Wintershall and Dea sign ‘definitive’ merger agreement
German oil firms Wintershall and Dea confirmed they will merge today after signing a 'definitive transaction agreement'.
German oil firms Wintershall and Dea confirmed they will merge today after signing a 'definitive transaction agreement'.
Offshore drilling firm Seadrill's financial results for the first six months of 2018 has seen the firm pull back from the heavy losses at the end of last year.
US oil firm Apache Corporation has become the latest company to scrap unpopular, three-week rotas in the UK North Sea.
Oil major Total hopes a new well on its Laggan field will help it crack “compartmentalisation” issues on a reservoir which came off plateau about a year after first gas.
A senior lecturer at Aberdeen University has argued $100 oil “cannot be ruled out” as Brent’s price surge continues.
A new pipeline to bypass recurring wax blockage issues at a North Sea gas field is due to be operational this week.
Serica Energy said today that it expects to complete two North Sea acquisitions on November 1.
Corallian Energy has booked the Ensco-72 jack-up drilling rig for its Wick and Colter wells.
Cluff Natural Resources (CLNR) has announced it has received “significant interest” in two North Sea licenses amid a farm-out process.
Scotland's reputation as a world leader on climate change is being put at risk by Government support for North Sea oil and gas discoveries, the Scottish Green leader has said.
Coastguard search and rescue helicopter Rescue 900 was called into action earlier today as a casualty required emergency evacuation from a North Sea supply vessel.
Energy giant Equinor has now entered into two new built shuttle tanker contracts with Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers AS.
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has given BP its blessing to develop the Vorlich field in the central North Sea.
Aberdeen oilfield technology firm Plexus has sold two sets of well abandonment equipment to its Russian partner for the construction of shallow water exploration gas wells on the Kara Sea Shelf.
An oil price spike is starting to look increasingly possible, with a rerun of 2008 not entirely out of the question, according to a new report.
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has announced increased losses for the first half of 2018 just as a final investment decision (FID) on its southern North Sea gas development project has been pushed into the fourth quarter of 2018.
McDermott International, the Houston engineering and construction company, got the go-ahead from Entergy Texas to build a 993-megawatt natural gas power plant in Willis.
Exxon Mobil has completed a nearly $500 million refining expansion at its Beaumont campus with plans for much more oil refining and plastics growth to come at the complex.
A proposed plan by the European Union, Russia and China to sidestep U.S. sanctions on Iran by using an alternative payment system won’t give its oil buyers a free pass to handle Iranian crude.
Wood has secured a new contract with German oil company Wintershall for work on the Brage offshore platform, based west of Bergen, Norway.
US oil giant Chevron confirmed yesterday that it had received an approach for its stake in one of the UK’s largest undeveloped fields.
Unite workers on three North Sea platforms have accepted a pay deal, bringing an end to a protracted strike dispute.
Speculation about a potential North Sea exit for Chevron mounted yesterday after the US firm said it had received a bid for its stake in the Rosebank field.
Two Aberdeen-based energy service firms have announced contracts totalling more than £22 million, as well as key new appointments amid growing confidence in the oil and gas industry.
A Scottish technology firm is investing £250,000 in its Aberdeenshire office to create an extra 10 jobs.