Equinor has permission from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to use facilities to tie Wintershall Dea’s Dvalin subsea field development in the Norwegian Sea to the Heidrun field infrastructure. Dvalin’s well stream will be exported to the Heidrun TLP for processing. From there the…
Unity, Europe’s largest provider of well integrity technology, services and engineering solutions, has been awarded a three-year contract by Spirit Energy to maintain wellhead equipment across twelve platforms in the East Irish Sea, Southern North Sea and the Dutch sector of the North Sea. …
Oil & Gas UK (OGUK) has convened a Pandemic Steering Group, comprised of representatives from across the industry. Its remit is to identify and address the challenges of maintain offshore operations at present and ensuring communication with relevant stakeholders and government agencies. The…
Total revealed on the 17th March that it has made an “encouraging” gas and condensate discovery in the Central North Sea through the Isabella 30/12d-11 well in licence P1820. The well encountered 209 feet of net pay lean gas and condensate and high-quality light…
The world’s largest semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir will arrive in the Port of Rotterdam for the first time on Saturday, the 21st March. Sembcorp Marine, a Singaporean ship and offshore builder, completed the construction of Heerema’s Sleipnir in May 2019 and it set on…
Chevron has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sonatrach to initiate joint discussions on exploration, development, and exploitation of hydrocarbons in Algeria following the promulgation of the new Algerian Hydrocarbons Law. The new law is aimed at stimulating foreign investment in Algeria’s oil and…
Global wave and tidal stream energy production has risen tenfold over the last decade, according to a report issued today by a leading ocean energy organisation. Ocean Energy Systems (OES) annual report shows cumulative energy produced from wave and tidal stream sources surged from…
Oil companies are being forced to pay exorbitant prices for oil tankers as shipowners book vessels for storage and Saudi Arabia snaps up ships as it prepares to flood the market with crude. Reliance Industries Ltd booked the supertanker Princess Mary for more than $400,000 a…
Malaysia’s FPSO operator Yinson has finally managed to secure a more long-term deal for its Lam Son FPSO, which is operating offshore Vietnam. In a Bursa Malaysia filing on the 16th March, Yinson said that PTSC had entered into a bareboat charter contract for…
The US Department of Energy is preparing to purchase crude oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), which has room for an additional 77 million bbl. “The department is confident that the purchase of oil could begin in as soon as two weeks,” an…
