Total, Cnooc go with Babcock for North Sea flights
Babcock Offshore said today that it had won two new contracts for helicopter crew change operations out of its Aberdeen base.
Babcock Offshore said today that it had won two new contracts for helicopter crew change operations out of its Aberdeen base.
Lower oil prices offset an otherwise good performance for BP in the first half of the year, while major projects such as Culzean in the North Sea came online.
French energy giant Total has announced plans to sell another £4billion of assets, mainly from oil and gas, in this financial year.
Total will remain one of the major players in the UK North Sea despite the proposed sale of a package of assets to Petrogas in a £509m deal.
Total’s UK boss said the French major would keep searching for new discoveries in and around its central North Sea (CNS) stronghold.
A huge North Sea field capable of covering 5% of UK gas demand has come on stream following investment of around £3.5 billion.
The North Sea is the gift that keeps on giving for Total, an analyst has said.
First production from one of the UK’s largest gas fields is due in “a few days’ time”, according to the North Sea boss of Total.
Energy giant Total has said it is just weeks away from starting up production at one of the UK’s largest offshore gas fields.
A boss at supermajor BP has challenged the view that suppliers are due an increase in rates.
A cycle of “renewed growth” has been forecasted for the North Sea as new projects drive up production levels.
Total has released a video showcasing how its huge Culzean project came to life ahead of first gas later this year.
An offshore worker has died after falling into the North Sea.
A heady cocktail of beefed up budgets and fierce competition for acquisitions will create a “renaissance” for North Sea exploration this year, analysts said.
A strike ballot on one of the UK’s largest offshore gas projects has been cancelled.
Major gas projects coming online in the UK and Norway will not be enough to offset a continued drop in Europe’s supply, according to Wood Mackenzie.
Workers on one of the UK’s largest offshore gas projects will vote on strike action at the start of next year.
Offshore services firm Bilfinger Salamis said last night it "completely rejects claims" that union representatives were "removed" from the North Sea Culzean project.
Workers on Total’s Culzean project have shown their willingness to down tools to secure a completion bonus.
Energy giant Total has agreed to put in place a bonus system for contractors on the Culzean project amid pressure from an offshore union.
Maersk Supply Service has completed the tow and installation of the Ailsa floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel at a huge gas field in the North Sea.
The vessel for Total’s huge Culzean gas field has completed its 12,000 mile journey to the North Sea.
Offshore union Unite has called for an investigation into claims of blacklisting threats at one of the UK’s biggest gas fields.
A major milestone has been reached for Total E&P UK’s huge Culzean gas field in the North Sea.
A giant module for a North Sea oil field has been shipped to its final destination from Lowestoft Port in Suffolk.