Heerema’s semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir has completed the single-lift removal of Shell’s 10,100-metric ton (11,133-ton) Brent Alpha platform jacket in the UK northern North Sea. According to the company, this single jacket lift breaks the Sleipnir’s recent record for lifting the 8,100-metric ton (8,929-ton)…
Oil Leak from Cargo Ship Pollutes Mauritius Beaches as Insurers Assess Liability The oil clean-up from a leaking cargo ship which ran aground off the coast of Mauritius continues while the government and insurance firms begin probing liability for the accident. The incident has…
Sompo International taps Barbican for new cyber head Sompo International has named Lauren Folkard as vice president and head of cyber for the London Market.. Oneglobal launches Asia operation with more former JLT hires Oneglobal has announced the launch of Oneglobal Group Asia and…
Israel’s energy minister is “confident” the country’s regulators will allow Chevron to operate the local natural gas assets of Noble Energy,, despite a campaign by environmentalists to stop that from happening. A public hearing about oil spills elsewhere in the world involving Chevron, which agreed…
Drilling has been completed on the Wintershall Dea’s Dvalin field in the Norwegian Sea, propelling the project into the final development phase before first gas. Wintershall Dea said on the 12th August that, overcoming severe weather conditions at the beginning of the year and…
Siemens Energy is supplying the high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) power transmission technology for a further offshore connection in the German North Sea. A corresponding contract was just signed by the German-Dutch network operator TenneT and the BorWin5 Offshore Consortium, consisting of Siemens Energy and Dragados…
Prospective gas reserves have risen for the Selene prospect in the UK southern North Sea following new analysis. Co-venturers Shell and Deltic Energy, operator of the surrounding P2437 licence, assessed reprocessed 3D seismic over the structure, applying a depth conversion technique and performing a…
India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (EFCC) has approved Numaligarh Refinery Ltd’s previously announced project for the expansion of its three-million tonnes/year Numaligarh refinery at Village Pankagrant in the Brahmaputra valley of Assam’s Golaghat district in India. EFCC granted official environmental clearance…
Petrobras says it will mothball the Merluza platform (PMLZ-1) in the shallow-water Santos basin off Brazil. Production from the platform stopped in March 2020 after the abrupt reduction in demand for natural gas. The company said hibernation will allow the reduction of operating…
US shale producers are at a crossroads as they find themselves more efficient than ever. They can keep drilling, and potentially dent oil prices, or use the money to pay down debt. Producers across the Permian Basin are saving about 20% on well…
