MSP calls for parliamentary debate on North Sea copter safety
An MSP yesterday called for a parliamentary debate on helicopter safety ahead of any move to return Super Pumas to action in the North Sea.
An MSP yesterday called for a parliamentary debate on helicopter safety ahead of any move to return Super Pumas to action in the North Sea.
The floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel for the North Sea Culzean field has taken to water for the first time.
North Sea oil and gas reserves will run out within the next 10 years, a Scottish geoscientist has said.
Norway has given German firm Wintershall permission to drill an exploration well on the Balderbra prospect in the Norwegian Sea.
Petro Matad shares were down by more than a third in London yesterday after the Mongolian oil explorer said it would have to delay drilling the Snow Leopard play.
The Verbier field is well worth taking a second look at and could morph into a larger project, an analyst said.
Shares in Jersey Oil and Gas jumped 40% yesterday morning after the firm gave investors hope over the North Sea Verbier field.
Aberdeen crane engineering company Sparrows Group has brought in a new regional director to spearhead its operations in the UK and Europe.
Statoil has published video footage of the rigs for the Gullfaks and Oseberg fields being transported to Norway.
A subsidiary of struggling offshore drilling contractor Seadrill will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange after the company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Japanese firm Inpex has agreed to buy a 40% stake in a licence in the Barents Sea from Bayerngas.
Homeowners could benefit from significant energy savings thanks to the first smart meter to provide personalised advice based on usage, scientists claim.
US president Donald Trump has warned Washington will walk away from its nuclear deal with Iran if it deems that the UN watchdog monitoring the agreement is not tough enough.
Kuwait has reported another oil spill, this time in the southern marine area of Ras Al-Zour.
Norway’s offshore safety watchdog said today that it had uncovered a number of flaws in Statoil’s drilling and well operations on the Visund A facility.
Oil traded near $50 a barrel in New York, close to a three-month high, as a further reduction in US drilling added to signs the global crude surplus is abating.
ExxonMobil could restart most of the production units at its huge Beaumont refinery in Texas by the end of this week, a news report said, citing unidentified sources.
Russian oil giant Rosneft said today that will soon finalise a deal to develop pipelines in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
North-Africa focused oil firm SDX Energy said drilling had started on a development well in Morocco as the company gets set for a “very busy period”.
Eland Oil and Gas confirmed today that work on a sidetrack well had begun on its core asset in Nigeria.
Austrian oil company OMV’s appraisal well on the Wisting discovery in the Barents Sea has encountered an oil column, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said today.
Saudi Arabia is considering a plan to raise domestic prices for gasoline and jet fuel in November at the latest, as the world’s biggest oil exporter pushes a program to curtail spending and reduce dependence on crude after a global slump in prices.
Norwegian oil major Statoil has decided to press ahead with a sidetrack well on the North Sea Verbier field despite disappointing drilling results on the licence.
Statoil and Eni have jointly awarded Bristow contracts for two Sikorsky S92 helicopters operating out of Hammerfest, Norway.
It’s no secret that oil majors are among the biggest corporate emitters of pollution. What may be surprising is that they’re reducing their greenhouse-gas footprints every year, actively participating in a trend that’s swept up most corporate behemoths.