north sea

By Inti Landauro PARIS–Lutz Bertling, the chief executive of Eurocopter, the world’s largest helicopter manufacturer, expects its EC225 aircraft,

LONDON–Oil prospecting in the U.K. North Sea has experienced renewed vigor and there is a positive outlook for 2013 activity, according to a report

DUBAI, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi oil company TAQA said it had no restart date for oil output stopped after a leak at its North Sea Cormorant Alpha

DUBAI, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi National Energy Co (TAQA) confirmed the shutdown of one of its platforms in the UK North Sea, after discovering oil

Statoil ASA, Norway’s biggest oil and gas producer, will invest more than $7 billion in its Mariner project, the largest offshore development in the U.K.

At approximately 0500 hrs local time on Saturday, the offshore support vessel VOS Sailor suffered damage and was disabled in severe weather conditions in the

Subsea 7 S.A. (Oslo Børs:SUBC) said Thursday that they have been awarded an $800 million subsea, umbilical, riser and flowline (SURF) contract from Total

An initial investigation into a helicopter crash in the North Sea earlier this week has found indications that the aircraft’s main gearbox lubrication

LONDON–An oil-services helicopter crashed into the North Sea Monday with 19 people on board, the U.K. coastguard and the operating company said Monday.

Dusseldorf – German consumers are paying millions of euros to link the national power grid to windmills in the North Sea that haven’t yet been

— By Gregory Lewis and Anthony Sibilia, Barron’s Online Is the midwater-rig market poised for a pickup? We think so! Increasing demand for midwater

LONDON–Up to 4 million barrels of North Sea Forties crude oil, the main component of global pricing benchmark Brent, are set to leave the region for

Prosafe has been awarded a contract by an undisclosed client for the provision of the Safe Scandinavia accommodation support rig at a project in the British

LONDON–Chevron Corp. (CVX) will invest billions of dollars developing a giant offshore project in a remote and technically challenging corner of the

LONDON (Dow Jones)–The volume of North Sea Forties Blend crude available for August is sharply lower than in July, a trader who had seen the loading

Norway’s Atlantic Offshore said Wednesday that it has been awarded a four-year service contract with French energy major Total for the use of a new

Troms Offshore has placed an order for a new PSV from STX Brevik in Norway that is expected strengthen its North Sea operations. Troms says the vessel will be

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ome believed that tidal energy generation was an unrealistic dream. Engineering a turbine to withstand the harsh marine environment and

Babcock has successfully completed the first phase of a contract awarded by Shell, to integrate a novel self-stabilizing gangway system onboard the subsea

Dolphin Drilling Ltd. a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA, has entered into a three year contract with BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd. for use of the