John Robertson, Senior Development Manager for Crown Estate Scotland, the body responsible for leasing the seabed in Scotland talks through some of what lies ahead for the offshore wind industry in Scotland.
Former primary school teacher turned motivational speaker, Gavin Oattes, is managing director of workshop and training course provider Tree of Knowledge.
Pub quiz time. What is the connection between the opening game at the World Cup in June and the fact that we are now heading towards 140p a litre at the pumps, and rising?
To curb greenhouse gas emissions, nations, states, and major conurbations/cities should aim for a mix of fuel-saving, plus flexible and highly reliable sources of energy.
I remember clearly the chit-chat in the 1980s about the prospects of creating some form of Scottish Schlumberger. It was a worthy ambition but ultimately one that was never going to be achieved.
North-east property markets pretty much follow the rise and fall of the oil price, whether industrial, land or residential.
If you haven’t noticed intellectual property (IP) and trade secrets being removed from your business, then you probably aren’t looking hard enough.
The UKCS is the largest decommissioning market in the North Sea. There are around 475 fixed facilities, over 10,000 kilometres of pipeline and approximately 5,000 wells. These will all need to be decommissioned over the next 30 years, when they reach the end of their economic life, at an estimated cost of £59.7 billion.
The Scottish Government published Scotland’s first Energy Strategy in December last year.
Faced with a tough downturn, the oil and gas industry has been working harder than ever to find smarter ways to do business.
The times they are a-changing and the energy sector is changing more than most.
The oil and gas sector is well versed on the benefits of investing in emerging and disruptive technologies, but what is the appetite for innovation in Scotland, and how can we ensure that new technologies are utilised fully in our industry and help our industry to thrive?
While you might think otherwise, we are actually far less likely to be exposed to terror attacks in the UK today compared with recent decades.
During a recent walk on Arran, I came across this abandoned car. It had clearly been there for a long time and nature was taking its course. It made me think about Greenpeace’s comments on Shell’s Brent Spar.
September 22nd is ‘World Car Free Day’, when cities around the world temporarily ban cars from the roads in an effort to raise awareness of issues such as carbon emissions and urban pollution.
For many in the energy sector, it’s not just potential energy reserves which remain untapped, but also data reserves.
The Scottish Government’s backing for an ultra-deep-water decommissioning facility at Dales Voe in Shetland reminded me of a communication I received from energy minister Paul Wheelhouse.
Passionate about growing talent, and with almost four decades of leadership experience, I like to think I know a thing or two about start-ups.
Passionate about growing talent, and with almost four decades of leadership experience, I like to think I know a thing or two about start-ups.
More than two weeks of nearly uninterrupted price gains for crude oil ended this week, with the rally running out of steam. The question is what happens next?
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Harnessing the power of digital for business growth needs to be adopted across the whole of your business in order to grow. That holistic approach needs to start somewhere; could that starting point be your tax function?
Concerns surrounding decommissioning liabilities have been around for many years – particularly the angst caused by the phrase ‘liable in perpetuity’.
You have to make your own luck, allegedly, but it really helps when stuff just goes your way. And it really really helps if you can somehow combine favorable vagaries with a little fortune-engineering of your own.
Later today, with my colleagues Neil Gordon, Subsea UK Chief Executive and Stuart Payne, Director of HR and Supply Chain at the Oil & Gas Authority (OGA), I’ll provide evidence to the Scottish Affairs Committee in Westminster on a proposed sector deal.