Continued delayed operator payments create ‘a master-slave relationship’
In 2023 more than a fifth of invoices sent to oil firms were paid late, continuing a “master-slave relationship” between operators and supply chain, according to unions.
Woodside, climate group agree to end Scarborough gas challenge
Woodside Energy Group Ltd. and the Australian Conservation Foundation agreed to dismiss the latter’s challenge to the development of the $12.5 billion Scarborough natural gas field off Western Australia.
Equinor partially evacuates North Sea platform following well incident
Equinor, the Norwegian state-owned energy firm, has evacuated some of the workers from the Gullfaks C platform and shut down production.
Inverness-based Aurora Energy Services expands into Chile with acquisition
Aurora continues it's M&A spree as it picks up a Chilean wind energy services business.
EnergyPathways ‘not been affected in a negative sense’ by windfall tax tinkering
EnergyPathways CEO Ben Clube is looking on the bright side of Labour’s windfall tax changes as he feels the winds of change blowing in the North Sea.
Mitch Flegg: Labour has right plan if it wants to ‘kill’ oil and gas and the supply chain
A senior North Sea leader has issued a chilling indictment of the UK Government's tax policies and the impacts it will have on jobs and key industry.
How will ‘the best ONS ever’ be topped?
ONS conference CEO Leif Johan Sevland discusses how his team are topping their best show yet with a bigger and better event this month.
LNG builder plans new UK terminal to help cut reliance on Europe
The UK is a good candidate for a new terminal to import liquefied natural gas because of growing demand and the desire to kick its dependency on pipeline supplies from Europe, the project developer said.
LNG tanker signals heading to europe from sanctioned plant
A liquefied natural gas tanker that recently docked at the sanctioned Arctic LNG-2 export facility in Russia is heading toward Europe, ship tracking data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Harbour reports $1.21bn in earnings for first half of 2024
Harbour Energy (LON: HBR) has revealed earnings of $1.2 billion in the first half of 2024 as it progresses with its Wintershall Dea acquisition takeover.
ORE Catapult on the hunt for new CEO
Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult) is searching for a new chief executive officer following Andrew Jamieson's 12-year reign.
Shell hands Wood pre-FEED work on Middle East hydrogen project
Wood (LON: WG) has been awarded pre-front-end engineering and design (pre-FEED) work on Oman's Blue Horizons hydrogen project by the UK supermajor Shell (LON: SHEL).
Finch: Supreme Court ruling on ‘scope 3’ emissions: A game-changer for oil and gas planning law implications
On 20 June 2024, the UK Supreme Court delivered a landmark decision in the case of R (Finch) v Surrey County Council, requiring environmental impact assessments (EIAs) for oil and gas projects to include 'scope 3' or 'downstream' emissions.
Irish Sea gas developer EnergyPathways finds positive in EPL changes
Gas firm EnergyPathways (AIM:EPP) has shared its support for last week’s changes to the energy profits levy which prompted outrage from some of its peers.
North Sea divers set to commence two months of strike action
RMT Union's members working under the Offshore Diving Industry Agreement (ODIA) have voted in favour of strike action which is set to span two months.
Sidara steps away from takeover as Wood shares collapse
Wood's share prices have dropped by almost 40% since Sidara announced it was stepping away from its takeover bid.
EPL changes mean ‘companies like Serica won’t invest’ says chairman
Serica Energy's chairman has argued that changes to the EPL will lead to firms like his not investing in the UK and job losses.
ONS to ‘imagine’ the possibilities of an energy transition during 50 year celebration
ONS conference president Leif Johan Sevland talks through his show's theme and how the energy sector has chnaged since 2022.
Port of Dundee business shuts its doors as company ‘consolidates’
The firm brought the first major decommissioning project to the city, which employed 200 workers at its peak.
EVOL: Windfall woes, a budget boost and a wind farm of epic proportions
This week on EVOL, the Energy Voice team discuss the reaction to upcoming changes to the windfall tax, and whether it’s behind Shell and Exxon offloading their Southern North Sea assets.
Wood pushes back Sidara takeover bid deadline again
Wood (LON:WG) has pushed back the "put up or shut up" date for Sidara's takeover bid by a week as discussions "remain ongoing."
PODCAST: OPITO on global expansion and energy transition
As the energy sector continues to expand and roll out new technologies, training standards must keep pace to ensure that workers are adequately equipped to handle the environments they find themselves in.
Chancellor targets ‘unjustifiably generous’ investment allowances and confirms North Sea windfall tax
The Labour Party has forged ahead with plans for the rise and extension of the windfall tax on North Sea companies which will come into force 1 November.
Pictures: Western Isles FPSO arrives in Orkney
NEO Energy’s Western Isles FPSO has been spotted arriving at Orkney Harbour ahead of its work at the Greater Buchan Area redevelopment.
Former Siemens UK CEO Juergen Maier takes on GB Energy top job
Who is the new chair of Great British Energy Juergen Maier?