UK/UKCS
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September 04, 2019
Petrofac will provide engineering support services as a tier 1 contractor for brownfield modifications and projects across Repsol Sinopec Resources UK’s operated assets and terminal at Flotta.
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September 04, 2019
Serica Energy has signed a deal to adopt the Restrata Platform, a system for real-time monitoring of people and assets around the world. The contract will see Serica Energy roll out the Restrata Platform on its Bruce asset in the UK Northern North Sea.
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September 03, 2019
The 18-month extension builds on a previous agreement covering the Cormorant Alpha, Eider, Tern, North Cormorant and subsequently Harding offshore assets, and will see Wood’s activities continue to support these installations.
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September 02, 2019
Maersk Drilling has entered into a contract with Petrogas North Sea to drill an appraisal well at the Birgitta field in the central part of the UK North Sea.
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September 02, 2019
Maersk Decom, together with Maersk Supply Service, is project managing the removal, recycling and waste management of subsea infrastructure for Perenco’s Thames field in the UK North Sea.
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August 29, 2019
The annual awards ceremony, jointly organized by OGUK and Step Change in Safety and sponsored by Total, celebrates the outstanding individuals and companies going above and beyond to improve safety across offshore operations on the UK Continental Shelf.
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August 27, 2019
The agreement includes provision of Well Operator and Well Engineering Project Management services for four wells within the Rubie and Renee fields, 200 km north east of Aberdeen.
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August 22, 2019
Cuadrilla confirmed that micro seismicity had been detected at its shale gas exploration site at Preston New Road, near Blackpool, Lancashire, England.
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August 22, 2019
An industry task group has created the Reserves Progression self-verification check list tool, to help operators improve overall recovery rates and extend the productive life of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
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August 21, 2019
Subsea UK will host a session at this year’s Offshore Europe looking at how underwater operations can extend the life of fields and maximize economic recovery from the UKCS.
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August 21, 2019
Sparrows has been providing crane maintenance and operations services to BP in the North Sea for more than 45 years.
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August 20, 2019
Subsea 7 is continuing its Engineering Conversion Program, based in Aberdeen, to help experienced engineers from civil engineering and military roles to transfer skills and build new careers in the subsea oil and gas industry.
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August 16, 2019
A change of British government has given the much-maligned fracing industry another opportunity to make out its case for stimulating the controversial technique to tap unconventional natural gas reserves.
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August 15, 2019
The Mariner reservoirs have up to 3 billion boe in place, a 50% increase on what was originally assumed, and the estimated recovery rate has already been increased by 20 percent. Mariner is expected to produce annual average plateau rates of around 55,000 boed and up to 70,000 boed day at peak production.
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August 14, 2019
The ECITB-approved Industrial Drone Operations Training Course was developed to ensure that the next generation of drone operators attain and develop the skills and knowledge they need to operate safely in heavy industrial environments that have specific operational hazards and constraints.
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August 13, 2019
Predictive analysis services provider OPEX Group has secured a new multi-million-pound contract with CNOOC Petroleum Europe Limited, for digital services across the company’s UKCS assets.
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August 13, 2019
Iran expects an oil tanker seized by the UK in the Strait of Gibraltar in July will be released soon, the semi-official Fars News agency reported Tuesday, a move that could help to ease concerns about the safety of shipping routes in the Middle East.
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August 05, 2019
The UK is “spearheading” an international mission to protect shipping in the Persian Gulf, which will see the Royal Navy work with the U.S. to protect vessels amid an ongoing confrontation with Iran.
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July 30, 2019
BP is “certainly not sending British ships and crews” through the Strait of Hormuz, the only way for tankers to reach the world’s biggest oil-exporting region, Chief Executive Officer Robert Dudley said in an interview.
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July 30, 2019
The owner of a British tanker seized by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz earlier this month raised concerns about the safety of the crew still on board.
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July 29, 2019
Efforts to secure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz are ramping up as the UK said a second warship arrived in the area and South Korea may deploy its own unit as part of a multinational force.
