Offshore news

Ampelmann, a provider of safe offshore access to the energy industry, has been commended for its innovative N-type Icemann gangway with an OTC Spotlight on New Technology award.

Between 12 and 16 oil and gas developments could get the go-ahead this year – unlocking investment of around £5 billion, reveals a key Oil & Gas UK report.

Leading international engineering company, PD&MS Group, has secured a trio of contracts worth more than £10 million across three major North Sea late-life projects in the last six months, making the firm the UKCS market leader in the area of engineering and construction of topside modifications for the decommissioning sector.

The Petroleum Safety Authority have given Statoil consent to use the Aasta Hansteen spar FPSO, subsea systems and infield pipelines on the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea.

Prosafe has signed a contract with BP Exploration Operating Company Limited (‘BP’) for the provision of the Safe Caledonia semi-submersible accommodation vessel at the Clair Ridge platform West of Shetland in the UK sector of the North Sea.

CNOOC Limited has announced that Weizhou 6-13 oilfield has commenced production ahead of schedule.

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has signed agreements with Total of France, awarding them stakes in two of Abu Dhabi’s new offshore concessions.

INPEX CORPORATION announced that through INPEX Browse E&P Pty Ltd (INPEX Browse), a subsidiary, it was individually awarded an exploration permit for Release Area WA-533-P (the Block) as Operator in Australia’s 2017 Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release.

The review centred on strengthening the alignment between variable remuneration outcomes and shareholder experience.

The play opening billion-barrel Jubilee oil discovery in Ghana in 2007 triggered a decade of exploration drilling chasing analogues in the deep water Central Atlantic margins.