Green jobs win as Humber earmarked for £180m hydrogen plant
As it stands, the site would be the UK’s largest green hydrogen production facility - with an initial capacity of 100 megawatts - and would create around 1,380 jobs.
Emissions – big scope for necessary improvements
Scopes 1, 2 and 3 are used to differentiate the types and amounts of carbon emissions a company creates through both its upstream and downstream activities.
When it comes to platform electrification, it’s different courses for different horses
Adapting North Sea platforms to run on green power is, to borrow a previously used analogy, the industry’s equivalent of open heart surgery.
Dick Winchester: is CCS already redundant?
There are really two options for dealing with carbon emissions. You either avoid them by stopping the burning of hydrocarbons and using something else or, try to collect them as you produce them and hide them away somewhere in the hope they won’t escape. The latter being CCS - carbon capture and storage.
CCUS business models: Making money from collaring carbon
After years of discussion and disappointments, amongst them at least two false dawns, the UK’s carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) industry is starting to fall into place.
Investment in people is critical to the UK’s net zero ambitions
The UK’s Climate Change Committee published its report on the impacts of net zero on the workforce last week, but the energy sector is already acutely aware of the challenges the energy transition poses to its future prosperity.
Taking the conference skills shortage talk and turning it into action
For the Energy Voice team, and many others besides, May has been the month of conferences.
Watch: Minke whale spotted visiting Scottish offshore wind turbine
A renewables worker has captured a striking video of a Minke whale taking a swim next to a Scottish offshore wind turbine.
Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group launches 2024 photography competition
Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) is on the hunt for the best amateur snaps of the energy transition in action.
Why safety and skills are the key to achieving Vision 2030 for the energy sector
We live in interesting times in the energy industry. I’ve just returned from EEEGR’s flagship Southern North Sea 2023 conference, where Vision 2030 has been billed a ‘celebration of energy.’
Scottish Energy Minister to showcase transition vision at Invest ABZ
Scottish Energy Minister Gillian Martin will join industry leaders at an event in Aberdeen this week to present her vision as to how the city can retain its status as Europe’s energy capital.
Drawing on our strengths – how to advance the UK’s decommissioning sector
The number of assets in the North Sea that need to be decommissioned is on the rise. According to Shell around 470 installations will be decommissioned in the UK sector of the North Sea over the next 30-40 years.
‘Strike prices can’t continue to go down’ – green energy chiefs calls for CfD reform
The heads of some of the world's biggest offshore wind companies have called for reforms to the UK Government’s flagship support mechanism.
Risk of a leak? Then no permit, NSTA CCS boss tells conference
Concerns over whether offshore carbon stores will stay watertight for centuries to come were addressed at an industry event this week.
BP boss highlights ‘opportunity’ of CCS, offshore wind coexistence challenge
A carbon capture and storage (CCS) leader has challenged industry to find a solution to the energy sector’s looming coexistence puzzle.
Offshore wind champion tells industry to be ‘cognisant’ of security risks after Russian vessel sightings
Westminster’s Offshore Wind Champion has called for vigilance amid reports that critical infrastructure could be at risk of attack.
Taskforce targeting tough to crack North Sea gas pockets
An energy sector taskforce has set its sights on unlocking difficult to produce gas fields in the Southern North Sea.
NSTA boss laments lack of uptake from operators on well intervention push
A senior figure at the industry regulator has expressed his frustration over a lack of engagement from industry on managing wells.
East of England is ‘energy capital’ of UK, claims industry chief
Aberdeen’s claim as the jewel in the crown of the UK’s energy industry has been called into question.
Ukraine opens world’s only wind farm built in major conflict zone
DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy investor, has cut the ribbon on a new wind farm, less than 100 miles from the Russian front.
Decom liabilities: how do they work? and what’s the bearing on North Sea M&A?
Decommissioning – the multi-billion pound, monster job looming over the oil and gas industry.
More strikes on the way as 600 Bilfinger workers knock back pay offers
Hundreds of offshore workers employed by Bilfinger UK have rejected new pay offers as a bitter dispute over wages and working conditions rumbles on.
Norway facing rig supply deficit as units continue exit from North Sea
Norway is facing up to the challenges of working with a “significantly” smaller drilling fleet as rigs continue their flight from the North Sea.
Saipem wins deal to remove and scrap EnQuest’s Thistle A platform
Italian contracting giant Saipem has been picked to assist in the decommissioning of an aged North Sea installation.
Shell demands profits from green energy unit, not just CO2 cuts
Shell (LON: SHEL) executives are telling their renewable power business that it needs to become more profitable, not just deliver lower carbon emissions, and pull back from the less successful elements of its clean-energy strategy.