PA Resources has announced further success in the UK’s 28th Seaward Licensing Round through the award of Block 21/24b to a group comprising of PA Resources (33.

OSM Offshore Aberdeen Limited, a subsidiary of OSM Offshore AS and a member of OSM Maritime Group, has on January 9, 2015 agreed to enter into a long-term contract with energy company Statoil UK Limited to operate the Mariner Floating Storage Unit (FSU).

Harland and Wolff (H&W) has announced the contract award of the dry docking and Renewal / Special Periodic Survey of the Byford Dolphin Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) by Aberdeen based Dolphin Drilling Limited.

Video footage of the Alvheim FPSO being battered by winter storms has been uploaded on-line.

Italian energy company Eni said Wednesday it strengthened its legacy position in Egypt by signing two agreements to work in the country's Mediterranean waters.

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Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to carry out exploration drilling of well 16/7-11, in the North Sea.

Seeing Brent crude oil falling below $50 a barrel, Oil & Gas UK, an industry body representing offshore oil and gas companies in the UK, has called for major tax cuts, saying that the industry cannot carry the burden of the current tax levels, at these oil prices.

Energy minister Fergus Ewing will accuse his UK counterpart of "mismanagement" of North Sea oil and demand urgent reform on Tuesday.

Cairn Energy, an independent oil and gas company, has informed that first steel has been cut for the Premier-operated Catcher FPSO unit.