Fossil Energy

Young Energy Officers
Energy transition is not a fast and temporary thing, and its reach goes beyond the existing industries, their operations and transformations. Next generation of experts is working in the good old energy sector as it moves through the transition and to what it will become in the future. The Young Ene

Aker divisions team up for OWFs in Norway to decarbonize oil & gas
Aker Offshore Wind and Aker BP have agreed to cooperate on realizing offshore wind in Norway at large scale, as well as accelerating the process of decarbonizing oil & gas assets. The parties plan to collaborate on concepts for the development of large offshore wind farms to enable effective offtake

The Role of Oil and Gas Industry in Energy Transition
The oil and gas sector is joining the energy transition, with net-zero pledges from the big oil and gas names already widely familiar. While its move towards the fully green and clean side of things is being done slowly and safely, the industry has encountered a push or two from the circumstances ar

Prosafe gets $13.6 million worth North Sea job from ConocoPhillips
Prosafe has been awarded a contract by ConocoPhillips to provide accommodation support on the Ekofisk field located offshore Norway.

Awilco bracing for cost-cutting measures following rig order cancellation and delay
Offshore drilling contractor Awilco Drilling is preparing for cost-cutting measures amid a challenging environment in the offshore drilling market.

Offshore safety watchdog finds ‘serious breaches’ on Equinor’s North Sea field
Equinor has received a notification of order from the country’s offshore safety watchdog after an audit found serious breaches on the Grane field.

Green light to Lundin for North Sea well
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has issued a drilling permit to Lundin Energy Norway for a well located in the North Sea offshore Norway.

World’s largest SSCV installs one of world’s smallest platforms
The Heerema Marine Contractors-owned Sleipnir, the world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel, has installed Dana Petroleum’s new P11-Unity platform.

Five energy majors to develop CO2 transport and storage project in UK North Sea
Energy majors have formed the Northern Endurance partnership to develop offshore carbon dioxide transport and storage infrastructure in the UK North Sea.

Turkey could work with foreign firms to develop Sakarya gas field
Turkey stated that there is a possibility that it would cooperate with foreign companies to develop its massive discovery in the Black Sea.

Equinor gains drilling permit for Barents Sea well
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Equinor a drilling permit for a well located in the Barents Sea off Norway.

EnQuest to add ex-Petronas Carigali CFO to its board
UK oil and gas company EnQuest has decided to appoint Farina Khan as a non-executive director of its board with effect from 1 November 2020.

Equinor CFO resigns from his role
Equinor executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) Lars Christian Bacher is resigning from his position with effect from 1 November 2020.

Emerson’s technology to digitally transform and support BP’s Caspian Sea project
Emerson has been awarded a $14 million contract to provide automation technologies for the new Azeri Central East offshore platform in the Caspian Sea.