Premier Oil forging ahead with North Sea Tolmount project
Premier Oil is pressing ahead with work on its £435million Tolmount project in the South North Sea
Premier Oil is pressing ahead with work on its £435million Tolmount project in the South North Sea
Environmental groups have rejected Shell’s plans to decommission the Brent oilfield in the North Sea.
The negative reaction by Lang Banks of the WWF and other NGOs to Shell’s Brent decommissioning plans was entirely predictable.
Apache Corporation has appointed a new North Sea boss to take over from Cory Loegering, who has retired.
North Sea operator Alpha Petroleum has edged closer to first oil from the Cheviot field after lining up a vessel.
Norwegian ship owner BW Offshore has joined forces with a Chinese financial leasing firm in an effort to make big waves in the FPSO market.
A platform maintenance backlog will “catch up” with North Sea operators, ushering in a first peak in decommissioning work, analysts have said.
North Sea firm Serica said it was on the acquisition trail despite a decline in turnover and profitability last year.
Well-Centric and Hunting have landed a £5million North Sea contract.
North Sea firm Serica this morning posted a group profit after tax of $10.8million.
Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) has sounded the call for nominations as it prepares to celebrate the champions of North Sea safety.
CHC Helicopters has won a contract to provide flights for Faroe Petroleum’s exploration drilling campaign at the Norwegian North Sea Brasse field.
Nicola Sturgeon’s “mismanagement” of the economy has come under fire after new figures showed GDP north of the border shrank in the final three months of 2016.
Parkmead Group’s boss said yesterday that the Aberdeen firm would stay on the acquisition trail as it leads efforts to create a large North Sea hub.
Norwegian energy giant Statoil has booked a Transocean rig to drill three exploration wells in the UK North Sea in summer for £14.5million.
Petrochemicals giant Ineos yesterday launched a staunch defence of its track record as an employer and infrastructure owner after agreeing to buy the Forties pipeline system from BP for £200million.
A trade union warned today that Ineos’ acquisition of the Forties pipeline from BP is bad for the country.
On March 27, the AIM-listed junior Hurricane Energy issued a statement intimating that it had made its fourth major UK Atlantic Frontier oil discovery on the trot in “fractured basement”.
Dana Petroleum has partially suspended production on a North Sea installation after a gas leak was detected.
Official figures published yesterday show UK oil and gas production grew by 4.8% during 2016, driven by new field start-ups.
AkerBP and Faroe Petroleum have agreed to invest £160million on a 10-year extension of the Tambar field in the Norwegian North Sea.
Nearly 1,000 grants for retraining after redundancy have been given to former oil workers in the North-east - including for chimney sweep training.
Atlantic Petroleum’s boss said yesterday that the firm would “never say never” to investing in the UK North Sea in future, despite pressing ahead with plans to exit the basin.
Nucore Group said yesterday its HVAC and Refrigeration Engineering (HVAC&RE) business had taken on extra workers on the back of new projects worth a total of £4million.
North Sea deal-making and investment will carry on in the face of political uncertainty over the next few years, a new survey said.