Fossil Energy

Offshore regulator follows up on Equinor’s Johan Castberg development
The PSA, Norway’s offshore safety watchdog, has confirmed Equinor will not get consent for Johan Castberg until the operator corrects all nonconformities.

Orcadian Energy seeking FPSO for North Sea oilfield development
Orcadian has received three expressions of interest for the provision of an FPSO vessel for the Pilot development in the North Sea.

Shell vows to halve scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030
Shell has set a new target to reduce its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 50 per cent compared to 2016 levels by 2030, regardless of the outcome of its appeal against the Dutch Court’s ruling.

Havila divests Maersk Drilling of rig for $373M in eagerly anticipated sale
Maersk Drilling has sold one of its jack-up rigs – Mærsk Inspirer (now named Inspirer) – to Havila Sirius for a price of $373 million.

LIVE BLOG: Offshore Energy and Navingo Career 2021 events
Aaaaaaand scene! The 14th Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference is in the books and, in case you were not able to join us over the past two days, the video below gives you a little taste of what it was like to be at RAI Amsterdam in person! 17.10 Closing the 14th OEEC and the 15th […]

OGA’s competition designed to push UKCS electrification forward
OGA has confirmed a total of 29 received bids in an update on the £1 million ($1.4 million) decarbonisation competition for the electrification of offshore oil and gas installations on the UKCS.

About heavy lift cranes with GustoMSC
One-on-one with GustoMSC’s sales and business development manager Gerben Roks on heavy lift cranes in the offshore wind industry, trends and innovations.

Neptune comes up dry in North Sea well
Neptune has concluded the drilling of a wildcat well near the Snorre field in the Norwegian North Sea, but the well turned out to be dry.

Day 2 of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference kicks off
At the kick-off of the second day of Navingo’s Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) 2021, our Anne Visser, director of operations, reflects on the first day of the event and gives us a sneak-peek into today’s agenda.

OEEC ’21: Intro to Netherlands Energy Technology Platform
The Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) got to hear more about the Netherlands Energy Technology Platform (NETP), as well as positioning the Dutch offshore wind industry from market experts on the first day of the event.

OGA looks into ExxonMobil’s delayed sale of North Sea assets
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), has decided to investigate the delay in Esso’s proposed sale of 13 producing fields, including Elgin Franklin, to NEO.

OKEA buoyed up as first oil flows from Repsol’s Yme field
OKEA has confirmed the first oil production achievement at the Repsol-operated Yme field in the Norwegian North Sea.

Neptune kicks off final drilling campaign on Fenja field
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has started drilling operations on four production wells on the Fenja field in the Norwegian Sea.

Providence and Lansdowne confirm Barryroe site survey
Providence and Lansdowne confirm the site survey at the K drilling location of the Barryroe field in the North Celtic Sea is underway.