CSA Ocean Sciences has been awarded a contract from the American Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for conducting measurements and modelling of the underwater pressure waves produced during explosive well decommissioning in the US Gulf of Mexico.
Seismic exploration for oil and gas in Namibian waters will possibly be banned except for the period May to September because of alleged damage to the West African state's valuable tuna fishery.
Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri has done a deal with the Russians to develop a new generation drillship, plus a semi-submersible platform designed to transport nuclear submarine reactor compartments.
Allseas has decided to build a second single-lift platform installation and decommissioning vessel.
Wintershall with Petoro and Centrica have come up with a "preferred solution" for the development of the Maria field in the Norwegian Sea.
Gulf Marine Services of Abu Dhabi has embarked on a major expansion of its service jack-ups fleet with a strategic new-build programme comprising four new vessels.
Keppel and the National University of Singapore (NUS) are setting up the Keppel-NUS Corporate Laboratory, in collaboration with the National Research Foundation (NRF), Prime Minister's Office, Singapore.
Aberdeen-based engineering firm Plexus Holdings is to expand into Asia after raising almost £7million from a new share issue.
The developers of the giant Johan Sverdrup field are set to use Norway's Mongstad facility to process oil.
Russian gas giant Gazprom has been stripped of its gas exporting monopoly by lawmakers.
Earlier this year, Chevron submitted the "Rosebank project environmental statement" to the UK government for approval.
Transocean has placed a huge order worth $1.1billion with Keppel FELS of Singapore for the construction of five KFELS Super B Class jack-up rigs.
From owning and operating fishing vessels, The Craig Group has evolved into the UK’s largest wholly-owned boutique offshore services shipping company.
This year to date, 30 E&A wells have spudded and a further eight exploration and eight appraisal sidetracks, either geological or mechanical, have been initiated.
AIM-listed Tower Resources has advised that the nearly completed super-drillship Rowan Renaissance is running late, its arrival offshore Namibia having been delayed by "approximately one month".
Bilfinger Salamis has appointed a new managing director for its UK operations as it looks to drive its new oil and gas business.
Noble Energy has warned that development of the Leviathan gasfield offshore Israel will be delayed by at least a year, according to its CEO Charles Davidson.
Lerwick, having made its name in the offshore industry as a major hub servicing especially the East Shetland Basin, is increasingly looking to the West of Shetland sector for growth opportunities from a gradually growing population of oil and gas developments.
The world's most expensive and problem-ridden offshore project, Kashagan, is in crisis and could be out of action for as long as two years, far longer than the North Caspian Operating Company is currently admitting to.
Following last month's shock announcement on the future of the Rosebank development west of Shetland, Energy editor Jeremy Cresswell looks in depth at the implications.
An Aberdeen based engineering firm has landed a three-year deal with Maersk Oil North Sea to provide consultancy for the Danish firm’s operations in the region.
OneSubsea has secured a pump systems contract for the Total Moho Phase 1bis development offshore Congo.
North Sea operator Independent Oil and Gas says it will look to develop a production hub around the Blythe development after landing two new blocks in the region.
BW Offshore has signed an extension for its Abo floating production unit to remain with Agip's Nigerian operatons until mid-2014.
US research claims the use of natural gas as a “bridge fuel” between traditional coal-fired power stations and renewables-based generation is seriously flawed.