Equinor Energy has commissioned Kongsberg Maritime to provide safety and automation systems (SAS) for the Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 development in the Norwegian North Sea. In 2014, Equinor (then Statoil) awarded the same contractor a project specific agreement that included front-end engineering design for…
Norway’s energy minister will meet with companies on the 20th June to discuss the potential construction of offshore floating wind farms. The meeting is the first concrete step to spur development of offshore floating power generation, after the government said last December it would…
Australia’s Woodside has announced that LNG production has started from the Train 2 at the Wheatstone project in Western Australia. The Chevron-operated Wheatstone LNG project is fed by gas from Wheatstone, Iago, Julimar and Brunello offshore gas fields in Australia. Woodside CEO Peter…
World’s largest oilfield services providers Schlumberger, Halliburton, and Baker Hughes have been awarded US$3,67 billion worth of contracts for integrated drilling and well services on most of the Equinor-operated fields on the Norwegian continental shelf. Initially awarded for four years, the contracts have a…
Getting “digital” can help oil and gas professionals become indispensable to their companies, according to Vicki Hyland, BP Plc’s global head of talent attraction for graduate and experienced hires. “The digital revolution has given birth to a need for a whole new skillset within…
The world has seen the oil prices rebound from lows of under US$30 a barrel in early 2016 to an average of above US$50 in 2017, and today they are at US$76 a barrel. So, will the growth continue, will price levels last? BP’s CEO…
This web alert provides a brief update on the response by the European Union on the re-imposition of secondary sanctions against Iran by the United States and provides comments on the potential implications of this. Amendment to EU Blocking Regulation As a response to…
SD Energy, the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has announced that it has spud its SRM-3 appraisal well at South Ramadan, Egypt (SDX 12.75% working interest and non-operator). The SRM-3 well is the last remaining commitment well on the South Ramadan concession….
Equinor and its partners are considering a switch to power from shore for three platforms in the Norwegian North Sea currently powered by gas turbines. The transition, the company claims, could reduce carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions from Troll C and the Sleipner field centre area,…
Study after study in top scientific journals find that nuclear power plants are far and away the safest way to make reliable electricity. Why then are we so afraid of them? Many believe it is because of the historic association of nuclear plants with…
