When I was 16 years old, I left school and began an apprenticeship, working my way up the career ladder and later earning my A-levels and an MBA. Despite the opportunities I enjoyed, I actually spent a lot of my career embarrassed that my start was different than other people’s and I didn’t see many people with a similar background at an executive level.
EnQuest (LON:ENQ) has warned that the unplanned outage at the Ninian Central platform will affect its expected output for the year.
The North Sea regulator has urged operators to show "commitment" to the UK supply chain to increase local content in decommissioning.
Falcons are supporting firms to decommission oil and gas assets in the North Sea, not by supporting those working at heights but by moving along birds who have nested.
The boss of a North Sea independent producer in the process of buying assets from Shell (LON:SHEL) and Exxon (NYSE:XOM) has hit back at claims he forged documents to steal millions from a previous employer.
Construction has started on a new energy incubator to help Scotland develop and manufacture green energy technologies and scale-up the companies behind them.
A bargaining agreement - covering Bilfinger UK's inspection teams working on Taqa’s North Sea assets – has been struck.
BP (LON: BP), Ithaca Energy (LON: ITH) and Equinor (OSLO: EQNR) are teaming up to slash emissions at huge oilfields in the West of Shetland through electrification.
Neptune Energy is to donate half-a-million-pounds to a charity appeal, aiming to help thousands of children living in poverty in London this winter.
Oil and gas firm EnQuest (LON: ENQ) has named a diamond and mining industry veteran as its new chairman.
Aberdeenshire-based Ashtead Technology (AIM: AT) has continued its acquisition spree, beefing up its mechanical solutions service offering.
When this edition of the Energy Voice supplement was published a year ago, the North Sea oil and gas industry was in the doldrums.
Ithaca Energy (LON: ITH) has celebrated first oil from Abigail, a tiny North Sea oil and gas field which made national headlines this year.
Spiralling living costs coupled with record profits for energy producers have fuelled a series of increasingly bitter disputes between operators and workers throughout 2022.
The Shell (LON: SHEL) Penguins FPSO has set off for its UK North Sea destination – but will first stop off at a yard in Norway.
Allies of Stephen Flynn, the man hotly tipped to succeed Ian Blackford as the SNP’s leader in Westminster, have said he would challenge the First Minister’s ‘crazy’ opposition to drilling new North Sea oil and gas fields.
Shares in North Sea operator Serica Energy (LON: SQZ) fell on Monday after a key exploration well proved underwhelming.
"Looking ahead to 2023, it's pretty clear that what we are looking for is boredom”, says Addleshaw Goddard partner and co-head of oil and gas, Paul Jones, after the turbulence of the past 12 months.
As of 25 November, Westwood Global Energy reports that there are three exploration wells active, with one in the CNS, one in the NNS and one in the SNS. One appraisal well is currently active in the CNS. Since the previous report, one well has completed at Rockhopper.
Ping Petroleum has moved back its timeline for a final investment decision (FID) on the Avalon oilfield in the North Sea.
Ineos has apologised to Central Belt residents after a ‘process upset’ led to hours of flaring at Grangemouth on Thursday evening.
Westminster’s hopes of spurring North Sea spend in the coming years could be derailed by one fundamental issue: a lack of available projects.
Supernatural thriller? All-enveloping fog with no contact with the outside world?
Ithaca Energy is preparing to pull the trigger on hundreds-of-millions of pounds worth of spend, should a handful of North Sea projects get the go ahead.
The head of TotalEnergies’ North Sea business says the supermajor will slash investment by a quarter next year in light of the UK Government’s windfall tax, and expressed concern over the lack of a price floor built into the policy.
Energy services group Expro (NYSE:XPRO) has secured a new $50 million contract with Apache Corporation for work on its Beryl and Forties assets.
Harbour Energy (LON: HBR), the top producer in the North Sea, has been knocked out of the club of leading publicly-quoted UK companies.
Government and industry gathered in London on Wednesday at a meeting hosted by the sector’s regulator, as fiscal and political concerns topped the agenda.
The Shell (LON: SHEL) Penguins FPSO – the oil giant’s first new manned vessel in UK waters for 30 years – is finally due to head to the North Sea.
Preliminary talks have kicked off with an oil and gas supermajor on a deal for North Sea producer Neptune Energy, according to reports.
North Sea producer Ithaca Energy (LON: ITH) has posted pre-tax profits of more than $2bn in its first set of results since its London debut.
