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Aker BP Awards Norwegian Sea 4D Survey

Aker BP Awards Norwegian Sea 4D Survey   Aker BP has awarded Shearwater GeoServices Holding AS an ocean bottom seismic (OBS) 4D survey at the Ivar Aasen field in the Norwegian North Sea, Shearwater reported Monday. “This is a welcome return to the Ivar Aasen field for Aker BP with Qseabed,” Shearwater CEO Irene Waage Basili commented in a written statement emailed to Rigz...

UK firm transforms offshore structures into artificial reefs

UK firm transforms offshore structures into artificial reefs   A company from Cornwall in the southeast of England, which turns oil platforms and offshore windfarms into artificial ocean reefs has secured a £60,000 ($85,000) Innovate UK grant. Founded by a team of divers, ARC Marine protects seabed infrastructure with hollow cubes that give endangered and commercial species a place to hide, sleep hunt and breed. “Most reef restoration programmes are currently paid fo...

TechnipFMC Snags Another Multimillion-dollar Subsea Contract

TechnipFMC Snags Another Multimillion-dollar Subsea Contract   TechnipFMC Plc scooped up a “substantial” contract on Feb. 22 by Malaysia’s state-owned oil firm Petronas to supply subsea equipment for a deepwater project offshore the Southeast Asian country. The award follows another recent “substantial” contract win by TechnipFMC for subsea tieback work offshore Egypt. TechnipFMC said the value of a “substantial” contract ranges between $25...

Well Plugging Starts in Pioneering North Sea Field

Well Plugging Starts in Pioneering North Sea Field   Plugging operations began last month in conjunction with the planned shutdown of the Veslefrikk field in the North Sea, Equinor reported Monday. “Veslefrikk was a technologically pathbreaking development which has paved the way for new, lighter offshore structures after the era of concrete giants in the North Sea,” Geir Sørtveit, Equinor’s senior vice president for Operations West, observed in a written...

Green Apple Award won by Legasea for Environmental Best Practice

Green Apple Award won by Legasea for Environmental Best Practice   Legasea, based in Aberdeenshire, has won a Scottish Green Apple Environment Award in the campaign to find the greenest companies, councils, and communities. They have won their award for environmental best practice in relation to their Subsea Circular Economy services.   Legasea competed against more than 200 other nominations in the Scottish Green Apple Awards for Environmental Best Practice, and they will be...

Total Awards North Sea Services Contract

Total Awards North Sea Services Contract   Total E&P UK Ltd. has awarded DNV GL a three-year contract to provide various services across its full U.K. North Sea oil and gas portfolio, DNV GL reported Monday. “This contract will see Total use a broad range of DNV GL’s services to enhance its operations and support its low-carbon goals,” remarked Jack Downie, DNV GL’s head of development and innovation for U.K. and Ireland, in a written statement emailed...

Neptune Energy Starts Production from Gjøa P1 Project Off Norway

Neptune Energy Starts Production from Gjøa P1 Project Off Norway   Oil and gas company Neptune Energy said Tuesday it had brought online the Gjøa P1 development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Gjøa P1 has been developed via a new subsea template, tied back to existing infrastructure on the Gjøa field. It is a two-well development with one oil and one gas producer. The gas well came onstream on February 22, with the oil well planned to start-...

New UK upstream player Harbour Energy on track after creditors' go-ahead

New UK upstream player Harbour Energy on track after creditors' go-ahead   The merger of privately owned Chrysaor and London-listed Premier Oil to create potentially the largest oil and gas producer in the UK North Sea is on track for approval in a Scottish court next month after Premier's creditors approved a debt restructuring, part of a flurry of M&A activity stemming from last year's price crash. The merger is expected to create a sizeable publicly listed North...

"Subsea Review" OGV Community Online Event - Feb 2021

Subsea Review OGV Energy welcomes you to our OGV Community event for February, where we will be exploring how the supply chain within the Subsea sector can position itself to capitalise on new opportunities.     In partnership with Subsea UK, we are delighted to welcome their CEO - Neil Gordon to chair the discussion and provide us with some insights on what Subsea UK will be doing this year to support its membership in these challenging times. As the blue economy...

Rystad Energy: Offshore wind to be the new hiring haven

Rystad Energy: Offshore wind to be the new hiring haven   The COVID-19 downturn has once again caused employment rates to plummet in the oil and gas industry. Even though some uptick is expected when the recovery arrives, employment will never return to the glories of just a few years ago. However, there is an energy segment that will be the new hiring haven for energy jobs, a Rystad Energy analysis shows – offshore wind. The COVID-19 downturn has once again caused employment...

