Claxton, a leading supplier of engineering and services for shallow-water, jack-up-depth markets in subsea services group Acteon, has been contracted to support MOL Norge on its first well programme on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The award is through Ross Offshore Well Management which Claxton…
Executives of Eni and Total and Algeria’s Sonatrach have signed two agreements which include an exclusive partnership for exploration offshore Algeria in a virtually unexplored geological province. Eni and Total also will pursue obtaining exploration permits that will allow for the completion of the…
Canadian Solar Inc one of the world’s largest solar power companies, and Pensionskassernes Administration (“PKA”), one of Denmark’s largest pension service providers, have announced Recurrent Energy, LLC (“Recurrent Energy”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar, has finalised a transaction with PKA for its interests…
A second tremor in a 24-hour period has been recorded at the UK’s only active fracking site near Blackpool. Cuadrilla was forced to halt operations for 18 hours on Friday, the 26th October after a 0.8-magnitude tremor. Fracking restarted on Saturday morning, the 27th…
Wagenborg Offshore has unveiled the walk to work emergency response and rescue vessel Kasteelborg on the Nieuwediepkade in the port of Den Helder. The Kasteelborg will serve as standby and support vessel in collaboration with the Kroonborg, which was commissioned almost three years ago,…
On the 26th October, Serica Energy Plc said the remedial action to remove the gas hydrates in the Erskine to Lomond pipeline has been completed. Production from Erskine in the UK central North Sea has restarted, and flow rates are being optimised. Source:…
BP is set to become the operator of a joint venture in Australia where it will manage the drilling of a 15 TCF offshore gas prospect – the Ironbark. This is according to Cue Energy, which currently holds a 100 percent stake in the…
Iraq’s Oil Ministry has approved a preliminary agreement with Vancouver-based Pacific Future Energy to build a refinery in Nassiriya. Pacific is likely to work on the project in tandem with SNC-Lavalin, a Montreal-based engineering and construction firm which has a partnership with Pacific dating…
Sixty-seven oil and gas projects offshore four North Sea countries should start up through 2025, representing U$43.1 billion in investment, according to a new report from GlobalData. “In 2025, key projects in the North Sea are expected to contribute about 1,327.4 thousand barrels of…
The US authorities have conditionally approved a project which will see the first oil production facility deployed in federal waters offshore Alaska – the Liberty project. The project, operated by Hilcorp, envisions the construction of a nine-acre artificial gravel island in the shallow waters…
