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Industry regulator The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has identified a backlog of more than 500 wells that require ...
As it stands, roughly 12,000 offshore oil and gas rigs pepper the world's coastlines. What happens when they reach the end of their lifespan?
The North Sea’s oil and gas rigs impact more than the atmosphere. Using over than 30 years of data, scientists found the sediment around nine platforms contains levels of pollutants up to thousands of ...
Norway-based Tampnet, a notable player in offshore private 5G, has a major new multi-site gig with oil firm Aker BP, and a ...
Ed Miliband’s wind turbine blitz threatens to leave the North Sea strewn with rusting oil rigs because of a lack of equipment needed to dismantle the retired platforms. The Energy Secretary’s ...
NORTH Sea oil and gas operators have been warned they could face fines for continued delays in decommissioning wells.
The North Sea’s 250-plus offshore installations have provided extraordinary locations to document and study the local wildlife.
In a statement sent to Rigzone late Tuesday, Harbour Energy confirmed that a collision between a supply vessel and the Valaris 120 rig occurred in the North Sea on Sunday night.
A man who works out in the North Sea has shared some fascinating insights into the realities of the job. Jordan Morgan, known as @jordanwelness_911 on Instagram, works on an oil rig and reportedly ...
EQNR wins a North Sea drilling permit for well 35/11-31 S, which will begin drilling in June 2025 using COSL Innovator under a long-term offshore contract.
Offshore network provider Tampnet claims to have deployed the world's first fully autonomous private 5G and Edge compute for ...
Traditionally, companies can either leave, bury, recycle, or repurpose decommissioned oil platforms. What happens to a decommissioned oil rig depends partly on its location. In the North Sea, for ...