Tampnet picks SSE for telecoms upgrade to North Sea oil platforms
A network group in Scotland has been chosen to upgrade the telecoms links to hundreds of North Sea oil platforms.
A network group in Scotland has been chosen to upgrade the telecoms links to hundreds of North Sea oil platforms.
Canadian energy companies have cut thousands of jobs and scrapped projects in a drive to cut costs. Now they’re raiding workers’ perks.
Subsea engineering and training company Jee said yesterday it had won a contract extension with BP to provide the oil major with a range of maintenance and inspection services in the North Sea. Jee, which has offices at Tonbridge in Kent, London and Westhill, near Aberdeen, has worked with BP for more than two decades in locations including, Angola, Azerbaijan, Norway, Trinidad and the UK.
A restructuring of Repsol's Alaska drilling project is adding to the state’s woes in the midst of the biggest oil slump since 2009.
Preliminary production figures for North Sea oil production in Norway for September 2015 showed a slight dip from the previous month before.
Primeline Energy has agreed with China National Offshore Oil Corp to extend the exploration period under the Petroleum Contract for Block 33/07 to facilitate Primeline's exploration drilling programme.
An oil worker has been evacuated from a North Sea rig today after falling ill. A Norwegian rescue helicopter arrived on Total’s Elgin platform at around 1.30pm before taking the employee to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. The platform is around 150 miles east of Aberdeen.
Rosneft has closed a $55million deal to acquire PetroRio’s 55% in the Solimões project in Brazil.
The crew of a North Sea emergency response and rescue vessel were amazed to see a school of orca whales surround their ship, 155 nautical miles east of Aberdeen.
A global oil supply glut will persist through 2016 as demand growth slows from a five-year high and key OPEC producers maintain near-record output, the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday, even as low prices curb supply outside OPEC.
Concerns about the climate change impact of burning the world's remaining oil resources mean the reserves will never be fully exploited, BP chief economist Spencer Dale has said.
Oilfield services company Petrofac has been awarded a multi-million dollar technical training contract with Shell Iraq, achieving their fourth win with a major operator in the country.
US exploration firm Empyrean has announced a reserves upgrade for its Sugarloaf project at Eagle Ford, Texas.
Oil and gas training organisation Opito yesterday cautioned the industry against using low oil prices as an excuse for cutting corners of safety training. Opito’s chief executive, David Doig, issued the warning as the training body revealed the line-up for its sixth annual safety exhibition. The Opito Safety and Competence Conference (OSCC) will feature presentations from the likes of Shell’s deputy head of safety, Tony Paul and Kevin Myers of the Health and Safety Executive.
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean has refused to confirm it held a meeting with staff at its Aberdeen premises concerning potential reduction in headcount.
Repsol's latest wildcat well in the Norwegian North Sea has come up dry.
US explorer Vaalco has altered its drilling and workover programme offshore Gabon in the Etame Marin block after adverse weather forced it to reschedule.
Circle Oil, the North African focused independent, has confirmed gas has been found at its Ksiri West-A (KSR-A) exploration well onshore Morocco.
Austria's OMV has made a new gas discovery in the Latif South-1 exploration well in Pakistan.
Supertankers hauling crude to China are contending with increased waiting times to unload as some on-land storage depots reach capacity amid an oil-buying binge by the world’s most populous nation.
Australian engineering services giant Clough, which provides procurement and construction services for Canadian oil and gas projects, has acquired Enercore - a privately owned engineering services company for C$10million
88 Energy has reported a delay at its Icewine #1 exploration well while it awaits a drilling permit from Alaskan authorities.
Two senior Chinese officials - one who led the country’s biggest oil company and the other a deputy party chief in populous Sichuan province - have been convicted of corruption and sentenced to 16 and 13 years in prison respectively.
Russian natural gas exporter Gazprom has resumed supplies to Ukraine, chief executive Alexei Miller said in a statement on Monday, after deliveries were halted in July over a pricing dispute between Moscow and Kiev.
Australian oil and gas producer Santos has revealed it will reduce its headcount by around 200, or 6% of its staff, as it looks for A$100million ($73million) in additional savings to ride out weak oil prices.