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Could Your Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Also Be Obsolete?

Could Your Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Also Be Obsolete?   Time is running out for current PLCs Manufacturers of decades-old PLC control systems may cease some control interfaces used in the oil and gas industry. Numerous producers of control interface equipment have ceased operations in recent years, and this tendency has continued. While control interfaces may be less th...

SCOTGRIP® INTERNATIONAL awarded contract for anti-slip product in Renewables sector

SCOTGRIP® INTERNATIONAL awarded contract for anti-slip product in Renewables sector   SCOTGRIP® INTERNATIONAL, the UK market leader for anti-slip safety products, today announces the award of a substantial recent order from a global energy services provider to supply industrial anti-slip safety equipment to an offshore wind farm currently being developed in the North Sea. Commenting on their latest contract award Managing Director at SCOTGRIP® INTERNATIONAL, Ralph Prise...

IEC 61850 and the road to renewables: Standards for the smart grid

IEC 61850 and the road to renewables: Standards for the smart grid   The United Nations (UN) climate declaration, announced at COP26, has called for governments to accelerate the phasing out of coal and subsidies for fossil fuels in favour of renewable technologies. In light of these new commitments, digitalization of the world’s energy grids becomes even more essential. Here, Jurgen Resch, Energy Industry Manager at COPA-DATA, examines the state of digitalization in the energy...

Petrobras books three Constellation rigs

Petrobras books three Constellation rigs   Brazil’s Constellation Oil Services has been awarded new contracts for three of its rigs by Petrobras in Brazil. The contracts were awarded to Amaralina Star, Gold Star, and Lone Star rigs, Constellation revealed in a recent update. The Brazilian company said that these new contracts reinforce its long-term relationship with Petrobras and guarantee operational continuity for the three rigs. Offshore Energy has reached out to Const...

Westwood Global slash estimates at Glengorm discovery

Westwood Global slash estimates at Glengorm discovery   Once hailed as the largest UK discovery, CNOOC are now returning to the drawing board. The Glengorm project, which had been quoted on the environmental impact assessment (EIA) as having resources of 60 – 400 million barrels, this estimate has now been downgraded following a disappointing appraisal campaign. Major questions were thrown up on the future of Glengorm in the central North Sea, when CNOOC revealed in Decemb...

Mariner partners disagree with Equinor over reserves downgrade

Mariner partners disagree with Equinor over reserves downgrade   Oil and gas company Siccar Point Energy believes that Equinor, its partner and the operator of the Mariner field in the UK North Sea, has been premature in its reserves estimate downgrade for the field. Mariner is located on the East Shetland Platform of the UK North Sea, approximately 150 kilometres east of Shetland and 320 kilometres northeast of Aberdeen. The production from the field started in August 2019 and con...

Norway Is Determined To Boost Oil Discoveries

Norway Is Determined To Boost Oil Discoveries Norway’s oil majors as well as the country’s government and oil regulator hope to get every last drop of oil out of the North Sea before global demand eventually wanes. Continuing with its plan to run low-carbon oil operations worldwide for decades to come, while also focusing on developing its clean energy sector, Norway is making more oil discoveries and expects to maintain, or even increase, output so long as demand remains high. &n...

Saudi Arabia and Tunisia sign deal to develop renewable energy

Saudi Arabia and Tunisia sign deal to develop renewable energy   Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman signed a memorandum of understanding with his Tunisian counterpart Naila Nouira El-Kenji to develop renewable energy, energy efficiency and rationalization of consumption. The MoU aims to develop cooperation and exchange information and expertise between the two countries through research and studies related to this type of energy, and to work on exchanging relate...

Heerema secures decommissioning contract for DNO’s North Sea platforms

Heerema secures decommissioning contract for DNO’s North Sea platforms   Heerema Marine Contractors has secured a contract from the Norwegian oil and gas company DNO to decommission the Ketch and Schooner platforms in the UK Southern North Sea. The Dutch firm will be responsible for the integrated engineering, preparation, removal, and disposal (EPRD) of the two platforms. Installed by Heerema in the 1990s, the Ketch and Schooner platforms are tied-back to the Murdoch comp...

CNOOC To Drill Nearly 360 New Wells This Year

CNOOC To Drill Nearly 360 New Wells This Year   Chinese oil and gas major CNOOC Limited has announced in its business strategy and development plan for 2022 that it would increase its net production and drill over 350 wells. CNOOC said that its targeted net production for 2022 is 600 million to 610 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe), of which, production from China and overseas accounts for approximately 69 and 31 percent, respectively. The company’s net production f...

