TotalEnergies ‘assessing when it will be safe’ to restart Shetland Gas Plant
An investigation is ongoing into a safety incident which has seen the shutdown of TotalEnergies’ (XPAR: TTE) Shetland Gas Plant.
TikTok star reviewing North Sea oil platforms
Forties, Beryl, Ninian, Thistle and Judy have all had the TikTok treatment.
Reabold banks £5m payday from Shell over Victory gas field deal
NSTA is expected to greenlight the Shell Victory project in the West of Shetland ‘within the coming months’
Deltic eyes farm-down on on Shell-partnered North Sea projects
Deltic Energy (AIM: DELT) is mulling a farm-down of its stake in a pair of Shell-operated (LON: SHEL) North Sea targets and have received “a considerable level of interest”.
More than 2,400 fossil fuel-linked delegates at COP28, analysis suggests
At least 2,456 delegates linked to fossil fuels are attending the Cop28 summit in Dubai, according to analysis of the provisional participants list.
Petrofac assessing ‘range of options’ after share price crash
Energy services giant is considering sale of “non core assets” as part of bid to improve cash flow.
What’s happening with the oil and gas skills passport?
Backed with up to £5m from the Scottish Government, the delayed skills passport is not expected until well into the new year.
Offshore worker uploaded intimate images of friend’s wife to porn site
Phillip Williams stole more than a dozen explicit pictures from his North Sea colleague's unattended Facebook account while on the Kittiwake platform.
Watch: Oil platform gets blown up in Norway
How to take apart an 18,000-tonne oil platform? Controlled explosives.
UAE’s Masdar buys into £11bn UK wind farm
Masdar, the UAE state-owned renewables firm, has acquired a 49% stake in a major UK wind project in the North Sea.
Energy services giant Petrofac sees share price plummet 50% in a month
Analysts have pointed to balance sheet concerns as a potential driver for Petrofac (LON: PFC) seeing its share price plummet 50% in the last month.
Ardersier hires ex-Orsted exec to create ‘energy transition hub’ in Highlands
The Highland port of Ardersier has hired Neptune Infrastructure Associates, led by former Orsted exec Hamish Yates, to create an “energy transition hub”.
UK Government looks beyond price for ‘most impactful’ CfD round yet
The UK Government is consulting on so-called “sustainable industry rewards” for what it hopes to be its “most impactful” Contracts for Difference (CfD) offshore wind round yet.
Worker exodus ‘number one challenge’ facing North Sea decommissioning safety
An exodus of workers seeking other opportunities is the “number one challenge” facing safety in North Sea decommissioning, according to the industry watchdog.
Transocean Leader and Paul B Loyd Jr rigs to join Dolphin Drilling fleet in Q1
Dolphin Drilling (OSLO: DDRIL) has said two North Sea rigs will join its growing fleet in the first quarter of next year.
EnQuest hires rig to return Kraken oilfield to drilling in 2025
Magnus has overtaken Kraken as UK-focused EnQuest’s top producer following an outage this year.
Electricity transmission firm SSEN launches new Aberdeen office
Electricity network firm SSEN Transmission says it is growing headcount across Scotland in order to deliver its Pathway to 2030 plans.
OPEC says the IEA has ‘unjustly vilified’ oil and gas industry
OPEC issued a strongly worded defense of the oil-and-gas industry days before the start of the biggest ever climate talks, pushing back against the International Energy Agency (IEA) and highlighting the increasingly fractious debate over how best to tackle global warming.
What are the biggest fights at the COP28 climate summit?
More than 70,000 politicians, diplomats, campaigners, financiers and business leaders will fly to Dubai to talk about arresting the world’s slide toward environmental catastrophe.
ITM Power CEO hits out at ‘morally questionable’ oil and gas lobbying on blue hydrogen
The CEO of ITM Power (LON: ITM) has hit out at “oil and gas lobbyists” blurring the lines between blue and green hydrogen.
AREG becomes latest group to move into Aberdeen’s ETZ
Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) has become the latest tenant in the city’s Energy Transition Zone (ETZ).
Radical reform of electricity system risks delays to wind investment, report warns
One of the main options being considered by the UK Government in a planned shake-up of electricity market arrangements threatens jobs, cheaper energy and new wind projects, a new report warns.
Forth Green Freeport to deliver £7bn as it targets offshore wind manufacturing
Bosses behind the Forth Green Freeport say the region will deliver £7bn of private and public funding over the next decade.
Licence to Drill: North Sea riggers take on James Bond TV show
A pair of North Sea riggers have taken time from life offshore for a James Bond superspy adventure.
Kaefer contractors launch strikes at Shell Mossmorran and St Fergus gas plants
Around 150 Kaefer contractors have started a week of strikes at a pair of Scottish gas plants operated by Shell (LON: SHEL).