The Journey: Stuart MacBride and Christmas offshore
Scottish entrepreneur Stuart MacBride follows a distinct set of rules.
Scottish entrepreneur Stuart MacBride follows a distinct set of rules.
Oilworkers on Awilco Drilling’s semi-sub rig WilPhoenix have delivered their own Christmas cracker to friends and colleagues who will be spending the festive season offshore. The tuneful quartet posted their a capella version of 70s chart-toppers Mud’s Lonely This Christmas. Watch the video here
Work on Statoil's Johan Sverdrup power-from-shore project got off to an explosive start when the mayor of the local municipality marked the beginning of the construction phase.
US oil and natural gas company Anadarko raised the midpoint of forecast for oil sales volume and expects lower spending during the current quarter and next year as well.
This footage shows a huge waves hitting a North Sea platform during harsh weather.
Ever wondered what a year for the world’s first floating liquid natural gas (FLNG) facility looks like? Watch the video below to find out. Engineers worked more than 1.6 million hours during the engineering and design phase of the Prelude FLNG project.
We asked Press and Journal Business Editor Erikka Askeland to take readers through how to record their Christmas Wish.
This incredible footage shows the construction of BP's Glen Lyon FPSO from start to finish.
Energy Voice has launched its new Christmas Wishes campaign. We want to ensure everyone is connected this holiday season. Whether you’re a manager, employee, spouse, parent, friend or child you can use our platform.
An offshore worker has captured life offshore on Christmas day.
Aberdeen floating production solutions specialist Amplus Energy Services has teamed up with offshore project management, engineering and construction major Technip to develop marginal fields in the North Sea. Much of the estimated remaining UKCS reserves base of up to 24billion barrels oil equivalent is inaccessible using existing infrastructure and given that there are literally hundreds of mini-fields to potentially tap, compact, low-cost, autonomous production systems would appear to offer a solution. This is why Amplus has developed a dynamically positioned, compact floating production, offloading and storage (FPSO) vessel, also why Technip has been drawn to the challenge.
A rescue ship navigated massive waves in the North Sea west of Denmark as Storm Gorm churned through the region over the weekend.
Statoil has invested NOK1million every hour of the year in its landmark Gina Krog field development. The Norwegian continental shelf platform is due to start production in 2017. Watch the highlights from its journey so far.
Bob Keiller’s business path started on a council estate in Jedburgh, managing the local paper round.
The founding director of WellSense has had the opportunity to see some of the designs he’s been involved in turned into multimillion pound products.
Energy Voice’s guest editor for the week, Derek Leith, breaks down the Chancellor’s latest Autumn statement. EY’s UK head of oil and gas taxation discusses whether the industry deserves as much airtime as the steel sector, cost efficiency versus taxation and what to expect next. Watch the video to find out more.
From the days of sweeping floors and painting pipes as a young man in the oil and gas industry, John Donachie has seen his career soar. The partner and head of corporate finance with Pareto Securities Limited won the Offshore Achievement Awards Rising Star accolade in 2004. He was responsible for creating the Young Professionals section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers which has now become a global network for people to meet.
“The award itself has been better than a bonus.”
This footage shows Island Offshore drilling a pilot hole for Centrica Energy on the Butch field.
A new initiative being led by Subsea UK is aiming to create an educational link between industry and pupils in the classroom. Education chiefs have been working with the industry body to create a unique resource which could capture the interest and imagination of primary pupils in science subjects. It includes the Subsea Channel which offers pupils the chance to visualise some of the work done in a number of ways in the North Sea.
A huge tornado in the US has caused damage to an oil refinery in the state of Texas. Footage shows the twister as it caused havoc in the region. The Halliburton power-plant was severely damaged by the tornado which ripped through the plant and caused chemical and gas leaks. Watch the footage below.
Watch Subsea 7 install a subsea gas pipeline for the North Sea's Montrose field.
Dredging and marine experts Royal Boskalis Westminster NV has executed the subsea rock installation on the Cygnus field in the North Sea. This video shows the work being carried out by the fallpipe vessel, Rockpiper.
The development of the Forties field in the North Sea was somewhat similar to “putting a man on the moon” according to Apache’s former UK managing director Jim House.
It might not look like much but this rough weather on the North Sea caused a ship to list 15 degrees. The footage was caught on camera by one of its staff on board the vessel. Watch the footage below from about 45 seconds in to see the worst of the waves.