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  • DONG Orders MHI Vestas’ 8MW Turbines for Walney Extension West

    16 December 2015

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has received an order from DONG Energy for the supply of V164-8.0 MW turbines for the 330MW Walney Extension West project in the UK. The order includes a five-year full-scope service contract with an availability guarantee, ensuring optimised performance of the wind power plant with maximum power output. The V164-8.0 MW turbines, rated […]

  • Chief financial officer of W&T Offshore retires

    14 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    The chief financial officer (CFO) of oil and gas company W&T Offshore has decided to retire from the company.

  • Students Tour Rossall Sea Defenses

    19 May 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Students and lecturers from the School of Engineering at the University of Central Lancashire have visited Rossall to see the work being done on the to sea defenses. Wyre Council is replacing two kilometers of defenses from Rossall Hospital to Rossall Point in a £63 million coastal defense scheme that will protect 7,500 properties from […]

  • Karoon Drills Ahead at Santos Basin Prospect (Brazil)

    17 January 2013

    Karoon Gas Australia Ltd advises that as at 6:00 hours BRST on 15th of January, 2013, the Kangaroo-1 well had been drilled to a depth of 1840 mRT and 13 3/8 inch casing has been cemented and the company is now preparing to drill ahead in 12 ¼ inch hole. Since the last report, the […]

  • USA: Congressman Announces Approval of Dredging Agreement

    30 January 2012

    U.S. Congressman Mike McIntyre announced the approval of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) negotiated between the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the State of North Carolina to pay for dredging to occur at Carolina Beach, Lockwoods Folly, and New Topsail Inlets. Congressman McIntyre has strongly advocated on behalf of the communities in the […]

  • Bronze Award for Rossall Sea Defences

    31 March 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Wyre Council, Balfour Beatty and the Environment Agency have been awarded a Bronze Award at the Considerate Constructors Scheme awards, in recognition of work to build new sea defenses at Rossall. The annual national awards recognize sites that have raised the bar for considerate construction. Wyre Council is replacing two kilometers of sea defenses, from […]

  • Balfour Beatty Wraps Up £63M Rossall Coastal Protection Scheme

    1 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, has successfully completed the £63 million Rossall coastal defense scheme for Wyre Council, in partnership with the Environment Agency. To successfully complete the Rossall project, over 10,000 specially manufactured precast concrete units were lifted into position, alongside 86,342 tonnes of rock underlayer and 241,000 tonnes of rock armor sourced from […]

  • Wellesley hires Dolphin rig for North Sea campaign

    27 April 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Dolphin Drilling will carry out a programme of North Sea drilling work for Wellesley Petroleum.

  • W&T Offshore promotes two new vice presidents

    21 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    U.S. oil firm W&T Offshore has promoted Janet Yang to the position of vice president of corporate and business development and James Hersch to vice president of geosciences. W&T Offshore said on Thursday that Yang was promoted from the position of director of strategic planning and analysis, a position she held since 2012. Hersch’s previous […]

  • UK: New decom site at Tees Valley could create 1000 jobs

    20 March 2015

    The UK Government has outlined plans to launch two new Enterprise Zones while extending several more of the thriving business hubs, promising businesses across the country a major boost. When it comes to oil & gas, the initiative will bring a new site at the Tees Enterprise Zone that will focus on the decommissioning of offshore […]

  • Cable Laying for Walney 2 (UK)

    19 May 2011
    Storage

      At Cleveleys near Blackpool, the Stemat Spirit cable barge arrived just off shore in the afternoon of Saturday 7 May. It beached in the early hours of Sunday 8 May in the morning, waiting for very low tide. At about 9 a.m., the process of pulling the cable from the spool on board the […]

  • USA: Lafayette River – Home to New Oyster Sanctuary Reef

    19 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Along a six-acre stretch of the Lafayette River that meanders through the bustle of Norfolk International Terminals, Inc., the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is actively constructing a permanent sanctuary home for one of the Chesapeake Bay’s most-endangered inhabitants: the eastern oyster. The Lafayette River-NIT oyster reef, built with approximately 14,000 cubic yards of fossilized […]

  • VIDEO: Boskalis Scour Protection at West of Duddon Sands

    10 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Boskalis Offshore was responsible for the post-lay installation of scour protection around 108 monopiles at the offshore wind farm West of Duddon Sands. 92,000 TE of 9 – 18” armour rock was installed through the side dump unit of DP fallpipe vessel Seahorse.   With 108 wind turbines producing almost 400 megawatts, West of Duddon […]

