Climate and energy security goals are at risk in the North Sea oil and gas economies of the UK, Norway and Denmark – but concrete pathways, created in partnership with those affected by the phase-out across all sectors, could create a global clean transition blueprint, writes Dr Kirsten Jenkins, co-author of a new report series from the Oil and Gas Transitions (OGT) initiative.
An autumnal chill is here, bringing thoughts of a cold winter which, this year, carries a sense of dread for households facing soaring energy bills.
Solar farms, when implemented in line with current planning requirements, are not unpopular, do not harm biodiversity, and do not use land to the detriment of food production. They also provide business rates for local governments, rural jobs, and a vital source of income for British farmers. So why is the government considering policy that would severely restrict solar farm development in England?
The skills supply and demand dilemma is once more at the forefront of a set of very big challenges facing the underwater industry.
This month, millions of people around the world observed World Mental Health Day, supporting its 2022 theme of making mental health for all a global priority.
How do we keep Europe warm this winter? What is the future of energy for Europe? Has decarbonization slipped off the to-do list?
Angelika Hellweger of Rahman Ravelli assesses a case that has important implications for corporates conducting public consultations.
This year has seen the world gradually ease into a new normal, following two years of uncertainty and restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
OEUK’s Diversity and Inclusion Report last year, which garnered the views of some 1600 people from over 100 organisations in the UK Oil and Gas industry, made for sobering, if unsurprising, reading.
It’s a part of life … every second of every day, myriad people are handled unfairly, wittingly or otherwise.
I have never accepted the artificial division of politics into left or right wing. There are policies that work for people and lead to economic, industrial and social progress and policies that don’t and any political party is capable of producing either.
A month is indeed a long time in politics. Since I last wrote here, we have a new Prime Minister, a crashing pound and an unprecedented scale of intervention in the energy markets in an effort to stave off the worst impacts of impending price rises.
The current supply crunch and record-high energy prices, combined with the rapid social, economic and environmental changes are fundamentally reshaping the global political, economic, and societal landscape in which the sector operates.
How far ahead, or how far behind, are you when it comes to diversity, equality and inclusion (DE&I) initiatives?
This is the stuff of a Whitehall Farce.
By 2026, renewables are set to make up almost 95 per cent of increased global power capacity. The increased capacity will have a knock-on effect on the wind industry, growing the challenges already faced, such as Remote Operations Centres (ROC) struggling with the increased assets to monitor.
A judicial review decision in Scotland’s Court of Session over the summer provides further evidence of a growing wave of post-COP26 challenges to governments over their commitment in delivering on net zero pledges.
The challenges to making green hydrogen production commercially viable can be tackled if the right technology and economic infrastructure are in place, writes Maria Anez-Lingerfelt, senior scientist at Pall Corporation.
Climate change and energy transition, shifting from a linear to a circular economy, rising inequality, balancing economic needs with those of society – these are the unprecedented global challenges we all face. Investors, banks, regulators, as well as consumers and employees, are scrutinising businesses like never before and demanding that we address these challenges.
Industry has to respond to Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) call for representations for additions to shortage occupation list
Record-breaking commodity prices resulting in sky-high gas and electricity prices have prompted calls for fundamental market reform. The European Union (EU) announced in September 2022 that it is looking to impose historic interventions in the energy market to rein in soaring commodity prices, including considering a levy on excess profits and potential gas price caps.
Earlier this month, energy leaders from across the world descended on Stavanger, Norway, for the annual Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) conference.
With gas prices now more than five times the cost of a barrel of North Sea benchmark Brent Blend, the outlook for energy across Europe including the UK, is shocking.
I spent nearly ten very happy and rewarding years working offshore with a great bunch of people operating deep water manned submersibles and ROVs mainly in the N Sea.
If the industry’s focus in 2021 (especially leading up to the COP26 summit) was on climate change action, the story of 2022 has been how to balance energy transition with the need to ensure security and affordability of energy supplies.