Offshore & subsea - 15 January 2015

Norway's Statoil handed back three out of its four Greenland offshore oil and gas exploration licenses.

BP is set to announce plans for significant job cuts to staff in its North Sea operations later today, according to several news reports.

Total has started gas and condensate production from the West Franklin Phase 2 project in the Central Graben area of the UK North Sea.

Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd has secured a contract for an ice-class multi-purpose vessel worth around S$265 million.

io is a new model of consulting in offshore field developments.

The FPSO is owned by Sonasing and operated by OPS.

Hima-Sella has been awarded a contract to develop an emergency shutdown (ESD) system for a North Sea oil platform.

EFC Group has completed a £1.3million contract to design and build a BOP and diverter control system for Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co.