Leading North Sea safety advocate embarks on new consulting journey
Leading North Sea offshore workplace safety advocate Steve Rae has announced the next phase of his career after finishing his role at Step Change in Safety.
Leading North Sea offshore workplace safety advocate Steve Rae has announced the next phase of his career after finishing his role at Step Change in Safety.
“We’re very much still moving in through an investment phase as I see it on Anasuria over the next few years, which is really exciting."
Masdar head Al Ramahi said the Kyrgyzstan agreement marked a “new chapter for Masdar in our clean energy journey … we are glad to have the opportunity to bring the energy, passion and focus to hydropower that we have utilised for so many other renewable energy sources”.
This year saw the return of Aberdeen’s flagship energy show, Offshore Europe, after four years away and there was a lot to consider when putting together the 50th-anniversary event.
Adani Green Energy, India’s largest renewable power producer, will invest an additional $22 billion to expand capacity by more than five times by 2030, counting on the country’s steadily growing electricity demand.
The North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has mooted plans for a new industry levy to help fund its oversight of the carbon capture and storage (CCS) sector.
First gas has been achieved at the Tolmount East project in the UK North Sea operated by Harbour Energy (LON: HBR).
He said the well had been a long time coming. It is in the “the southern part of the MSGBC basin with significant hydrocarbon potential. We hope this project will contribute to developing our future cooperation with ABL Group,” Alhomouz said.
NewMed Energy, which has a 30% stake in the project, also took a more measured tone. The company said Chevron had asked to postpone the start of front-end engineering and design (FEED) work on Aphrodite.
A deal to takeover gas developer EnergyPathways will see the firm listed in London, with a view to bringing online the Marram gas project in the Irish Sea later this decade.
X-Academy has published a study forecasting a 73,000 growth in energy jobs by 2030, if government and industry collaborate in accelerating the transition to renewables.
"The East Belumut drilling programme has proved to be very successful”, said Jadestone president and CEO Paul Blakeley.
SSE Renewables and Equinor have awarded three contracts to assess large-scale green hydrogen development options for the Dogger Bank D offshore wind project.
Bekaert has acquired a majority stake in Dundee-based moorings manufacturer Flintstone Technology, as it looks to consolidate equipment for use in floating wind.
A representative for AustralianSuper told local media that Origin’s value was “better in the hands of members and other shareholders rather than a private equity consortium seeking to make a quick return based on the proposed scheme terms and we are pleased that this is the outcome”.
Energy services giant is considering sale of “non core assets” as part of bid to improve cash flow.
The North Sea’s energy industry is world-leading on many things – engineering, innovation, supply chain and skills - and now it is leading the world in decarbonisation, too.
Backed with up to £5m from the Scottish Government, the delayed skills passport is not expected until well into the new year.
Solutions to some of these challenges are being developed and, in some cases, can be found in the smarter use of existing equipment and methodologies.
Amid ongoing scorn over windfall taxes and a looming general election, the outlook for new project sanctions in the North Sea has remained cloudy throughout 2023.
Phillip Williams stole more than a dozen explicit pictures from his North Sea colleague's unattended Facebook account while on the Kittiwake platform.
A flight of capital for the oil and gas supply chain “will jeopardise” the UK energy transition, a major lender has warned.
How to take apart an 18,000-tonne oil platform? Controlled explosives.
One of The Netherlands’ largest pension funds said it will continue to invest in nine oil and gas companies — including Shell and BP — while dropping dozens of others.
Masdar, the UAE state-owned renewables firm, has acquired a 49% stake in a major UK wind project in the North Sea.