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Port Skills and Safety and COMET launch initiative to further improve safety and data intelligence in the UK port industry
Port Skills and Safety (PSS) and Scottish tech firm COMET, in collaboration, are pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative designed to further improve safety performance and data intelligence that drives better safety and standards ...
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Gryphon FPSO shutdown accelerates North Sea oil and gas decline
French oil major, TotalEnergies, has proceeded with plans to shut down its FPSO, Gryphon, in the North Sea.Decommissioning of the Gryphon, the first purpose-built FPSO installed on its North Sea site in 1993, had been planned by T...
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AFBE-UK Scotland: The Engineering Ethnicity Index (EEI) Sets a New Standard for Diversity & Inclusion
By Dr Ollie Folayan MBE, Co-Chair of AFBE-UK ScotlandEngineering thrives on innovation, yet its workforce continues to fall short in reflecting the diversity of society.Ethnic minorities continue to be underrepresented in ...
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Galp announces additional oil and gas find in Namibia’s Mopane field
Drilling at Mopane-2A reveals significant hydrocarbon presence in Namibia’s PEL 83. The PEL 83 Joint Venture partners have revealed an additional oil and gas condensate discovery in the Mopane field in Namibia’s Orange Basin.<...
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Energy Industries Council Appoints Three New Non-Executive Board Members
Energy Industries Council, the world-leading energy trade association, named three experienced professionals to the Company’s Board of Directors. With strong, complementary backgrounds across Project Logistics, Digital Transformation and Glo...
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Serica Energy plc – Update on production
Ahead of a trading update on 21 January, in which the Company will provide guidance for 2025, Serica Energy plc today announces production figures for 2024.Production into the Triton FPSO resumed on 27 December with a phased resta...
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Biden Offshore Drilling Ban Marks Climate Win, Which Trump Vows to Undo
With just two weeks left in his term, United States President Joe Biden has signed a ban on offshore oil and gas drilling in federal waters—a move that will require an act of Congress to reverse.Supporters hailed the ban as a caps...
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Santos fined for condensate spill offshore Australia
Australian independent Santos has been fined just A$10,000 (US$6254) over a 2022 condensate spill at its Varanus Island Marine Terminal, located off the northwest coast of Western Australia (WA), which is claimed to have killed marine mammal...
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ASCO Awarded Contract with Aker BP in Norway
Aker BP awards ASCO contract for base services, warehousing, personnel consulting and transportASCO has been awarded a five-year contract until 2030 for base and logistics services for Aker BP in Tananger, Sandnessjøen, and Fa...
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Software pioneer harnesses AI to usher in new era for risk assessment
Salus Technical launches Copilots: an AI service designed to enhance safety standards via higher quality, more efficient and consistent risk assessmentsWith many assets in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) now well beyond their ...
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Ineos buys CNOOC’s US assets
Ineos Energy has acquired the Gulf of Mexico business held by the US subsidiary of Chinese company CNOOC International Limited.The deal increases Ineos’ production globally to over 90,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. These a...
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Worley picks up EPC contract with ExxonMobil
Australian engineering and professional services company Worley will provide reimbursable engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services to U.S. energy major ExxonMobil for the enabling works, infrastructure and interconnects scope...
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US Driller Seeks Court to Block Demands for $250M Decom Collateral
W&T Offshore, an independent driller operating in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, has asked a federal judge to block insurance companies’ demands for $250 million in additional collateral for taking apart old oil infrastructure.The o...
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Harnessing the ocean to unlock Australia’s energy potential
From its vast offshore oil and gas resources to its growing commitment to renewable energy, Australia is unquestionably one of the world’s most exciting and dynamic energy markets. It is already a sectoral heavyweight, ranking among the worl...
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Vårgrønn and Flotation Energy Award FEED Contracts, Advancing Pioneering Green Volt Floating Wind Project
Green Volt set to unlock £2.5 billion of private investment and create up to 2,800 jobs16 December 2024: The pioneering floating offshore windfarm Green Volt, based off the Northeast coast of Scotland, has awarded front-end en...
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Award-winning technology accelerator programme opens for UK companies targeting offshore wind success
UK supply chain companies looking to develop future opportunities in the offshore wind sector can apply from today (Monday, 16 December 2024) to secure a place on Launch Academy – the award-winning technology acceleration programme from the ...
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Shell approves multi-well project in Gulf of Mexico
Shell Offshore, a subsidiary of the UK-headquartered energy giant Shell, has greenlighted another multi-well development project to enrich oil production from an asset lying in a water depth of about 2,450 meters (approximately 8,000 feet) i...
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Pantheon Resources announces Megrez-1 well discovery
Pantheon Resources plc, the oil and gas company developing the Kodiak and Ahpun oilfields in close proximity to pipeline and transportation infrastructure on Alaska’s North Slope, has announced the Megrez-1 well as a discovery in the eastern...
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Argentina Prepares To Overtake Colombia As Oil Powerhouse
Argentina is on the brink of solidifying its position as one of South America’s top crude oil producers thanks to the burgeoning shale-drilling activities across its vast Vaca Muerta region. This rise is set against the backdrop of increasin...
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Shell Awards $1.98 Billion Contracts to Nigeria’s Local Firms in 2023
Shell plc, a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, has announced that its units in Nigeria awarded remarkable $1.98 billion worth of contracts to Nigeria’s companies in 2023. This figure represents a 3% increase ...
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UK’s “world-leading” underwater industry now worth £9.2billion but project surety vital to sustain growth
Global Underwater Hub calls on government to deliver an industrial strategy to boost investor confidenceThe UK’s underwater industry has grown from £8bn to £9.2bn in the last 12 months and now supports over 51,000 jobs.New ...
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Worley Bags Engineering Contract from Adnoc for Gas Project
ADNOC Gas PLC, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), has contracted Worley Engineering Pty. Ltd., a division of Worley Ltd., to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for its Bab Gas Cap (BGC) project ...
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Pres unveils $100m oil, gas terminal at Takoradi port to offer comprehensive suite of services
A $100 million world class Oil and Gas Services Terminal (OGST) at the Takoradi Port in the Western Region was on Friday inaugurated by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.The OGST is a logistics platform within the port featuri...
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Repsol North Sea Limited fined £350,000 for unreasonable practice and halting NEO’s production
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has today (25 November) published its highest-ever fine of £350,000 on Repsol North Sea Limited (RNS) for behaviour that led to a shut-in at the Flyndre field and hampered economic recovery of petrol...
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