UK/UKCS
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July 19, 2019
A former oil executive pleaded guilty to five counts of corruption in the U.K. as part of one of the white-collar financial crime prosecutor’s biggest bribery investigations.
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July 15, 2019
The Dales Voe decommissioning facility in Shetland is one step closer to becoming a center of excellence for recycling offshore structures from the North Sea with the arrival of two new installations for decommissioning by strategic partners Veolia and Peterson.
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July 14, 2019
The European Union is poised to freeze most high-level contacts with Turkey and cut the flow of funds to the country, while holding back for now on sanctions that could target Turkish companies involved in offshore drilling in the eastern Mediterranean.
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July 12, 2019
Britain raised the threat level to the highest possible for ships operating in the Persian Gulf as tensions escalate in a region accounting for a third of seaborne petroleum trade.
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July 11, 2019
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has launched the 32nd Offshore Licensing Round with 768 blocks or part-blocks on offer across the main producing areas of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Acreage is on offer in the Central North Sea, Northern North Sea, Southern North Sea and the West of Shetlands.
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July 11, 2019
Cuadrilla today confirmed that it will return to hydraulic fracturing and flow testing of natural gas at its flagship Lancashire site in Preston New Road, near Blackpool.
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July 10, 2019
Total has signed an agreement to divest several UK non-core assets to Petrogas NEO UK Ltd, the exploration and production arm of the Oman-based conglomerate MB Holding.
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July 07, 2019
Iran said an oil tanker that was seized by British forces near Gibraltar wasn’t destined for Syria.
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July 04, 2019
Rever Offshore, a leading subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, continues to consolidate its North Sea presence, announcing the successful completion of three standalone contracts for energy major, Total E&P UK.
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July 04, 2019
British special forces seized a supertanker off Gibraltar suspected of carrying Iranian oil to Syria in violation of European and U.S. sanctions against the war-torn country.
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July 01, 2019
Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) announced today the company has closed on the sale of its UK business, which consists of the Brae area fields and Foinaven, to RockRose Energy PLC.
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July 01, 2019
Tata Steel has secured a contract to provide high frequency induction (HFI) line pipe for an oil and gas project north-east of Shetland in the UK North Sea.
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June 18, 2019
A first of its kind collaboration between defense and oil and gas will lead to the development of advanced underwater technology to solve challenges across both sectors.
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June 17, 2019
Well construction specialist, DeltaTek Global, has announced the successful completion of its first SeaCure deployment for Total E&P UK.
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June 14, 2019
Maersk Drilling has announced that CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC Limited, has exercised a one-well option for the Mærsk Innovator jackup rig to continue drilling infill wells at the Buzzard field on the UK Continental Shelf.
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June 12, 2019
Well-Safe Solutions today announced the award of a major contract to decommission up to 21 wells on Schooner and Ketch fields in the UKCS, operated by DNO North Sea (ROGB) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of DNO ASA.
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June 11, 2019
Total has started production in Culzean gas condensate field, on Block 22/25a, 230 km off the coast of Aberdeen.
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June 07, 2019
DNO ASA has been awarded two exploration licenses as operator by the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), under the UK’s 31st licensing round.
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June 06, 2019
Hurricane Energy, a UK company focused on developing hydrocarbons in naturally fractured basement reservoirs, provided an update on its Lancaster field development.
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June 06, 2019
DNV GL has appointed Corin Taylor as a principal consultant in its new Future of Gas team in the United Kingdom.
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June 04, 2019
Equinor has today been awarded five licenses by the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) - four as operator and one as partner.
