Billionaire industrialist Sir Jim Ratcliffe has blamed Britain's lack of industrial strategy and levies on carbon polluters for the closure of the UK's last plant producing synthetic ethanol.
Christopher O’Shea, chief executive of British Gas owner Centrica, has said he is “worried” about low gas reserves this winter.
Aberdeen-headquartered ASCO has been awarded a £70 million contract by Aker BP for work across its Norwegian operations.
2024 ended on a high at Concordia Damen, with the Dutch shipbuilding group reaching the roughly halfway stage in the design, build and delivery of two 550ft (167.5m) roll–on–roll–off wind turbine systems carriers for fellow Dutch company Amasus, with delivery of the first sister expected later this year (2025).
Scotland is to get a new testing facility to help identify any possible cases of the deadly Ebola virus, the Health Secretary has announced.
National Trust will today launch it latest renewable project in Snowdonia, Wales.
North Sea oil and gas tax would be a "good candidate" for devolution to the Scottish Parliament, experts have said.
Power systems company Rolls-Royce has been awarded a £24million subsea contract for work in Norway. It will supply a module handling system to the subsea construction vessel Aker Wayfarer, which was built in 2010.
The European Union’s environment agency says the bloc’s greenhouse gas emissions dropped by nearly 2% last year, putting it in touching distance of its target for 2020.
Total has agreed to sell off its interests in a number of Norwegian assets for $317million. An agreement has been signed by Total E&P Norge AS to sell off 8% of its shares in the Gina Krog field, together with its interests in the mature fields of Vilje and Vale at 24.23% and 6% share in Morvin to PGNiG Upstream International.
Aberdeen-based PIM (Plant Integrity Management) has landed a contract from Maersk Oil Qatar for its PSV (Pressure Safety Valve) software in the Al Shaheen field. The company has helped deliver PSV management and consultancy systems on 33 platforms in the region.
BP Plc, Europe’s third-largest oil company, reported a 19% decline in quarterly profit. The company increased its dividend to 10 cents a share.
A course to provide English language skills to oil and gas professionals is to start in Aberdeen.
Technip has been awarded a 'substantial' contract for the North Sea Kraken development.
Maersk Drilling has secured a short-term charter contract with Total for a third drillship which was delivered from a shipyard in South Korea last month. The Maersk Venturer will commence the one well programme offshore in Malaysia for 45 days, beginning in December.
GDF Suez has opened its new flagship Aberdeen office with the announcement of a £20,000 investment in art projects within the North-east. The company’s new offices have opened less than a week after it made a joint announcement with BP regarding the latest discovery in the North Sea.
Mick Cash, general secretary of offshore union RMT, said the refusal to hold an inquiry sends out a “negative signal” to offshore workers.
The commercial helicopter sector continues to throw open its doors to new recruits and apprentices to the oil and gas industry. Energy Graduate takes a look at one company which is helping lead the way.
CKD Galbraith has unveiled two consented renewable energy projects to help tackle subsidy deadlines.
JMH, which provides fabrication services for the oil and gas industry, was forced to call in administrators after a market downturn saw the firm shed 89 of its 95 posts.
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA)has received a record number of applications in its seventh licensing round for oil and gas in the North Sea. Applications have been made by several companies who have previously not held licences in Denmark.
Russian and Ukraine are set to call a temporary truce on the their long standing natural-gas pricing dispute.
Oil giant Total said a meeting will be held between its Governance and Ethics Committee and the board of directors following the death of CEO Christophe de Margerie. The 63-year-old died when his airplane struck a snowplow on a Moscow runway, ending a career in which he oversaw the biggest expansion of oil reserves at the French energy giant in at least 15 years.
Total SA’s Christophe de Margerie died when his airplane struck a snowplow on a Moscow runway, ending a career in which he oversaw the biggest expansion of oil reserves at the French energy giant in at least 15 years.
European-focused Sound Oil has won two gas sales contracts for fields in Italy, the company has announced. The upstream oil and gas group has been awarded the contracts in relation to the Badile drill site.
Russian investigators are seeking 190billion rubles ($4.75billion) from arrested businessman Vladimir Evtushenkov’s AFK Sistema and an affiliated unit for “illegal” gains relating to oil producer OAO Bashneft.
The European Union has abandoned a plan to label oil sands as highly polluting. A directive from the EU’s Fuel Quality Directive had planned to force energy suppliers to reduce the carbon intensity of their products.
German oil and gas producer Wintershall has awarded FMC Technologies its first subsea contract for the Maria development in the North Sea. The contract is worth $280 million and will be completed by FMCs subsidiary FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS.
The investigation into last year's Arctic 30 protest has been closed.
