The energy sector is rarely free from the spotlight, but with a potential change of political leadership on the horizon next month, there has been even more talk about the future of the North Sea in the battle to win votes.
The energy industry and the North Sea has loomed ever-larger on the political radar. As parties vie for votes ahead of the UK General election on 4 July, leading industry lawyer Graeme Clubley offers his analysis on the impact on the sector of each group's manifesto policies.
Change is nothing new for the energy sector, but, with the General Election in full swing, and a Labour victory seeming more likely by the day, some of the most significant changes in decades may soon take effect.
Today is International Women in Engineering Day, which celebrates the amazing work of female engineers around the world.
The 60 biggest players in global banking have stoked the oil and gas industry to the tune of almost $7 trillion since the Paris Agreement signed in December 2015 at COP21.
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres called on Wednesday for a “windfall” tax on the profits of fossil fuel companies to help pay for the fight against global warming, calling them the “godfathers of climate chaos”.
You have to go back half a century since energy featured as a major General Election issue.
About ten years ago the writer and New Yorker magazine cartoonist Tom Toro published his now famous cartoon showing three children and an adult around a campfire in the middle of a desert with the caption “Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders.”
In April 2022, the United Nations’ Climate Report declared it was ‘Now or Never’ to limit global warming to 1.5C.
The UK government has instituted nearly a 50% increase in the minimum salary threshold for those arriving into the country under the Skilled Worker visa route.
The UK can unlock significant future growth opportunities in offshore wind – but only if industry and government work collaboratively to support a positive investment climate.
An Energy Voice documentary answers key questions on the furore around Rosebank, the largest untapped find in UK waters and perhaps the most controversial oil field of recent times.
Vattenfall’s recent announcement that it was canning its hydrogen trial at the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre offshore Aberdeen has rather riled me.
Most of what we do, most of what we own and even where and how we live and work is in one way or another a result of the development of the oil and gas industry.
The end of March was my four-year anniversary as part of the Energy Voice team. On the one hand, it feels like time has flown by. On the other, it also feels like ages ago when the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to a standstill.
Robots are making wind farm upkeep safer, more efficient, and eco-friendly, says Pete Felton.
Orkney Harbours has huge reason for optimism as it forges ahead with plans for 2024.
The big bust-up at Holyrood needed a trigger point and that came when the SNP-Green administration formally dropped its target for a 75% cut in emissions from 1990 by 2030.
With growing geopolitical unrest, and headwinds in renewables, future energy policy should recognise the vital role that oil and gas will continue to play, writes Jon Fitzpatrick, founder and managing director of Gneiss Energy.
Investors are bringing a rising number of energy arbitration claims against states, driven by the pace of transition to renewables and the increase in environmental, social and governance (ESG) and climate-related regulations.
The Scottish Government likes the idea of getting into bed with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to drive the development and mass manufacture of floating offshore wind turbines, initially for deployment in Scottish waters.
The UK’s decarbonisation goals are undoubtedly ambitious and will require a comprehensive, multi-faceted strategy if the country is to meet its net zero obligations.
Pemex’ safety and environmental track record is among the worst that I have encountered in my almost 35 years of writing about energy.
I don’t know about you but I love a good steak. Preferably a medium rare, one inch thick ribeye sliced and served with my version of the sauce created by the famous French “L'Entrecôte” restaurant chain I ate in regularly when I lived and worked in France a few decades ago and, a good size side of French fries plus, of course, a glass or two of a decent vin rouge.
The CCC has caught up on realities and is asking hard questions, writes Brian Wilson.