The world鈥檚 heaviest offshore lift is primed to take place in the North Sea, on what was one of the largest UK fields, using the world鈥檚 largest vessel. UPDATE: the lift happened on Friday, 27 April. Watch a video of the lift here. Watch鈥
The world鈥檚 largest vessel has set sail today (25 April) to the UK North Sea Brent field, where it will perform the heaviest offshore lift to date. Having already broken the record with the 13,400-tonne Yme lift, offshore Norway, the鈥
ConocoPhillips will choose Heerema Marine Contractors and AF Gruppen to remove and dispose of platforms connected to the Ekofisk field in the Norwegian North Sea. Ekofisk was the first oilfield discovered in the North Sea, is one of the鈥
Oil major Shell has not provided enough information about its plans for decommissioning the massive Brent field structures, according to a joint statement by eight environmental groups. The statement was made at the end of a 60-day consultation鈥
Southeast Asia is expected to receive record levels of offshore investment, fueling the expansion of the region鈥檚 upstream industry. EIC鈥檚 Angeline Elias outlines the hotspots. The top five countries in 2017 leading offshore project activity in the region will be Indonesia鈥
Allseas鈥 Pioneering Spirit is in the process of testing new equipment, as the mega vessel readies for the decommissioning of Shell鈥檚 Brent Delta in the North Sea later this year. The Pioneering Spirit in pipleay mode鈥
Motive 云顶赌场老虎机 Group has expanded its business with a six figure investment in a quayside fabrication facility in Dundee Port. After successfully negotiating with the port to take over the site, which boasts a deepwater quay side facility鈥
Belgium marine contractor DEME has ordered a new, 300-tonne lifting capacity offshore transport and installation vessel, to be called Orion, from China's COSCO. The vessel is set to be delivered in 2019 and will be deployed by DEME鈥檚鈥
Hydraulic systems specialist, Webtool, has developed a gripping and lifting tool for recovering subsea umbilical and cable for offshore oil and gas and decommissioning projects. The Cable Retrieval Tool (CRT200), developed in consultation鈥
The UK's Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has launched a search for operators to voluntarily participate in a multi-operator, well plug and abandonment (P&A) optimization program. The objective of the pilot program is to demonstrate the cost鈥
Eight oil and gas industry players have joined forces to form a collaborative environment to promote investment in and early adoption of innovative plugging and abandonment (P&A) technology. Created and managed by OTM Consulting, an oil and as technology advisory company鈥
A new, US$224 million (£180 million) center aimed at making Aberdeen a center of oil and gas technology has been launched today. The launch of The Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC), which is to include a number of thematic 'solutions centers鈥
A new US$6.29 million (£5 million) fund has been launched to provide opportunities for the supply chain in Scotland to benefit from the decommissioning of North Sea infrastructure. The Decommissioning Challenge Fund (DCF), launched by the Scottish government鈥
Oil major Shell has launched a 60-day public consultation on its plans for decommissioning the Brent field facilities in the North Sea. The huge engineering project will see the first significant use of Allseas' Pioneering Spirit heavy lift vessel鈥
Halliburton (HAL) released the Dash Large Bore Subsea Safety System, which provides full electrohydraulic control of well safety and intervention functions. The fully customizable system brings new benefits to deepwater operators for completion鈥
