Odfjell Drilling has awarded Aibel the yard stay contract for the rig Deepsea Bergen.

DNV GL and ExproSoft are working together to offer a new approach to testing barrier valves in subsea completed wells that could reduce downtime, cost, and risk related to shut-in and restart of wells.

Vroon, an international shipping company, announced that VOS Gorgeous had arrived in Aberdeen, following her long journey from Fujian Southeast Shipbuilding in Fuzhou, China.

Woodside has received retention lease renewal offers for petroleum retention leases WA-28-R, WA-29R, WA-30-R, WA-31-R, WA-32-R, TR/5 and R2, in the Browse basin offshore Australia, from the Commonwealth-Western Australia Offshore Petroleum Joint Authority and the WA Minister for Mines and Petroleum.

Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers (“KNOT”) has received a notice from a subsidiary of BG Group plc that BG has exercised its option for an additional Suezmax-size DP2 shuttle tanker newbuilding for operation in Brazil.

Two big trades in oil options worth nearly $60 million last week boosted volatility in that market and revived speculation among traders that U.

A court in the Netherlands has ordered the state to cut greenhouse gas emissions, in what has been described as a landmark ruling, setting precedent for more similar actions around the world.

The Scottish Government has lowered its estimates of how much money can be earned from North Sea oil and gas.

Norwegian oil and gas giant Statoil has announced adjustments to the company’s structure and operating model.

Suncor Energy has drilled the Niobe exploration well, in licence P1889 in the UK North Sea, to target depth without encountering hydrocarbons.