Oil and Gas

The Oil & Gas Authority (OAG) has release the below update on its approach to licence amendments during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Neptune Energy today announced the award of integrity management and fabric maintenance contracts for its operated gas production platform, Cygnus, to Oceaneering and Stork, to the value of approximately $6.5 million.

SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc, a leading provider of marine and support transportation services to offshore oil and natural gas and wind farm facilities worldwide, and Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB), a diversified shipping and logistics group, have announced that a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company entered into a binding definitive sale and purchase agreement to sell Windcat Workboats Holdings Limited and its crew transfer vessel business to CMB.

Thirty-two UK companies from industries including oil and gas, aerospace and defence have joined companies already working in the renewables sector to begin the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership’s (OWGP) Wind Expert Support Toolkit (WEST) Pilot Programme.

A major independent report which sets out detailed routes for meeting the country’s climate targets has recognised the positive contribution the UK’s changing oil and gas industry can make in the energy transition.

A new split skid design for a nitrogen unit, utilising a single cleaner engine solution, therefore offering lower capital and operational costs, has been designed and built by Prior Power Solutions.

EEEGR’s Skills for Energy 2020 event will take place on Wednesday, November 25. The event brings students, teachers and education providers together with industry to highlight potential career paths and the full range of prospects available within the dynamic and exciting energy sector.

The East of England Energy Group (EEEGR), the all energy trade organisation in the East of England, is delighted to announce that energy industry leader Martin Dronfield has taken up the role as its chair, replacing Patrick Phelan.

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) continues to be involved in a jointly-run industry event devised and run in conjunction with The Society for Underwater Technology and The Hydrographic Society in Scotland.

The oil and gas industry is rising to the challenge of meeting the UK’s energy needs while producing fewer emissions. The SNS is central to plans where skills and expertise nurtured for more than a half a century will be applied to offshore wind, carbon capture and storage, and hydrogen – boosting the UK economy by decarbonisation. Mike Tholen, Oil and Gas UK sustainability director, looks ahead.