DOF secures new North Sea charter
Energy service company DOF Subsea has chartered a new multi-purpose vessel to help in North Sea operations.
Energy service company DOF Subsea has chartered a new multi-purpose vessel to help in North Sea operations.
Oil and gas firms listed on the alternative investment market (AIM) enjoyed a near-10% surge in value during the third quarter of 2013.
Scotland’s whisky, golf and oil credentials are being trumpeted during a visit to China by First Minister Alex Salmond.
Oslo-listed Northern Offshore has, through two of its subsidiaries, executed contracts for the construction of two LeTourneau Super 116E class jack-up drilling rigs, with a priced option for the construction of two additional rigs of the same design.
The appetite for exploration and appraisal on the UKCS seems to have disappeared
On May 28, Aberdeen-headquartered Dana Petroleum, with its Japanese partner Cieco, marked the "keel laying" of the Western Isles floating production storage and offloading at the huge COSCO fabrication yard at Qidong just an hour's drive from Shanghai in China.
Maersk Drilling's first ultra-deepwater drillship has been named in a ceremony held at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea.
Fugro has been awarded a contract worth about $90million by Mexico's national oil company Pemex for ultra deep water geotechnical and pilot hole (drilling and logging) services associated with the de-risking of drilling locations and field developments planned offshore Mexico.
Osiris Projects, part of Bibby Marine Survey Services, has ordered the construction of Bibby Athena, sistership to the innovative Bibby Tethra.
Subsea 7 has picked up yet more Brazil business, this time a $60million contract for its i-Tech division.
It's not just the North Sea that faces major decommissioning challenges; the issue is beginning to confront the "off the shelf" sector of the US Gulf of Mexico oil and gas industry.
US independent Cobalt has taken the wraps off two deepwater pre-salt discoveries offshore Angola . . . Lontra and Mavinga.
Artificial lift specialists, Paul Shotter and Andrew Leitch, have just launched a new international oilfield business, Multilift Wellbore Technology (Multilift).
First gas from the Kirinskoye field in the Russian Far East might seem very remote to anyone working in the North Sea yet it ranks as one of the world's most important subsea developments.
Petrobras, together with partners BG E&P Brasil and Repsol Sinopec Brasil, intend to charter, through Modec and Schahin Petróleo e Gás, a production ship for use on the pre-salt portion of Carioca, which is part of Santos Basin block BM-S-9, offshore Brazil.
Energy service businesses in the north-east face tough competition for work as the onshore shale gas industry takes off in the UK.
Activity in the oil and gas industry – both offshore and onshore – continues to be a driving force at Lerwick harbour.
Profits and turnover have soared at an oil firm owned by one of Scotland's richest entrepreneurs.
The 30 Greenpeace activists accused of storming an oil rig in the Arctic have been moved to a jail in St Petersburg, the environmental group has claimed.
Africa-focused oil explorers Lekoil has secured a new £62million funding package to pay for its Nigerian drilling projects.
Gulf Keystone has been boosted after news the Akri-Bjeel block in Kurdistan has been found to be commercially viable.
Falcon Oil and Gas could spend up to $7million to buy out the 4% royalty interrest tied to its exploration permits in Australia.
Norwegian oil and gas group Det Norske says it is on schedule to decide on how to develop the massive Johan Sverdrup field by the end of 2014 after seeing third quarter losses narrow.
Leading talent in the offshore industry was recognised last night as the Offshore Contractors’ Association (OCA) hosted its annual Challenge Awards dinner at the Marcliffe Hotel in Aberdeen.
A north-east man who was held captive for 30 days by Nigerian militants says firms need to win the “hearts and minds” of the local people if they are to bring an end to the trouble.