Maurice Eaton leaves Northern Petroleum board
Oil and gas firm Northern Petroleum have confirmed Maurice Eaton has left the company's board.
Production halted on Oseberg after alarm
Statoil has halted production on its North Sea oil-field centre at Oseberg after an incident this morning.
Nominations invited for global oil and gas safety awards
Energy industry firms and training providers have been invited to submit nominations for OPITO's safety and competency annual awards.
Domestic energy bills ‘prop up windfarms’
Domestic energy bills are helping to prop up Britain’s windfarm industry, with every job in the sector effectively costing £100,000 a year in subsidies, according to reports yesterday.
Bmi to launch new flight service between Aberdeen and Kristiansund
[free] A new flight will be launched this summer linking Aberdeen with a major oil and gas hub in Norway, it has been announced.
Park Brown launch new Houston office in US expansion
Oil and gas executive search and leadership consultancy Park Brown has opened a new office in Houston.
ExxonMobile’s Lee Tillman to replace Marathon boss Clarence Cazalot in August
Marathon Oil has confirmed chairman, president and CEO Clarence Cazalot Jr is to retire at the end of this year.
Shell look to Guanghui link-up for Chinese LNG terminal
Royal Dutch Shell says it has signed a letter of intent with energy firm Guanghui Energy to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in east China.
Energy industry figures join Lloyd’s Register board
Lloyd’s Register has appointed two new non-executive directors to its board.
EI members to visit carbon capture bid location
Energy Institute members and guests will have the chance to learn more about one of Scotland’s largest power stations and its future potential as the world’s first full-scale gas carbon capture and storage project later this month.
Well intervention conference seeks speakers and presentations
Well intervention experts are being sought to speak at conference in Aberdeen later this year.
BG Group completes Gujarat Gas sale
BG Group says it has completed the £270million sale of its majority stage in India's largest private natural gas distributor.
Subsea UK launches new skills initiative
Subsea UK has launched a new initiative aimed at closing the skills gap in the UK industry.
Below average increase for global energy use as oil market share drops
Global renewable energy usage rose by more than 15% last year while the US saw the world's highest growth in production of both oil and gas, according to a new report.
IEA: Spike in crude demand will coincide with North Sea maintenance drop
Maintenance work will lead to higher crude oil production cuts from the North Sea this summer than the average for the last six years, the International Energy Agency has said.
British oil worker kidnapped in Indonesia
A British oil worker has reportedly been kidnapped in Indonesia.
Amec and Xcite to start Bentley FEED
Energy industry project management firm Amec is to provide engineering services for Xcite in the Bentley oil field.
Scottish oil and gas strategy progress hailed
The Scottish Government has welcomed progress in its oil and gas strategy one year after it was launched.
Force majeure lifted on Shell’s Nigeria gas supplies
Shell lifted the force majeure in place on on gas supplies to Nigeria's liquefied natural gas plant.
Australian gas opportunities could prove big business for industry
Australia’s fast-growing energy sector offers new opportunities for north-east firms, says KPMG.
Wood Group PSN secures £140million extension to Beatrice and Nigg contracts
Wood Group PSN has secured a £140millon contract extension from Ithaca Energy to continue delivering services to the Beatrice offshore platform and Nigg onshore terminal.
Technip launches new French innovation centre
Energy industry project management firm Technip has launched a new innovation and technology centre near Paris.
Noble to begin Cyprus gas appraisals
Noble Energy will begin drilling for natural gas at a new appraisal well off Cyprus from tomorrow.
Onshore windfarms face community veto threat under new council rules
Campaigners fear tough new rules in England which allow residents to block new windfarms could lead to developers flooding Scotland with applications, as MPs said the new measures spelled the 'beginning of the end' for onshore turbines.
Brent crude prices recover after USA jobs news boost
Brent crude rose further above $103 a barrel today after strong jobs news from the USA, a drop in the country's oil stocks and lower Iranian exports outweighed worries that the U. Federal Reserve may scale back its economic stimulus programme.