Legal loophole could shield firm from windfarm ruling
Exclusive: A windfarm developer has asked the UK Government to give it a special legal exemption which could shield it from a ruling which threatens the industry.
Cameron: We need to implement Wood Review on North Sea
David Cameron yesterday backed Sir Ian Wood’s oil and gas industry review – signalling his support for the radical changes required to maximise North Sea recovery.
Halliburton makes £20m swoop to buy Scots energy firm
Exclusive: A small Aberdeen energy firm has been bought by a US oil service giant in a deal believed to be worth up to £20million.
Shell warned over breaking safety rules at St Fergus gas terminal
Exclusive: Oil giant Shell has been accused of breaking safety rules at the St Fergus gas terminal.
Petrofac to launch armed forces training scheme to plug oil industry skills gap
Petrofac is turning to ex-Army and RAF personnel to tackle the oil and gas industry skills gap.
Marathon insists business as usual despite fears over North Sea jobs
MORE than 1,000 North Sea workers face an uncertain future today after one of the world’s biggest oil companies announced plans to sell up and leave the UK.
Global Energy Group on acquisition trail after profits surge
The Global Energy Group is eyeing up further international acquisitions following a second consecutive year of huge growth.
Windfarm owners paid £125K per day to turn off their turbines
Exclusive: Windfarm operators are sharing payouts of nearly £125,000 a day – for turning off their turbines.
Proserv makes switch to new HQ after launching hunt for 150 new staff
A leading Aberdeenshire energy firm is trebling the size of its headquarters – and launched a hunt for 150 new staff.
Liberator North Sea find could be worth £1billion for Dana
Dana Petroleum’s new North Sea discovery could be worth more than £1billion.
Renewables supply chain failure has cost UK thousands of green energy jobs, warns report
A new report has claimed that the UK has missed out on thousands of jobs because Westminster failed to develop a home-grown supply chain before handing huge subsidies to green energy firms.
Energy price freeze scares off investors, claims Centrica boss
The outgoing chairman of Centrica has warned that the “Punch and Judy” debate about energy prices in the UK is putting off investors.
UK shale gas reserves ‘like North Sea all over again’, claims Cuadrilla boss.
The man spearheading the hunt for shale gas in the UK says the reserves his company have found “are like the North Sea all over again”.
Autumn Statement: £600m tax blow in fresh assault on oil and gas industry
George Osborne’s continued assault on tax avoidance will cost the oil and gas industry hundreds of millions of pounds.
Scots firms begin countdown for OTC 2014
Scottish firms are already starting to make preparations to attend the world's top oil and gas show.
Parkmead is ‘next Dana’ as value of oil firm tops $250m in two years
Tom Cross says he is on the verge of "creating the next Dana Petroleum" after the value of his new firm topped quarter of a billion dollars yesterday.
New gel process could bring billion extra North Sea barrels into reach
Exclusive: Thousands of jobs could be created under radical plans to use chemicals to squeeze an extra one billion barrels of oil out of the North Sea after bosses from nine leading UK providers met specialists yesterday.
Universities land £1.1m for biofuel research
It could be the ultimate in green energy - biofuel produced using solar energy.
Shareholder status offers new incentive to oil and gas industry
Employee shareholder status – which came into force on September 1 – could change the way oil and gas firms compete for staff.
Safety warning for divers over neck seal death fears
The Health and Safety Executive has issued a warning about equipment used by deep sea divers.
No FAI to be held over Bourbon Dolphin sinking
Scottish law chiefs have ruled out holding a fatal accident inquiry into the capsize of a supply vessel off Shetland which claimed the lives of the captain, his teenage son and six other men.
MOD shoots down windfarm plans over fears for pilots lives
SNP ministers have blocked plans for another big windfarm in Moray amid fears that it would put RAF pilots’ lives at risk.
Decommissioned North Sea fields to be opened up for fishing
Scottish fishermen will gain access to a rich new fishing ground under plans to decommission two North Sea fields.
Deadline extended for Offshore Achievement Awards entries
The deadline for entries for this year’s Offshore Achievement Awards (OAAs) has been extended to December 9.
Bond in talks with engineering firm over £1.5bn takeover
The firm behind Bond Helicopters could be taken over in a £1.5billion deal, it has emerged.