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UK North Sea Oil & Gas Review – October 2019

UK North Sea Oil & Gas Review – October 2019   Major oil and gas field developments, start-ups, exploration drilling, and corporate deals marked this past month’s activity in the UK North Sea. Equinor and partners started on 16 September production from the Utgard gas and condensate field, spanning the Norwegian-UK border in the North Sea. Recoverable resources at Utg...

Review: Renewables in the UK and Europe

Review: Renewables in the UK and Europe   Falling technology costs, concerns about carbon emissions, and the drive to develop low-carbon energy sources have helped renewables become the fastest-growing energy source globally. “The pace at which renewable energy penetrates the global energy system is faster than for any fuel in history,” according to the BP Energy Outlook 2019 with forecasts through 2040. Wind and solar power are set to account for nearly 50 per cent...

Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 officially opens

Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 officially opens   The Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) for Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 – the UK’s first major new leasing round in a decade – has been formally issued by The Crown Estate. Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 will offer seabed rights for at least 7GW of new offshore wind projects in the waters around England and Wales. The PQQ is now available via The Crown Estate’s eTendering Portal that can be accessed via ete...

Middle East Oil & Gas - By Tsvetana Paraskova

Middle East Oil & Gas - By Tsvetana Paraskova   Despite the heightened tension in the Middle East in recent months, oil and gas producing countries in the region—many of which are OPEC members—go ahead with their plans to boost oil and gas production, strike alliances with foreign firms to lock in future demand for their oil and gas, and award contracts to foreign service contractors for expansion of the massive onshore and offshore oil and gas fields. Greenfield in...

T. Boone Pickens Transformed the U.S. Oil Industry - By Loren Steffy

T. Boone Pickens Transformed the U.S. Oil Industry - By Loren Steffy   The U.S. oil and gas industry lost a towering figure in September with the passing of T. Boone Pickens. Pickens spent more than 60 years in the business as an independent producer and was once the highest paid executive in America — not just in oil and gas but in any industry. As one of the first “corporate raiders” of the 1980s, Pickens redefined how capital was distributed in the energy indus...

People in Energy

People in Energy   Madeleine Harkestad Dømbe, Lead Project Engineer, Bergen, Bachelor’s Degree Subsea Technology Engineer Veronica Moberg Horne, Design Engineer, Bergen, Bachelor’s Degree General Mechanical Engineering What sparked your interest in engineering? Veronica: My Dad is a mechanic and I have family friends that have worked offshore, so I’ve been interested in engineering since I was little. At high school, one of my teachers had a brill...

Visavi LivePlan – The Digital Coordination Arena

Visavi LivePlan – The Digital Coordination Arena   In today’s fast-paced business environment, the oil and gas, energy, construction, and process industries need to make smart resource and workflow decisions to stay ahead of the competition and maximise their strengths. Planning and coordination are essential parts of the everyday work and resource flow at every organisation. Yet, companies sometimes struggle with slow and insufficient coordination that drives up the co...

Orca Mobilisation Manager - By Callum Masson, Head of Commercial, Orca Oceanic Systems

Orca Mobilisation Manager - By Callum Masson, Head of Commercial, Orca Oceanic Systems   In 2017 Orca launched our first version of our Mobilisation Management application inventively called “Mobilisation Manager”. Now in 2019 its been utilised for over 100 separate projects and mobilisations, and has been utilised by clients such as TechnipFMC Norway, Deep Ocean in addition to spawning 2 additional applications Equipment Manager and Max. Equipment certification / PMS and...

Automated Well Control. Prevent blowouts. Save lives and billions on OPEX.

Automated Well Control. Prevent blowouts. Save lives and billions on OPEX.   Abstract Every year, there are multiple blowouts and several multiple fatality events due to a loss of well control in the oil and gas industry. An Automated Well Control technology was developed using a simulator to dramatically reduce the incidence of ‘human factors’ in well control. The system fully automates influx detection and shut-in sequences. Therefore, when a kick is detected, the...

Social media masterclass to benefit Aberdeen businesses

Social media masterclass to benefit Aberdeen businesses   North-east businesspeople will have the chance to learn from one of the country’s leading social media experts at a special event where money raised will benefit a local charity. Fin Wycherley – Facebook’s only official trainer in Scotland – is a regular conference, workshop and motivational speaker on digital matters. She is a regular commentator on issues including digital economy, marketing strateg...

