Kent lands contract with Ineos for Southern North Sea assets
Kent has been awarded a three-year framework contract to monitor the structural integrity of Ineos’ Southern North Sea assets.
Kent has been awarded a three-year framework contract to monitor the structural integrity of Ineos’ Southern North Sea assets.
Petrodec has been taken to task by the offshore safety watchdog after it failed to remove oil from pipeline ahead of decommissioning.
Neptune Energy has been pushed to review its offshore procedures after a release of toxic gas during drilling operations earlier this year.
Priority clusters, earmarked for speedy development by the industry regulator, could deliver enough gas to meet 40% of the UK’s yearly demand.
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has fired the starting pistol on the 33rd oil and gas licensing round, the UK’s first since 2019.
Supermajors Shell (LON: SHEL) and ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) are seeking to offload a large package of North Sea assets.
Italian energy giant Eni (NYSE: E) has applied for a carbon storage licence for the depleted Hewett field in the Southern North Sea.
Perenco has been pulled up by the safety watchdog over its decommissioning of a Southern North Sea platform.
More than a month on from its announcement, the nuances of the recent oil and gas windfall tax still divide opinion.
Gas firm Cornerstone Resources, backed by the former CEOs of IOG and Ithaca Energy, is targeting a “massive opportunity” in the southern North Sea as it solidifies its position in the region.
Well-Safe Solutions has won a contract with operator Ithaca Energy to plug and abandon (P&A) a handful of southern North Sea wells.
Production from IOG’s flagship North Sea project has been partially restored after issues with the two onshore compressors cropped up.
Oil and gas giant Shell has been slapped with a £50,000 fine and served with a sanction notice for breaching production consents.
An outfit of North Sea experts is seeking to sell off discoveries which it says ConocoPhillips should “never have relinquished”.
Shell has been landed with a warning from the safety watchdog after it found there were no lifeboats available on one of its North Sea platforms.
Energy services firm Petrofac has secured a two-year operations and late life asset support contract extension with Spirit Energy.
A flagship North Sea project has finally achieved first gas after being beset by a series of delays.
“Scotland will become the offshore wind capital of the world, I think that’s inevitable,” says Martin Dronfield, chairman of the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR), "but the East of England can and will become the integrated energy exemplar in the UK.”
While energy production is at the forefront of many energy transition discussions, moving that energy around is equally important.
Years have passed since the last exploration well was drilled in the Southern North Sea, and Deltic Energy is hoping to lead a fresh wave of activity.
Danish green energy giant Orsted can lay good claim to being the don of the UK’s offshore wind sector.
The North Sea is a very busy place. But even as late as the 1980s, it could seem huge when out there in a yacht, racing or cruising because sightings of fishing vessels, merchant shipping and oil & gas platforms could be quite rare.
“It's been a tough journey but we're very, very close now,” IOG chief executive Andrew Hockey reflects.
Energy logistics provider Peterson has signed a new contract with Shell to provide supply base services from the Port of Lowestoft.
Neptune Energy has announced a series of contract awards to support its key southern North Sea gas field.