Total, a major energy player, Ørsted, renewable major, and Elicio, a renewable energy producer preselected by the French Energy Regulatory Commission, have announced the creation of an industrial consortium to submit a joint bid for the Dunkirk offshore wind farm project for a power capacity…
Aker BP has become the first company on the Norwegian Continental Shelf to operate a staffed platform from an onshore control room. Ivar Aasen in the North Sea is now operated from Aker BP’s offices in Trondheim. Two identical control rooms The control room…
Oilfield services giant Schlumberger and Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation are teaming up to create a fully integrated digital oilfield automation solutions provider for the oil and gas industry. The two companies entered into a joint venture to create Sensia. The Sensia JV will provide measurement…
As activity picks up in the offshore oil and gas market, consultant Rystad Energy expects 33 FPSOs to be sanctioned from 2019 to 2021. According to the consultant, 13 FPSOs will require a production capacity of less than 60,000 b/d, ten will require a…
A study by the University of Aberdeen has raised the prospect of new oil and gas finds in the North Sea following a study on ‘phantom’ volcanoes. The University of Aberdeen said on the 19th February that geologists from the University discovered that a…
According to Nola.com, a marine scientist has presented new oil release estimates for the Taylor Energy site, a toppled platform which has been leaking oil into the Gulf of Mexico for more than 14 years, whose upper limits are twice as large as previous estimates…
After years of budget cuts, oil and gas companies are finally stepping up their exploration game. That is according to Rystad Energy, which said improved market conditions and lower well costs have led exploration and production players to “ramp up” their 2019 exploration activities…
Marine and oil and gas services provider James Fisher and Sons (JFS) has continued its expansion in the Middle East with the acquisition of Murjan Al-Sharq Marine Contracting (MSMC). JFS said on the 19th February that the acquisition of Saudi Arabia-based MSMC would add nearshore…
The HL5000 barge has installed the second offshore platform at the South Pars phases 22-24 project in the Persian Gulf. Pars Oil and Gas Company told news service Shana that ‘push-pull’ technology was applied to place the 2,300-ton 24A satellite platform structure at its…
Sarawak Shell Bhd. and Sapura Exploration & Production have let contracts to McDermott for work related to the linked development of three natural gas fields offshore Malaysia. The Shell unit’s contract covers transportation and installation of jackets, topsides, and pipelines for Gorek field. …
