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18 Apr 2022

UK North Sea Field Owners Agree to Keep Exporting Oil to Flotta Terminal

Flotta Oil Terminal - Credit: Chris/Geograph.co.uk - CC BY-SA 2.0

Oil and gas company Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Limited said Monday that owners of  Golden Eagle, Piper, and Claymore fields, located in the North Sea northeast of Aberdeen, have executed new agreements reaffirming their commitment to export produced oil to the Flotta Terminal until the end of field life in the 2030s."This commitment to support the longevity of the terminal underpins a variety of growth opportunities in the wider area, including renewed drilling and several third party tie-backs.

05 Sep 2019

Repsol Sinopec Extends Petrofac North Sea Gig

Petrofac, a provider of oilfield services to the international oil and gas industry, has been awarded a major contract extension in support of Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Limited’s North Sea operations.The Jersey-based energy services firm said in a press note that it will provide engineering support services as a tier 1 contractor for brownfield modifications and projects across Repsol Sinopec Resources UK’s operated assets and terminal at Flotta.Nick Shorten, Managing Director for Petrofac Engineering and Production Services West, said: "We are delighted that Repsol Sinopec Resources UK has exercised its option to extend our contract.

17 May 2019

North Sea Oil Production May Go Down

On top of production declines in Iran and Venezuela, ongoing OPEC cuts, Urals contamination outages in Russia and maintenance in Kazakhstan, North Sea production is also struggling, Rystad Energy said."Currently we see unplanned outages at Oseberg and Flotta with combined impact of 160,000 bpd. Furthermore, the North Sea is heading into maintenance season," said the energy research and business intelligence company."We forecast North Sea oil production to drop next month to the lowest level since August 2014 as Ekofisk goes into maintenance," it added."Based on our field level production and maintenance forecast, we expect North Sea oil production to drop to 2.28 million bpd with 462…

17 Aug 2012

Rolls-Royce Thrusters to Power Scottish Ferries

Photo credit Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce wins contracts to supply thrusters for two Scottish operators, Western Ferries and Orkney Ferries. Western Ferries recently announced the construction of two new ferries which will operate on the Dunoon to Gourock route, across the Firth of Clyde. The 50-metre, double ended car ferries will each be equipped with a pair of Rolls-Royce Aquamaster US 105 CRP thrusters, which rotate through 360 degrees and are particularly suited to the quick turn-round operations of these vessels.