Following the first gas from two fields in the UK North Sea, UK company IOG plc has experienced mechanical issues on the producing platform. Meanwhile, a Noble-owned jack-up is almost ready to come back offshore and resume drilling on the third field next month.

About 28,500 workers at Norwegian shipyards, oil industry fabrication plants and other manufacturers will go on strike from April 1, unless labour unions and employers reach a new wage deal, a state-appointed mediator said on Monday.

Norwegian offshore drilling company Island Drilling has secured two new contracts, one with Petrofac in the UK North Sea and another with Maersk Decom for P&A operations offshore Mauritania.

Oilfield services provider Petrofac has secured a two-year contract extension with Neptune Energy for the provision of engineering services to Neptune-operated platforms in the UK Southern North Sea.

UK’s petroleum regulator, the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), has selected three winners for its £1 million offshore electrification competition, aiming to advance oil and gas electrification plans as part of the UK’s decarbonisation efforts.

Back-deck equipment specialist Maritime Developments (MDL) has completed two projects for subsea services provider TechnipFMC in two North Sea basins.

Amidst Outcries To Phase Out Fossil Fuels, UK’s OGA Chairman Stands Firm On Continuing North Sea Exploration For The Foreseeable Future

Chinese oil and gas giant CNOOC Limited has started production from the Buzzard Phase II development located offshore in the UK sector of the North Sea.

Following a dispute over cuts related to the terms and conditions of workers, which encompass work allowances, pensions, sick pay and training days along with other allowances, Unite, the largest trade union in Britain and Ireland, has revealed plans for industrial action.

Fugro has won two geotechnical site investigation contracts with Energinet for Denmark’s proposed Energy Island project in the North Sea.