Engineering and maintenance contractor Bilfinger UK has secured a major contract to deliver fabric maintenance campaign services on TotalEnergies’ Elgin and Franklin platforms located in the UK Central North Sea. The contract supports a 270-day campaign on the installations and will start in March 2022, creating 300 fixed-term positions. Bilfinger will provide fabric maintenance, scaffolding and rope access personnel. Mike …
11/02/2022
Baker Hughes wins Zimabwe drilling contract
Invictus Energy has awarded the integrated well services contract for its upcoming work in Zimbabwe to Baker Hughes.
Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) chairman Tim Eggar has added his name to the list of those opposed to a windfall tax on North Sea companies. Mr Eggar says such a measure would do nothing to address the global supply and demand imbalance that has led to record gas prices in recent months. Read the full story here. Photo Credit: Energy …
Energy services group Petrofac (LON:PFC) has won its first new energy-focused project in Russia, securing a three-year consultancy framework agreement for the early engineering phases of the first wind-to-hydrogen development on Sakhalin Island. The design services agreement, awarded by H4 Energy, under the management of H2Transition Capital (H2TC), includes an initial screening study that began in January. During the study, …
Draeger Marine and Offshore, a division of The Dräger Group, an international leader in the fields of medical and safety technology, has announced the appointment of Euan McIntosh as a senior manager at its Aberdeen operation. McIntosh, 38, whose career in safety spans 16 years, joins Dräger having held a variety of senior roles in the safety industry, including as UK …
The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) has announced the twelve clean energy technology start-ups selected for the fourth cohort of the award-winning TechX Accelerator Programme. Starting the 15-week intensive programme in late February, each of the start-ups selected will receive expert mentoring and support, including a grant of up to £100,000. Backed by a suite of industry-leading partners, including bp, …
“You would like to think it was good planning,” joked Neil Gordon, chief executive of the Global Underwater Hub (GUH), “but I think it’s just fortunate that, at the moment, it looks as if everything has landed well for us.” Fortuitous or not, the fact that Subsea Expo is, as it stands, able to go ahead as planned later this …
Positivity, partnership and people are the three main elements of a successful logistics business as it enters a new diverse energy market – that is according to Sarah Moore, the new CEO of Peterson Energy Logistics. Passion for the industry and her new role – which she took over from outgoing CEO Erwin Kooij – is something Sarah has in abundance. When …
Petrofac has landed two contracts with India’s largest private oil and gas exploration company. With a combined value of around $100 million (£74m), the deals with Cairn Oil & Gas, include the energy services provider’s first significant operations and maintenance (O&M) contract in India. Petrofac will carry out work at the Ravva oil and gas field in the Krishna Godavari Basin, in coastal …
Developers of the Inch Cape wind farm off the coast of Angus have picked Montrose Port as its future operations and maintenance base, should the project secure government backing. Inch Cape, comprised of 72 turbines located around 9 miles off the Angus coast, is being co-developed by Edinburgh-based Red Rock Power and ESB. The developers say the selection of Montrose port …