Liberty Wins North Sea Pipe Contract
The Liberty pipe mills at Hartlepool has been awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to supply steel pipeline for North Sea gas.The mills, which were acquired and relaunched by Liberty, part of Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance, in late 2017, have just begun making the first batch of a total order for 12…
Lundin Cuts Output From Edvard Grieg Field
Production at the Edvard Grieg field off Norway had to be temporarily reduced following the Forties pipeline shutdown, the field's operator, Lundin Petroleum, said on Tuesday. "Following the Forties pipeline shutdown, Lundin Petroleum has had to temporarily reduce…
Kollsnes Gas Plant to be Partially Shut in May and Sept
Norway's largest gas-processing plant, Kollsnes, will be partially shut from May 6-20 and from Sept. 2-20 next year, gas system operator Gassco said on Friday, announcing its 2017 maintenance plans. Norway exports natural gas from its offshore fields via a dense network of subsea pipelines to Britain…
Engie Would Have to Shut Output at Gjoea Field if Strike Goes Ahead
French energy firm Engie would have to shut down production at its Gjoea platform in the North Sea if wage talks between oil workers and oil companies break down on Friday, the firm said on Monday. "The consequence for us if the negotiations break would be that we would have to shut down the Gjoea platform…
Statoil Expands Gas Supply Deal with Britain's SSE
Norway's Statoil said on Monday it had expanded five-fold a long-term gas sale agreement with Britain's second-biggest utility SSE. From Oct. 1, Statoil will increase supplies to SSE to 2.5 billion cubic metres (bcm) per year from an original 0.5 bcm under a six-year deal announced last year…
Norway's Knarr Field Delivering Gas to UK
Knarr, a small field offshore Norway, is expected to start delivering gas to the St Fergus terminal in Britain via a new pipeline link tied to the FLAGS pipeline this spring, gas system operator Gassco said on Monday. Knarr, a gas and oil field about 100 kilometres…
Total Restarts Production at St Fergus Terminal
Production at the St Fergus natural gas terminal in Britain restarted on Monday afternoon following an unplanned offshore outage which resulted in reduced production, Total Exploration and Production UK said. The outage at the terminal on the northeast coast of…
Total: Unplanned Offshore Outage Reduced St Fergus Output
An unplanned offshore outage has resulted in reduced natural gas production at the St Fergus gas terminal on the northeast coast of Scotland, Total Exploration and Production UK said. "The problem has been resolved and production will return to normal later today," a spokeswoman said.
