Bureau UK is delighted to be supporting a global brewery organisation with the supply of critical resource for over 100 production plants worldwide. The Bureau Inspection team won a framework agreement in late 2018 to supply inspectors supporting the in-service and integrity work in countries including Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, South [...]

McDermott International, Inc. and Baker Hughes, a GE company, have announced today that they have been awarded subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) and subsea production system (SPS) equipment contracts by BP for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim natural gas project, located offshore Mauritania and Senegal. BP, BHGE and McDermott are [...]

Further to the announcement issued on 18 February, global drilling and engineering contractor KCA Deutag (“KCAD”) has announced the award of new contracts on the back of strong tendering activity in its land drilling business. These contracts, with a combined value of approximately US$54M, are for drilling operations in the [...]

Strong demand for cleaner-burning fuel in Asia continued to drive rapid growth in liquefied natural gas (LNG) use in 2018, with global demand rising by 27 million tonnes to 319 million tonnes, according to Shell’s latest annual LNG Outlook. Shell expects demand to reach about 384 million tonnes in 2020. [...]

INPEX CORPORATION (INPEX) through its subsidiary JODCO Exploration Limited, has been exclusively awarded Onshore Block 4 as operator in the 2018 Abu Dhabi Block Bid Round. The block licensing round is the first ever competitive bid round for new licensing opportunities for the exploration, development and production of oil and [...]

Eni has announced a new gas discovery under evaluation in the Nour exploration prospect located in the Nour North Sinai Concession, in the Eastern Egyptian Mediterranean, about 50 km North of the Sinai peninsula. The Nour-1 New Field Wildcat (NFW), which has led to the discovery, was drilled by the [...]

The topside has been loaded out for the offshore substation at Northland Power’s 269MW Deutsche Bucht project off the coast of Germany. The structure was built by the Smulders-Effiage joint venture and was loaded onto a pontoon at the Damen Shiprepair yard at Vlissingen in the Netherlands. A jacket foundation [...]

The long-awaited UK offshore wind sector deal to be launched by energy department BEIS on Thursday will set out a suite of measures to triple the number of highly-skilled jobs to 27,000 by 2030. The plans will include an ‘Offshore Energy Passport’, recognised outside of the UK, designed for offshore [...]

Energean Oil and Gas, the oil and gas producer focused on the Mediterranean, has commenced its 2019 drilling programme in Israel, which consists of three development wells and Karish North. Following this four well campaign, Energean has a further six drilling options available in its contract with Stena Drilling. Energean [...]

European Energy has chosen GE Renewable Energy as turbine supplier for its 53.2MW Zinkgruvan wind farm, which lies 70km north of Linköping in Sweden. The project, construction of which has begun, will feature 14 turbines with 3.8MW capacity, rotor size of 137 metres and a hub height of 110 metres. [...]

Spanish manufacturer Windar Renovables is opening a new factory in Russia for the production of onshore wind towers for the local market. The facility, which will be located in Rostov in the south-west of the country, will feature a workshop and warehouse of 15,000 and 60,000 square metres respectively. Windar [...]