• SSI RM supports Global Marine success
    by Andrew Dykes on December 9, 2019 at 9:26 am

    Specialist security risk management company SSI RM successfully accompanied Global Marine across 18 site reconnaissance visits in the Philippines in November. Assessing site suitability for a possible large future cable lay network, SSI RM […]

  • Neptune awards drilling services contracts for Seagull
    by Andrew Dykes on December 5, 2019 at 4:45 pm

    Neptune Energy and its joint venture partners BP and JAPEX have awarded new drilling services contracts for the Seagull project in the UK North Sea. All contracts have been awarded under a three-year agreement, with... The post Neptune awards […]

  • Industry report calls for urgent action to progress UK carbon capture and storage
    by Natalie Coupar on December 3, 2019 at 7:27 am

    A comprehensive report into the changing energy landscape has called for urgent action to progress low carbon technologies critical to the UK and Scottish Government’s net zero ambitions. It says government and industry must work... The post […]

  • Unique Group wins COOEC saturation dive system contract
    by Andrew Dykes on November 27, 2019 at 5:11 pm

    Subsea and offshore solutions provider Unique Group has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract by China Offshore Oil Engineering Co. (COOEC), for the design and manufacture of a classed saturation diving system. The system will be... The post […]

  • Reinvention of the UK oil and gas industry key to delivering energy transition
    by Dionne Abolghassem on November 27, 2019 at 12:56 pm

    Prominent figures from across the North Sea’s oil and gas industry will come together on 3 December to launch a vital piece of industry research and to discuss practical steps that are being taken by... The post Reinvention of the UK oil and […]

  • Report shows rise in UK’s decommissioning competitiveness
    by Natalie Coupar on November 26, 2019 at 9:41 am

    The UK’s decommissioning sector’s growing competitiveness is revealed in the 2019 Decommissioning Insight report launched by OGUK today at the Offshore Decommissioning Conference held jointly with Decom North Sea. Now in its tenth […]

  • Rever Offshore announces Topaz charter extension
    by Andrew Dykes on November 25, 2019 at 4:49 pm

    Subsea and offshore solutions provider Rever Offshore has announced a three-year extension to the charter of its dive support vessel Rever Topaz. The contract will see Rever secure exclusive access to this asset from long-term... The post Rever […]

  • Ampelmann designs new crew and cargo transfer system
    by Andrew Dykes on November 25, 2019 at 11:29 am

    Dutch offshore access provider Ampelmann is developing a new full motion compensation system, with the ability to transfer personnel as well as cargo up to 5,000kg in rough waters offshore. The E5000 is the latest... The post Ampelmann designs new […]

  • OGUK response to Labour Party Manifesto 2019
    by Lucy Buglass on November 21, 2019 at 6:51 pm

    Responding to the Labour Party Manifesto 2019, Deirdre Michie, Chief Executive OGUK said: “The Labour manifesto talks about a windfall tax on oil and gas companies, but does not give numbers. “Our industry supports over... The post OGUK […]

  • Industry body asks nation to test its energy knowledge
    by Lucy Buglass on November 20, 2019 at 1:42 pm

    The leading representative body for the UK offshore oil and gas industry is challenging the nation to put its energy know-how to the test as part of a new educational campaign. OGUK’s ‘Know Your Energy’... The post Industry body […]