Prosafe picks up £40m work with BP
Oil giant BP has awarded a £40million contract for use of an offshore accommodation rig to Norwegian offshore service group Prosafe.
Oil giant BP has awarded a £40million contract for use of an offshore accommodation rig to Norwegian offshore service group Prosafe.
French oil and gas giant Total said today first production had started from its Islay gas field in the northern North Sea.
RWE Dea Norge said today it had made a gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea, boosting the commercial prospects of the Zidane field.
Oil and gas exploration firm Trap Oil said today the central North Sea Orchid well was now being re-drilled as a mechanical sidetrack.
Centrica Energi has signed a contract with Maersk Drilling worth at least £37.2million.
North Sea oil company Taqa Bratani said yesterday it was once again increasing its stake in the Cladhan discovery.
The rate of gas spewing out of Total's stricken Elgin platform has decreased to around one third of that originally estimated.
Offshore drilling activity around the UK rose marginally during the first quarter of 2012, compared with the same period last year, according to new oil-industry figures.
Total has started operations to stem the gas leak at its stricken Elgin platform in the North Sea.
Recently formed Aberdeen energy service business ROVOP is planning a big increase in its workforce this year after a significant investment in equipment.
The gas leak at the Elgin platform has not contaminated the surrounding area, according to test results. Scientists at the Marine Scotland laboratory in Aberdeen carried out chemical tests of water and sediment collected two miles from the platform.
Aberdeen Harbour Board (AHB) chief executive Colin Parker has stressed the importance of further investment in port facilities.
International energy service company Hunting said yesterday that first-quarter trading remained in line with expectation.
The leak on the Elgin platform could lead to the loss of enough gas to heat all the homes in Aberdeen for nearly a decade, new figures have revealed.
Hydrasun, a specialist provider of integrated fluid transfer, power and control services to the global energy market, said yesterday it had landed three deals worth a combined £3.5million a year to the Aberdeen company.
Several firms have shown an interest in the assets of collapsed energy service business Brinker Technology, the company's liquidator said yesterday.
Paradigm Drilling Services said yesterday it had made a strong start to 2012, securing more than £1million of new contracts in the UK and overseas.
North-east oilfield service firm STATS Group said yesterday it had appointed two experienced directors as part of international expansion plans.
Parkmead Group of Aberdeen said yesterday that the Platypus gas field appraisal well had been started in the UK southern North Sea.
Litigation which has followed the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the US Gulf of Mexico comes under the spotlight today at an event in Aberdeen.
Global Energy Group said yesterday it was poised to double its turnover and workforce after a major investment by Japanese conglomerate Mitsui and Co.
Oil service group AMEC said yesterday it continued to see healthy demand.
A UK oil and gas industry leader will be honoured for his services to offshore safety tomorrow.
Cairn Energy said yesterday that a Norwegian company it is buying has struck oil in the north-eastern Norwegian North Sea.
Bosses at Total claim they have made "significant progress" towards stemming the highly explosive methane gas spewing out of the stricken Elgin platform.