Shell has completed flow test results for the Pensacola well in the North Sea, which is said to have opened a new Zechstein play in this mature basin.
Allseas has been appointed to carry out the pipeline installation scope for phase one of a gas field expansion project in the Eastern Mediterranean. The company’s vessels Solitaire and Oceanic will execute the work comprising approximately 150 kilometers of 20-inch pipeline from the Tamar field to t
After BP more than doubled its annual profit in 2022 on the back of high oil and gas prices, the oil major is now caught in environmentalists’ crosshairs.
Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) has warned that the calls for new windfall taxes on energy producers’ global profits are misleading.
Aker Solutions has signed a contract with OKEA for the Draugen electrification project in the Norwegian Sea, following a Letter of Intent (LoI) from December 2022. Aker Solutions has been appointed as the main contractor for engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) and the sco
The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) has called on the Federal Government to consider adding investment in new gas supply and emissions reduction measures in the 2023-24 Federal Budget, as well as to set up a national carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS) roa
Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC) 2023, Europe’s premier meeting point for the offshore energy sector, has opened the floorplan for this year’s event. In 2023, as in the years before, OEEC will bring together professionals from oil & gas, offshore wind, floating wind, marine energy, hyd
French-headquartered energy giant TotalEnergies has been awarded two offshore licenses to explore CO2 storage potential in the Danish North Sea.
Norwegian regulator has conducted an audit of the management of emergency preparedness and helidecks at Equinor’s two North Sea platforms.
The North Sea Chapter of the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) is calling on the Scottish and UK Governments and the oil and gas industry to cooperate to better effect and ensure the sector takes a balanced, long-term approach to the energy transition. The move comes in respon
The court hearing for the controversial Bay du Nord offshore oil project was expected to kick off last week, however, this was not the case. What does this mean for the project? Is the hearing cancelled or just postponed until a later date?
Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has secured a new contract for a semi-submersible rig with Ithaca Energy for operations off the UK.
DOF Subsea has secured an engineering, preparatory works, removal, transportation, recycling and disposal (EPRD) contract with Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor. The contract is for the Heimdal subsea decommissioning works and includes the recovery and disposal of approximately 2,000 tons o
The Sunrise Joint Venture (SJV), comprising operator Woodside Energy (33.44%), TIMOR GAP (56.56%), and Osaka Gas Australia (10.00%), have committed to undertake a concept select program for the development of the Greater Sunrise fields. Woodside said the SJV will consider all of the key issues for d
