Oceaneering to unleash new vessel on Shell Gulf of Mexico project
Oceaneering will use its new Ocean Evolution vessel to carry out flowline installation work in the US Gulf of Mexico for Shell.
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Chevron’s $54bn LNG plant hits new snag
Chevron’s Gorgon liquefied natural gas plant shut a production train for about a month, at least the eighth outage since operations started 14 months ago at the most-expensive project in the company’s history.
Shell awards Brent Bravo decom work
Shell today awarded a decommissioning contract to support the upcoming single lift of its Brent Bravo topside in the North Sea.
Russia’s oil must be considered for global benchmark, Shell says
Shell said the time has come to debate using Russian crude to help determine the global Brent benchmark, in what would be the most radical shift in how European prices are calculated since the 1970s.
Video: Time-lapse of Shell’s Brent Delta being delivered onto quay
Able UK has released time-lapse footage of the Brent Delta topside being skidded onto quay six at its yard in Hartlepool.
Bad news for Opec as US shale drillers gear up for $84bn spree
US shale explorers are boosting drilling budgets 10 times faster than the rest of the world to harvest fields that register fat profits even with the recent drop in oil prices.
In Pictures: Chrysaor set for new North Sea HQ after Shell deal
Chrysaor is poised to become the biggest tenant in The Capitol building in Aberdeen.
Shell ‘not actively working on’ more North Sea sales
Shell’s new chief financial officer said yesterday that the oil major was “not actively working on” more North Sea asset sales, but did not rule out further UK divestment.
EV Burning Question: Brent decommissioning
Every week, Energy Voice asks readers to give their views on some the hot topics affecting the oil sector. This time, we want to know how you feel about Shell’s Brent field decommissioning plans. The latest questionnaire will be kept open until Friday, May 12, to allow as much participation as possible.
Shell hails ‘strong’ first quarter as higher oil prices boost majors
Shell has become the latest oil major to report a huge upturn in its first quarter results, buoyed by higher oil prices.
Gallery: Shell Brent Delta arrives in Hartlepool
Shell’s Brent Delta topside was delivered to Able UK’s yard in Hartlepool this week, where it will be dismantled and recycled.
Video: End of an era as Shell Brent Delta topside arrives in Hartlepool
One of the North Sea’s most iconic pieces of oil and gas infrastructure arrived in a murky Hartlepool last night after more than 40 years offshore.
Opinion: Big oil betting on electric vehicles
Speaking this week at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance conference in New York, Total SA's chief energy economist, Joel Couse, forecasted that EVs will make up 15 to 30 percent of global new vehicle sales by 2030.
Brent Delta transferred onto barge ahead of Teesside delivery
The Pioneering Spirit vessel has transferred Shell's Brent Delta topside onto a barge ahead of its delivery to a yard in Teesside.
Gallery: Pioneering Spirit’s Brent Delta topside lift
The world's largest vessel by displacement, the Pioneering Spirit, set a new world record when it lifted the Brent Delta top side last month in a single go.
‘Very impressive’ first quarter results predicted for BP, Shell
An analyst has said “the numbers are going to look very impressive” for oil majors Shell and BP when they publish their first quarter results this week.
Opinion: Brent Delta single-lift is game changer for North Sea decommissioning
A few days ago, a behemoth of a ship graphically challenged and changed the way large production platforms in the North Sea and elsewhere will be decommissioned henceforth.
Video: Pioneering Spirit completes Brent Delta topside lift for Shell
Allseas’s Pioneering Spirit vessel has removed the topside section of Shell’s Brent Delta platform in the North Sea. Swiss contractor Allseas said it had broken the world lifting record in the process. Pioneering Spirit removed the 24,000-tonne topside structure in a single lift. It is now transporting the structure to a decommissioning yard in Teesside, north-east England.
Shell to provide funding for Nord Stream 2 project
Shell is among a group of five energy companies who have agreed to stump up funding for the Nord Stream 2 project.
Ex BP boss Tony Hayward leaves Genel
Former BP boss, Tony Hayward, has announced his retirement as director and chairman of Genel Energy.
Three North Sea deals in top 10 upstream oil and gas acquisitions in Q1, report says
Three North Sea deals were among the top 10 non-US upstream oil and gas acquisitions in the first quarter of 2017, a new report said.
Shell hit with prohibition notice on Brent Charlie
Shell was hit with a prohibition notice earlier this year over safety concerns on the Brent Charlie platform.
Xcite liquidators confident of selling Bentley field before licence expires
Liquidators are confident they will wrap up the sale of one of the North Sea’s biggest undeveloped discoveries before the licence expires.
Exxon, Shell join Ivanka Trump to defend Paris climate pact
As President Donald Trump contemplates whether to make good on his campaign promise to yank the United States out of the Paris climate accord, an unlikely lobbying force is hoping to talk him out of it: oil and coal producers.
Chrysaor gets £1.6bn worth of backing to help pay for Shell assets
International lenders have backed an ambitious deal to hand North Sea assets to new entrants.