The SUEZ/Halvorsen TEC consortium will deliver a seawater sulphate removal unit (SRU) system to Equinor’s Johan Castberg project in the Barents Sea, after completing a year-long front-end engineering and design (FEED) study. Johan Castberg, 100 kilometre (62 mi)le north of the Snøhvit field, is…
UK-based Serica Energy and oil major BP remain fully committed to completing the transfer of operatorship over the Rhum field in the UK North Sea despite re-imposed US sanctions towards Iran. Meanwhile, BP has decided to delay its well intervention plans until the situation is…
“Energy Transition and the North Sea” is the theme of the fourth edition of North Sea Offshore to be held on the 7th June in Den Helder. The North Sea and her surrounding ports offer vast opportunities in a rapidly changing energy climate. Thanks…
Iran’s oil minister Bijan Zangeneh does not expect the country’s oil exports to be hurt by the recently re-imposed US sanctions if the EU sticks to its promises to keep the nuclear deal alive. Early in May the US terminated its participation in the…
Results from ORG’s recent studies of four exploration blocks in the Iranian sector of the Caspian Sea look promising, according to a report by news service Shana. “If the Norwegian company’s estimates of hydrocarbon deposits in the southern part of the Caspian Sea are…
Cuadrilla Resources filed papers on Monday to the High Court, in preparation for a hearing for an injunction covering its shale gas exploration operations at Preston New Road (PNR), Lancashire. The proposed injunction would replace and extend the duration of an existing injunction forbidding trespass on…
Mubadala Petroleum has spudded the Manora-8 exploration well in the Gulf of Thailand. According to partner Tap Oil, the main aim is to prove hydrocarbons in the 600 series sands which are the primary producing sands in the Manora field. The well is…
New Zealand’s proven and probable gas reserves have taken a fall according to data released by country’s Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment. The data, compiled from assessments of permit holders’ annual summary reports, shows a five percent decline in proved plus probable gas…
London-listed Rockhopper Exploration has marked the year 2018 potentially transformational, as it works to secure funds and press ahead with the US$1.5 billion Sea development in the Falkland Islands. Rockhopper is a partner in the 520 mmbbls project with a 40% working interest. The Sea Lion project,…
Oilfield service firm Petrofac Ltd, which is being investigated by Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO), said it was awarded more than US$1.7 billion of new orders so far this year as tendering activity remained high. Oilfield service companies have been seeing a recovery in…
