UK/UKCS

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January 02, 2018
Premier Oil has announced that first oil from the Catcher Area was safely achieved at 15.45 hours on Dec. 23, 2017.
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May 22, 2017
BP announced first oil from the redeveloped Schiehallion Area, following completion of the Quad 204 project in the west of Shetland region, offshore UK.
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May 19, 2017
For the first time in more than three decades, natural gas traders, utilities and producers are preparing for a winter without the UK’s biggest storage facility.
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May 16, 2017
Wood Group has been awarded a contract to support Shell in the decommissioning of their Brent Bravo platform in the North Sea.
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May 15, 2017
A major funding package for the Institute of Petroleum Engineering (IPE) at Heriot-Watt University will directly support research and training for the future of the industry in UK offshore waters.
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May 15, 2017
Maersk Supply Service has secured a major contract with Maersk Oil UK to project manage the complete towing, mooring installation and hook up service scopes for the Culzean Project in the North Sea.
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May 15, 2017
Atlantic Petroleum has announced that further to announcement No. 4, issued March 14, 2017, it has completed the Sale and Purchase Agreement with Decipher Energy for its 25% interest in the Orlando development.
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May 12, 2017
Parkmead, the UK and Netherlands focused independent oil and gas group, has announced that it has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement with Verus Petroleum (SNS) Limited to acquire a 50% interest in UK North Sea Licence P.2209, which contains the Farne Extension prospect and a further four prospective leads.
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May 09, 2017
First oil has begun to flow from the Shaw field, part of the major redevelopment of the Montrose Area in the Central North Sea, operated by Repsol Sinopec Resources UK.
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May 08, 2017
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, today announced the acquisition of Origo Exploration Holding AS, a privately-held oil and gas exploration company with a focus offshore Norway and the United Kingdom.
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May 08, 2017
InterMoor Ltd, a leading provider of mooring services, foundation solutions, and offshore installations in subsea services group Acteon, has added rigless well abandonment capabilities to its UK-based services.
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May 05, 2017
Azinor Catalyst Limited (Catalyst), the Seacrest Capital Group-backed E&P company focused on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS), has announced that it has awarded a rig contract to Diamond Offshore Drilling (UK) Limited for the Ocean Guardian semisubmersible rig to drill two operated wells during third-quarter 2017.
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May 04, 2017
The project to refurbish two 5,000-tonne platforms in the East Irish Sea, which is expected to start later this month, will boost output from the fields, which already produce enough gas to heat 1.5 million UK homes.
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April 10, 2017
Wood Group has been awarded a contract by Premier Oil to deliver front end engineering design (FEED) to the Tolmount offshore field development in the Southern North Sea.
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April 06, 2017
Trelleborg’s engineered products operation recently completed a milestone project for BW Offshore for the complete in-house design and fabrication of floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) elastomeric bearing structures.
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April 05, 2017
Craig International has signed a five-year procurement contract for all Premier Oil’s maintenance and repair operations in the UK North Sea.
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April 05, 2017
UK Prime Minister Theresa May pitched London as a listing destination for Saudi Aramco’s initial public offering during her trip to Saudi Arabia.
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March 29, 2017
Senior figures from Mexico’s national oil company, Pemex, have been discovering the secrets of the UK subsea sector’s success and how it has revolutionized the way in which hydrocarbons have been extracted from beneath the seabed during a fact-finding visit to Aberdeen.
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March 28, 2017
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract for the harsh-environment jackup rig Mærsk Gallant, following a competitive tendering exercise by Nexen Petroleum U.K. Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of CNOOC Limited.
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March 27, 2017
Hurricane Energy plc, the UK based oil and gas company focused on hydrocarbon resources in naturally fractured basement reservoirs, announces that operations on the 205/23-3A well (the Halifax well) are complete.
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March 27, 2017
Production has begun from the Maersk Oil-operated Flyndre field in the UK and Norwegian North Sea.
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