Oil & Gas UK has released updated well abandonment guideslines to improve cross industry understanding of well-related issues on the UK Continental Shelf.

Lundin Petroleum, a Swedish independent oil and gas exploration and production company, has increased its exploration spending in the second quarter of 2015 by $16 million when compared to the first quarter of the same year.

The Dutch-based shipping company, Vroon, has reported that VOS Famous Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel (ERRV) on Monday arrived in Aberdeen, from Jiangsu Islands Shipbuilding Industry in Nanjing, China.

Global Marine, a provider of engineering and underwater services, has secured a contract with Subsea 7 to provide personnel and equipment to support the delivery of a submarine fibre optic link between platforms in the North Sea for UK oil and gas major, BP.

Maersk Drilling’s jack-up rig, the Maersk Integrator, has started drilling operations on the Gina Krog field in the Norwegian North Sea.

Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) has awarded Technip a project management consultancy (PMC) services contract, for a project designed to transport gas from Shah Deniz field to the European market.

DNV GL has kicked off a joint industry project (JIP) with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Company (DSME) and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to establish a new international standard for offshore oil and gas projects with an aim to cut project costs.

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DOF ASA, an international group of companies which owns and operates a fleet of offshore/subsea vessels, has won a contract and contract extension in Brazil.

Energy producers are retreating from the search for oil and natural gas close to shore in the U.