Upstream news

The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Equinor Energy (Equinor) consent for disposal of the Huldra facility.

Robert Gordon University (RGU) has been working with partners in the drilling industry to create a summer intern programme which will help strengthen ties and develop the future workforce.

Global independent provider of ROV services, M2 Subsea, has secured a contract to provide inspection services for Premier Oil’s Balmoral Floating Production Vessel (FPV).

The visit marked Deirdre Mitchie's first time at the 65 000 square foot facility since its official opening in May this year, as well as the official launch of Share Fair, Oil & Gas UK’s flagship business development event.

Engineers undertook the 16 000 hr service on the Wartsila W6L46 diesel engines onboard the 252 m, 103 000 DWT Samsung built Haewene Brim, as part of a comprehensive refurbishment and refit of critical fuel and power systems.

The European focused oil and gas exploration and production company has provided an update regarding its operations at Block 12 in Georgia.

Kosmos Energy has announced that its subsidiary Kosmos Energy Ghana HC was successful in its arbitration against Tullow Ghana Limited in a dispute over responsibility for expenditures stemming from termination of the West Leo drilling rig contract.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Wellesley Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 35/11-21 S, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.

Mooring chains are a critical item on floating assets, with much emphasis being placed on their integrity by class societies and regulators following several failures in recent years.

Cortec and LED began working on the proposed expansion in March 2018, which will be completed by Q2 2019.