Total is ready to reactivate the drilling package aboard its UK North Sea Dunbar production platform to enable the company to seek further reserves to boost production and extend field life.
HRT and Galp Energia have struck oil offshore Namibia, albeit the find is non-commercial.
Petrobras has been granted the most blocks offered in the 11th Brazilian petroleum resources bidding round staged by the country's National Petroleum Agency (ANP).
US LNG exports could create tens of thousands of domestic jobs while having only minimal impacts on domestic natural gas prices, according to commissioned research by ICF International.
South Africa could become home to a major offshore oil and gas services and logistics hub servicing both the West African and newly emerging East African deepwater sectors.
It is the most radical seismic vessel built to date and Norwegian owner Petroleum Geo Services (PGS) says that Ramform Titan will be the most powerful and efficient marine seismic acquisition vessel ever. It will also be the widest ship in the world at the waterline.
PLANS to build an up to 2,200 megawatts windfarm in the Irish Sea have taken a step forward after an agreement was struck between developers and Anglesey Council over what the local authority will need to study.
Researchers at Edinburgh Napier University have completed a short project that studied the feasibility of applying a new coating process, which was initially developed for use in the production of solid oxide fuel cells, to the oil and gas industry. The project secured industry support through the Aberdeen-based global technology facilitator, ITF.
'A 'novel' new concept could address important challenges associated with wind generation.
North Sea oil and gas operators are increasingly tapping into the services of ERM in Aberdeen following the opening of the firm's local office at Queen's Gardens nearly six months ago.
Aker Solutions has started the construction of a new engineering manufacturing plant in Paraná that will double the company's subsea production capacity in Brazil.
Four oil companies are to carry out a joint social impact assessment on Greenland communities that may be affected by their plans to explore for oil and gas to the north-west of this ice-bound land mass.
Agility has won a five-year contract with the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC), which will see it provide ocean, air and road transport services to move KNPC procurements worldwide.
The Falkland Islands face an influx of people that could see the South Atlantic archipelago's population shoot past 4,000 from the current 3,000 level by the mid to late 2020s, should the development of both oil and gas resources really take off.
It might seem odd choosing this issue of Energy to mark the 25th year since the Piper Alpha disaster of July 6, 1988, but we have taken our cue from the North Sea industry's three-day Piper25 conference on June 18-20.
Energy asked group technology director Daniel More to pick out what he regards as the highlights of Expro Group's 40 years in the business - and what he predicts for the future.
Eden Energy has agreed to sell its entire UK coal seam gas and shale gas portfolio to unlisted UK public company Shale Energy for £10million.
The Crown Estate (CE) has unveiled plans to lease further wave and tidal sites in an effort to encourage and accelerate technology development.
Everyone agrees that the resource base is huge, but which technologies can be made to generate cost competitive power? Jeremy Cresswell reports.
Yes, so much to choose from, and when you look at the full conference programme in the show catalogue you will see the quality of the 320+ speakers who will be taking part.
Twenty-two UKTI Commercial Officers and selected international buyers from around the globe are at All-Energy 2013 on the UKTI stand (B41) and available to meet with UK companies to discuss the opportunities that exist in each of their respective markets. If you haven't pre-booked an appointment, go to the stand to see what times are still available and with whom; you don't want to miss out on this expert advice.
Britain has the best wind resources in Europe and installed 1,897MW last year - 16% of all new wind capacity in the region . . . 1,043MW onshore and 854MW offshore.
Masdar, Abu Dhabi's renewable energy company, and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, have disclosed their intention to collaborate on the advancement of clean energy projects.
Sea Wave Energy Ltd (UK) has claimed that tank-tests of its Waveline Magnet wave energy converter have been a success following eight years' research and development.
It is not just the UK where confusion reigns over providing affordable, low carbon energy - but the entire European Union, it seems, writes Jeremy Cresswell.