Total E&P Denmark Awards Emerson Contract for Monitoring Technology on Tyra Field

Total E&P Denmark Awards Emerson Contract for Monitoring Technology on Tyra Field   Total E&P Denmark A/S has awarded Emerson a contract to provide wellhead pressure monitoring technology to enhance safety during the multi-year redevelopment project to extend the life of Denmark’s biggest gas field. The Tyra field in the Danish part of the North Sea has been in production for more than 30 years but is today suffering from seabed subsidence. Since production started in...

Shell wants to ban Greenpeace protesters from Brent oil platforms

Shell wants to ban Greenpeace protesters from Brent oil platforms   Shell turned to court to demand that all Greenpeace protests be banned on and around the four Brent oil platforms in the British part of the North Sea. In mid-October Greenpeace protested on two of the no-longer-in-use platforms, demanding that Shell dismantle and remove the platforms. A court in Scotland will rule on this case on Thursday, NOS reports. Shell's plans are only to dismantle the upper part of the...

Bureau Veritas awarded a three year asset integrity contract with Shell Tunisia

Bureau Veritas awarded a three year asset integrity contract with Shell Tunisia   Bureau Veritas Solutions – Marine & Offshore (BV Solutions), the consultancy and outsourcing brand of Bureau Veritas, a world leader in testing, inspection and certification services, has been awarded a three (3) year Enterprise Frame Agreement with Shell Tunisia Upstream Ltd (Shell) to provide asset integrity management support services. The scope comprises technical safety services, asset...

TGS to begin 3D seismic survey in MSGBC Basin offshore Africa

TGS to begin 3D seismic survey in MSGBC Basin offshore Africa   Norwegian survey service firm TGS is set to start a new seismic survey in the Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau and Guinea Conakry (MSGBC) Basin, offshore north-west Africa. The Senegal North Ultra-Deep offshore three-dimensional (3D) survey covers an area of more than 5,100km² equipped with an advanced broadband acquisition set-up. Supported by Senegalese national oil company Petrosen, TGS has partner...

Two key appointments add to Xodus Group’s environmental expansion

Two key appointments add to Xodus Group’s environmental expansion   International energy consultancy Xodus Group is set to almost double its global environment division by the end of 2019, in line with its goals to deliver a responsible energy future. The environment division at Xodus provides a breadth of environmental services to support clients across the value lifecycle of an asset. With core competencies in the marine sector, the division offers services across the energ...

N-Sea-BODAC Joint Venture Announces “Next Level” Development

N-Sea-BODAC Joint Venture Announces “Next Level” Development   The N-Sea-BODAC joint venture has announced significant investment in the further development of its specialist UXO provision. Formed in 2016, the joint venture (JV) has demonstrated year-on-year commercial growth. In that time, it has built a formidable track record in UXO survey, identification and disposal, complemented by three years of SHEQ incident-free operations. BODAC CEO, Jeroen de Ouden comment...

Ardyne and Equinor strengthen relationship with long-term agreement

Ardyne and Equinor strengthen relationship with long-term agreement   UK plug, abandonment and casing recovery specialist Ardyne has enhanced its relationship with Equinor through a frame agreement for fishing services covering all of the operator’s assets on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The agreement, the latest between the two companies, is for an initial three years with five further options to extend over two-year periods. As part of the agreement, Ardyne will prov...

EnerMech Appoint Chris Brown As Chief Executive Officer

EnerMech Appoint Chris Brown As Chief Executive Officer   Global integrated mechanical and electrical services company EnerMech has announced the appointment of industry heavyweight Christian Brown as its new Chief Executive Officer. A highly experienced, successful and well regarded business leader, Chris was previously CEO of global engineering and construction company, Kentz, where he successfully led the growth from a small AIM listed business to a $2.5bn (£1.9bn) revenue...

Rever Offshore Announces Topaz Charter Extension

Rever Offshore Announces Topaz Charter Extension   Rever Offshore, a subsea project delivery and execution provider to the offshore energy industry, has announced the three-year extension to the charter of its DSV Rever Topaz. The contract will see Rever Offshore secure exclusive and uninterrupted access to this asset from long-term partner Volstad Maritime until December 2022, with flexible options to further extend the charter to the end of 2025. This extension underpins the capa...

Data centers provide pivotal role in data processing and warehousing in the oil and gas industry, says GlobalData

Data centers provide pivotal role in data processing and warehousing in the oil and gas industry, says GlobalData   Data management has become an important theme in the oil and gas industry as the volumes of data generated by the industry have increased significantly, thus driving the demand for high-performance data storage and processing solutions. The upstream sector, in particular, is contributing to the bulk of the data generated from oil and gas processes. In order to facilitate...
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