On the 26th October, Serica Energy Plc said the remedial action to remove the gas hydrates in the Erskine to Lomond pipeline has been completed. Production from Erskine in the UK central North Sea has restarted, and flow rates are being optimised. Source:…
BP is set to become the operator of a joint venture in Australia where it will manage the drilling of a 15 TCF offshore gas prospect – the Ironbark. This is according to Cue Energy, which currently holds a 100 percent stake in the…
Iraq’s Oil Ministry has approved a preliminary agreement with Vancouver-based Pacific Future Energy to build a refinery in Nassiriya. Pacific is likely to work on the project in tandem with SNC-Lavalin, a Montreal-based engineering and construction firm which has a partnership with Pacific dating…
Sixty-seven oil and gas projects offshore four North Sea countries should start up through 2025, representing U$43.1 billion in investment, according to a new report from GlobalData. “In 2025, key projects in the North Sea are expected to contribute about 1,327.4 thousand barrels of…
The US authorities have conditionally approved a project which will see the first oil production facility deployed in federal waters offshore Alaska – the Liberty project. The project, operated by Hilcorp, envisions the construction of a nine-acre artificial gravel island in the shallow waters…
Russia and Norway have signed an agreement on mutual rights to seismic acquisition in the Barents Sea. The agreement was signed on the 25th October by the Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Kjell-Børge Freiberg and his Russian colleague, Minister of Natural Resources and…
Vestas has received an order from long-term customer Eolus Vind AB for the Bäckhammar project located in the municipalities of Kristinehamn and Degerfors in Sweden. Utilising Vestas’ product portfolio’s versatility, the project combines 22 V136-4.2 MW turbines and nine V150-4.2 MW turbines to optimise…
The Nordex Group has received orders from Nordic’s largest project developer, OX2, for four projects in Finland, with a total installed capacity of 107.4 MW. IKEA Retail Finland, part of INGKA Group, is funding the construction, with the intention to acquire the projects when…
Petrobras has started oil and gas production from the Lula Extremo Sul area in the presalt Santos basin offshore Brazil. The producing FPSO P-69, the eighth unit installed on the Lula field, is stationed about 290 kilometres (180 miles) off the coast of Rio…
Lawyers for Exxon Mobil Corporation stood before a New York judge in August and told the state’s attorney general to “put up or shut up” after investigating the company’s public disclosures about climate change, saying it should sue the company or move on. On…
