Wood settles bribery cases for £127.5m
Engineering and consultancy firm Wood said tonight it had agreed to settle legacy bribery and corruption investigations in Brazil, the UK and US for £127.5 million.
Hurricane shares up 27% as activist fund feels heat from own investors
Shares in Hurricane Energy have closed 27.35% higher at 2.17p in London, on a day when activist fund Crystal Amber came under fire from one of its own investors.
Repsol Sinopec extends North Sea FPSO deal
North Sea operator Repsol Sinopec Resources UK (RSRUK) has struck a deal with Bluewater to extend the charter of the Bleo Holm FPSO.
Equinor first to start drilling a UK North Sea exploration well in 2021
Norwegian energy giant Equinor has become the first company to start drilling an exploration well on the UK Continental Shelf this year.
AFCCT launches Brighter Futures legacy trust in memory of Duncan Skinner
Aberdeen FC Community Trust (AFCCT) is setting up a legacy fund in memory of its former chairman, Duncan Skinner, who tragically lost his year‐long battle with cancer in April 2021, with the goal of reaching £100,000.
Rig builders Keppel and Sembcorp confirm merger talks
Singaporean rig builders Keppel Corporation and Sembcorp Marine have confirmed they are in talks over a merger of their offshore and marine (O&M) businesses.
Court keeps Hurricane Energy investors waiting for restructuring plan decision
A hearing into Hurricane Energy's restructuring plan has concluded without a decision being immediately reached.
INWED 2021: Michelle’s up for the challenge as she continues to climb career ladder
Michelle Fowler began working fresh out of school, at age 16, working as an admin assistant for Craig Group Catering. Little did she know that more than 30 years later, she would be taking up a senior role with North Star Shipping, a former core business of the same family-owned Aberdeen company.
INWED: Delivering technical solutions to projects around the world
Raised on a dairy farm on the Welsh border, Sarah Lee (30) has had a desire to understand how things work for most of her life.
UK Government provides highest level of support for exporters in 30 years
UK Export Finance publishes its annual results for 2020-21, which show the government provided record levels of support for UK exports.
INWED 2021: Empowering (and powerful) women in the energy transition
Five female engineers with DNV have collectively spent nearly forty years working towards the energy transition.
INWED 2021: Building a successful career in energy
For nearly eight years, Yousra Baghdadi has been a project engineer with EnerMech, an Aberdeen headquartered specialist in integrated mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and integrity services to the energy sector.
INWED 2021: I’m proof of Engineering Development Trust’s importance
As one of three young women who have just been appointed trustees on the board of the Engineering Development Trust (EDT), Laura Steedman (27), an asset supporting engineer on bp’s Clair field, hopes her own involvement with the trust will help inspire many other young women to consider a career in engineering.
INWED 2021: Engineer your career
The journey towards a career in oil and gas engineering has many twists and turns. For three women at Tendeka, a global specialist in advanced completions, production solutions and sand management, it was never a fixed destination they’d have mapped out as schoolgirls. Now, it’s a path they’re passionate about and actively encourage more women to navigate towards.
Call for ‘passport’ to help North Sea oil workers transition to renewables
Trade unions and climate campaigners have called for the creation of an “offshore training passport” to help workers move between the oil and gas and renewables sectors more easily.
Green hydrogen leadership position is “up for grabs” for the UK as energy transition takes centre stage at exports conference
The UK energy sector was urged to seize the fast-growing hydrogen sector opportunity with both hands and take the global lead at the Energy Exports Conference 2021, as clean technology innovators and neighbours Norway only recently published a “soft” hydrogen roadmap.
Sewage sludge to hydrogen fuel facility plans for Scotland
An Anglo-Californian partnership has announced plans to roll out as many as 40 waste-to-hydrogen refueling stations in the UK, starting in Scotland.
Oil firm fined £400,000 over serious gas leak on North Sea platform
Oil firm Apache has been fined £400,000 over safety failings which led to a gas leak on one of its North Sea platforms.
Early intervention: supporting the offshore workforce’s mental health
An offshore worker wears a hard hat for a reason.
Retiring ECITB oil and gas chief reflects on industry’s past and future
Susan Smart, the ECITB’s Head of Oil and Gas, who retires after more than a decade with the government skills body this month, has taken a moment to reflect on her 30-year career in upstream oil and gas, where she leaves the industry, and its promising future in the new energy landscape.
Axora unveils major report into digital trends in global oil and gas industry
Axora, the digital solutions marketplace for industrial innovators, has published a major new report into digital trends and key growth drivers in the global oil and gas industry.
OGTC partners with consortium to deliver cost effective Direct Air Capture technology
OGTC has partnered with a consortium to deliver a sustainable membrane absorption and regeneration technology for direct air capture (SMART-DAC).
Why not Judy? UK regulator asks Shell for more detail on Jackdaw plans
UK regulators have told Shell to provide more detail on the thinking behind its Jackdaw field development plans.
OGUK launches ‘one of the sector’s biggest’ workforce engagement campaigns
Industry body OGUK will conduct one of the sector’s biggest workforce engagement campaigns as part of a wider effort to deliver a fair energy transition.
Malaysia’s DNeX eyes more North Sea M&A as Ping deal nears finishing line
Malaysian IT and energy sector service provider Dagang Nexchange (DNeX) is closing in on a deal to increase its stake in North Sea minnow Ping Petroleum to 90%.