North Sea oil news
Wood Group awarded Shell Brent decommissioning contract
Wood Group has received a contract to support Shell in the decommissioning of the Brent Bravo platform in the North Sea.
ACE Winches provides mooring system on the Iron Lady Barge
Leading global deck machinery specialist, ACE Winches has successfully mobilised a 6 point mooring system to anchor the Iron Lady Barge being used on the Brent decommissioning project.
MD appointment positions SengS for further growth
Engineering firm buoyant after £600 000 of new contract wins.
Cyberhawk achieves 50% cost saving for large North Sea operator
Analysis from a leading international E&P company has shown that UAV inspection is twenty times faster and half the cost of traditional inspection methods.
NPD: Doubling the resource estimate for the Barents Sea
According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s new calculations, the undiscovered oil and gas resources in the Barents Sea are twice as large as previously assumed.
Statoil has received consent to drill an exploration well in block 7219 in the Barents Sea.
Statoil is the operator for production licence 532 in the Barents Sea and has received consent to drill exploration well 7219/9-2 in a prospect named Kayak.
NECE secures new North Sea contract
Integrity monitoring solutions specialist North East Corrosion Engineers (NECE), part of the ICR group, has secured a significant contract for the provision of corrosion and microbial monitoring services on four North Sea assets.
Decommissioning status quo to be challenged by industry event
Decom North Sea, the membership organisation for the oil and gas late life and decommissioning sector, has published the programme for its flagship conference and exhibition, Decom Offshore 2017.
Aker BP receives consent to drill an exploration well in the Frigg Gamma Delta prospect.
Aker BP ASA is the operator of production licence 442 in the North Sea. Aker BP has made a discovery in a prospect named Frigg Gamma Delta, around 20 km east of the Frigg field.
GlobalData: North Sea region will see 30 crude and natural gas projects start operations by 2020
Despite the low cycle that the market is facing, a total of 30 crude and natural gas projects are expected to start operations in the North Sea by 2020.