A HERO captain and a "leader of men" whose ship was first on the scene to help survivors of the Piper Alpha disaster has died.

INPEX Corporation has been commissioned by the Agency of Natural Resources and Energy of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan to drill one exploratory well for the agency’s Heisei 26-28 Domestic Offshore Drilling Program in Japan, offshore Yamaguchi and Shimane prefectures.

Tullow Oil, an independent oil company with oil fields offshore W.

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract from eni Ghana Exploration and Production Ltd.

Norway’s Gassco has officially taken over as operator of the Knarr pipeline, which will transport rich gas to the Shell-Esso Gas and Liquids (Segal) system and St Fergus in Scotland.

Norway’s Olympic Ship AS has signed a contract for M/V Olympic Taurus.

The LetterOne Group and RWE AG today completed RWE’s sale of RWE Dea AG to LetterOne.

The low oil price is expected to dramatically impact O&G activity on the UKCS, said Douglas Westwood in its DW Monday Report.

A jobs meeting has been organised for workers whose livelihoods have been put at risk by the oil and gas downturn.

Oil dropped more than 1 percent on Monday, with Brent slipping under $62 a barrel, depressed by a stronger dollar and a rise in Libyan crude output.