Oil spill hits 100 miles of Israel's coastline

Oil spill hits 100 miles of Israel's coastline   Israel has been forced to close its Mediterranean beaches after a major oil spill drenched more than 100 miles of coastline. Officials are calling it one of the worst ever wildlife disasters to happen in the country and say it will take months, or even years, to clean up. The spill has left much of the shoreline covered in sticky tar and lots of animals have been pictured covered in it. Thousands of volunteers gathered over...

Saipem lands $1.7 billion worth deal with Qatargas

Saipem lands $1.7 billion worth deal with Qatargas   Italian oilfield services provider Saipem has received a letter of award from Qatargas for the development of the North Field Production Sustainability Offshore Project, located offshore Qatar, worth approximately $1.7 billion. The scope of work encompasses the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation of various offshore facilities for the extraction and transportation of natural gas, including platforms, supportin...

CNOOC Makes Large Oil and Gas Find in Bohai Bay

CNOOC Makes Large Oil and Gas Find in Bohai Bay   Chinese national oil company CNOOC said Sunday it had made a large oil and gas discovery Bozhong 13-2 in Bohai Bay. CNOOC said that the Bozhong 13-2 structure was located in the south-western Ring of Bozhong Sag in the Bohai Bay with an average water depth of about 23.2 meters. The discovery well BZ13-2-2 was drilled and completed at a depth of 5,223 meters, and encountered oil pay zones with a total thickness of approximately 34...

North-east safety firm helps to bridge gap between academia and industry

North-east safety firm helps to bridge gap between academia and industry   Aberdeenshire headquarted process safety firm, Salus Technical, have teamed up with the University of Edinburgh to provide the next generation of engineers the opportunity to work with real-life industry software.   Salus Technical MD and Founder, David Jamieson, offered the company’s new risk assessment software solution – Bowtie Master - free-of-charge to university students of degrees...

Worley supports Allseas to decommission two east Irish Sea platforms

Worley supports Allseas to decommission two east Irish Sea platforms   Worley is supporting Allseas with decommissioning services for its DP3 and DP4 project in the eastern Irish Sea. Commencing in early 2020, this contract has seen Worley deliver a range of decommissioning engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) work scopes for Allseas, including engineering preparations for the removal of Spirit Energy’s Morecambe Bay DP3 and DP4 normally unmanned installations (NUI...

DNV GL secures three-year services contract for Total’s UK assets

DNV GL secures three-year services contract for Total’s UK assets   DNV GL has been awarded a three-year contract by Total E&P UK Ltd to provide multiple services across the full portfolio of the international operator’s oil and gas assets in the UK North Sea. DNV GL, the independent energy expert and assurance provider will provide core services such as verification, classification and flag, risk advisory services and major accident hazard awareness training. These...

Planning for shutdown of the Veslefrikk field

Planning for shutdown of the Veslefrikk field   After more than 30 years on stream and over 400 million barrels of oil equivalent the Veslefrikk partnership is now planning for shutdown of the field in the spring of 2022. The plugging of wells has already started. The field was discovered in 1981, and when it came on stream in 1989, Veslefrikk’s development concept, as a first on the Norwegian continental shelf, consisted of a floating production unit. The partnership has...

Former Scotland defender hires underworld heavies to get back cash lost in oil industry scam

Former Scotland defender hires underworld heavies to get back cash lost in oil industry scam   A former Scotland international footballer has hired underworld heavies to claim back money he lost in an oil industry scam. Gangland enforcers are leaving behind a trail of fear as they look to retrieve millions of pounds on behalf of investors – some of them household names – who were victims of the sting. The Sunday Mail can reveal a notorious hood was recently called in...

OGV ENergy International oil and gas update

OGV ENergy International oil and gas  update   88 Energy Ltd started rig mobilisation for the Merlin-1 well, in Alaska, where drilling is scheduled to start in the first week of March. "Commencement of drilling at Merlin-1 is now just around the corner, targeting the extension of the highly successful Nanushuk play,” said Dave Wall, managing director. “Success would underpin a company making development project for our shareholders, with the proven resource at...

The methanol factory at Tjeldbergodden has started production

The methanol factory at Tjeldbergodden has started production   The methanol plant at Tjeldbergodden is now back in production after being decommissioned since the fire on 2 December 2020. The safe start-up preparations have gone according to plan and the facility is now supplying methanol to the market. The fire broke out in the compressor building in the methanol factory area at Tjeldbergodden. The air gas factory and methanol plant were shut down as a result of this incident. No...
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