UK/UKCS
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October 04, 2024
Mermaid Subsea Services (UK) Ltd is pleased to announce that it 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
After a history of ad hoc changes, the UK government must implement a more predictable tax regime that provides greater long-term stability to the North Sea oil and gas sector, as soon as possible, according to new analysis by Wood Mackenzie.
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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.
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August 29, 2024
The 3 MW floating wind turbine will be located 2 km west of the Culzean platform, 220 km offshore Scotland. This turbine, expected to be fully operational by end 2025, will supply around 20% of Culzean’s power requirement, thereby reducing its GHG emissions.
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August 23, 2024
The well, drilled by the Transocean Norge rig, encountered estimated recoverable volumes between 30 million and 140 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe).
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August 14, 2024
Germany will scrutinize an application to drill for natural gas at a protected marine site after explorer One-Dyas BV cleared a key hurdle with local authorities.
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August 12, 2024
On Monday, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, James Murray MP, co-hosted a Fiscal Forum at Offshore Energies UK’s Aberdeen offices with senior industry leaders. The impact of changes to further extend and raise the Energy Profits Levy (EPL), or windfall tax, and the potential removal of critical capital allowances for the sector were central to discussions.
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August 11, 2024
The Penguins FPSO is a Sevan 400 design with a process capacity of 45,000 bpd and with a storage capacity of 400,000 bbls. The FPSO has been contracted by Fluor and constructed in China, with completion and commissioning at Aibel’s yard in Haugesund, Norway, before handed over to Penguins field operator Shell UK.
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July 31, 2024
An aging oil province like the North Sea, where most fields are heavily depleted and the remaining untapped resources are costly to develop, cannot tolerate these extra burdens, the oil and gas industry said.
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July 30, 2024
Viaro will take full ownership of the Bacton onshore gas terminal and 11 offshore facilities that produced around 28,000 boe last year, according to a statement from the company on Tuesday. That’s equivalent to about 5% of total UK gas production, and the company said it sees potential to expand production further.
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July 21, 2024
Petroleum production in the waters between the UK and Norway peaked some 20 years ago. Yet the offshore industry still supports more than 200,000 jobs and adds billions of pounds to the nation’s GDP, giving it serious economic weight even in its twilight years.
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July 16, 2024
Repeated delays to well plugging and abandonment (P&A) work, competition for rigs from overseas and cost pressures are pushing up the estimated bill for decommissioning on the UK Continental Shelf, according to the North Sea Transition Authority's new report.
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July 15, 2024
Ramco Norway has been awarded 80% of the volume of oil and gas pipes running from Equinor at Fjord Base in Florø to the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Additionally, the company has been allocated 100% of the volume from Sandnessjøen and Hammerfest.
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July 05, 2024
OEUK warned many of the industry’s skilled people and investors remain deeply concerned about Labour proposals for a further windfall tax on homegrown oil and gas production and to end new oil and gas licenses in UK waters. OEUK says such measures would not create the investment conditions the UK needs to deliver the homegrown energy transition needed to kickstart economic growth.
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June 27, 2024
TotalEnergies has signed an agreement to sell to The Prax Group its entire interest in West of Shetland assets in the United Kingdom (Laggan, Tormore, Glenlivet, Edradour and Glendronach fields, the onshore Shetland Gas Plant and nearby exploration licenses).
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June 20, 2024
Changes in the tax regime, in particular a windfall levy on oil and gas introduced two years ago and extended until March 2029, has affected independent oil and gas producers listed in the UK and their ability to raise money.
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June 18, 2024
The country’s current daily production of about 1.2 MMboed is projected to drop to 0.7 MMboed in 2030 by industry regulator the North Sea Transition Authority. “Getting things right” and moving forward all investment opportunities currently under consideration by companies would temper that decline, meaning production in 2030 would be 0.9 MMboed, OEUK said in its Economy and People report on Tuesday.
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June 16, 2024
The contract scope includes project management, engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of a 22km 12” water injection pipeline. Subsea7’s scope also includes associated subsea structures and tie-ins at the Triton Floating Production Storage & Offloading (FPSO) vessel and the Bittern field.
