Archer Oiltools, a provider of solutions for well integrity and well performance, has released the SPARTAN plug family, designed to help operators deliver safer wells, boost operational efficiency and reduce costs. Driven by customer demand and industry challenges鈥
North Sea decommissioning is finally happening and it means some difficult questions are starting to be asked about what should be left behind and what might benefit sea life. Elaine Maslin explores the details. Shoal鈥
BP and EnQuest signed a US$85 million deal that will see EnQuest take over operatorship and 25% stake in the Magnus oil field in the North Sea, with a future option to take full ownership of the field. Image from EnQuest鈥
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Malaysia's SapuraKencana Petroleum (SKPB) and UK-based engineering firm Proserv are joining forces to provide enhanced technology services offerings to clients in Asia Pacific. The firms will jointly provide a range of services across the drilling鈥
Webtool, a hydraulic cutting tools provider, will highlight its latest cable gripper and retrieval tools, and electrically operated subsea cutters at Subsea Expo 2017. The stand will feature the Webtool cable gripper, which allows the鈥
The first offshore facilities to be decommissioned in Great Yarmouth on the east coast of England are due to start arriving in Spring this year. A partnership between Veolia and Peterson partnership has been awarded two platform decommissioning鈥
A redundant former oil and gas offshore structure fabrication yard on the west coast of Scotland is to be reinstated as a dry dock. Kishorn's drydock, one of the largest in Europe at 160m-diameter, built the 610,000-tonne, concrete Ninian complex support structure鈥
Decommissioning offshore structures isn鈥檛 going away any time soon and research points to a US$210 billion bill for this activity from 2020-2040 worldwide. John Bradbury looks at the market. Allseas鈥欌
A new decommissioning action plan launched today by the Scottish government鈥檚 economic development agencies hopes to help Scotland鈥檚 oil and gas sector take advantage of the estimated £17.6 billion forecast by Oil & Gas UK to be spent on鈥
Aberdeen Harbour's plans to expand its facilities into a bay south of the existing harbour has been sanctioned by the harbour board. The £350 million project, which was recently granted planning consent in the form of Marine Licenses and a Harbour Revision Order by the Scottish Government鈥
Italy's Saipem is to use its Saipem 7000 heavy lift vessel to remove BP's Miller platform topsides and jacket in the UK North Sea. The Miller field, which is 270km north east of Aberdeen, in Blocks 16/7b and 16/8b, in the Central North Sea鈥
As OE takes a look back on the year that was 2016, our website's most popular stories pretty much tell everything you need to know. It has been a depressing year for the industry with too many job cut announcements, rigs and vessel stacked (or sold)鈥
Decommissioning is now firmly on the North Sea oil and gas industry鈥檚 agenda. Some US$21.98 billion is forecast to be spent on decommissioning UK North Sea facilities in the next 10 years.* As the number of operational platforms decreases and the pace of decommissioning increases鈥
After proving a deft hand at reusing topsides, Engie is now looking to do the same with jackets 鈥 but instead of moving them to new sites as production facilities, the firm wants to make them into marine habitats. Elaine Maslin reports. Engie鈥檚 vision鈥
