Tata Steel signs £10million North Sea framework agreement
Tata Steel has signed a framework agreement with Subsea 7 worth £10million.
Registration opens for decom conference
Bookings are now open for the annual Offshore Decommissioning Conference.
Redacted fracking report criticised
Ministers were accused of having “something to hide” over the impact of fracking on affected areas after an internal Government document was released in a heavily redacted form.
Armed men attack oil field
A gang of armed men targeted an oilfield in northern Colombia.
Ofgem rules ‘may cause high bills’
Five former energy regulators have suggested that tougher rules by Ofgem may be to blame for higher gas and electricity bills and weakened competition.
Borkum West enters commissioning stage
A 200MW offshore wind project in the German North Sea has closed its first development stage with the installation of the final offshore wind turbine.
SeaBird wins $7.5million seismic job
Seismic data firm SeaBird Exploration has secured a new contract for its Osprey Explorer vessel worth $7.5million.
Maritime behemoth Pieter Schelte to be completed in Rotterdam
Pieter Schelte, the biggest vessel in the world, is to be completed in the port of Rotterdam. Owner and designer Allseas says the plan is for this multi-function maritime behemoth to arrive from South Korea at the end of this year.
Green light for £30m Teesside centre
Plans for a Teesside centre for skills, leadership and innovation in emerging technology sectors have been given the green light by the UK Government.
Opinion: Bob Keiller on the bystander effect
The bystander effect happens when a group of people don’t step forward or intervene when they should – seeing someone in distress in a public place for instance.
Oil worker’s plea to return to Scotland after Egypt stabbing
The family of a north-east oil worker left in a coma for 13 days after being stabbed in the chest has made a desperate plea for help to bring him home.
Stats Group continues inward investment
Stats Group has opened a new intervention engineering and technical support hub and recruited two of the energy industry’s leading experts in pipeline intervention services.
Thialf installs latest platform in German offshore grid
Siemens has completed installation of the offshore platform for the direct-current connection HelWin2, working under contract from the German-Dutch grid operator TenneT.
WJM offers offshore modular drilling game-changer to market
Houston consultancy William Jacob Management Inc. (WJM) has introduced a new modular offshore drilling rig design that it says reduces deployment costs and improves speed-to-market for upstream operations.
Research points to serious under-reporting of wind turbine fires
Fire is the second main cause of accidents in wind turbines, after blade failure, according to research at Edinburgh University, Imperial College and Sweden's SP Technical Research Institute.
US set to allow G&G activities in eastern waters
It looks like the door is very slightly ajar to the idea of hunting for oil and gas off the Eastern Seaboard of the US, despite the reservations that many Americans will have, given the environmental damage inflicted by the Macondo disaster of 2010.
Knarr – adventure for BG; bread and butter for Norway
Mid-July saw the latest North Sea production ship depart South Korean waters on a 75-day voyage to Europe following its completion by Samsung Heavy Industries.
Chinese eye global subsea
China Offshore Oil Engineering Co's (COOEC) subsea division is to invest around $230million in a deepwater multi-purpose subsea services support vessel.
Azerbaijan commits $300m to Caspian drilling rig order
More than $301million has been allocated from the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAR) for construction of a new generation drilling rig of DSSTM38M design.
Think tank calls for vigorous oil and gas drive in Scotland
Dan Macdonald - chairman of Macdonald Estates - is a former Reform Scotland board member and a current member of the advisory board for the Yes campaign for Scotland's independence.
Eni enters Myanmar with two deals
Italian explorer Eni has entered two production sharing contracts for blocks onshore Myanmar.
Arctic 30 ship leaves Russian port
A ship held by Russian authorities for nearly a year has been released and is on its way back to the Netherlands, Greenpeace International has said.
Victoria completes Bonaberi gas drill
African utility firm Victoria Oil & Gas has completed drilling of the pilot borehole in Douala, Cameroon, set to open a new gas market for the firm.
Subsea 7 plans further share buyback as profits rise
Engineering giant Subsea 7 has reported better than expected second-quarter results as the firm is looking to buy back more of its own shares.
Leni’s fourth Goudron well reaches total depth
The fourth well in the 30-well development in Trinidad's Goudron field has reached its total depth, the operator Leni Gas & Oil (LGO) has reported.