Fossil Energy
Kvaerner delivers support structure for Repsol’s Yme project
Norwegian engineering and construction services company Kvaerner has built and delivered a permanent caisson support structure for the Repsol-operated Yme New Development project located offshore Norway. Kvaerner said through its social media channels on Wednesday that its Verdal yard completed and
China: Deepsea Yantai semi-sub named. Sets sail for Norway
Deepsea Yantai, a newbuild semi-submersible drilling rig destined for operations in Norway, has been launched in China.
Trump administration sued over offshore safety rules rollback
Ten environmental groups on Tuesday sued the Trump administration over recent changes in the Obama-era offshore safety rules put in place in 2016, in the aftermath of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Equinor to disclose Sleipner CO2 storage data in push to advance development
Norwegian oil and gas giant Equinor and its partners will disclose a dataset from the Sleipner field; the world’s first offshore CCS plant, in a push to advance innovation and development on the field of CO2 storage.
BP serves Greenpeace with injunction over oil rig protest
British oil major BP has served an injunction to Greenpeace in order to stop the actions of the environmentalist group’s activists aboard a rig currently under contract with the company.
Eni enters into cooperation pact with KazMunayGas
Kazakhstan’s state-owned oil and gas company KazMunayGas and Italian EnI have signed a memorandum of cooperation further expanding the relations between two companies.
SNC-Lavalin COO takes on CEO role
Canadian engineering and construction group SNC-Lavalin has named Ian L. Edwards as its Interim President and CEO, effective June 11, 2019.
Rosenberg WorleyParsons wins Gjøa modification job
Neptune Energy has awarded Rosenberg WorleyParsons contracts for modifications on the Neptune operated Gjøa semi-submersible platform.
Rystad: Hasty offshore sanctioning leads to cost overruns
As the oil and gas industry comes out of the recent downturn, E&P companies are tempted to chase the rewards of higher oil prices by accelerating the sanctioning of new projects. However, hasty sanctioning can lead to less certainty of what the ultimate cost of any given project will be, according t
State wage-and-hour laws don’t apply for offshore oil workers, U.S. court rules
The U.S. supreme court has ruled that state laws don’t apply for offshore oil workers employed on the U.S. outer continental shelf, as these are governed by federal laws.
Tommeliten Alpha partners to pick development concept in 3Q 2020
ConocoPhillips and its partners in the Tommeliten Alpha project located offshore Norway are planning to select the development concept for the project by the third quarter of 2020.
Well-Safe to decommission up to 21 North Sea wells for DNO
Well-Safe Solutions has been awarded a major contract to decommission up to twenty-one wells on the Schooner and Ketch fields in the UKCS, operated by DNO.
LOC to provide consultancy support on Chevron’s Gorgon
LOC Group, a service provider to the offshore oil and gas industry, has signed an agreement with Chevron for work in Australia.
Total produces first gas from Culzean field in North Sea
French oil major Total has started up production from the Culzean gas condensate field located on Block 22/25a, 230 kilometers off the coast of Aberdeen, in the UK.