DeepOcean completes Dunlin Alpha platform decommissioning project
Subsea services provider DeepOcean has completed a "significant" decommissioning project on the Dunlin Alpha platform.
Subsea services provider DeepOcean has completed a "significant" decommissioning project on the Dunlin Alpha platform.
Norwegian oil firm Aker BP has selected Multiconsult Norge AS to provide civil engineering services for its Yggdrasil power from shore project.
Progress is being made on D&I in the oil and gas sector, says AFBE-UK's Ollie Folayan, but there's still much more work to do.
GMB Scotland has said a "failure of government" is the cause of a major reduction in North Sea oil flowing through the Forties Pipeline System (FPS).
A lot has been made in recent days about the UK’s position as a leader on climate change.
With Teal West and Victory expected to follow, Rosebank could be part of a 'bumper year' for UK FIDs in 2023.
There are three primary grounds for any potential challenge to Rosebank.
UK ports face uncertainty when investing in floating wind - the UK Infrastructure Bank is looking at levers to help.
Offshore leaders are working to address health and safety risks as North Sea workers’ weight continues to grow.
Harbour Energy (LON: HBR) has completed drilling of the Tolmount East project ahead of first gas expected later this year.
Around 85 Petrofac (LON: PFC) workers will strike for six days after rejecting a pay deal the union claimed would amount to a £6,000 pay cut.
Norwegian company AF Gruppen (AFG) has secured a key decommissioning contract for a North Sea platform.
Serica reported a large increase to pre-tax profits but lambasted the “burden” of the UK windfall tax on the wider industry.
Meanwhile Var Energi, a partner on Johan Castberg, has also seen costs surge on its Balder X project.
A North Sea drilling industry body has warned the viability of UK renewables projects is at risk unless the UK government changes its policy towards windfall taxes and day rates.
Climate change protesters from Extinction Rebellion (XR) poured fake oil and set off smoke grenades in a targeted protest at the headquarters of the Labour Party in London.
It comes weeks after the firm received final bids for its SNS gas fields, and after exiting the Northern Endurance carbon capture and storage project.
The UK Government has formally approved the Affleck redevelopment - a new oil project in the North Sea.
HSE and the Police worked to strip the divers of their qualifications, both of whom worked for North Sea contractors.
Alan Herriot, who sculpted the Robert the Bruce statue in Aberdeen, will design the new memorial to North Sea divers.
A “colossal” £200bn could be spent in the UK North Sea by 2030, but about half of that is in investment doldrums over political uncertainty.
Environmental services firm Stepwise has announced a pilot project with North Sea operator Serica Energy to reduce emissions from offshore oil and gas wells.
Aberdeen University is working on a project where hydrogen could be “banked” in depleted oil and gas reservoirs in the UK North Sea.
All in all the research firm believes there is scope for companies to press the green button on 14 UK North Sea schemes in 2024 alone.
EnQuest (LON: ENQ) CEO Amjad Bseisu has warned that the UK is “completely uncompetitive” for upstream oil and gas investment.