Fossil Energy
Technip scoops FEED job for Peterhead CCS project
Technip will provide FEED for world’s first commercial gas carbon capture and storage project in Scotland.
Independent Oil and Gas buy Cronx gas asset from Swift
Independent Oil and Gas plc, the North Sea focused oil and gas development and production company, has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the UK licence block 48/22a from Swift Exploration (“Swift”) for an initial consideration of approximately £468,000. Block 48/22a contains a gas disco
Scana Industrier propels Bourbon’s AHTS
Scana Industrier ASA has through its subsidiary Scana Propulsion signed a contract with Vard Brattvåg for delivery of a propulsion system for an Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel (AHTS) to Bourbon Offshore Norway. The AHTS is of design type Vard 2-12, designed by Vard Design. The equipment will be d
Wood Group secures contract extension from Chevron North Sea
Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has been awarded a one year operations and maintenance contract extension from Chevron North Sea Limited. This is the second award WGPSN has received from Chevron North Sea Limited in the past six months. Services will be provided to the Captain and Alba fields, including the
TGS partners up with WGP for 3D Survey in Northwest Europe
TGS has signed a contract with WGP Survey Ltd to partner on a 3D multi-client project in the Barents Sea during the 2014 summer season. The project is expected to cover an area of approximately 500 km2 and will utilize WGP Survey Ltd’s High-res 3D P-CableTM technology. The details of the project to
GC Rieber Shipping takes delivery of ‘Polar Onyx’
The offshore construction vessel ‘Polar Onyx’ was delivered on 4 March 2014 from Ulstein Verft to GC Rieber Shipping, as the latest addition to their growing investments into the subsea segment. The vessel’s first assignment will be to work for deepwater projects serving as pipelay support vessel
NOF Energy organizes supply chain training for Maersk Oil workforce
NOF Energy is working with the Maersk Oil to help the business develop its workforce and equip them with an in-depth understanding of the supply chain. As part of its two year graduate training programme, Maersk Oil UK wanted to broaden its employees’ technical awareness of supply chain companies an
Statoil spuds Johan Sverdrup appraisal well
Statoil has begun drilling of the appraisal well 16/2-19 in PL265 on the Johan Sverdrup discovery, located in the North Sea sector of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).
Increased Oil Recovery solutions to be presented at ITF event
ITF, the organisation driving collaborative oil and gas technology development in the UK, Oil & Gas UK and the UK’s innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board, are offering developers the opportunity to present their technological solutions to enhance oil and gas production at the ITF Technolo
PGNiG allocates $622M for E&P in 2014
The PGNiG Group plans to spend around $1.5B in 2014, mostly in the upstream segment and on expansion and upgrade of its gas network. The Polish company has earmarked $622 million ( PLN 1.9bn ) for exploration and production of hydrocarbons from domestic and foreign assets, of which the largest part
GDF Suez begins Byrkje drilling in Barents Sea
The drilling operation is scheduled to take 47 days.
Huntington, Nini fields boosts February output for Noreco
Norwegian Energy Company (Noreco) in February 2014 produced 8 692 barrels of oil equivalents per day (boepd) on average. Net realised prices in February were USD102.9 per barrel of oil equivalents (USD 108.9 per barrel of oil) after adjustments for inventory, NGL and gas prices. Noreco production pe
Maersk Training launches two offshore emergency courses (UK)
Maersk Training’s cutting-edge helicopter and helideck simulators to support new lifelike offshore emergency trainings
Petrel wins two Porcupine Basin licences (Ireland)
Petrel Resources plc (Petrel) has been awarded, by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Frontier Exploration Licences 3/14 and 4/14 in the Irish Atlantic’s Porcupine Basin. The acreage licensed collectively covers approximately 1,050km2 or 75% of the 1,400km2 previously he