Union Jack Oil to acquire further interest in PEDL253, Biscathorpe
Jun 23, 2015
Union Jack Oil plc has reached agreement with Egdon Resources plc and Montrose Industries Limited to earn an additional 2% interest in PEDL253, located

Providence provides technical update on Newgrange prospect
Jun 23, 2015
Providence Resources is pleased to provide an update on Frontier Exploration Licence 6/14 ('Newgrange'). Providence Resources (80%) operates FEL 6/14 on

Technip UK hosts opening evening to mark National Women in Engineering Day
Jun 23, 2015
Technip will mark National Women in Engineering Day with an open evening at its UK headquarters in Westhill on Tuesday, June 23rd from 6pm-7.30pm.

The EIC brings UK excellence to Brasil Offshore 2015
Jun 23, 2015
The Energy Industries Council (EIC) is once again hosting the UK Pavilion (Pavilion 3) at Brasil Offshore 2015, supported by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), the UK government’s international

Williams to explore strategic alternatives
Jun 23, 2015
Williams says that its Board of Directors has authorized a process to explore a range of strategic alternatives following receipt of an unsolicited proposal to acquire

Mooring Integrity Monitoring in Today’s Market: How BMT is Answering the Challenge
Jun 23, 2015
The need for mooring integrity monitoring has of late come back under the spotlight, not least because the use of floating production systems in the offshore Oil and Gas industry has been predicted to grow at a significant rate between now and 2017 with a peak in the number of new builds expected to occur in 2016/2017. Recently, an updated industry guideline on mooring integrity has been issued by Oil & Gas UK with the support of operators, contractors and vendors.

Sound Oil makes management changes
Jun 22, 2015
Sound Oil is pleased to announce the following management changes. Luca Madeddu, an existing director of the Company and currently Managing Director Italy will assume

Alston Gayler focuses on expansion as it recruits new broking teams
Jun 22, 2015
LLOYD’S broker Alston Gayler (AG) is pursuing a drive to recruit leading professionals as it seeks to expand its business base. AG managing director Robert Alexander says, “AG is firmly

BBC Chartering announces bi-weekly Trans-Atlantic service
Jun 22, 2015
BBC Chartering has successfully accomplished its first Airbus voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Mobile, Texas. The carrier takes this as an opportunity to promote

ELA Container provides offshore office containers for Martens en Van Oord
Jun 22, 2015
ELA Container Offshore GmbH delivered two Offshore Office Containers to the Netherland-based Martens en Van Oord. The containers will be placed

Petrofac secures $400 million of repeat UKCS business
Jun 22, 2015
Petrofac's Offshore Projects & Operations business unit has secured contract renewals for operations and maintenance work worth approximately US$400 million

Rosneft and BP sign production, exploration and refining agreements
Jun 22, 2015
Rosneft and BP signed several agreements strengthening the long term strategic relationship between the two companies, at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Gassco to operate Johan Sverdrup gas line in North Sea
Jun 22, 2015
Gassco is to take over as operator for the gas transport system from the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea when it becomes operational.

Total sells its interest in the Schwedt refinery to Rosneft
Jun 22, 2015
Total has signed an agreement to sell its 16.67% interest in the Schwedt refinery in northeastern Germany (Brandenburg) to Rosneft, which already holds

First AR-MAX1 compressor commissioned
Jun 22, 2015
For MAN Diesel & Turbo, the commissioning of the first AR-MAX1 compressor in one of the world's most modern air separation units (ASU) currently

Portuguese survey company gets to grips with latest generation Geoswath Plus Software
Jun 22, 2015
Released to selected trial customers earlier this year, the next generation software for Kongsberg Maritime’s GeoSwath Plus shallow water multibeam

ADX Energy granted 30 month extension on EX-10 Parta permit, Romania
Jun 22, 2015
ADX Energy Ltd is pleased to report that a 30 month extension of the exploration period for the EX-10 PARTA permit has been signed with NAMR, the national

Baker Hughes and Aker Solutions to cooperate on early-phase oil and gas studies
Jun 22, 2015
Aker Solutions and Baker Hughes agreed to cooperate on early-phase studies to help customers improve the overall economics and value of oil and gas field developments. Aker Solutions’ Front End Spectrum unit and Baker Hughes’ Reservoir Development Services group will provide customers with development concept studies that address the entire value chain – from reservoir understanding and well design to subsea and topsides facilities, including flow assurance and risk management

Egdon Resources commences extended well test on Wressle-1
Jun 19, 2015
Egdon Resources commences an Extended Well Test (EWT) at the Wressle-1 oil and gas discovery in licence PEDL180, located to the east of Scunthorpe,

Solo Oil announces further independent assessment of the Horse Hill licenses
Jun 19, 2015
Horse Hill licences contain a best estimate oil in place of 9,245 million barrels.Further to the report provided to UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC and Solo by Nutech in relation to the Horse Hill-1

Energean to conduct a new 3D seismic survey in the Gulf of Kavala
Jun 19, 2015
Energean Oil & Gas is to conduct a new 3D seismic survey over the Prinos Oil Field and its surrounding licenses, in the Gulf of Kavala,

New Kongsberg Maritime and DNV-GL DP operator training scheme
Jun 19, 2015
Kongsberg Maritime has become the first global maritime training provider to offer a new DNV-GL approved Dynamic Positioning

Wintershall to sell selected assets on the Norwegian continental shelf
Jun 19, 2015
Wintershall, a 100% BASF subsidiary, is further optimizing its portfolio by divesting assets in the four non-operated fields Knarr (20%), Veslefrikk (4.5%),

InfraStrata announces positive test results at Islandmagee-1 well, Northern Ireland
Jun 19, 2015
InfraStrata says that drilling and data gathering operations have been concluded at the Islandmagee-1 well in Northern Ireland.The well was drilled to a total depth of 1,753 metres.