Aker BP cleared to drill pilot well in North Sea

Aker BP cleared to drill pilot well in North Sea   Norwegian offshore petroleum safety regulator has granted Aker BP consent for exploration drilling in the North Sea, using the Deepsea Nordkapp semi-submersible rig. The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) said on Wednesday that it had given Aker BP consent to drill the pilot well 25/10-U-8, located in the North Sea. The well is located in production licence 028B, which is operated by Aker BP with a 35 per cent interest, while other l...

Petrofac strengthens New Energy Services team with offshore wind appointment

Petrofac strengthens New Energy Services team with offshore wind appointment   Petrofac, a leading international service provider to the energy industry is supporting the continued growth of its global offering in the wind sector with a senior operational appointment. New Head of Wind Operations and Maintenance (O&M), Phaedra Pritchard will be responsible for building and supporting Petrofac’s O&M service capability within the offshore wind sector, both in the UK and...

Well-Safe Solutions broadens offering with new subsurface team lead role

Well-Safe Solutions broadens offering with new subsurface team lead role   Well decommissioning experts Well-Safe Solutions have appointed Mark Davison as the company’s Subsurface Team Lead, as the company expands the breadth of its service offering to include all aspects of subsurface plug and abandonment (P&A) design. Mark has over 30 years of industry experience in a career as a geoscientist, having worked for energy majors and service companies including Shell and Sc...

Proserv and Viper Innovations announce OEM partner collaboration

Proserv and Viper Innovations announce OEM partner collaboration    Agreement integrates Proserv’s controls technology with Viper Innovations’ subsea insulation resistance monitoring and recovery solutions. Leading global controls technology company Proserv Controls and Viper Innovations, a specialist provider of electrical distribution and asset integrity services for the subsea energy industry, have signed an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partner collabo...

Wood propels growth in Middle East with $580m of wins in 2021

Wood propels growth in Middle East with $580m of wins in 2021   Wood marks a year of strategic growth in the Middle East region following a suite of contract awards and strategic framework renewals across its Consulting, Projects and Operations business units, accumulating in $580 million of secured backlog in 2021. As operators focus on economic recovery from the pandemic and ensuring continued energy supply, Wood is delivering solutions to optimise energy production, reduce carbo...

Equinor warns of $1.8 billion impairment charge for Britain's Mariner oilfield

Equinor warns of $1.8 billion impairment charge for Britain's Mariner oilfield   Norwegian energy major Equinor said on Wednesday it had cut the resource estimates for its Mariner oilfield in the British North Sea, triggering an impairment charge of around $1.8 billion. Total recoverable reserves from the field, which is operated by Equinor with a 65.1% stake, is now estimated to be about 180 million barrels of oil equivalent, sharply down from 275 million barrels seen earlier,...

Wood to enable expansion of the largest rapid transit system in South America

Wood to enable expansion of the largest rapid transit system in South America   Wood, the global consulting and engineering company, will provide engineering solutions to support Santiago’s growing public transport system following a new contract award from Metro S.A. More than 2.5 million people rely on the Metro every day in Santiago, and as it plays such a vital role in serving the city, the latest expansion is a bid to reduce overcrowding on existing lines and bring the b...

North Sea gas: Government balancing on environmental tightrope as Shell plans drilling in Jackdaw field

North Sea gas: Government balancing on environmental tightrope as Shell plans drilling in Jackdaw field   Deep in the North Sea, 150 miles directly east of Aberdeen, lies an enormous and as yet undrilled gas field called Jackdaw. Its owner Shell has described the field as "critical" to its North Sea strategy. In October 2021 the government's environmental regulator for the offshore fossil fuel industry rejected Shell's plans to drill on as-yet unspecified envi...

New Year, New Office as LMS relocates to new Aberdeen headquarters

New Year, New Office as LMS relocates to new Aberdeen headquarters   Intelligent lifting equipment specialists, LMS (Load Monitoring Systems Ltd), has upsized its UK operations by relocating its Aberdeen headquarters. LMS has moved into the 7,700 sq.ft modern office building in Aberdeen Energy Park amid a period of sustained growth. The company design, manufacture sell and rent intelligent lifting products and load measurement equipment, used globally in a wide variety of indust...

Cnooc Plans to Scale Up Oil and Gas Production

Cnooc Plans to Scale Up Oil and Gas Production   Chinese oil-and-gas major Cnooc Ltd. plans to scale up its production, targeting a net production figure of 600 million-610 million barrels of oil equivalent this year. This compares with Cnooc's estimated 2021 net production of 570 million BOE, the company said Tuesday. It then targets 640 million-650 million BOE for 2023, followed by 680 million-690 million BOE in 2024, it said. Cnooc has budgeted capital expenditure for 20...
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