5313 results found for 'solan'

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  • FEED gig for LNG project on US Gulf Coast comes KBR’s way

    12 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    U.S.-headquartered science, technology, and engineering player KBR has won a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for a planned multi-train liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility on the Texas Gulf Coast, United States.

  • US LNG project edging closer to FID with key equipment orders to Baker Hughes, Honeywell, and Solar Turbines

    23 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    French-based engineering company Technip Energies has confirmed the go-ahead to three players – Baker Hughes, Honeywell, and Solar Turbines – for equipment purchase orders required to bring a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Louisiana to life.

  • Global energy transition drags its feet as oil & gas reign over energy mix

    2 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Transition

    Against the backdrop of rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, energy security and financial prudence are running the investment policy show, putting the transition to low-carbon and green sources of supply on the back burner, as fossil fuels dominate the energy mix, according to GlobalData, an intelligence and productivity platform.

  • Energy outlook: 12 trends set to shape 2026 power spectrum

    2 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Transition

    With market volatility, geopolitics, and policy repercussions expected to be among the key drivers affecting the global energy landscape, Rystad Energy, an energy market intelligence group, has outlined 12 predictions for the year ahead, noting opportunities and challenges that will unfold alongside increasing complexity, including the role of fossil fuels and new energies in meeting growing power demand from data centers.

  • Readers’ choice: Offshore Energy’s most-read news in 2025

    1 January 2026
    Authorities & Government, Automation, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Certification & Classification, Collaboration, Environment, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Green Marine, Heavy lifting, Human Capital, Infrastructure, Innovation, IT & Software, Market Outlooks, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Rules & Regulation, Safety, Storage, Technology, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    As the offshore energy sector continued to navigate the energy transition and technological development, but also uncertainty, 2025 saw continued shifts in policy, investment, and project development across the global energy landscape. To mark the year’s end, the Offshore Energy editorial team looks back at the most-read stories that drew the most interest throughout 2025. […]

  • 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 […]

  • Premier: All Solan facilities in place

    10 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Premier Oil, a UK-based independent oil and gas company, has announced that the Solan subsea oil storage tank, jacket and topsides have been successfully installed.

  • Harkand Kicks Off Solan Ops

    24 June 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    London-based IRM contractor, Harkand, has embarked on a contract awarded by Premier Oil Plc to support the operator activities on the Solan field development, West of Shetland. The multi-purpose service vessel the Siem Spearfish, which is on long-term charter to Harkand, arrived in Newcastle earlier this month to begin mobilisation for the campaign which will […]

  • Solan oil tank offloaded (VIDEO)

    8 August 2014
    Equipment

    Lerwick Harbour has again demonstrated its deep-water capacity and capabilities, this time by simultaneously accommodating 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 […]

  • Drydocks World Recognized for SOLAN Project

    12 November 2014
    Equipment

    Drydocks World and Maritime World have been awarded the Best Oil & Gas Project Award for outstanding Project Excellence on the SOLAN Project. The gala event was held on the 30th anniversary of Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC) at the Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi on November 10 2014. According to ADIPEC officials, […]

  • Ampelmann’s access solution for Premier’s Solan field

    30 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Ampelmann will provide one of its offshore access solutions to enable “walk to work” for a commissioning campaign on Premier Oil’s Solan field, West of Shetland in the UK. Ampelmann’s E-type system will enable workers to walk onto the Solan platform from Siem Spearfish, the multi-purpose service vessel chartered by Harkand, the company hired by Premier Oil […]

  • BP fires up more gas wells off Trinidad as terminal electrification works continue in Azerbaijan

    9 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    While construction activities for its terminal electrification project are underway in Azerbaijan, the UK-headquartered energy giant BP has drilled and put into production mode three remaining wells in its seven-well drilling campaign off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago.  

