Norway’s wealth fund excludes firm on grounds of environmental impact
Norway's wealth fund has excluded a firm from its investment portfolio over fears of the environmental impact of one of its projects.
In Pictures: Chrysaor set for new North Sea HQ after Shell deal
Chrysaor is poised to become the biggest tenant in The Capitol building in Aberdeen.
LGO Energy posts loss for 2016 due to stalled Goudron operations
LGO Energy's revenue nearly halved last year while it went through a "transitional" period due to restrictions on growth.
OTC hailed a success as confidence returns to oil and gas sector
OTC 2017 was hailed as a success this year as firms took advantage of an upturn in confidence in the global oil and gas sector.
Swap meat with insects to tackle climate change, bug boffins suggest
Swapping meat for edible insects could make a major contribution to tackling climate change, according to scientists.
Energy Voice’s Friday Five – catch up with the top stories
Catch-up with all the week’s news with Energy Voice’s Friday Five. We round-up the top breaking news, opinion piece and analysis all in once place.
Updated: Apache expects first oil from Callater this year, Q1 results
US oil firm Apache is on schedule to deliver first oil from its Callater project in the North Sea later this year.
Repsol gets lift from cost cutting, higher commodity prices and increased production
Spanish oil company Repsol more than doubled its net income in the first quarter of 2017 with upstream and downstream improvements as well as a new mega-find in the US.
OPEC likely to extend cuts, sources claim
OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers are likely to extend their out cuts to help clear a glut, sources have claimed.
Opinion: Transforming an IT system into an engineering implementation solution in the North Sea
Optimising costs, asset integrity and production while assuring sustainable standards of safety and reliability
Amerisur drills Mariposa well to depth, finds 120ft oil
Amerisur Resources Plc has drilled the Mariposa-1 well in Columbia has been successfully drilled to a total depth of 11,556ft.
Drilling rig Soehanah heads to Asia
Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE: SFL) has agreed to bareboat charter out the 2007-built drilling rig Soehanah to an unnamed national oil company in Asia.
Once a fugitive, this billionaire aims to be Russia’s Jeff Bezos
A decade ago, Mikhail Gutseriev was a billionaire on the run trying to avoid the fate of fellow Russian oil titan Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who’d flouted the power of Vladimir Putin and been sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Iran coal mine explosion claims 35 lives
A coal mine explosion in northern Iran killed at least 35 people, sources have claims , as rescuers worked for a second day to reach those trapped inside after the blast.
Dong settles Daewoo and Technip dispute over Hejre field
Denmark's Dong Energy has reached a settlement with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and Technip over liability for construction errors during the building of an offshore platform for the stalled Hejre field.
Texas natural gas gets chill from California’s snowy peaks
Natural gas in balmy Texas is feeling the chill of California’s snowy peaks 1,200 miles away.
Faroe gets appraisal approval for Brasse discovery
Faroe Petroleum's Norwegian arm is to drill an appraisal well south of the Brage Field in the North Sea.
Diver rescued after 11 hours in Pentland Firth
A diver has been rescued after spending 11 hours in the water in the Far North of Scotland.
UKOG ‘withdraws’ oil planning application for West Sussex woods
UK Oil and Gas Investment (UKOG) has "temporarily withdrawn" a planning application to drill for oil at Markwells Wood in West Sussex.
Bourbon has more than 100 vessels stacked
Oil and gas ship supplier Bourbon Offshore has more than 100 ships stacked as it continues to see a demand drought in the first three months of 2017.
Amec Foster Wheeler gets ‘vote of confidence’ with BP contract extension
Amec Foster Wheeler’s completions and commissioning company, qedi, has received a "vote of confidence" after having its support services contract extended by energy giant BP.
Iraq oil to set sail for Egypt as plea goes out for foreign investors
Iraq's has started loading a tanker with 2million barrels of crude oil bound for Egypt, marking the first shipment under a bilateral agreement, according to the country's oil ministry.
Opinion: Shell gets ‘A’ for effort, but $72 billion is a heavy load
Royal Dutch Shell Plc is defying skeptics and showing that it can afford its dividend. Investors just need to believe it hasn't made too many compromises to do so.
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With the Offshore Technology Conference starting in Houston today, we decided now was a good time to ask readers key questions about the US oil sector.
UK’s oil and gas trades bill could double post Brexit, industry warns
The UK's oil and gas trades bill could nearly double to £1.1billion a year in a worst case post-Brexit scenario, the North Sea industry has warned.