The UK’s Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) has approved five new undersea energy links. In total, the newly approved projects are expected to boost the UK’s energy export and import capacity by over 6 GW, increasing it to over 18 GW by 2032, provided all of the approved links are completed as scheduled.
A hearing in the Scottish courts this week will decide if planning consent for the UK’s largest undeveloped oil field, and a mature gas basin in the North Sea, will be blocked due to emissions produced by end-use petrol and gas customers.
Norwegian ocean services provider DeepOcean and Aberdeen-based well management firm Exceed Energy have entered into a collaboration agreement to supply vessel-based well plug and abandonment (P&A) services. These will be offered to the decommissioning market globally.
A Dutch court has overturned a landmark ruling against Shell that would have forced the oil company to reduce emissions produced by its petrol customers.
Expro has been operating in the Middle East and North Africa for around 20 years. Ingrid Huldal and James Yard get together with EVOL to share some thoughts about the region. While the region is strong on oil and gas, there is a growing desire to decarbonise and move into sustainable practices.
Oil field planning overturned following court case as major North Sea assets Rosebank and Jackdaw come under scrutiny.
The UK carbon capture and storage sector needs certainty "before Christmas" to ensure projects like Acorn and Viking CCS can move forward, according to industry body CCSA.
CCU International co-founder and chief executive Beena Sharma has taken part in a study led by Equity Energies to investigate what we know - or don't know - about the UK's plan to achieve net zero.
Viewed from a challenging UK environment, the Middle East - with its enormous natural resources and supportive regimes - can seem like a utopia. The reality is different.
Extinction Rebellion activists oppose SNP plans to open a second gas station and carbon capture facilities.
In the race to meet climate targets and secure a resilient energy supply, the UK and Norway have emerged as pivotal partners, leveraging their shared North Sea resources to drive innovation and economic growth.
Technology innovation and digital transformation are fundamental to the UAE’s ambitious energy transition. Myrtle Dawes CEO of the Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC), touches on how the UAE can become one of the nations to lead the charge towards a sustainable future.
Having had a front row seat for the growth of the UK’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) sector for a number of years now, it is great to see increasing recognition from Westminster of its crucial role in decarbonising British industry. This is especially true for cement manufacturing.
Ministers have been “misled” over the environmental impact of a proposed new gas-fired power station in Aberdeenshire, environmentalists have claimed.
The energy secretary visited Aberdeen on Thursday where he was asked about long-awaited funding for the Acorn project in St Fergus, Aberdeenshire.
The UK is open to private sector investment in the still nascent carbon, capture and storage (CCS) industry, minister for energy security and net zero Philip Hunt told investors this week.
BP PLC has warned that it expects profit margins to slump this quarter due to a fall in oil trading and is instead relying on an unlikely source of growth, electric vehicles, to steady the ship this year.
The new National Wealth Fund will boost UK investment in green technology, according to business and trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds.
Ministers said while speaking at the International Investment Summit today that the new government will turbocharge investment in green energy technologies and rip up red tape.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Thursday that the government has secured more than £24 billion of private investment in domestic clean energy projects ahead of next week’s investment summit.
Energy minister Michael Shanks said to remember the current government has been in office less than 100 days and 'we are moving as quickly as we can'.
Two projects in the North of England aimed at sequestering carbon and producing hydrogen have won the full-throated support of the UK government and a pledge for nearly £22 billion over the next 25 years.
The developers of the major Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Norway have completed the CO2 receiving and storage facilities.
A group of leading climate scientists have called on the UK government to pause its £1 billion investment plans for carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) over concerns that the technology is unproven.
John Kerry, the Biden administration’s former top climate diplomat, said the oil and gas industry must prove carbon capture can play a meaningful role lowering emissions or face a quicker-than-expected transition away from fossil fuels.
Energy-from-waste operator Enfinium has launched a carbon capture and storage (CCS) pilot – the first of its kind – at one of its sites in the UK.
Energy Voice speaks to Richard Gwilliam, UK BECCS programme director at Drax Group, to discuss exactly what it will take to decarbonise the Humber industrial region.
The Government’s green industrial strategy is “outdated” and does not do enough to create jobs in Scotland, unions have said.
Two UK Track 1 carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) projects have pushed towards final approval after the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) proposed offering them CO2 transport and storage licences.
A world first pilot project in Denmark has proven the feasibility of safely storing captured carbon dioxide (CO2) deep beneath the North Sea seabed.
A leading analyst said that additional CCS licences are "not going to save the North Sea" as Track 1 projects wait for government clarity.
