Fossil Energy

Trelleborg gets rid of another offshore oil and gas business
Swedish provider of engineered polymer solutions Trelleborg has divested another part of its oil and gas portfolio – this time in Norway.

Aker BP books profit, higher income over price increase and sold volume
Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has booked a profit and saw higher income in the first quarter of the year due to higher realised prices and an increase in sold volume compared to the previous quarter.

Valaris books first-quarter loss, looks to emerge from Chapter 11
Offshore drilling contractor Valaris booked a $910 million loss in the first quarter of the year but hopes to re-emerge from bankruptcy sooner rather than later.

Eidesvik sells platform supplier outside oil and gas sector
A subsidiary of Norwegian offshore vessel owner Eidesvik Offshore has sold and delivered one of its platform supply vessels (PSVs).

Bristow scores contract extension with Aker BP in Norway
Offshore helicopter operator Bristow Group has won a contract extension with Aker BP to support air transportation crew change services for their operations on the Norwegian continental shelf.

Wintershall Dea breaks quarterly production record. Net debt down by a third
German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has had a record quarterly production in the first quarter of 2021 with 659,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day and reduced its net debt by almost a third.

BP triples first-quarter profit to $2.6 billion on strong oil, gas trading
Oil major BP has tripled its quarterly profit due to exceptional gas marketing, significantly higher oil prices, and higher refining margins.

Nordic partnership targets oil and gas platforms emissions cut using wave tech
Oil and gas company Lundin Energy Norway has partnered up with Swedish wave energy developer Ocean Harvesting Technologies to explore the potential of using wave energy to decarbonise the production of oil and gas on offshore platforms.

Scotland gets first dedicated subsea decommissioning hub
NorSea UK, in collaboration with Robertson-IES and CR Smith Services, has unveiled NorSea Decom – a dedicated entity whose sole work scope will be the safe and compliant management of decommissioned subsea infrastructure and waste logistics.

Lundin sells ‘world-first’ carbon-neutral certified oil
Oil and gas company Lundin Energy has sold the world’s first-ever certified carbon neutrally produced oil to Saras S.p.A from its Edvard Grieg field offshore Norway.

Mubadala signs MOU to buy Tamar field stake from Delek Drilling
Israel’s Delek Drilling has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with UAE’s Mubadala Petroleum for the sale of its 22 per cent non-operated stake in the Tamar gas field offshore Israel.

Northern Producer FPF arrives at port from Don fields
Northern Offshore’s Northern Producer floating production facility (FPF) has arrived at the Kishorn Port in Scotland following removal from EnQuest’s Don fields in the North Sea.

Schlumberger, Equinor to collaborate on data platform project
Schlumberger and Equinor, in collaboration with Microsoft, have partnered up on a strategic project to deploy the DELFI cognitive E&P environment, with seamless integration to the OSDU Data Platform.

Siem Offshore bags MPSV contract in North Sea
Norwegian marine contractor Siem Offshore has been awarded its first contract with Dutch subsea services provider DCN Diving for the multi-purpose support vessel (MPSV) Siem Dorado.