Fossil Energy
DOF anchor handler stays with Equinor for another six months
Norwegian shipping company DOF has been awarded a contract extension by oil major Equinor for the anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel Skandi Vega.
Premier cheers Tolmount East well success
Oil and gas company Premier Oil has cheered the success of the Tolmount East well located in the UK Southern Gas Basin.
Nexans holds block party for Nexans Aurora cable layer
French offshore cabling specialist Nexans has hosted a grand block ceremony for its new cable installation vessel, the Nexans Aurora.
UK North Sea: Chimera well comes up dry for Cairn
Cairn Energy has completed drilling of wildcat well 03/17a-3, known as Chimera, but failed to find hydrocarbons.
Norway’s offshore wells in 2019 could challenge all-time high levels, Rystad says
While global offshore exploration activity has been flat year-to-date, the situation has been far more buoyant on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Norway: Former oil minister to become offshore oil worker, report says
Ola Borten Moe, the former minister of energy in Norway, is set to become an offshore oil worker.
Simon Møkster sells platform supplier outside offshore sector
Norwegian shipowner Simon Møkster has sold one of its platform supply vessels (PSVs) to a customer outside the offshore shipping segment.
GALLERY: Plan submission for powering Gullfaks and Snorre with offshore wind
Norwegian oil major Equinor, along with its partners in the Snorre field, has submitted a development plan of supplying power from floating offshore wind to the field via the Hywind Tampen wind farm.
Worker injured in fire incident on Taqa’s Tern offshore platform
An offshore worker was injured in a fire incident aboard Taqa’s Tern Alpha platform in the North Sea
Borr Drilling adds another jack-up rig to its fleet
Singapore’s offshore rig builder Keppel Offshore & Marine has delivered its fourth jack-up rig to Borr Drilling. The rig has been named Hermod.
OKEA to live stream offshore well log on Twitch
Norwegian oil and gas company OKEA will on Tuesday start the Draugen drilling campaign offshore Norway, using the Deepsea Nordkapp rig. OKEA will live stream the drilling log from the drilling operations on the semi-submersible rig.
Maritime unions: Keep searching for missing Bourbon Rhode crew!
The international maritime unions have called for the search to continue for the seven missing seafarers of the Bourbon Rhode vessel which sank in the mid-Atlantic on September 26.
Dana hands in development plan for Platypus gas project
Dana Petroleum has submitted a draft Field Development Plan and Environmental Statement for the Platypus gas project in the UK Southern North Sea to UK authorities.
PGNiG makes small oil and gas discovery in Norwegian Sea
PGNiG Upstream Norway has made a small oil and gas discovery southeast of the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea.