SeaEnergy launches new ‘walk to work’ ship management company
Energy services group SeaEnergy is to launch a new ship management company for the windfarm, oil and gas sector.
Lubbers signs up for semi-trailers trial
Aberdeen-based oil and gas logistics specialist RTH Lubbers has signed up for the UK Government’s trial of longer semi-trailers as the company looks at ways to further reduce carbon emissions.
Ross joins Jee as business development director
Subsea engineering and training firm Jee has appointed Nigel Ross as business-development director.
Senergy specialists share expertise at conference
Engineers from Aberdeen energy service firm Senergy are sharing their expertise at a three-day oil and gas conference in the Netherlands this week. Formation damage specialists Mike Byrne and Elinor Rojas are both speaking during the event. The biennial SPE European Formation Damage Conference and Exhibition, ending tomorrow, is aimed at engineers and geoscientists.
Xodus and Atkins land £1.4million Austen study deal
Xodus Group and Atkins have been awarded a £1.4 million joint study by GDF Suez for concept work on the Austen field in the North Sea.
Infinity targets Asian expansion after 2012 growth
Oil and gas recruitment specialist Infinity saw turnover more than double last year as it looks to set up a joint venture in Asia.
FlexGuard run out at Captain
Aberdeen oil service company Flexlife said yesterday it had used new integrity monitoring technology at a North Sea field.
Petrofac lands $687million Abu Dhabi contracts
Oil and gas service provider Petrofac has landed two contracts in the United Arab Emirates worth almost $700million.
Statoil finds new reserves in Volve drilling
Statoil said today that new drilling in the Volve field had uncovered up to 9.4million barrels worth of oil in additional reserves.
Buzzard production expected to return to normal
Production from the giant Buzzard field in the North Sea should return to normal by midweek after interruptions over the weekend.
Trapoil appoint new finance director
North Sea oil firm Trapoil has appointed Scott Richardson Brown as finance director.
Biomass plant green light generates wave of protest
Scotland’s green lobby hit out last night after the country’s largest combined heat and power biomass plant was given the go-ahead by the Scottish Government.
Wilson: Windfarm plan ‘is a shambles’
Former energy minister Brian Wilson has blasted as “a shambles" plans to carry green energy from windfarms in the north.
Seven in a row for Noble in Levant Basin
Noble Energy has made a further large discovery of at least 1trillion cu.ft of gas offshore Israel with its Karish-1 well drilled on the Alon C licence.
EnQuest moves into North Africa after Didon deal
Aberdeen-based EnQuest is to expand into North Africa for the first time after taking a majority interest in PA Resources' offshore assets in Tunisia.
SMS opens Kuala Lumpur office after landing Mayasian contracts
Sand management specialist SMS has opened an office in south-east Asia after landing two contracts worth a total of £750,000.
Petrobras suffers Argentina sale setback
Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras said that its executive directors have rejected offers to buy its Argentina operations, in the latest setback for the company's £6billion asset-sale plan.
Wood Group snaps up Intetech
Wood Group has announced the acquisition of a niche provider of software and engineering consultancy services for well integrity and corrosion management. The value of deal for Intetech, which employs, about 30 people and had revenue for 2012 of £2.78million, was not disclosed.
BP to invest £1.9billion in Rumaila
Energy giant BP has set aside £1.9billion to continue developing one of the world’s biggest oil fields this year. It spent £1.4billion on Rumaila, in Iraq last year, and boosting output from the field is vital for the country to realise its ambition of raising oil exports to 6million barrels per day (bpd) by 2017.
Oil giant’s UK HQ at centre of major South Bank project
Plans to redevelop the UK headquarters of oil giant Royal Dutch Shell have been approved, the joint venture behind them has announced.
Ex-First boss Graeme Park joins Atlas
Atlas, an Aberdeen-based global oil and gas learning technology company, has appointed Graeme Park as chief financial officer.
Aubin boost management with Arif appointment
North-east firm Aubin has strengthened its management team with the appointment of a new director. Serena Arif, pictured, joins Aubin, a leading independent supplier of specialist chemicals to the energy industry, as subsea business director. Ms Arif brings 15 years’ experience in the industry, most recently holding the position of business development director at Greenthread.
Lundin Petro says Luno II holds up to 120million barrels of oil
Sweden's Lundin Petroleum said on Monday its Norwegian Luno II field contained a slightly smaller than expected 25million to 120million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe), pushing the Swedish exploration firm's shares lower.
Statoil says cash flow impact of tax change is £55million in 2013
Statoil will see its cash flow for this year lowered by more than £55million after Norway announced yesterday it would raise taxes for the country's vast oil and gas sector.
Brent reaches one month high above $105 after Israel strikes Syria
An Israeli air strike on a Syrian military facility over the weekend has prompted worries over supply disruption worries from the Middle East, with Brent futures rising to the highest in nearly a month above $105 per barrel