Shell ‘not actively working on’ more North Sea sales
Shell’s new chief financial officer said yesterday that the oil major was “not actively working on” more North Sea asset sales, but did not rule out further UK divestment.
Shell’s new chief financial officer said yesterday that the oil major was “not actively working on” more North Sea asset sales, but did not rule out further UK divestment.
Statoil has released footage of the first topside module for the North Sea Mariner field leaving a yard in South Korea.
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Denmark's Dong Energy has reached a settlement with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and Technip over liability for construction errors during the building of an offshore platform for the stalled Hejre field.
Norwegian operator DNO has returned to the North Sea after buying Stavanger-based Origo Exploration Holdings.
Shell has become the latest oil major to report a huge upturn in its first quarter results, buoyed by higher oil prices.
Israel's Delek Group said today that it had taken control of 94.2% of North Sea firm Ithaca Energy.
Profits soared at Statoil in the first quarter of 2017 as the company benefitted from higher oil prices and increased production.
Shell’s Brent Delta topside was delivered to Able UK’s yard in Hartlepool this week, where it will be dismantled and recycled.
One of the North Sea’s most iconic pieces of oil and gas infrastructure arrived in a murky Hartlepool last night after more than 40 years offshore.
The eyes of the oil and gas world will be firmly fixed on the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston next week and I’ll be going there with a simple message: if you want to invest, it’s time to put Aberdeen on your radar.
On April 7, Hurricane said its latest estimate for Lancaster field reserves had been upgraded threefold to just shy of 600million barrels based on a predicted 25% recovery factor.
At the time of writing, there were no April E&A (exploration & appraisal) well spuds to report, ergo the new well count for 2017 stays at two. The number of active wells also remains at just two, including one carried over from 2016.
The world's largest vessel by displacement, the Pioneering Spirit, set a new world record when it lifted the Brent Delta top side last month in a single go.
A few days ago, a behemoth of a ship graphically challenged and changed the way large production platforms in the North Sea and elsewhere will be decommissioned henceforth.
Witnesses of a fatal North Sea helicopter crash saw an “explosion in the sky” as the aircraft’s main rotor detached, a new report said.
The UK Civil Aviation authority (CAA) have confirmed that flight restrictions on Super Puma 225s would remain in place.
US oil major Chevron was back in black in the first quarter of 2017 thanks to higher oil prices and lower costs.
Witnesses to a fatal helicopter crash in Norway last year saw an “explosion in the sky” as the aircraft’s main rotor detached, according to a new report into the incident.
Investigators today confirmed that last year’s fatal North Sea helicopter crash off Norway was caused by a “fatigue fracture” in one of the Super Puma 225's gears.
An Aberdeen MP hit out at the employment minister last night over her response to a letter highlighting the plight of workers in the oil and gas sector.
Suncor Energy said production from the fields off Canada’s east coast helped the firm increase output in the first quarter of 2017.
Super Puma 225 flying restrictions will not be lifted based on the findings of a new report into last year's fatal helicopter crash in Norway.