The Scottish Government will follow the publication of Sir Ian Wood’s North Sea review today by announcing more than £10million of funding for a new centre to pioneer oil and gas technology.
The prime minister’s acceptance of Sir Ian Wood’s radical review of the oil and gas industry will mean big changes for companies operating in the North Sea.
Prime Minister David Cameron will today accept all of industry veteran Sir Ian Wood’s recommendations to revolutionise the UK oil and gas sector.
David Cameron will take his Cabinet to Scotland tomorrow to highlight the importance to Scotland’s oil industry of staying in the UK.
A senior UK Government minister has dismissed proposals to set up an oil fund in an independent Scotland as a “pipe dream”.
Oil and gas industry chiefs raised major concerns last night about the impact of strict new safety rules governing North Sea helicopters.
A new UK oil and gas regulator should be established in Scotland to replace the “under-resourced and under-powered” Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) operation, according to Scotland’s Energy Minister.
No one knew I was involved in renewable energy as I browsed through the mountain jackets on a recent visit to an outdoor store in Inverness.
North Sea helicopter firms last night pledged to continue working to improve safety on offshore flights after a string of new measures were announced by regulators.
Major changes to offshore helicopter safety, including stopping flights in the most severe conditions, have been announced by air regulators.
An interactive guide to the key moments in the Super Puma tragedy.
Small scale hydro has taken great leaps forward in the past few years and whilst we may not be back to the glory years of the fifties and sixties, a solid industry has developed providing investment and jobs across Scotland primarily in the more rural areas.
First Minister Alex Salmond has claimed that a Westminster withdrawal of the pound from an independent Scotland would inflict a “George tax” on businesses across the rest of the UK at a cost of some £500million.
So, Shell has put a further bunch of UK North Sea assets on the market. However, we should not be surprised at this. Anasuria, Nelson and Sean are regarded as mature and immaterial.
UK Chancellor George Osborne has warned that a $20 (£12) fall in the price of a barrel of oil in an independent Scotland would cost 11,000 jobs.
OK, here we go, our next challenge is "U for Uranium".
The repeated claim that an independent Scotland would be a wealthy country because of North Sea oil and renewables is something I take exception to, writes Colin Welsh.
The 2009 North Sea helicopter disaster could have been avoided and the five-year wait for answers is “unacceptable”, a fatal accident inquiry into the crash has heard.
Europe’s latest move on shale gas is likely to leave a number of Euro-sceptics disgruntled.
An aircraft electronics expert has told the inquiry into the 2009 Super Puma disaster he was “baffled” by system data for the helicopter just a week before its fatal crash into the North Sea.
Press and Journal energy editor Jeremy Cresswell runs his eye over the big headlines coming from the opening day of the 2014 Subsea Expo at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre.
The Liberal Democrats’ former Scottish leader has claimed independence would threaten Aberdeen’s position as the oil capital of Europe.
A leading figure in the North Sea energy sector yesterday echoed concerns over Scottish independence voiced by the chief executive of oil and gas giant BP.
Air-worthiness reports for the helicopter involved in the 2009 North Sea Super Puma disaster do not have to be disclosed, the sheriff overseeing the fatal accident inquiry has ruled.
The 18th day of an inquiry into the 2009 North Sea Super Puma disaster focused on the doomed aircraft’s high-tech monitoring system.