TAQA using Brae Bravo experience to face up to decommissioning challenge
In the coming years, the North Sea has to face up to a decommissioning challenge like no other.
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What can the energy sector learn from the public sector’s adoption of IR35?
The current shortage of road haulage drivers stems from a number of causes, but the least talked about is a change to the way that tax is paid by contractors. These changes to the ‘off-payroll working rules’, or IR35, were introduced to the private sector in April this year. The same changes caused chaos for contractors when they were introduced to the public sector back in 2017. So, to stop history repeating itself, what can the energy sector learn from these mistakes?
Net zero flurry confirmed the oil and gas sector’s core role in achieving net zero
Last month saw the UK Government unveil its Net Zero Strategy, the Treasury publish its Net Zero Review and the Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy give its go-ahead for the UK’s first two carbon capture projects.
Ageing oil and gas workforce presents net zero challenge
The UK’s oil and gas industry faces worrying workforce shortages if current skills gaps are not addressed, the ECITB’s 2021 Workforce Census suggests.
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The COP Shop Podcast #1: COP26 preview and the role of green finance
The stage is set. The (energy-efficient) lights are lit. After nearly a year of delay, the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 26) to the UNFCCC is finally upon us.
Taking CCS from ambition to action
For those working across the energy industry, COP26 has been a hot topic for the last several years. Now, the conference is finally underway and, like everyone reading this, I am hopeful that it will see significant breakthroughs in the fight to tackle climate change globally.
McKinsey: The big choices facing oil leaders as the transition ramps up
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the energy industry has had to face up to challenges that would have seemed unimaginable a few years ago.
Appointment of new director at Inductosense
Bristol based Inductosense has strengthened its senior management team with the appointment of Richard Munro to the role of director of strategic growth.
TRACS: CCS master class to meet growing demand
With 30 years of oil and gas experience, TRACS International (TRACS) has advised on development of oil and gas fields around the world – many of which are now candidates for safe disposal of CO2.
Clyde Training Solutions and ITB announce Armed Forces transition packages for energy sector
Clyde Training Solutions (CTS) have partnered with ITB Competence Assurance Limited (ITB) to develop training packages specifically aimed at Armed Forces personnel wishing to transition to the Energy Sector.
Arrowdawn: 21 years of keeping the energy industry connected
Specialist consultancy Arrowdawn is celebrating 21 years of ensuring energy firms – and their employees – are making the most of their investment in network and communications technology.
Decision time for emissions: the right information at the right time
For decades now oil and gas companies have been focused on making the decisions that matter when it comes to safely maximising production from their assets. But now there is a pressing need to also minimise the environmental impact of those operations. And the pressure to cut emissions is mounting by the day.
Major investment a sign of commitment to north-east recovery, says McIntosh Heavy Logistics
A north-east transport firm is playing its part in the region’s recovery from the pandemic after announcing a £750,000 investment.
ACE Forwarding on the road to Net Zero
Net Zero. It’s on the minds and mission statements of companies across many industries, oil and gas included.
Bureau Veritas Marine and Offshore supporting clients to transition
“We know we have to go through the energy transition ourselves, but we obviously have to help our clients through it too.”
Sustainability in ASCO DNA
ESG. It’s an acronym we are all familiar with now, but does that mean that it’s an entirely new concept? Of course not, but there’s no denying that it has moved its way up the agenda with considerable speed, particularly as the energy transition becomes a part of our daily lives.
SSE Thermal: Focussing on flexibility for a net zero future
The countdown to COP26 is well and truly upon us. In a few short weeks, world leaders will gather in Glasgow for crucial talks on climate change, with a focus on cutting carbon to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
Viper Innovations: How crosstalk can impact subsea umbilical monitoring
Cross talk effects in subsea umbilicals are not always recognised.
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Humanising the energy transition
Like many other global businesses, we have made our own commitment in the drive towards net zero. For us, it is that we will be a carbon neutral business before the end of 2022. The big question then is, how will we get there?
Brookson Legal: Don’t get left behind in the competition for flexible talent
The energy industry has traditionally relied on skilled contractors for project delivery, offering an attractive route for flexible work long before many other sectors realised its benefits. But it now risks being left behind in the post-pandemic competition for talent.
ECITB, Petrofac and Scottish universities team up on energy transition leadership training
A new ECITB postgraduate training programme to prepare the next generation of industry leaders with the knowledge and skills to deliver the energy transition is underway.
Blaze: Fire safety is decades into the climate mitigation business
The Montreal Protocol of 1987 has been described by the UN as a “truly unparalleled contribution to climate mitigation efforts”.
Denholm – Hazco merger creates world-class waste management name
The merger of two well-known sector leaders has led to the creation of a new, world-class name in specialist waste management services, specialist industrial services and process decontamination.