Subsea capability crucial to UK capitalising on floating offshore wind
Global Underwater Hub to grasp “greatest opportunity for subsea in our generation”
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Richard Lochhead: ‘Future of the energy sector is bright’
Climate change is already being felt here in Scotland.
Net Zero Week: The role of insulation in achieving net zero
Last month, it was reported that the Prime Minister was drawing up a £1bn plan to insulate hundreds of thousands more homes across the UK to help shield people from the rising cost of living.
Bids for carbon storage licensing demand critical geological evaluation
Bidding for the UK’s first ever carbon storage licensing round has opened amid a high level of interest.
A view from the front line: Safety services provider RMI on how the North Sea overcame Covid
With the UK having seemingly emerged from Covid-19 - or still emerging depending on whom you ask - it affords the oil and gas industry time to take stock.
What’s the safety case for the planet?
It’s not often an entire train of thought is triggered by a report on an unusual event in the world of ornithology.
UK Windfall tax: a closer look
It is expected that the legislation introducing the new energy profits levy – better known as the windfall tax – will pass through parliament later this month, before taking effect from when it was originally announced 26 May.
Brian Wilson: Setting climate targets is one thing, meeting them is another
Setting targets is one thing and meeting them is another. That is the underlying message on which the latest, highly sceptical report by the Committee on Climate Change is built.
That small matter of asset integrity
A story carried by EV on June 23 has been gnawing at me ever since …
Make oil production greener by going local
Extracting oil from the ground is a massive logistical undertaking. It requires an army of workers, vehicles and equipment to even get started, let alone produce sustainably and profitably.
INTOG can provide lift-off for future energy
Decarbonisation of oil and gas activities in the North Sea, largely through electrification, will play a central role in Scotland's ongoing energy transition.
BP boss says UK needs to ‘go a lot quicker’ to deliver energy transition on time
BP’s UK head of country has challenged industry and government to slash the time it takes to deliver low carbon projects.
Hydrogen: The future of European energy or ‘the most dumb thing’
Over the past few months, Europe has radically accelerated its energy ambitions, placing hydrogen at the centre.
Patent trends in the renewable energy shift
To avoid catastrophic climate breakdown, we must limit global temperature rises to 1.5C, and the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that the time to act is “now or never” if we are to achieve this. As the biggest single contributor to global warming, the energy sector has a huge role to play, but alarm over energy security following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens to derail an already fragile energy transition. Now, more than ever, support for low carbon energy innovation is urgently needed to roll out clean energy solutions that reduce emissions along with dependence on Russian oil and gas.
The energy trilemma – the role of CCS and hydrogen
The energy trilemma: mentioned in almost every session at last month’s OEUK Industry Conference held in Aberdeen, the balancing act between security & reliability of supply, affordability and sustainability is clearly at the forefront of industry considerations today.
Energy at a crossroads: which way next?
After a certain amount of time in this industry, you get a certain understanding for how the energy system works.
Left without a scooby? Industry needs certainty, windfall tax or not
Sanjoy Sen sets out the case for certainty in the North Sea taxation regime in the wake of last month's windfall tax announcement.
Mental health column: Communicate with clarity
Success is where people love to work, and where we work and what success looks like, is different for all of us. So how, as leaders, do we support our people’s mental health in a hybrid and hyper-connected world?
Windfall tax: Politicians should ‘rise above the calls of the election timetable’
The UK Government’s decision to impose a windfall tax on industry is disappointing and presents challenges to a sector that is focussed on meeting the UK’s energy needs for decades to come.
The Green Freeports race is on
The race is warming up to determine the locations for Scotland’s two Green Freeports.
Hydrogen opportunity could evaporate
During a recent visit to the USA the First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon gave a speech at the Brooking Institute in which she expressed extensive support for the proposition that hydrogen will be an essential part of the move away from fossil fuels.
The next year will see a lot of winners, but for some businesses, there will be one headwind too many
The first half of 2022 has been incredibly turbulent for Europe’s energy sector. And though many economies have shown a robust recovery in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, several other factors are now posing equally challenging risks.
Lack of renewables incentive is critical failure in government’s windfall tax scheme
Yesterday's announcement by Sunak was far from destructive for the North Sea oil & gas industry given the generous projects investment tax relief, but it fails, as it turns out, in at least one critical way.
Deirdre Michie: Supporting consumers is essential – damaging the UK energy industry is no way to do it
The Chancellor’s Energy Profits Levy, announced yesterday, is a disappointing and worrying development for industry. The shockwaves will undoubtedly be felt in offshore energy jobs and communities for years to come.
The benefits of a circular economy
The benefit of a circular approach as we address the climate challenge, with more focus on re-use and recycling, has been emphasised for me in recent days.