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Fracking for shale gas under the North Sea could be worth £600billion to the Scottish economy, a think-tank has claimed.
Former chancellor of the exchequer and leader of the Better Together campaign Alistair Darling warned a successful vote for Scottish independence was a “one way ticket to an uncertain destination” for the UK and the North Sea oil and gas industry.
The SNP’s Fergus Ewing hit back at claims that the UK government has offered the North Sea oil industry a stable tax regime and said that an independent Scotland would do better.
Sir Ian Wood did not, I am sure, particularly want to get involved in the independence referendum debate. Eventually, he was driven to do so by the gross misrepresentation of a subject he knows better than almost anyone.
The Scottish Energy sector is undoubtedly an international affair. Multinational companies are the mainstay of the oil and gas industry and skilled workers from all over the world make up the vital personnel needed to keep the revenue flowing.
Oil companies are resuming work in Kurdistan as security improves in the Iraqi autonomous region after unrest that led to staff evacuations.
Professor Ursula Witte discusses the University of Aberdeen's research into oil-eating bacteria that could help clean up oil spills in North Sea waters
Shamaran Petroleum has resumed drilling operations in Iraq after the conflict-ridden area was deemed too volatile to stay in.
While the Russian energy sector has felt the impact of Western sanctions, the risk of major restrictions being placed directly on the sector remains relatively low.
For Bruce Misamore, $2.5billion just isn’t enough. Not after waiting a decade for justice. Not after his former boss was wrongly imprisoned in Siberia and 50,000 of his company’s former shareholders have yet to be made whole.
For 35 of the past 40 years I've been in the energy industry I've lived in Scotland and have watched Aberdeen and the north-east grow and prosper on the back of oil and gas.
Energy Voice sat down with Step Change in Safety team leader Les Linklater in the wake of the biggest changes to affect the offshore transport sector.
Over the past several weeks, thousands of offshore workers have been put through short courses to get familiar with the new Category A compliant Compressed Air Emergency Breathing System (CA-EBS) mandated by the Civil Aviation Authority following its inquiry into North Sea helicopter safety.
An independent Scotland will negotiate to claw back “substantial” historic oil revenues in order to ensure it can maintain decommissioning tax credits promised by the UK Government, an expert has claimed.
We’ve all seen horrific photos of people going around, through or under barriers at railway crossings and just making it across the track before a train comes thundering through. They are extreme examples of how we all take risks to save a few precious minutes.
Almost 52,000 offshore workers have been trained to use a mandatory new emergency breathing system (EBS) as new rules on their use come into for today, the industry safety body has revealed.
It's evident that the UK oil and gas market is going through adjustment following a period of substantial investment growth.
The Scottish independence campaign has received “a body blow” with new figures showing tax receipts from North Sea oil and gas have dropped by almost a fifth, Treasury Secretary Danny Alexander said.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. is sending staff back to Iraqi Kurdistan after US airstrikes eased the threat from Islamic State militants that prompted a mass evacuation of expatriate oil workers three weeks ago.
It’s only natural to become caught up in your own affairs and put national interests first. But, we must endeavour to keep a European perspective and also an international perspective. This year’s ONS shows we’re not adverse to global workforce sharing. Many delegates are men and women who are already working or becoming fully-fledged energy ex-pats in the likes of Houston, Singapore, Dubai or Perth. I’d like to see the same adventurous spirit closer to home.
Scotland’s top prosecutor has made a landmark legal move to access the black box recorder from a Super Puma which crashed last August killing four oil workers on board.
Independence supporters have welcomed claims by an Aberdeen University oil expert that the North Sea could be poised for a second major boom.
Norway presents a unique opportunity to the independent explorer due to its very favourable tax credit system, to help with exploration costs, and the sheer scale of the under-explored continental shelf.
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