Home UK Projects International Projects Contractor News Industry Moves Contractors' Guides Technical Toolbox Glossary UK News Archive   2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 UK News Archive: April - June 2003  Jan - March   April - June   July - Sept   Oct - Dec    More Shell Job Losses 4/04/2003 Shell has announced plans to reduce staff numbers across eight European countries by 1,300 to 4,150 over the next two years. Around 260 Shell Expro posts are expected to go between Aberdeen, London and Lowestoft. Talisman contracts awarded to Subsea 7 7/04/2003 Aberdeen based Subsea 7 has been awarded two U.K. contracts by Talisman Energy (UK) Limited with a combined value in the region of $4 million. Apache Conduct North Sea Drug Tests 10/04/2003 More than 300 North Sea offshore workers are to be drug tested after the discovery of a package containing amphetamines bound for the Forties field. Wood Group wins 5-year TotalFinaElf contract 14/04/2003 Wood Group Engineering (North Sea) Ltd has been awarded a 5-year, £multi-million contract by TotalFinaElf Exploration UK PLC for services for all its Northern North Sea and Central Graben facilities. AMEC and Fluor Form Joint Venture for Iraqi Work 24/04/2003 AMEC has announced it has formed Fluor/AMEC, a joint venture with Fluor Corporation to undertake contracts to rebuild Iraq's oil industry. BOC wins Kuwait state oil company contract 25/04/2003 Guildford based BOC has received a major order worth more than £2 million to supply its SURE technology to Kuwait's state-owned oil company, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC). MW Kellogg wins Tangguh project 26/04/2003 MW Kellogg has been selected as the winning bidder for the Tangguh project to provide design, procurement, construction and commissioning services for an LNG plant in Papua, Indonesia. British oil hostages in Nigeria 29/04/2003 Negotiations are taking place to free more than 30 British oil workers who are being held captive on four oil rigs off the Nigerian coast. Butanediol project goes to Aker Kvaerner 30/04/2003 Gulf Advanced Chemical Industries Company has confirmed its intent to enter into a contract with Aker Kvaerner to provide EPC, including commissioning and start-up services, for a Butanediol plant in Saudi. Corrib Terminal Planning Consent Refused 2/05/2003 The local authorities in Ireland have refused planning permission for a terminal to receive gas from the Corrib field offshore of County Mayo, Ireland. TotalFinaElf Change Name 4/05/2003 TotalFinaElf have approved a resolution at their annual share holders meeting to change the company's name to Total. Wood Group Wins Marathon Contract 5/05/2003 The Wood Group has won a 2 year contract with Marathon G Production Limited to provide operations and maintenance support for offshore and on-shore facilities in Equatorial Guinea. British Oil Hostages go Free 6/05/2003 All expat personnel who were being held hostage due to a strike on four of Transocean's rigs operating offshore of Nigeria have been released. Jacobs Receives Borealis' Partnership Contract 15/05/2003 Jacobs have received a contract from Borealis for an engineering partnership to provide engineering, procurement, and construction management services for small projects in Europe. ConocoPhillips to Cut More Jobs Than Forecast 16/05/2003 ConocoPhillips expects to cut 200 more jobs than previously forecast. The company disclosed the new target for job cuts in a first-quarter earnings report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. BOC to Build Plant near Manchester 19/05/2003 BOC Medical has announced plans to build a major gas production facility near Manchester. The multi-million pound facility will be built in Worsley and will produce medical gases. AMEC wins Gasoline Improvement Project 20/05/2003 AMEC has won a multi-million pound Gasoline Improvement Project from the Serbian Oil Company for a plant in northern Siberia. BP to Develop the Rhum Gas Field 22/05/2003 BP and partners The Iranian Oil Company have announced plans to develop the Rhum gas field 240 miles north east of Aberdeen. AMEC wins BP work 24/05/2003 AMEC wins project management and fabrication contracts associated with BP's Bruce platform and the development of the Rhum gas reservoir. ConocoPhillips Job Fears 1/06/2003 ConocoPhillips has sparked fears of job cuts after announcing the merger of its UK and Norwegian business activities into a single North Sea operation. CB&I Acquires John Brown Hydrocarbons 3/06/2003 CB&I has acquired substantially all of the business of John Brown Hydrocarbons Limited (John Brown), a subsidiary of OAO NK YUKOS (YUKOS Oil Company), Russia's largest integrated petroleum company. Caspian Drilling Contract for KCA DEUTAG 9/06/2003 KCA Deutag Drilling has been awarded a contract by BP, on behalf of its partners in the Shah Deniz development project, for drilling services in the Shah Deniz gas field development in the Caspian Sea. Amerada Hess to Shed Jobs 10/06/2003 Amerada Hess have announced plans to cut up to 170 jobs; half in Aberdeen and half in London and transfer 160 other jobs in Aberdeen to EnCana. Petrofac to manage Hewett and Bacton facilities. 17/06/2003 Petrofac Facilities Management has entered into a provisional agreement with Tullow Oil UK Ltd to manage its UK Hewett and Bacton facilities, resulting in new jobs in Aberdeen. Transco embarks on £15 billion mains replacement contract 18/06/2003 Gas transportation company Transco has awarded aq multi million mains replacement contract to the Wiltshire based Avent Engineering. Technip Offshore wins Petro-Canada work 19/06/2003 TECHNIP Offshore UK has won a contract with Petro-Canada for the pipelines and subsea infrastructure engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning associated with the Clapham development in the central North Sea. Mott MacDonald win Arabian Power Company Work 27/06/2003 Mott MacDonald has been appointed owner's engineer by Arabian Power for development of a new power and water plant located near to the city of Abu Dhabi. Back

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