Decommissioning specialist Well-Safe Solutions has awarded two contracts for the conversion of the semi-submersible drilling rig Well-Safe Guardian into a dedicated P&A unit. Global Energy Group will provide quayside services for the refurbishment during the rig’s yard stay at the company’s Nigg Energy Park…
Sixteen discoveries estimated to be larger than 100 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) were made in the first half of the year, Westwood Global Energy Group has revealed. This figure is already greater than the whole of 2018, according to Westwood, who pointed…
Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has produced first oil from the Mariner field in the UK North Sea. The field is expected to produce more than 300 million barrels of oil over the next 30 years, Equinor said on the 15th August announcing…
The UK’s first training course for industrial drone operators has been launched in Aberdeen by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB). The ECITB-approved Industrial Drone Operations Training Course was developed by Aberdeen-based Texo Compliance to ensure that the next generation of drone operators…
DNV GL has said that it acted as a technical advisor to the energy company AES Colombia during its planned purchase of the Jemeiwaa Kai portfolio of wind power projects. DNV GL carried out an independent analysis of the La Guajira wind farms wind…
The New South Wales government has granted Critical State Significant Infrastructure (CSSI) status to South Korean developer Epik’s proposed Newcastle LNG import terminal 160 km north of Sydney. The status will streamline approval processes for the A$590-million project, which could be operational by 2022-23…
Oceaneering International, Inc has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Oceaneering AS has secured a contract from Lundin Norway AS covering the removal of the Jorvik subsea well in Norway, with options for additional wells. The removal project, which is part of an ongoing…
ExxonMobil is eyeing a sale of its UK North Sea portfolio, according to media reports. When asked for comment on the subject, an ExxonMobil spokesperson told Rigzone, “we do not comment on industry rumours and speculation”. Responding to the reports, Neivan Boroujerdi, a…
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) will be raising funds in an £88 million bond issue ahead of the its Southern North Sea (SNS) Core Project farm-out and Phase 1 final investment decision (FID). IOG’s SNS Core Project consists of six discovered gas fields off…
The Frankenthal-based pump and valve manufacturer has been awarded the certificate for its RUV reactor coolant pump allowing it to be used in the latest generation 3+ of Chinese nuclear power stations. With one of the components of the Chinese energy mix being nuclear…
