Decom series: Turf wars and the North Sea’s next 30 years
With decommissioning edging its way to the forefront of North Sea industry minds, yards are already vying for a slice of a pie thought to be worth £50billion over 30 years.
With decommissioning edging its way to the forefront of North Sea industry minds, yards are already vying for a slice of a pie thought to be worth £50billion over 30 years.
The arrival of NHV in Aberdeen has added resilience to the North Sea oil and gas industry, an offshore safety chief said yesterday.
Persistence paid off for NHV yesterday when the Belgian helicopter operator officially unveiled its heliport in Aberdeen, several years after deciding to come to Scotland.
ConocoPhillips has postponed new plans to deliver new assessments for further development of the Eldfisk Bravo area to Norwegian authorities by the end of the year.
Workers at Stork are facing a review to 'harmonise' pension contributions for offshore personnel.
Subsea cable firm JDR has revealed plans to open a support centre in Newcastle to meet demand from clients.
Construction workers were called to muster after a small safety incident on BP's Clair Ridge platform.
Baker Hughes has put one of its Aberdeen premises up for sale.
Oil major BP said it has completed aerial a total of 28 surveillance flights over the North Sea since production was shut down on the Clair platform after a technical issue.
Shares in Cluff Natural Resources soared more that 20% yesterday after a newly published report added billions of cubic feet of gas to the firm’s North Sea reserve estimates.
A vessel which was once docked by the Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough has ended up beached in Bangladesh.
The chief executive of Cluff Natural Resources today confirmed a "very significant" resource increase for its Southern North Sea prospect.
Successfully exploiting the untapped potential of small pools is fundamental to achieving MER UK and to securing the long-term future of the North Sea industry. Without them, we simply become an industry focused on inspection, repair and maintenance and eventually decommissioning. To keep our industry alive, we need to kick-start these developments.
The North Sea is on the verge of a “whole new lease of life” – thanks to hundreds of small pools of oil.
BP said production remains shutdown on its Clair platform after an oil leak earlier this month.
More than three billion barrels of oil equivalent located in 350 unsanctioned discoveries remain in the UKCS, according to new data released by the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA).
A union has launched a scathing attack on fresh proposals for North Sea workers which could add an additional 45 hours to their year.
Fears have been raised over cost-cutting in the oil and gad industry after three separate incidents over the past couple of days.
Statoil said it has resumed production at its Gullfaks A platform after it was shutdown due to a gas leak.
Statoil said it was dealing with a well control incident on the Songa Endurance semisubmersible drilling rig at the Troll field in the Norwegian North Sea.
Footage has been captured of incredible waves in the North Sea.
Wintershall said it has no planned exploration wells in Norway next year.
Statoil was forced to evacuate personnel from one of its North Sea platforms after a fire broke out in a loading pump.
Aberdeen MP Callum McCaig will today urge the Scottish Tories to reach out to their Westminster colleagues to ensure incentives for encouraging North Sea exploration are brought forward in the Autumn Statement. The SNP energy spokesman accused Ruth Davidson and her MSPs of staying "silent" on the issue.
Total has made a North Sea gas discovery, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.