The UK Government has announced fracking can take place under national parks.

SubC Partner has awarded DOF Subsea UK two key contracts to support the execution of its project to replace selected buoyancy modules on a live riser for Maersk Oil in the Dumbarton field.

ConocoPhillips, dubbed the world’s largest independent exploration and production company, has said it would scale down its deepwater activity.

The UK operator Centrica Energy is working on a project to increase natural gas output from Morecambe Bay.

The North Sea's Buzzard oilfield is restarting after a brief production outage on Wednesday night, a spokeswoman for its operator Nexen confirmed.

Ensco, a UK-based offshore drilling contractor has informed it has lost a drillship contract it had with a U.

Finland’s Wärtsilä’s Ship Power business, today renamed Marine Solutions, has said it plans to realign its organisation, operations and resources in response to the sluggish global marine market situation.

OPEC is likely to keep oil output steady and defend its market share this year after Tehran's nuclear deal with major powers, since a full return of Iranian crude to the market will not be swift, Gulf OPEC delegates said.

Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group has recently won the bid for the construction of nine anchor handling tug and supply (AHTS) vessels for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and its subsidiary, ESNAAD.

Maersk Drilling has been awarded a 5-year contract extension for the semi-submersible Heydar Aliyev rig with BP Exploration (Shah Deniz) Limited acting as Operator of the Shah Deniz field .