  • Premier pens Solan deals with Chyrsaor and FlowStream

    2 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    Premier Oil, an independent oil and gas company based in the UK, has concluded two separate transactions in relation to its operated Solan project, West of Shetland. The company has said it has Chyrsaor’s 40 per cent interest in the Solan field for nil upfront consideration. In return, Chrysaor will receive the following contingent payments […]

  • First oil flows from Premier’s Solan

    13 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Independent oil and gas company Premier Oil has announced that first oil from the Solan field, in the UK North Sea, was achieved on April 12, 2016. According to the company’s statement on Wednesday, the first producer well (P1) is being naturally flowed at a deliberately restricted initial rate. It is planned that the well will […]

  • FoundOcean wins Solan field grouting contract

    14 April 2014

    FoundOcean has secured two contract awards, on the Solan oil field development to the west of the Shetlands in the North Sea, with Heerema Marine Contractors and Bibby Offshore. The contracts cover the structural grouting for the 8,000-tonne Solan platform jacket and its specially designed 300,000-barrel subsea storage facility, in water depths of 135 metres. […]

  • Premier expects first oil from Solan ‘shortly’

    25 February 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Premier Oil, an independent oil and gas company, is expecting first oil from the Solan development project, in the UK North Sea, shortly.  In the company’s 2015 annual report on Thursday, Premier said that Solan project is nearing completion. The Solan development has been a challenging project for Premier since sanction with the commissioning of the […]

  • Solan facilities nearing completion, Premier Oil says

    11 July 2014
    Project & Tenders

    Premier Oil, a UK-based independent oil and gas company, has informed that the development of the Solan field in the UK North Sea, west of the Shetland Islands, is progressing well. In its recent trading update, the company said that the construction and onshore commissioning of the jacket and the topsides were nearing completion. The offshore […]

  • Premier Oil hires Harkand for Solan field support

    24 June 2015
    Project & Tenders

    Harkand has embarked on a contract awarded by Premier Oil Plc to support the operator activities on the Solan field development, West of Shetland. The multi-purpose service vessel the Siem Spearfish, which is on long-term charter to Harkand, arrived in Newcastle earlier this month to begin mobilization for the campaign which will see it perform […]

  • Premier Pushes First Oil from Solan to January

    23 December 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    Premier Oil informed that it will have to put off the start‑up of first oil at its Solan field, located in the UK sector of the North Sea, due to unfavorable weather conditions during preparations. Since its last update, the company has made progress on the commissioning of the offshore installation systems required for first oil on the Solan […]

  • Premier: First Oil from Solan by Year End

    12 November 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    Premier Oil reported that it continues to anticipate first oil from Solan field before the end of the year. Good offshore productivity and high uptime has been achieved with the Regalia flotel during September and October, the company said. Commissioning of the offshore installation systems required for first oil is progressing as planned. A number of the […]

  • Premier: Solan Facilities Installed, Hook Up and Commissioning Starts

    10 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Premier announces that the Solan subsea oil storage tank, jacket and topsides have been successfully installed. The offshore hook up and commissioning programme will now commence. Precise timing of first oil from the Solan field will depend upon the progress of this next phase. Tony Durrant, CEO, commented: “We are very pleased to have successfully […]

  • FoundOcean Wins Multiple Contracts to Secure Foundations for Solan

    14 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    FoundOcean, the world’s largest offshore grouting contractor, has secured two contract awards, on the Solan oil field development to the west of the Shetlands in the North Sea, with Heerema Marine Contractors and Bibby Offshore. The contracts cover the structural grouting for the 8,000-tonne Solan platform jacket and its specially designed 300,000-barrel subsea storage facility, […]

  • Drydocks World to Build Subsea Facility for Premier Oil’s Solan Field

    28 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Drydocks World, a UAE-based service provider to the global maritime and offshore oil and gas industry has entered into a multi-million contract with Premier Oil, to build subsea facility for Solan oil field in UK. “We have achieved yet another breakthrough in penetrating the offshore oil sector with our superlative services by entering into this […]

  • Drydocks World wins award for Solan tank construction

    12 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Drydocks World and Maritime World, the international providers of maritime and offshore services to the shipping, oil, gas, and energy sectors have been awarded the Best Oil & Gas Project Award for outstanding Project Excellence on the Solan Project in the UK North Sea. The gala event was held on the 30th anniversary of Abu […]

  • UK: Premier Receives Approval of Solan Field Development Plan

    26 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Premier announces that it has received approval of its Field Development Plan (FDP) for the Solan field (Premier 60 per cent, Chrysaor 40 per cent) from the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The Premier-operated Solan field, located on the UK Continental Shelf West of Shetland, is expected to produce approximately 40 million barrels of […]