UK/UKCS
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March 14, 2019
Angus Energy has announced that it has entered into a legally binding sale and purchase agreement with Doriemus Plc for the purchase of Doriemus's 20% interest in the Lidsey oilfield License (including its 30% direct participating working interest in the Lidsey-X2 production well).
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March 11, 2019
Britain’s shale gas production has the potential to be as good as the best performing shale basin in the U.S., the Marcellus formation.
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March 08, 2019
Delmar Systems, Inc. successfully completed an eight-line disconnect of the mooring system on Seadrill’s West Phoenix semisubmersible drilling rig on the UK Continental Shelf.
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February 27, 2019
Subsea 7 S.A. has announced the award of a substantial (1) contract by BP Exploration for the provision of subsea construction, inspection, repair and maintenance services covering BP’s North Sea region portfolio of assets West of Shetland and Northern North Sea.
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February 25, 2019
Marathon Oil Corporation has announced the company has entered into a share purchase agreement through its subsidiaries for the sale of its UK businesses Marathon Oil U.K. LLC (MOUK) and Marathon Oil West of Shetland Limited (MOWOS).
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February 25, 2019
Global drilling and engineering contractor KCA Deutag has announced that its offshore business unit has been awarded a new drilling contract by Enquest Heather Limited for the Magnus, Thistle and Heather platforms.
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February 17, 2019
Rowan Companies plc has announced that it has received clearance from the United Kingdom's Competition and Markets Authority for its pending combination with Ensco plc.
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February 11, 2019
Petrofac secures UK well service agreement
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February 07, 2019
WellConnection Group, a leading Norwegian inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) company has acquired Peterhead-based Independent Oilfield Services (IOS) in a deal which marks their entrance into the UK market.
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January 31, 2019
Following Glendronach in September 2018, Total announces a new significant discovery in the North Sea offshore U.K., on the Glengorm prospect located in the Central Graben.
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January 29, 2019
CNOOC Limited reported a new discovery on the Glengorm prospect, located in offshore UK Central North Sea.
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January 17, 2019
Wild Well Control, a Superior Energy Services well control and engineering services company, has announced the expansion of its Montrose facility at South Ferryden, UK.
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January 16, 2019
Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in Norway and the UK, is pleased to announce its partnership with subsidiaries of Royal Dutch Shell plc and Spirit Energy Limited following the award of PL 969 in the recent APA licensing round with the intention to advance the large, cross-border Edinburgh prospect towards a drill decision during 2019.
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January 14, 2019
Lundin Petroleum AB is pleased to announce that as at Dec. 31, 2018, its proved plus probable net reserves (2P reserves) are 745 MMboe, its proved plus probable plus possible net reserves (3P reserves) are 901 MMboe and its best estimate net contingent resources (contingent resources) are 225 MMboe.
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January 11, 2019
Equinor and Chevron have completed their transaction announced in October 2018, whereby Equinor has acquired Chevron’s 40% operated interest in the Rosebank project in the West of Shetland region of the UK Continental Shelf.
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January 11, 2019
The National Decommissioning Centre (NDC), a global technology R&D hub, is today opened by Lord Duncan, UK Government Minister for Scotland and Paul Wheelhouse MSP, Scottish Energy Minister, in Newburgh, in North-East Scotland’s Energetica Corridor.
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January 03, 2019
The board of Faroe notes the announcement by DNO ASA on Jan. 3, 2019 that it has received acceptances of its unsolicited offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Faroe not already owned by DNO at 152p per share in cash of 48, 986, 566 Faroe shares, representing approximately 13.1% of the existing issued share capital of Faroe.
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December 20, 2018
Oceaneering has secured a three-year provision of inspection enactment services contract with Petrofac’s engineering and production services division in the Western Hemisphere, growing its asset integrity portfolio within the UK Continental Shelf.
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December 19, 2018
Specialist drilling waste management company, TWMA, has secured a seven-figure contract with leading independent exploration and production company, Neptune Energy.
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December 18, 2018
Petrofac’s Engineering and Production Services (EPS) business has secured a construction and commissioning contract with Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited (Ithaca) valued in the region of $10 million.
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December 13, 2018
Premier Oil Plc is considering a bid for a package of North Sea oil and gas assets put on the block by U.S. oil major Chevron Corp. that’s worth about $2 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.