Pilots approach wrong North Sea platform due to ‘decoy characteristics’
Pilots nearly landed a helicopter on the wrong North Sea platform because they look similar, according to air accident investigators.
Pilots nearly landed a helicopter on the wrong North Sea platform because they look similar, according to air accident investigators.
London-headquartered oil and gas firm TechnipFMC has reported a significant drop in pre-tax profit for the first half of 2019.
An Aberdeen-based satellite communications firm claimed last night the “slight flicker” of a North Sea recovery is helping it win new business and creating a swell in its workforce.
Taqa’s European boss said robust production at its UK assets underpinned a strong first half of the year.
Westwood Global Energy Group reports that as of June 30, one exploration well and three appraisal wells were in progress in the UK. Three wells were spudded and one well was completed in July.
The oil and gas industry is “missing the boat” by overlooking military service leavers at a time when alarm bells about skills shortages are ringing loudly, a former army officer has said.
In 2017, the North Sea lost out on 14.7 million barrels of oil due to asset integrity issues. That equates to roughly $926m at today’s oil price.
Westwood Global Energy reports that there were six active exploration wells and one active appraisal well at the end of July. Since the last report, five exploration wells have spudded and six E&A wells have completed on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
The head of an Aberdeen-based technology accelerator has been blown away by the pace with which this year’s cohort of fledgling developers is progressing.
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has revealed it was hit by fraudsters last year resulting in the loss of £25,000 in funds.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a safety notice after a support vessel collided with an offshore platform in the North Sea.
A major search and rescue operation was launched yesterday amid fears that a man had become lost at sea.
Saudi Arabia has phoned other oil producers to discuss possible policy responses as oil prices fell to a seven-month low, a Saudi official said.
“You will never hear of someone stopping the job because of their mental health,” says Steve Beedie, a wellbeing campaigner for the offshore industry.
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) is targeting a major payday as it starts drilling its Harvey prospect in the North Sea.
A six-month project in Angola could help in the progression of marginal North Sea fields, according to an Aberdeen-headquartered floating production firm.
A pioneering new microbial technology which will soon be trialled in the UK North Sea could add decades to the basin’s lifespan, saving jobs and “kicking decommissioning down the track”.
It’s no secret working in the offshore oil and gas industry comes with health risks, both physical and mental.
The chairwoman of Independant Oil and Gas (IOG) is to join oil and gas exploration consultancy firm, EPI Group.
Oil and gas giant BP is understood to be at loggerheads with a UK safety authority over how it is preparing North Sea workers for lifeboat evacuation.
The North Sea energy industry could recover another two billion barrels of oil if operators can collaborate on untapped discoveries, according to a new study.
Aberdeen-based Centrifuges Un-Limited has toasted a series of new contract awards worth more than £1million since the start of the year.
Aberdeen-headquartered Katoni Engineering has appointed an industry stalwart as its new chairman.
The Aberdeen based energy team working for one of the Big Four firms has reported a rise in M&A activity in the last year and a half.
Occidental Petroleum Corp. sold $13 billion of debt to help finance its acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. after receiving over $75 billion in orders for the deal at the peak, according to people familiar with the matter.