Marc Kolber, a native of Long Island, has spent more than three years overseeing the construction of offices for foreign oil companies in Iraqi Kurdistan. Now he’s joining an exodus of expatriates from the capital, Erbil.
A dispute over control of Kirkuk and Iraq’s fourth-largest oilfield between the central government in Baghdad and Kurdish regional officials should be resolved with a local vote, according to the country’s ambassador to the UK.
Petroceltic International today confirmed it suspended production and withdrew all non-essential staff from its operations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
OIL companies may have to charter boats or hire bigger helicopters to accommodate overweight workers following a landmark European legal move.
Brent and West Texas Intermediate crude climbed for a second day after U.S. President Barack Obama authorised air strikes in Iraq, the second-biggest oil producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
A landmark legal bid to have obese people officially classed as disabled could have “widespread and expensive” consequences for businesses, a leading Scottish law firm has warned.
Infinis Energy, a renewable-power company backed by Guy Hands’s venture capital fund, said it is holding off on a decision on whether to build two wind farms until Scotland decides whether it will remain part of the UK.
North Sea oil and the key role it will play after Scotland's independence decision has boiled to the top of the debate agenda as the historic vote in September approaches.
The Kurdistan Regional Government could double its oil production in the next year and triple it within a decade, according Goldman Sachs Group. The semi-autonomous region is currently locked in a battle with the Iraqi government over its right to export crude.
A US judge ordered the seizure of more than $100million of oil stored in a tanker located offshore Galveston, Texas.
The health of oil and gas workers is to be put under the spotlight at a special event in Aberdeen next month.
Chinese companies remain undeterred by recent violence and will keep investing in Iraq’s energy sector, China’s Middle East envoy said today.
A North Sea oil worker plunged 2,000ft to his death after opening the emergency exit of a helicopter and jumping out.
2009 Super Puma deaths were preventable, coroner says
Chancellor George Osborne will today announce plans for a “game changer” tax break to boost North Sea oil and gas exploration.
A new helicopter model is set to start flying in the North Sea in weeks after getting the green light from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
As modern Iraq collapses, the northern region of Kurdistan is emerging as an oasis of relative calm -- with plenty of oil to support its political ambitions for independence. With the advance of Islamist rebels deep into Iraq, autonomous Kurdistan is increasingly rejecting Baghdad’s claims over its oil. Last week Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani seized control of fields near Kirkuk, in the latest move by Kurdistan to assert control over the region’s oil.
Exploration in the North Sea has continued to plummet due to ever spiralling costs and firms taking a “wait and see” approach to new regulation and taxes, new research has found.
The Government’s Transport Select Committee recently published its report into offshore helicopter safety. It followed the deaths of four passengers when a Super Puma helicopter ditched into the North Sea on 23 August 2013.
Oil and gas chiefs have welcomed a £15million contribution from the UK Government towards the cost of a new industry regulator.
The £15million funding by the UK Government towards the new energy regulator will ensure the body can address the industry's needs as soon as possible, believes a Scotland Office Minister.
Funding of £15million to help kick-start a new independent regulator for the North Sea oil and gas industry has been announced by the UK government.
An independent Scotland would be “unlikely to be able to provide the same level of support” to the oil and gas industry, a leading UK Government minister has claimed as a review of tax arrangements for the industry is launched.
Kurdish fighters have taken over two oil fields outside the disputed city of Kirkuk, Iraq’s Oil Ministry says.
Chief Treasury Secretary Danny Alexander has challenged SNP chiefs over what he branded as “fantastical” claims on future North Sea revenues.