UK/UKCS
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November 11, 2025
Anasuria Operating Company has selected MODS Connect WorkPack and MODS Connect Completions under a new 12-month contract to digitalize project execution and completions across its UK North Sea assets.
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November 10, 2025
Shell has canceled plans for two offshore wind projects in Scotland, returning its CampionWind lease amid higher costs and a shift in clean energy strategy.
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November 07, 2025
Three of the UK’s leading business organizations have called on the government to abolish the Energy Profits Levy, warning that the windfall tax is deterring investment, accelerating North Sea job losses, and threatening the region’s role in the nation’s energy transition.
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November 05, 2025
Aberdeenshire-based completions specialist Vulcan Completion Products (VCP) is marking a new stage in its global growth as its workforce approaches 40 employees and operations extend to nearly 50 countries.
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October 2025
This major contract award to Allseas is another milestone in TAQA’s North Sea decommissioning strategy. Removal of the 33,000-tonne topside and 12,000-tonne upper jacket will be carried out by the world’s largest heavy lift vessel.
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October 29, 2025
Subsea Supplies has expanded its Aberdeen base and signed an exclusive UK/European distribution and service agreement with Innerspace for its full line of electric and hydraulic thrusters, strengthening subsea support and regional supply capabilities.
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October 27, 2025
UK-based energy services provider Petrofac has applied to enter administration after a failed restructuring deal and the cancellation of a major North Sea contract, placing more than 7,000 jobs worldwide at risk.
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October 23, 2025
The Tony Blair Institute is urging the UK government to delay its 2030 clean power target and adopt a more gradual approach to decarbonization. The think tank’s report calls for prioritizing affordable energy, warning that rapid reforms risk eroding public support for climate policy.
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October 17, 2025
The UK’s remaining proven and probable oil and gas reserves were estimated at 2.9 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) at the end of 2024, according to the latest Reserves and Resources Report published by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA).
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October 13, 2025
Serica Energy has agreed to buy bp's 32% stake in the Culzean field, the UK’s largest offshore gas producer. The $232 million deal expands Serica’s North Sea portfolio and adds low-cost, low-emission production operated by TotalEnergies.
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October 09, 2025
bp has started up production from the Murlach field in the UK North Sea—its sixth major upstream project of 2025. The two-well subsea tieback adds about 15,000 boed in peak output to the ETAP hub, advancing bp’s plan to deliver 10 new oil and gas projects by 2027.
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October 07, 2025
Allseas has awarded Able Group contracts to dismantle, reuse, and recycle two of TAQA UK’s most significant North Sea platforms — Cormorant Alpha and Tern — marking one of the largest decommissioning projects ever undertaken in the region.
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October 01, 2025
North Sea Midstream Partners (NSMP) has received first gas from Shell’s Victory field, the first new West of Shetland gas since 2017. Gas is flowing through the SIRGE and FUKA pipelines to the St Fergus Terminal, bolstering UK energy security and reducing reliance on imported LNG.
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September 25, 2025
Aker BP and FourPhase have executed the first-ever remote offshore solids management operation in the North Sea. The two-month project reduced offshore exposure, improved efficiency and safety, and set a new benchmark for future digital and remote well interventions.
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September 24, 2025
Aggreko and Katoni Engineering have partnered to deliver a tailored temporary power solution for a North Sea offshore platform turnaround, cutting nearly £900,000 in fuel costs and preventing 4.5 tonnes of CO₂ emissions.
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September 23, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump criticized the UK’s North Sea oil tax regime and green energy push in a UN speech, warning that Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s policies risk shutting down new offshore development.
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September 22, 2025
Petrofac has extended its long-running partnership with Ithaca Energy, winning a two-year, $50 million contract renewal to provide integrated services across the operator’s UK North Sea portfolio.
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September 18, 2025
TAQA UK has awarded offshore contractor Allseas a major contract to decommission the Brae Alpha platform topsides in the Central North Sea, marking another milestone in one of the UK’s largest offshore decommissioning programs.
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September 08, 2025
Petrodec’s newly constructed heavy lift jackup vessel, named “Obana,” has begun decommissioning work in the Southern North Sea for Perenco UK (PUK)'s Galahad platform.
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September 08, 2025
EXCLUSIVE -- Well, a few days have gone by, and SPE Offshore Europe (OE) in Aberdeen is now a collection of memories. But, what to make of what was seen and heard during the four-day conference and exhibition? There were many different viewpoints, and, honestly, many contradictions and hypocrisies.
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September 03, 2025
Subsea asset integrity management software company Elementz has announced a new digital initiative to fast track the development of AI in subsea operations. The new AI accelerator program, Tide Breaker, was unveiled at Offshore Europe on Wednesday.
