GE Oil and Gas’s site extension expected to create 40 jobs
GE Oil and Gas has started work on a £9million expansion of its centre of excellence facility at Montrose.
GE Oil and Gas has started work on a £9million expansion of its centre of excellence facility at Montrose.
Aberdeen-based North Sea oil firm Dana Petroleum took control yesterday of the Triton floating production vessel - the first time it has been in charge of a major offshore installation.
Aberdeen international skills and learning provider Atlas has announced three new translations of its IMIST programme.
Aberdeen oil and gas engineering services business Plexus Holdings has landed a contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP).
The famous Nigg yard on the Cromarty Firth has joined the tiny, exclusive club of European yards with dry docks capable of accepting semi-submersible drilling rigs for overhaul.
Over 470 platforms, many thousands of kilometres of pipelines and thousands of wells and other subsea infrastructure will be wholly or partially removed from the North Sea in next 30 years at a cost in excess of £47.5billion, with more than half being spent in the UK sector.
Later this month, ITF's CEO for six years, Neil Poxon, heads for pastures new . . . in the US where he is to run and grow a young oilfield service company. It's a mid-life opportunity he simply does not want to miss.
At the end of last month, 10 E&A wells were active on the UKCS: five exploration wells - including one from platform facilities - and five appraisals.
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YPF is hiring from Nabors Industries of the US and Chinese energy major Sinopec a fleet of 14 drilling rigs to be employed in Argentina's shale exploration programme.
Fairfield Energy says it is on track to boost production from its Dunlin field to around 10,000 barrels of oil per day by the end of this year and then to sustain that level for some time ahead. This compares with some 5,000bpd prior to the $100million (£70million) upgrade programme initiated after Dunlin changed hands.
Norway's Statoil has notched up a subsea first by employing a remote-controlled machine and an underwater welding robot to install a new tie-in point on a live North Sea gas pipeline, without the hydrocarbons transport infrastructure being prepared in advance.
Aberdeen helifuel services firm Harran is eyeing expansion after making a move into new premises in Altens.
North-east oil explorer Eland Oil and Gas reported losses in its first set of interim accounts as a listed company.
GE Oil & Gas and Brazil's semi state-owned petroleum company Petrobras have signed the world's largest subsea wellhead production contract, worth nearly $1.1billion.
Shale gas is set to radically shake up the balance of global gas supplies and is described by DNV as a "game changer" . . . from the US, to Europe, to Asia-Pacific and elsewhere too.
ExxonMobil plans to drill the huge Dunquin gas/condensate prospect out to the west of Ireland early next year using the Eirik Raude semi-submersible rig owned by Norwegian group Ocean Rig UDW.
The head of Aberdeen-based BIS Salamis has left the industrial services provider to join offshore support specialist Viking SeaTech.
Dana Petroleum is on track to achieve board sanction for its £1billion ($1.6billion) North Sea Western Isles development this month and anticipated Government approval of the field development plan before the end of the year.
Rowan is to press ahead with the construction of a fourth GustoMSC P10,000 design ultra-deepwater drillship at Hyundai Heavy Industries of South Korea.
The US is now the global leader in the exploitation of shale-based hydrocarbon resources, fuelled by rising demand for natural gas and economic imperative, according to ExxonMobil.
A Chinese yard is to build a dozen of Ulstein's bull-nosed X-Bow supply vessels to Seatankers Group owned by Norwegian shipping magnate John Fredericksen.
A young Aberdeen engineer has been recognised by engineering's lead body for her work inspiring school pupils to take on a career in the oil & gas industry.
The North Sea Chapter of the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) has been left greatly saddened by the death of Val Hood on September 15 following a long battle with cancer.
Shoal Point Energy and partners have discovered a thick and extensive shale oil play at Shoal Point on and offshore western Newfoundland's Port au Port Bay.