Endeavour International Corporation today announced a successful discovery in the West Rochelle area of the North Sea. The West Rochelle well was spudded on 3rd September and reached a total depth of 10,787ft on 7th October, encountering natural gas with an oil rim in an excellent quality reservoir
Maersk Oil sees a strong future for its UK North Sea oil and gas business after the Department of Energy and Climate Change awarded it 10 blocks in the 26th Licensing Round Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited (Maersk Oil) announces that it had been granted licenses encompassing 10 blocks in the DECC’s 2
Mott MacDonald, the global engineering, management and development consultancy, will be exhibiting on stand 43 at the RenewableUK Exhibition, which is taking place on 2-4 November 2010 at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) in Glasgow, UK. Mott MacDonald’s stand will be located in H
Skykon has today filed for a suspension of payments. The creditors will shortly receive additional information from the supervisor on the further course of events. “The wind turbine industry is project based and very cyclical, and it is currently being affected by a number of negative factors in the
Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, has been awarded a contract worth in excess of £500 million (Approximately USD$792.6 million) by Total E&P UK Limited (Total) for the development of a gas processing plant on the Shetland Islands. Work is scheduled to begin in Octobe
THE Skykon factory is currently the only significant manufacturer of wind turbine towers in Scotland and is therefore a very important part… By Paul Brewer (scotsman) [mappress] Source: scotsman, October 27, 2010;
THE Skykon factory is currently the only significant manufacturer of wind turbine towers in Scotland and is therefore a very important part… By Paul Brewer (scotsman) [mappress] Source: scotsman, October 27, 2010;
Oil and gas exploration licences granted by UK Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) DECC today reveal industry interest in developing the UK’s North Sea resources remains vibrant. Following the positive trends of recent years, 144 licences to extract oil and gas from UK waters have been offe
Thousands of civil engineering jobs and other jobs in construction will be created thanks to a newly announced £60m fund to develop offshore… William Hobson (randstadcpe) [mappress] Source: randstadcpe, October 27, 2010;
STEP Offshore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aker Solutions, has won a contract from Awilco Drilling Limited to engineer and deliver mud mixing and solids control systems to the Arctic II rig. STEP Offshore estimates that the value of the work will be approximately NOK 12 million(Approximately USD $2
On Tuesday the European Parliament’s Energy Committee gave its green light to an agreement with the Council to free up €146 million of… (europarl.europa) [mappress] Source: europarl.europa, October 27, 2010;
On Tuesday the European Parliament’s Energy Committee gave its green light to an agreement with the Council to free up €146 million of… (europarl.europa) [mappress] Source: europarl.europa, October 27, 2010;
Vestas has announced plans to cut around 3,000 jobs as part of its plan to cut excess capacity in Europe. The move was revealed as part of… James Quilter (windpowermonthly) [mappress] Source: windpowermonthly, October 27, 2010;
Valiant Petroleum plc announces that its operated Viola North exploration well (Licence P1629, Block 30/18b) has reached a depth of approximately 16,000 ft TVDSS (~4,875 metres) and while the Fulmar sand formation was encountered, no hydrocarbons were present in this location. The well will be plugg
