North Sea EPC spend to top £2.8bn in 2021, about £1.8bn still to come – Westwood Global
North Sea engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract awards are anticipated to total more than $4 billion (£2.8bn) in 2021.
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High stakes, frontier exploration, Australia’s Bight had it all
Earlier this month Murphy Oil joined a long list of explorers, which includes BP, Equinor, Chevron, Karoon Energy, Bight Petroleum, and their joint venture partners, that have now exited and passed over the opportunity to unlock the Great Australian Bight.
Riding on wave of confidence, Longboat targets more acquisitions
Bosses at Longboat Energy say they will harness the higher levels of interest being shown in the business to clinch more acquisitions.
Shell, Equinor, RWE and Gasunie to push ahead with plans for offshore hydrogen park
Shell, Equinor, RWE and Gasunie are to push ahead with plans for a large-scale offshore hydrogen park off the coast of Germany.
Blown away: ‘Major interest’ in ScotWind leasing round with more than 70 bids made
More than 70 bids have been made by companies for the ScotWind offshore leasing round, showing the country’s “scale of potential” for wind development.
Low-carbon energy to create 20,000 north-east jobs in next decade
Low-carbon energy projects in the north-east could create up to 20,600 jobs in the next ten years, a new report has predicted.
Equinor continues floating wind expansion with new partnership
Equinor is continuing to expand its floating offshore wind operations with plans to roll out the technology in France.
Climate talk overtakes ‘growth’ on fossil fuel conference calls
The world’s biggest oil and gas companies are more likely to talk to Wall Street about emissions than how their businesses might grow.
px Group and Cerulean eye green hydrogen partnership
Industrial facilities operator px Group has agreed to join forces with Cerulean Winds for the development of three onshore green hydrogen production sites in the UK.
SSE and Equinor designing ‘world-leading’ hydrogen storage facility
SSE and Equinor are developing plans for what would be one of the world’s largest hydrogen storage facilities.
Updated: First day on AIM market for Orcadian Energy, firm shares plans to install floating turbine at Pilot field
North Sea firm Orcadian Energy has enjoyed a strong first morning on the London Stock Exchange, raising £3 million.
Aberdeen’s Ardyne extends well decommissioning technology partnership with Equinor
Aberdeen-headquartered energy services firm Ardyne has agreed a second joint industry project with Norwegian giant Equinor.
Bristow lands contract extensions with Equinor, Shell and Neptune in Norway
Bristow has announced a series of contract extensions for helicopter operations with Equinor, Shell and Neptune Energy in Norway.
Maersk Drilling gets $10.5million Martin Linge contract extension with Equinor
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract extension with Equinor at the Martin Linge field worth around $10.5million.
Big Wind’s rise to mainstay of shipyards
A decade ago, Big Oil was still a reliable mainstay for shipyards specialising in offshore support vessels.
There can be no COP outs on the road to net zero
From Peterhead on the Aberdeenshire coast all the way down to Medway in the south east of England, we’re proud of the role SSE Thermal’s power stations play in keeping the lights on for homes, businesses, and communities across the UK.
EnQuest completes Bentley acquisition from Whalsay
EnQuest has announced the completion of its acquisition of the Bentley field, one of the North Sea’s largest untapped discoveries, from Whalsay Energy.
‘This is a big day’: Equinor brings Martin Linge field online after escalated costs
State-owned operator Equinor has celebrated the start of production on the Martin Linge oil and gas field after a big rise in costs.
First exploration well of the year ‘spudded’ in UK North Sea
Westwood Global Energy reports that as of June 28 there was one exploration well and one appraisal well active in the UK. Completions to date in 2021 are one appraisal well at 22/26d-3 Glengorm South and one exploration well at 22/6c-B4Z Bacchus South.
Equinor first to start drilling a UK North Sea exploration well in 2021
Norwegian energy giant Equinor has become the first company to start drilling an exploration well on the UK Continental Shelf this year.
Exclusive: Equinor becomes latest company to confirm ScotWind participation
Norwegian energy giant Equinor is the latest company to confirm its involvement in Scotland’s offshore wind leasing round.
Oil price rebound unlikely to derail hydrogen investments, say experts during Energy Voice event
A rebound in the oil price is unlikely to derail future hydrogen investments, industry experts have predicted.
Equinor and Altera ‘fully engaged’ on study into use of Knarr FPSO for Rosebank project
Energy giant Equinor and Altera Infrastructure are “fully engaged” in a study that could result in the vessel owner’s Petrojarl Knarr FPSO being picked for the 300 million barrel Rosebank gig.
‘Traumatic year’ sees North Sea operators hand back up to 1.1bn barrels of oil
North Sea operators have handed back up to 1.1 billion recoverable barrels of oil from UK fields, according to data released by the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA).
Longboat hails fundraiser as a success, names two farm-in partners
Longboat Energy said today it had succeeded in raising £35 million through a share placement and confirmed farm-in agreements with Equinor and Spirit Energy.