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Friday, August 14, 2015
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Maersk Reveals Appetite for North Sea Oil Mergers and Acquisitions

  By Christian Wienberg (Bloomberg) — A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S is actively searching for North Sea oil acquisitions as the drop in energy prices

August 14, 2015
Total Views: 20

Thursday, June 25, 2015
Norway Offshore Workers Agree Wage Deal, Avoiding Strike
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Norway Offshore Workers Agree Wage Deal, Avoiding Strike

Norwegian offshore oil rig workers signed a new wage deal on Thursday, avoiding a strike that could have cut energy production, labour unions

June 25, 2015
Total Views: 18

Thursday, June 11, 2015
Survey Paints Bleak Picture for North Sea Oil and Gas Industry
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Survey Paints Bleak Picture for North Sea Oil and Gas Industry

  Two-thirds of North Sea oil and gas industry operators (67 percent) have been forced to cancel projects because of the recent fall in oil price,

June 11, 2015
Total Views: 30

Friday, May 8, 2015
Ocean Falcon – The North Sea’s Newest Emergency Response Vessel
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Ocean Falcon – The North Sea’s Newest Emergency Response Vessel

Norway-based Atlantic Offshore’s newest emergency response vessel Ocean Falcon has been delivered at the Zamakona Yards facilities in Spain. The ship is

May 8, 2015
Total Views: 511

Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Shell-BG Deal Adds to North Sea Job Concern After Oil Collapse
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Shell-BG Deal Adds to North Sea Job Concern After Oil Collapse

Royal Dutch Shell Plc says its proposed $70 billion takeover of BG Group Plc will boost dividends and share buybacks for investors. North Sea workers in fear

April 8, 2015
Total Views: 19

Friday, March 27, 2015
UK North Sea Workers Give Overwhelming Support for Strike Ballot
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UK North Sea Workers Give Overwhelming Support for Strike Ballot

Trade unions Unite and GMB said members working offshore in Britain's oil and gas industry had shown overwhelming support for industrial action over proposed

March 27, 2015
Total Views: 22

Thursday, March 26, 2015
maersk curlew fpso
News

Shell Announces More UK North Sea Job Cuts

Royal Dutch Shell is planning further job cuts in its UK North Sea oil and gas business in 2015, the company said on Thursday, just a week after a package of

March 26, 2015
Total Views: 28

Monday, March 16, 2015
Workers Evacuated from North Sea Oil Platform After Ship Collision
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Workers Evacuated from North Sea Oil Platform After Ship Collision

Fifteen workers have been evacuated from a North Sea oil platform after a supply vessel collided with the facility Monday

March 16, 2015
Total Views: 233

Thursday, February 26, 2015
maersk giant drilling rig jackup
News

Total, Statoil and Talisman Given Go-Ahead to Drill in Central North Sea

Total E&P Norge (TEPN), Statoil and Talisman Energy have all been given approval to commence drilling operations in the central part of the North Sea by

February 26, 2015
Total Views: 28

Wednesday, February 25, 2015
UK North Sea Oil’s 1,500 Job Cuts Is Just Tip of Iceberg
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UK North Sea Oil’s 1,500 Job Cuts Is Just Tip of Iceberg

The world’s biggest oil and gas producers, already cutting hundreds of jobs a week from the U.K.’s North Sea, are just warming

February 25, 2015
Total Views: 117

Monday, February 2, 2015
bg group jasmine
News

Want to Buy an Oil Well in the UK North Sea?

There are plenty available as some of the industry’s largest names try to sell aging, costly wells that have become even less profitable with the plunge in

February 2, 2015
Total Views: 391

Tuesday, January 13, 2015
WATCH: North Sea FPSO Withstands Hurricane-Force Storm
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WATCH: North Sea FPSO Withstands Hurricane-Force Storm

It's that time of year... when hurricane-force storms churn across the north Atlantic before hitting the North

January 13, 2015
Total Views: 352

Friday, September 26, 2014
Video: Ocean Art – The North Sea’s Most Stylish PSV
Blog

Video: Ocean Art – The North Sea’s Most Stylish PSV

Here's a new video showing a look at the painting of Atlantic Offshore's new PSV Ocean Art, dubbed the "coolest looking" vessel in the North

September 26, 2014
Total Views: 160

Friday, September 19, 2014
cormorant alpha taqa
Offshore

Drillers Can Return to Fighting Slump After Scotland’s ‘No’ Vote

U.K. oil companies can stop fretting about Scottish independence and go back to combating a slump in output that’s the steepest of any major

September 19, 2014
Total Views: 15

Friday, September 12, 2014
Scotland Vote Could Trigger Dispute Over Old North Sea Oil Rigs
Offshore

Scotland Vote Could Trigger Dispute Over Old North Sea Oil Rigs

There are about 300 rigs in the UK North Sea and the cost of decommissioning is expected to exceed 40 billion pounds ($65 billion) until 2040, with expenditure

September 12, 2014
Total Views: 41

Friday, August 8, 2014
cormorant alpha taqa
News

The Five Issues Worrying Oil Executives in the North Sea

On the 50th anniversary of the issuing of the first licenses for the extraction of oil and gas from the UK continental shelf (UKCS), we asked oil executives

August 8, 2014
Total Views: 23

Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Norway Reaches Deal To Keep $20 Billion North Sea Project On Track
Offshore

Norway Reaches Deal To Keep $20 Billion North Sea Project On Track

The electrification of Norwegian oil platforms in an area of the North Sea with power from the shore must be completed by 2022, the country's parliament said

June 4, 2014
Total Views: 26

Tuesday, May 13, 2014
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Finance

North Sea Tax Change To End Offshore Drillers’ 20-Year Tax Holiday [UPDATE]

By Tom Bergin LONDON, May 13 (Reuters) – A planned change in the way Britain taxes North Sea drillers exposes the loophole in a system that allowed an

May 13, 2014
Total Views: 21

Friday, January 24, 2014
jack-up rig sunset offshore
News

Britain Launches New Tender For Offshore Oil And Gas Licenses

Britain has launched its 28th tender for oil and gas licenses, opening up new offshore areas to drilling for fossil fuels that generate important tax revenue

January 24, 2014
Total Views: 67

Friday, December 20, 2013
heidrun statoil offshore floating production platform semisubmersible
Offshore

Norway’s Biggest Oil Find in Decades Suffers Setback

Statoil ASA lowered the resource estimate for the Johan Sverdrup oil discovery and delayed the start of production by about a year in a setback for the biggest

December 20, 2013
Total Views: 18
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