Political swing in Norway election could affect future oil exploration
Politicians and activists that have been fighting to rein in Norway’s mighty oil industry are eyeing a breakthrough.
Wood Group secures five-year INPEX development deal
Wood Group has acquired the operations of all subsea engineering services for the integrity of the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project, offshore Western Australia.
Marooned Malaviya Seven crew get fresh day in court
A new court date has been set to decide the fate of a crew which has been detained in Aberdeen harbour for the past year due to non-payment of wages.
St Fergus carbon capture scheme could make Scotland ‘key player’ in storage
A pioneering new carbon capture and storage scheme could be about to rise from the ashes of the abandoned £1billion Peterhead project.
Apollo and OGTC partner to unveil cloud based data management system
Oil and gas service provider, Apollo, has stuck a deal with the Oil and Gas Technology Centre to introduce a data management system which will aid North Sea operators.
Pressure on UK Government to set household efficiency targets
Households could save an average £270 a year on energy bills in 2035 with policies to drive more investment in efficiency measures such as insulation, experts said.
SSE begins extending Clyde windfarm
The Clyde windfarm extension has been given the go-ahead to begin extending its area in South Lanarkshire.
Scottish Green’s welcome government proposals, but want more
Scottish Green co-convener Patrick Harvie said the governments plans for the environment, green transport and renewable energy expansion showed the influence of his party in the minority Scottish Parliament - but he also told the SNP to go further.
Storm Irma could cause further damage to America’s beleaguered oil and gas infrastructure
Irma has topped the scales used to measure storm strength as the potentially catastrophic system churns toward Florida bringing the prospect of a back-to-back major hurricane strike on the U.S.
Hoover Ferguson opens up Aberdeen premises
Hoover Ferguson Group (Hoover Ferguson), a global leader in container, accommodation, work space and packaging solutions for the energy, petrochemical and general industrial markets, announced today that it has opened a new purpose-built facility in Aberdeen, Scotland, offering market-leading tank cleaning, chemical transloading and chemical storage services.
North-east MSP backs Carbon Capture Storage investment
Scottish’s minister for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Stewart Stevenson, backs the north-east CCS project investment by the Scottish Government.
Rise in UK net migration will have ‘negative impact on economy’, says Airswift chief
Peter Searle, CEO for workforce solutions for the energy, process and infrastructure provider, Airswift, also believes that uncertainty around Brexit ‘discourages overseas investment’.
Russian oil supplies to North Korea ‘negligible’, says Putin
Russian President responds to heightened scrutiny over energy connections with Pyongyang.
‘Potential disruption’ to UK energy due to Brexit, claims nuclear industry chief
Britain’s electricity supply could be hit if the Government leaves Euratom without new measures being put in place, a leading industry body has warned.
EIC launches O&M database at Offshore Europe 2017
Energy Industries Council reveals EICAssetMap, a business development tool able to pinpoint any energy facility location in the UK.
Asco celebrates its 50th
Asco Group has got SPE Offshore Europe work off to a cracking start by announcing a string of new contracts worth a total of £50million in its 50th year.
ThinJack thinks global
North-east oil service company ThinJack said yesterday it had secured deals worth more than £600,000 since April.
Is hydrogen storage better than battery? Big Energy seems to think so
The secret to switching the global energy system entirely to renewables may lay in the universe’s most abundant substance.
Scotland’s energy sector must remain innovative and evolve despite downturn, says IP expert
One of this years Offshore Europe exhibitors, Marks & Clerk asked their Aberdeen managing partner, Andrew Docherty, what he believes Scotland’s energy sector must do to remain significant in the current downturn.
Thousands arrive in Aberdeen for Offshore Europe 2017
Tens of thousands of people have arrived in Aberdeen for a major oil and gas conference, boosting many local businesses.
Expro lands multi-million Repsol Sinopec service contract
Oilfield services company Expro has secured a five-year deal to carry out work on Repsol Sinopec's North Sea assets.
OGTC hits £12m of approved investment in seven months
The Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) has approved £12million worth of investment since it opened seven months ago.
SEA release new comms system for Offshore Europe 2017
A new voice and data communications system will be debuted by, Cohort owned company, SEA this week at Offshore Europe.
Houston salvage continues to bring back city’s oil trade
The clean-up and salvage mission in Houston, Texas continues today with the removal of a sunken drydock in an industrial region of the Houston Shipping Channel, close to the city’s major oil refineries and petrochemical plants.
IEA sees no requirement for release of oil stocks post-Harvey
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has said that it believes there is no need for a coordinated international oil stock release after the market disruption by Hurricane Harvey.