Fossil Energy
Subsea UK Awards’ finalists revealed
Subsea UK has informed that the finalists have been announced for annual Subsea UK Awards. According to Subsea UK, a selection of the country’s most innovative, dynamic and successful subsea businesses have made it on to the final shortlist for the annual awards. The gala event, on Wednesday Februar
DeepOcean: Business restructuring begins
DeepOcean Group Holding B.V. has announced that it has started a reorganization of the company. Effective January 1, 2015 DeepOcean is organised in two main regions, the Greater North Sea (“GNS”) region and the International region. Ottar Mæland will head up the GNS region as Group EVP GNS. Group su
Popular news, January 5 – 11, 2015
Dear readers, in today’s list of the most read articles of this past week is an article of the arrival of the Pieter Schelte vessel to Rotterdam. To call it just a ‘vessel’ is an understatement. A platform installation / decommissioning and pipelaying vessel in one, it has been described as a twin-h
Centrica: 30th anniversary of Morecambe gas production (Gallery)
Centrica Energy, a UK-based integrated energy company, is today celebrating 30 years of gas production from the Morecambe Bay, off England. The Morecambe Bay gas fields, located off the coast of Lancashire and Cumbria, are among the biggest in UK waters – approximately the same size as the city of B
NPD processes Statoil’s Rutil discovery PDO
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has processed the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for the 34/10-53 S (Rutil) discovery in the Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen area in the North Sea. Statoil submitted the plan for development and operation to the authorities in December 2014. Production start
December: Offshore rig count down by 3
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted today an international rig count report for December 2014 on its Investor Relations website according to which the international offshore rig count is down by three rigs from last month’s count. The international rig count for December 2014 was 1,313, down 11 fro
Scotland calls for urgent oil & gas tax reforms
Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing yesterday published a new report calling for urgent reform of the taxation regime for North Sea oil and gas and also setting out the Scottish Government’s work to support the sector. The report proposes fiscal changes to support investment, encourage exploration
Statoil to extend life of Norne field
Norway’s Statoil has informed that although it was initially scheduled to be shut down during 2014, the ambition is now to extend the life of the Norne field, located in the Norwegian Sea, to 2030. The Norne field came on stream on November 6, 1997, and the initial development plans called for the f
Magma Global, Maritime Developments join forces for well intervention solution
High-performance pipeline manufacturer Magma Global has entered into a partnership with back-deck services specialist Maritime Developments to develop a unique well intervention solution for the offshore oil and gas market. According to the press release, this expert partnership aims to meet key com
Claxton marks milestone in conductor centralizer installation
Claxton, an Acteon company, has marked a milestone by installing more than 5000 conductor guide centralizers. Conductor centralizers form the interface between the platform jacket and well conductor, assuring vital conductor integrity. The company reports it supplied a range of conductor and structu
EFC land contracts with drilling contractors
EFC Group, a designer and manufacturer of controls, instrumentation, monitoring and handling systems for the global oil and gas drilling industry, has been awarded contracts with major oil and gas drilling contractor companies to the value of £3.65 million ($5.5 million). The company has completed t
Photo: Allseas’ Pieter Schelte finally in The Netherlands
Allseas’ Pieter Schelte, the world’s largest platform installation & decommissioning and pipelaying vessel, has reached The Netherlands following a long trip from South Korea’s Daewoo Heavy Industries’ yard. The vessel in now sailing through the Maasvlakte harbour, on its way to Rotterdam, where All
Ocean Rig, Eni reach agreement on drillship contract
Ocean Rig UDW Inc. a provider of offshore deepwater drilling rigs, has secured a contract extension for one of its drillships. In detail, the company said that Italy’s Eni has extended the contract for the drillship Ocean Rig Poseidon in Angola for a further one year until the second quarter of 2017
Medics to measure offshore passengers’ size
Step Change in Safety, an industry safety group, has announced the measurement strategy for helicopter passengers travelling to and from offshore installations, on the UK Continental Shelf. The strategy follows Step Change’s announcement in October 2014 that passengers will be measured by the width