Fossil Energy
Worldwide offshore rig count in August down 74 units year over year
The worldwide offshore rig count in August 2020 dropped by 74 rigs year-over-year but is up 3 rigs sequentially, according to a report by Baker Hughes.
Borr Drilling hit with fresh NYSE listing warning
Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has received its second continued listing standard warning from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in a span of three months.
AGS inks Utsira data licensing deal
Axxis Geo Solutions (AGS) has entered into a data licensing agreement with an undisclosed international oil company. The late sale is related to the company’s OBN seismic data library over Utsira in Norway. The Utsira OBN seismic data library is now in its final stage of data processing. Processing
Spirit Energy, Premier Oil pick up UK acreage in licensing round
Premier Oil and Spirit Energy have added a total of 14 new blocks to their UK North Sea portfolio in OGA’s 32nd Offshore Licensing Round.
OPEC postpones Diamond Anniversary in Baghdad
The festivities scheduled for OPEC’s 60th Anniversary, originally scheduled for later this month in Baghdad where the organization was founded, have been postponed.
Ninian Northern topside set for decommissioning at Lerwick port
The 14,200-tonne Ninian Northern topside has been loaded onto its final resting place – the Dales Voe decommissioning pad at Lerwick Harbour.
Shell keeps Prosafe rig but defers Shearwater job for 2021
Prosafe and oil major Shell have agreed to defer and amend the contract for the Safe Zephyrus to provide accommodation services in support of the Shearwater platform turnaround in the UK North Sea.
Wintershall Dea cheers fresh Nova milestone with most of subsea hardware now in place
Wintershall Dea has completed another milestone for its operated Nova project, located offshore Norway, following the installation of the risers on the North Sea field.
UK: OGA offers offshore blocks to 65 firms as gov’t launches review into future licensing regime
The UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has offered for award 113 licence areas over 259 blocks or part-blocks to 65 companies in the latest offshore licensing round.
Equinor’s Johan Castberg project under investigation amid ‘major challenges’ with FPSO hull welds
Norwegian offshore safety watchdog has launched an investigation into challenges related to the completion of the hull and equipment for Equinor’s Johan Castberg FPSO.
Equinor awards Hammerfest LNG modification FEED deal
Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor tagged Aibel for the Hammerfest LNG plant modification front-end engineering and design (FEED) job.
Great Yarmouth port to get offshore energy O&M campus
Norfolk County Council (NCC) has secured GBP 6 million of funding to deliver an offshore energy operations and maintenance campus at the Port of Great Yarmouth. The site will be located at the entrance of River Yare and will have closer proximity to the Southern North Sea offshore energy developmen
Neptune setting up world’s longest heated production pipeline
Installation of the world’s longest heated subsea production pipeline is underway in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Once completed, the 36-kilometre electrically trace-heated (ETH) pipe-in-pipe solution will transport oil from the Neptune Energy-operated Fenja field to the Njord A platform,
ION taps Shearwater for UK North Sea 3D seismic
Shearwater GeoServices has announced a new 3D seismic acquisition award for ION Geophysical’s UK Mid North Sea High (“MNSH”) program. The MNSH is one of the last remaining underexplored regions on the UK Continental Shelf and a recent well confirmed one of the first new plays in recent years. The ve