Chevron to launch fresh Rosebank FPSO tender
US major Chevron is getting ready to launch a fresh tender for a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for its giant Rosebank project in the UK North Sea.
US major Chevron is getting ready to launch a fresh tender for a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for its giant Rosebank project in the UK North Sea.
Another North Sea newcomer has put down roots in Aberdeen.
The UK offshore oil and gas sector will reach its 80% production efficiency target for 2018 if it “just sticks to the plan”, industry experts said yesterday.
Platform topside modules for the Mariner oil field, 93 miles east of Shetland, have started arriving off the isles.
RockRose Energy this morning confirmed it was one step closer to finalising its North Sea acquisition deal with Maersk Oil.
Recovery from the oil downturn is starting to be felt in the north-east, according to JobCentre staff, as Scotland sees unemployment hit its lowest level in 25 years.
The oil and gas industry is bracing for the appointment of the 19th UK energy minister in as many years after Theresa May moved Jesse Norman in her post-election reshuffle.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has told Shell to improve checks carried out on its Leman Alpha platform in the southern North Sea.
Airbus has told helicopter operators to carry out rigorous checks on aircraft gearboxes following last year’s fatal crash in Norway.
Norwegian firm Odfjell Drilling said its Aberdeen business would recruit about 100 people after winning a contract to provide services on five North Sea platforms.
Emerging signs that confidence is returning to the oil and gas sector and a resilient labour market have helped ensure Scotland’s economic outlook remains positive, a new report has found.
An oil industry expert has said it will be “business as usual” for the North Sea oil sector following the general election.
Liquidators are still on course to sell off one of the North Sea’s biggest undeveloped discoveries before the licence expires at the end of June.
North Sea operator Alpha Petroleum has appointed industry veteran Charles Proctor, once of BP, as its chief financial officer.
Maximising oil and gas extraction in the North Sea is incompatible with Scotland’s climate change commitments, the Greens have said.
The boss at the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) said yesterday that remarkable progress had been made to create an “investment friendly climate” in the North Sea.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said yesterday that constructing a deep-water port could be key to Scotland capitalising on decommissioning work.
The oil and gas industry is still a “great success”, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon insisted as she highlighted new figures showing spending by the sector on innovation almost trebled last year.
At last November’s Oil & Gas UK share, BP stated clearly that it could do business in UK waters at $50 a barrel, significantly boost production and hit the exploration trail. Six months later, that strategy holds firm, as the major’s North Sea president, Mark Thomas, explained to Jeremy Cresswell.
BP has awarded two UK North Sea contracts worth £150million.
Twelve (very quick) months have passed since I took up my position at Decom North Sea and in that time, a lot has happened in the world of decommissioning.
The Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) has put £2million on the table in a bid to unlock the 225 marginal discoveries in small pools across the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
An oil chief has revealed how the special forces regularly stormed rigs in the North Sea for anti-terror training.
Secret records recently made public revealed that UK defence chiefs considered turning the North Sea into a minefield in the 1970s amid fears that terrorists would hi-jack a rig.
A north-east MSP called for “urgent government action” after oil giant Shell said yesterday it was axeing 90 onshore roles in Aberdeen.