North Sea oil news

Aker BP has received consent to use Mærsk Invincible for plugging wells at Valhall.

M² Subsea, a global independent provider of ROV services, has secured its first contract award which is valued in excess of one million pounds.

Andrew Greenwood, Recruitment Director – Europe and Africa at Airswift, provides commentary on Conservative decommissioning policy.

Wood Group has received a contract to support Shell in the decommissioning of the Brent Bravo platform in the North Sea.

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.

Engineering firm buoyant after £600 000 of new contract wins.

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.

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 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.

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.