Aberdeen helicopter firm staff isolating after positive Covid tests
A number of staff at an Aberdeen-based helicopter firm are self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19.
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Angola’s oil and gas industry can thrive alongside biodiversity
Angola can balance environmental protections with ongoing hydrocarbon exploration, in line with its constitution, writes Verner Ayukegba, Senior Vice-President at the African Energy Chamber.
Neptune Energy dishes out laptops for lockdown schooling
Neptune Energy today announced it has donated 50 laptops to support online learning for pupils at two London schools, following reports of a major shortage of computer equipment for schoolchildren.
BP to reduce number of workers on ETAP after three further Covid-19 cases on board
BP is reducing the number of workers on one of its North Sea platforms after an increase in the number of Covid-19 cases recorded on board.
Updated: Oil workers could be granted exemption to Scotland travel quarantine measures
Transport Secretary Michael Matheson has said oil and gas workers travelling back into Scotland could be granted exemption from enforced quarantine measures.
Petroleos Mexicanos employee deaths are accelerating with new Covid-19 wave
Covid-19 deaths at Mexico’s state-owned oil giant accelerated last month at the fastest pace since August amid a second wave of infections in the nation.
Beware greenwashing freeports
Less than a decade after the Tories under David Cameron scrapped the UK’s five freeports, they’re back on the agenda again.
Aberdeen charity takes stock as Granite City offices lie empty
An Aberdeen charity is quite literally taking stock as many offices in Europe’s oil and gas capital now lie empty.
Energy Transition: Follow the money, not the glamour
Sick of the term “energy transition” yet? What does it mean anyway? Aberdeen Lord Provost Barney Crockett described it well at the Energy Exports Conference: “Energy Transition is different for everyone. We each have to start from where we are today, and then we each get to set our own destination.”
Sparrows accused of refusing to pay quarantining workers, firm rebuts claims
Workers and unions have accused an Aberdeen-headquartered energy services firm of refusing to pay staff that have been forced to quarantine due to Covid-19 concerns.
Ithaca restarts production on North Sea platform following Covid outbreak
Ithaca Energy has restarted production on its FPF-1 platform in the North Sea following a Covid outbreak two weeks ago.
A sustainable future and a real story to tell
As the UK prepares to host the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow in November, we’re doing all we can to help others understand and see our industry’s crucial contribution towards delivering a net-zero economy.
Can you require employees to have the Covid vaccination?
The rapid roll out of Covid-19 vaccinations offers some light at the end of the tunnel after a year of restrictions, economic hardship and illness, and has been welcomed by most of the population. However, some remain concerned about the speed at which the vaccines have been developed. Surveys have reported that perhaps a third of UK citizens would be reluctant to receive the vaccine for various reasons including the potential unknown, long-term side-effects.
Crew hospitalised after Covid outbreak on Aberdeen ship
Several crew members on an Aberdeen registered vessel were left needing hospital treatment after a Covid-19 outbreak on board.
Countering unpredictability and uncertainty in the energy sector
A full month into 2021 and we are past the point of making predictions for the year ahead, other than unpredictability and uncertainty likely to remain the case for some time yet in the energy sector.
Will COP26 provide inspiration and trigger ambition?
The United Nations climate change conference which is to be held in Glasgow in November should be a source of inspiration and an opportunity for Scottish industry to showcase its Net Zero manufacturing supply chain.
Workers removed from BP North Sea platform after two ‘unrelated’ Covid cases on board
More than a dozen workers have been removed from a North Sea installation after two separate cases of Covid-19 were detected on board.
International trade policy threat to Scottish oil and gas companies
In his latest column, former UK Energy Minister Brian Wilson questions the Scottish Government's withdrawal of support for oil service exporters.
There’s more to COP26 than CO₂
With the energy industry preparing for COP26 later this year, it’s easy to forget that responsibility does not just fall to the heavy-weights.
It’s a weak case for green hydrogen
This week I attended three hydrogen webinars. By participating in these sessions I'm hoping a light comes as to what I’m missing. Not so, they all reinforce that the case for the role of hydrogen in delivering net zero is evidence weak.
Updated: Total’s Gryphon becomes latest North Sea facility to suffer Covid outbreak
French giant Total has become the latest oil company to suffer a serious outbreak of Covid-19 on one of its UK North Sea facilities.
Global consensus at COP26 will be critical to maintaining the pace of decarbonisation
The UK has come a long way in tackling climate change over the last decade. The data for the last five years demonstrates decarbonisation increasing at pace, culminating in the greenest year on record for Britain’s electricity system in 2020 - average carbon intensity (the measure of CO2 emissions per unit of electricity consumed) reached a new low of 181 gCO2/kWh. In total, the country was powered coal-free for over 5,147 hours in 2020, compared with 3,666 hours in 2019, 1,856 in 2018 and 624 in 2017.
OGUK makes vaccine push after spike in offshore Covid evacuations
Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) is calling for North Sea workers to be able to receive a Covid vaccine “as a priority” after a spike in virus-related evacuations in recent weeks.
SEC’s sympathy with Big Oil will test Biden Administration’s climate credibility
Now that Biden has committed to shifting from fossil fuels, the incoming chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler, must decide whether Big Oil are exempt from basic principles of shareholder democracy.
Covid outbreak at Score Group leads to 33 employees self-isolating
A Covid outbreak at Score Group has led to 33 employees self-isolating.