UK/UKCS
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November 18, 2024
Paradigm has announced an expanded Aberdeen facility which will house its growing workforce and asset base, enabling it to deploy technologies that lower the carbon impact and cost of traditional oil and gas exploration and production operations.
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November 13, 2024
EnerMech has won a multi-million-pound contract to become the preferred provider of Flexible Hose Assembly (FHA) and Small Bore Tubing (SMT) management services for a major E&P organization’s U.K. assets.
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November 11, 2024
Mermaid Subsea Services has successfully completed what is believed to be the largest vessel-based U.K. North Sea decommissioning campaign in history. The project spanned two years and involved the plugging and abandonment (P&A) of 21 wells.
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November 07, 2024
Camilla Salthe, Equinor’s Senior Vice President of Exploration & Production International UK is the latest industry leader to join the Board at Offshore Energies U.K. (OEUK) as the sector focuses on delivering homegrown, cleaner energies to the U.K.
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November 07, 2024
nexos, formerly known as Global E&C, has won an HVAC contract with energy transition operator EnQuest to provide services to their offshore assets in the U.K. Continental Shelf (UKCS).
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November 06, 2024
The latest data from this year’s OEUK Decommissioning Report being published later this month show a challenging picture of spiraling costs, political uncertainty and competition for the specialist equipment needed to dismantle oil and gas platforms and seal abandoned wells.
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October 31, 2024
(Bloomberg) -- The U.K. government went no further in toughening up the tax regime for North Sea oil and gas producers than measures already announced, keeping capital allowances in the windfall tax following protests from the industry.
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October 28, 2024
(WO) — WPC Energy, the World Forum for Energy Transformation, has announced the appointment of Burcu Canci Gunal as Director General (CEO), effective January 1, 2025
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October 25, 2024
Film-Ocean Ltd, a leading ROV specialist based in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, has announced the appointment of Mr. Merv New as its new Chief Executive Officer.
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October 25, 2024
(WO) — Leading trade body Offshore Energies U.K. (OEUK) urges the Chancellor to use next week’s Autumn Statement to back the U.K.’s homegrown offshore energy sector and make the U.K. an irresistible place for energy investment.
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October 23, 2024
(WO) — Operators need to plug 200 North Sea oil and gas wells a year to meet targets. OEUK's 2024 report shows that a stable government can keep decommissioning jobs in the U.K. and prevent contracts being won by European rivals.
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October 15, 2024
OMMICA has supplied portable testing kits to one of Saudi Arabia’s leading oil and gas producers, a landmark achievement after almost 15 years utilizing its in-house chemical testing methodology.
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October 15, 2024
Elementz, a next-generation name in subsea asset integrity management software, has exceeded early expectations by securing work worth more than £500,000 in its first three months of operation.
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October 15, 2024
North Star has secured its first contract for a commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV), a second award with EnBW, further establishing the company’s growing presence in the European offshore wind sector.
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October 11, 2024
North Sea Midstream Partners (NSMP) has announced the successful start-up of a new onshore electric-drive compressor which will increase gas flows from Breagh Field.
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October 04, 2024
Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) Ltd. has successfully completed the first stage of a major North Sea decommissioning contract for Shell U.K. Limited.
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October 04, 2024
According to new analysis by Wood Mackenzie, the UK government must create a more predictable tax regime for the North Sea oil and gas sector to ensure long-term stability. After a history of ad hoc changes, the need for a clear tax framework has become urgent.
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October 03, 2024
TÜV Rheinland has acquired Safetec Nordic AS, a leading Norwegian risk management consulting firm, to enhance its global risk, safety, and integrity management services.
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October 02, 2024
Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) is set to launch a research tool which will provide governments, skills bodies, and the energy industry in the UK with the information needed to have the right people with the right skills in place at the times and locations where they are needed.
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September 17, 2024
During the five years ending in 2023, companies reduced their pollution by more than 25%, a percentage they originally pledged to achieve by 2027 in the North Sea Transition Deal, according to Offshore Energies UK.
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September 02, 2024
Over the next five years, almost half of the additional oil and gas production that could have got the go-ahead under the current tax system would be uneconomic under the new proposals, OEUK said in a report. That puts more than 35,000 jobs at risk in 2029 due to projects being shelved, the group said.
