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…
The final section of pipe for the Nord Stream 2 project stored at the port of Karlshamn has been shipped out. Since early October 2017, nearly 39,000 pipes for the project in the Baltic Sea have transited through the port, with close to 37,000 of…
Wintershall Dea GmbH has started drilling four production wells in Dvalin natural gas field in the Norwegian Sea. The wells – each targeting a depth of 4,500 metres -are being drilled using the Transocean Arctic harsh-environment semi-submersible drilling rig. Work is expected to…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) revealed on the 12th August that it has given Repsol consent to extend the life of the Rev field until April 2021. “In order to recover the remaining resources in the Rev field, Repsol has applied for consent to…
UK independent i3 Energy has said that the Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig has completed its acceptance testing ahead of drilling operations in the UK North Sea. i3 Energy hired the Borgland Dolphin rig last April for its undeveloped Liberator oil field and Serenity prospects…
Norwegian oil major Equinor has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea using the West Hercules drilling rig. The PSA said on the 12th August that it gave Equinor a consent to…
Flowserve Corporation (FLS), a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, has entered into a five-year contract with Shell Australia to provide general maintenance services for Shell’s Prelude Floating Liquified Natural Gas (FLNG) facility, which is producing natural gas…
