New Year in St Andrews is a magical time. Where better to celebrate such an iconic Scottish milestone than in the town that bears the name of the country’s patron saint?
North-east MPs and Energy Minister Richard Harrington today heard how the decommissioning industry could bring a jobs boost and help spark new life into the oil sector.
UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford have backed a campaign for the parliament's £612 million pension fund to stop investing in fossil fuels.
The NHS is bracing itself for what could be the worst flu season in history, and so should your business. It is one of the biggest causes of short-term illness and absence from work, costing an employer £522 per employee. And while most people recover within a few days to two weeks, for certain parts of the population it can be deadly.
On average, 600 people a year die in the UK from complications of flu, but in some years this can rise significantly. Flu also leads to hundreds of thousands of GP visits and tens of thousands of hospital stays a year, adding pressure to already stretched health services.
What can be heard two miles beneath the sea floor? In its latest video, BP gives a glimpse into how seismic imaging is a powerful lens into the subsurface. Watch the video to find out more.
Wood has landed a multi-million deal for the engineering, procurement and construction management services for a new biotech facility to be built in Marburg, Germany.
According to Oil and Gas UK’s Health & Safety Report 2017, 73 hydrocarbon releases (HCRs) were reported under RIDDOR in 2016. Although the total number of process HCRs has been showing a sustained decline since it hit a peak in 2004 it is still the second most common type of incident and accounts for more than a quarter of dangerous occurrences reported under RIDDOR. There is no doubt that prevention of hydrocarbon releases remains an industry priority; and according to Plant Integrity Management Ltd (PIM) integrity management and in particular, improved condition knowledge, sometimes referred to as condition statements, should be an integral part of achieving this.
In direct response to recently released safety statistics, Atlas Knowledge, a leading provider of digital learning solutions, today (Monday 27th November) announces the launch of its accredited Core4 Safety at Work campaign to champion safe working practices across safety critical industries.
Energy businesses with innovative ideas to help future-proof the industry are being urged to access up to a million pounds of funding and support to unlock new sustainable business opportunities.
By Roy Wood, managing director of Denholme Valvecare
While there have been sweeping changes across the industry in recent months, particularly with increased merger and acquisition activity, one constant has remained: the value placed upon the exacting standards set in the North Sea.
International foodservice and facilities management giant Sodexo said a new UK North Sea deal with Bibby Marine Services would create 40 jobs at the two companies.
Councils across the UK have more than £16 billion of pension funds invested in fossil fuel companies, helping to drive climate change, campaigners have claimed.
innogy SE and SSE plc have agreed to merge innogy’s British retail business npower with SSE’s household energy and energy services business in Great Britain to form an independent British retail energy company.