  • Walney Extension OWF Subject to Environmental Assessment Procedure

    23 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Meath County Council has been advised by the Minister for Environment Community and Local Government of information received from the Secretary of State for the Environment in the United Kingdom in respect of proposed Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm that may be likely to have a significant effect on the environment in Ireland. The proposed […]

  • Karoon Confirms Oil Discovery in Santos Basin (Brazil)

    25 January 2013

    As at 6:00 hours BRST on 24 th of January, 2013, Karoon Gas Australia Ltd had confirmed the discovery of oil at the Kangaroo-1 exploration well. Kangaroo-1 was drilled, with the Blackford Dolphin semi-submersible rig, to a depth of 3049 mRT and a light oil column has been confirmed by mudlog, wireline petrophysical and MDT […]

  • CHC expands fleet by 30 after taking over Babcock’s offshore business

    1 September 2021

    Helicopter services provider CHC Helicopter has completed its acquisition of Babcock International’s offshore oil and gas aviation business.

  • UK: Survey Reveals Growing Support for Gas Exploration in Lancashire

    21 October 2013

    New research from BritainThinks shows that a majority of the public within Cuadrilla’s Bowland Basin licence area support shale gas exploration and the numbers in favour are continuing to rise. Cuadrilla commissioned leading independent researchers BritainThinks this summer to conduct a survey into the attitudes of local residents in Blackpool, Fylde and West Lancashire; following […]

  • UK’s Local Businesses to Get EU Funding

    5 May 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The UK government has confirmed which parts of the country have successfully won Assisted Area status. The status makes local businesses eligible to bid for additional funding and tax breaks to create jobs, invest in new premises or machinery and grow. Manufacturing centres including Derby, Huddersfield, Portsmouth and Scunthorpe have now been added to the […]

  • Statoil Finds Oil Near Peregrino Offshore Brazil

    14 April 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    A new oil find has been made by Statoil immediately adjacent the Peregrino field in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil. An exploration well drilled in the Peregrino South structure a few kilometres south of Peregrino has encountered oil in sandstones of the Carapebus geological formation. A significant gross oil column of 130 metres has been […]

  • Most popular articles of the week, July 7 – 13, 2014

    13 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Petrobras facing $15B loss in case of SBM Offshore contracts termination Petrobras, Brazil’s state-controlled oil company, has said that it may have a reduction of $15 billion in net income between 2014 and 2018 in case of termination of current contracts with SBM Offshore.   Offshore helicopter safety report reveals ‘macho bullying culture’ On 23 […]

  • Statoil Strikes Oil Near Peregrino Field, Offshore Brazil

    14 April 2011
    Business & Finance

      A new oil find has been made by Statoil immediately adjacent the Peregrino field in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil. An exploration well drilled in the Peregrino South structure a few kilometres south of Peregrino has encountered oil in sandstones of the Carapebus geological formation. A significant gross oil column of 130 metres has […]

  • Fred. Olsen Energy swings to loss. Braces for rig contract expiry with BP

    26 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Norwegian offshore driller Fred. Olsen Energy sank to a loss in 3Q 2016 and saw a decrease in its revenues when compared to the prior-year quarter. The company also informed that a contract for one of its rigs is expiring tomorrow, October 27.  The company on Wednesday posted a net loss totaling $33.9 million, including […]

  • British Navy Welcomes New Destroyer to Its Fleet

    22 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    HMS Defender took a step closer to deploying on operations with the Royal Navy on March 21 as the warship has formally joined the UK’s fleet. The 8,000-tonne destroyer has been commissioned at a ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base, which will be home to all six of the Royal Navy’s Type 45 class ships. The […]

  • DONG Energy Announces Completion of Installation of Transition Pieces for Walney 2 Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    22 August 2011
    Research & Development

    The first transition piece for Walney 2 was placed on 16 April. Less than four months later, all 51 transition pieces have been installed. On the night of 5 to 6 August, the last TP was installed, and Goliath has now demobilised and left the site. 43 turbines installed in Walney 2 and 19 array […]

  • Dolphin Drilling and IKM Gruppen sign drilling and well services deal

    26 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, IT & Software, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Dolphin Drilling has entered into a master frame agreement with Norway’s IKM Gruppen for drilling and well services.