DeepOcean has secured a contract from bp to support decommissioning and recycling activities at the Foinaven field, located West of Shetland on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Under the agreement, DeepOcean will remove 10 flexible process risers, three dynamic subsea umbilicals and one static umbilical from the former Foinaven FPSO location. The scope also includes recovery of buoyancy modules, […]
TotalEnergies has completed its merger with Neo Next in a move that sees the French supermajor end its time as a UK operator.
The UK may be quietly inching toward an awkward admission: the windfall tax experiment on oil and gas has been a flop.
The UK government has released a five-year plan that essentially doubles down on efforts to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide as a top priority in the energy space.
Equinor ASA and Shell PLC have completed the combination of their oil and gas operations on the United Kingdom’s side of the North Sea. Launched Monday, Adura, the 50-50 joint venture, “will be the UK North Sea’s largest independent producer”, Norway’s majority state-owned Equinor said in an online statement. Adura includes Equinor’s 29.89 percent stake […]
Industry leaders highlighted how expertise developed in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) can be leveraged to support Africa’s energy growth, extending beyond traditional oil and gas projects to include sustainability and technological innovation at the Wider African Energy Summit this week. Speaking during the summit, Thomas Sommerstad, Sales Specialist Global at ABB, emphasized the importance […]
The UK slapped sanctions on Russia’s biggest oil producers and two Chinese energy firms that deal with Moscow as London seeks to intensify pressure on the Kremlin over the war in Ukraine.
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. Obana is initially being deployed on Block 48/12a working on the Galahad platform, where the program includes topside and jacket removal. After Galahad, Obana will move to the Amethyst field for […]
Despite declining domestic production and ambitions to pivot away from fossil fuels, oil and gas still meet three-quarters of the UK’s energy needs, with gas alone supplying over 85% of domestic heating and cooking for homes and often providing more than half of electricity generation during low renewable output.
Thurrock Storage, with a total capacity of 600 megawatt hours, can supply power to approximately 680,000 homes. It helps balance supply and demand by absorbing excess clean electricity and releasing it instantly when needed by the grid. To support this, the National Grid said it upgraded the Tilbury substation by installing new protection and control systems, ensuring the regional network can handle the battery’s substantial additional load safely.