopment of the […]