Fossil Energy
Aker Solutions lands $302M BP North Sea deal
Aker Solutions has secured a framework agreement to provide engineering, modifications and maintenance services for BP-operated oil and gas fields offshore Norway.
Severstal sends out its first batch for South Stream
OAO Severstal has begun shipments of 813 mm diameter pipes for the South Stream Offshore Pipeline. The pipes are manufactured at the Izhora Pipe Mill, part of Severstal’s Russian Steel division. The Mill’s first batch of 39.0 mm wall, 12 meter pipes have been shipped to Severstal’s stevedore company
Peak Well Systems moves HQ
Specialist downhole tool provider, Peak Well Systems (“Peak”) has relocated its European regional headquarters to a newly constructed, world class office and workshop facility in Aberdeen which will meet the needs of its expanding North Sea business. Peak’s investment in its Aberdeen Technology Cent
UK: Chief Secretary to the Treasury to speak at O&G conference
Oil & Gas UK has announced that Rt. Hon. Danny Alexander MP, Chief Secretary to the Treasury will speak on the second day of the trade association’s first Annual Conference on ‘Strength, stability, innovation: the future of oil and gas in the UK’. The conference, taking place on June 11-12 at the Ab
Video: Greenpeace blocks two rigs destined for Arctic waters
Greenpeace activists from 12 countries blocked two separate oil rigs destined to drill in the Arctic ocean in the early hours of Tuesday morning. A group of 30 activists in the Dutch port of IJmuiden occupied the GSP Saturn, a rig contracted by Russia’s state owned energy company Gazprom on its way
Aubin Group gets new CFO
Aubin Group, a chemical technology specialist, has appointed Katy Gifford as Chief Financial Officer to strengthen its management team and help drive the future growth of the company.
RWE Dea completes Titan appraisal drilling (Norway)
RWE Dea Norway AS, an operator of production license 420 (Titan), has completed drilling of appraisal wells 35/9-11 S and 35/9-11 A in oil, gas and condensate discovery 35/9-6 S, in the Norwegian part of the North Sea.
Greenpeace boards Transocean Spitsbergen rig
On the morning of 27 May Greenpeace activists boarded the drilling rig Transocean Spitsbergen. The rig was en route to the Hoop area in the Barents Sea.
Tullow finds no oil in Gotama wildcat (Norway)
Tullow Oil plc has announced that exploration well 31/2-21S which was targeting the Gotama prospect, offshore Norway, did not encounter reservoir quality sandstones in the Upper Jurassic main target. The well encountered reservoir quality sandstones in the secondary targets, but these intervals are
Genel spuds Hagar Qim 1 well, offshore Malta
Genel has begun drilling operation on its Hagar Qim 1 well, offshore Malta, a partner in the block has reported. Mediterranean Oil & Gas has received formal notification from Phoenicia Energy Company Ltd (a wholly owned subsidiary of Genel Energy plc), the operator of Malta Block 7 of Area 4, that t
VNG: Pil appraisal well hits oil (Norway)
Faroe Petroleum has announced the completion of a successful initial side‐track appraisal well on the Pil oil and gas discovery (Faroe 25%) in the Norwegian Sea. The Pil side‐track well (6406/12‐3 B), to appraise for additional hydrocarbons along the Pil structure and down‐dip from the initial disco
EMGS nominates new Board member
Electromagnetic Geoservices’ ASA (EMGS) nomination committee has proposed Guro Høyaas Løken to be elected as a new board member for 2 years at the AGM (annual general meeting ) to be held on 3 June 2014. Høyaas Løken is currently VP of Engineering and Technology with the company EMAS AMC AS. She has
Island Frontier to get new vent system from Agility Group
Agility Group has been awarded an EPCIC contract with Island Offshore for delivery of a Hydro Carbon Vent System to the Island Frontier vessel Island Frontier is a riserless well intervention vessel that provides access to the subsea well through a Well Control Package. As a preparation for the well
South Caucasus Pipeline Expansion contract awarded
The South Caucasus Pipeline Company (SCPC) and the Shah Deniz consortium have announced the award of the pipeline construction contract for the South Caucasus Pipeline Expansion (SCPX) project.