This month, the Policy Exchange expects to publish a new report on how the Government can make carbon capture work in the UK by setting in place the incentives industry needs to make this happen. This is vital if New Labour is to live up to its pledges on greenhouse gas emissions.
SOME countries are perceived as better than others when it comes to driving forward HS & E standards, and Norway is an outstanding example in this regard.
Dateline - December, 2001; location - a drilling rig working somewhere offshore India; incident - "bed bugs on the rig, can't sleep".
The idea of embedding turbines in breakwaters to convert wave energy into electricity is not new. However, Norwegian company WAVEenergy is developing a variation on the theme that demonstrates considerable innovative flare.
StatoilHydro is to build the world's first full-scale floating wind turbine and test it over a two-year period offshore Karmoy, Norway, with start-up scheduled for autumn 2009.
Up to four floating production ships (FPSOs) may be needed for the huge Jubilee multi-fields project offshore Ghana, according to Bob Daniel, Anadarko senior VP worldwide exploration.
On May 22, in the UK's House of Commons, UK Energy Minster Malcolm Wicks claimed that the huge increase in oil prices during recent months had caught everyone by surprise.
AN OFFSHORE firm has called in specialist cleaners after bed bugs were found on a North Sea accommodation barge, it emerged last night.
THE impact of rising fuel prices was yesterday branded a "massive national outrage" by First Minister Alex Salmond.
Hundreds of oil tanker drivers contracted to oil giant Shell have voted to go on strike in a row over pay, it was announced yesterday.
Work on a Buchan energy plant's £350million regeneration scheme has ground to a halt, thanks to a family of young kestrels.
SNP energy spokesman Mike Weir last night stepped up attacks on Prime Minister Gordon Brown's plan to stave off soaring fuel costs by building more nuclear power stations.
The possibility of a North Sea incident developing into a disaster such as Piper Alpha has diminished in the last two decades, an industry leader claimed yesterday.
MORE than 70 oil and gas industry bosses are to attend today's annual Step Change in Safety leadership day in the Ardoe House Hotel, near Aberdeen.
A Chinese oil firm was linked yesterday with a possible bid for Talisman Energy, which has a significant North Sea presence.
The UK Government should push ahead with a "radical" system of personal "carbon credits" if it wants to meet emissions targets, MPs said yesterday.
SIR Ian Wood, the chairman of Aberdeen-based energy service company Wood Group, gave shareholders an upbeat view of the company's prospects yesterday at its annual meeting in the Granite City.
PSN, the global energy service business, has reported strong revenue and earnings growth in 2007; better than targets set when it was formed two years ago in a £140million management buyout from KBR.
Organisers of the UK's largest renewable-energy exhibition and conference were last night celebrating another record attendance.
A GLOBAL renewables bubble may be developing as bidders compete for assets and send prices up sharply, a survey of more than 200 industry executives compiled by accountants KPMG found.
LIKE Merry, Haslett believes some of the major threats posed by any Severn Barrage would be "siltation" - silting-up both up and downstream of any estuary barrage because of an inevitable reduction in tidal flow velocity.
FRIENDS of the Earth prefers tidal lagoons, with a position paper from the group arguing these could generate 24 Terawatt hours per year of electricity with average output of 2,750MW, compared with 17-19 Twh/year and 1,950-2,170MW quoted for a barrage.
There are several proposals for barrages, as well as tidal lagoons. According to BERR, a barrage would be a very complex project, but the basic concept is well understood and is the application of mature, commercially available technology.
THE first phase of Supergen (Marine) concluded in September, 2007. However, the team was asked to bid for continuing work in 2006 and, once again, the partners were asked to subject their proposals and output from first phase for peer review.
SUPERGEN has an educational as well as a research remit and the associated doctoral training programme will ensure that PhD students attached to Supergen will receive targeted training in their chosen field of research from the most eminent specialists in the field. The programme includes quarterly training sessions and close association between the students and the professional researchers involved in the main Supergen research.