Greenpeace takes UK oil licensing round battle to High Court
Campaigners are due in the High Court today for the first hearing in a judicial review over the government’s plans to continue offering licences for North Sea oil and gas exploration.
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BP celebrates quarter century ETAP anniversary
BP has celebrated a quarter century of production at its Eastern Trough Area Project in the central North Sea.
Octopus floats £15bn global offshore wind investment by 2030
Octopus Energy plans add to its existing generating portfolio, committing around $20bn (£15bn) in global offshore wind projects by 2030.
Sunak Signals Readiness to Soften Green Policies After Election
Rishi Sunak said he would delay or abandon environment policies if they led to direct costs on consumers, as senior Conservatives pressure his UK government to rethink its strategy following elections last week.
Big Oil’s weak chemical margins add to pain of cheaper crude
Plunging margins for petrochemicals are set to take a bite out of Big Oil’s quarterly profits, adding to the pain companies are feeling from lower oil and gas prices.
ClientEarth loses suit targeting Shell directors
The Shell official went on to say the “claim is utterly misconceived and a clear misuse of the English courts. Should ClientEarth seek permission to appeal, we remain confident that the court will stand by its rulings.”
Simec Atlantis receives £4m in ‘boost’ to MeyGen tidal array
A major Scottish tidal energy project is expected to make long-awaited progress after its developer secured additional funds.
Ørsted sells £700m stake in London Array offshore wind project
Danish wind developer Ørsted has sold its remaining stake in the London Array offshore wind scheme off the Kent coast.
Shapps argues for granting ‘every single conceivable licence to the North Sea’
The UK government’s energy security secretary, Grant Shapps, has said that granting “every single conceivable licence to the North Sea” would be within the country’s net zero targets.
FSO Safer transfer beginning off Yemen
Greenpeace has attributed the fact that disaster has not occurred to “the heroic efforts of a small skeleton crew and a great deal of luck”.
Petronas stacks up Sarawak finds
The company attributed its successes to a intensive exploration drilling campaign that began in 2022.
Aberdeen man who died following South Harbour accident named locally
Abbey Ross had been unloading a ship when four pipes fell from a sling.
Kelpies reopen as police arrest oil activists who scaled metal giant
Two climate activists who scaled a well-known Scottish landmark in protest at the oil industry have been arrested.
Offshore worker subject to ‘threats and bullying’ after flagging safety concerns on Cygnus platform
Lifting engineer James King said he has suffered lasting mental health issues and awaits the results of an unresolved investigation after he flagged safety problems during work offshore.
Saipem mulls switch to biofuels for 7000 construction vessel
Testing has shown "positive results" but more work is needed.
Chevron beats earnings forecasts while extending CEO’s tenure
Chevron posted better-than-expected earnings as output in the Permian Basin soared to a record and the oil giant said it waived the mandatory retirement age for Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mike Wirth.
World’s biggest wind power projects are in crisis just when world needs them most
Offshore wind projects are facing an economic crisis that erased billions of US dollars in planned spending this week — just as the world needs clean energy more than ever.
DEME’s new Green Jade involved in Taiwan collision
DEME will use the vessel, via a joint venture with shipbuilder CSBC, to install wind farms offshore Taiwan. Construction of the Green Jade was a first for Taiwan.
Equinor adds to Brazilian portfolio with Rio Energy acquisition
Norway’s Equinor has signed an agreement to acquire Brazilian onshore renewables developer Rio Energy, in its latest Latin American expansion.
SLB profits hit $2.5bn for H1 2023 as group enjoys ‘significant growth’
Oilfield services giant SLB (NYSE: SLB), which has several bases in and around Aberdeen, raked in pre-tax profits of $2.5 billion during the first half of 2023.
NNPC takes stake in UTM’s FLNG plan
JGC, Technip Energies and KBR signed on to work on front-end engineering and design (FEED) in November 2022.
The £1 purchase that helped start the wave energy sector: Pelamis company’s disappointment at its scrapping
The managing director of the company that sold the Pelamis wave device to Orkney Islands Council for £1 has said he’s disappointed with the decision to scrap it.
First power expected from Dogger Bank in ‘coming weeks’
In a trading statement to its shareholders, SSE has confirmed that first power from its Dogger Bank offshore wind farm is expected in “coming weeks”.
First turbine in place at Neart na Gaoithe wind farm off Fife
Developers of the Neart na Gaoithe (NNG) wind farm off Fife have hailed the “most momentous milestone yet” with the installation of the project’s first turbine.
Adnoc drills world first carbonate saline aquifer CCS well
The company already operates the Al Reyadah carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility, which has 800,000 tpy of capacity.