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.
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.
Kistos (LSE: KIST) has picked up an equity interest of up to 20% in tidal energy firm Spiralis Energy after investing £800,000 into the London-based business.
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.
As the Germany continues to ramp up its investment into green hydrogen projects, the supply chain in Scotland is eyeing up a huge potential export market.
The Severn Estuary Commission announced on November 6 that the Crown Estate had pledged to give £150,000 to support the commission’s work exploring the potential for sustainable energy production from the Severn Estuary.
The UK has historically had a cross-party consensus on the need to tackle climate change among most politicians and voters. Only five MPs voted against the Climate Change Act in 2008, and both Labour and the Conservatives have committed to the targets enshrined in it at each subsequent election.
By Ricky Thomson, decommissioning manager, Offshore Energies UK
Successful removal of platforms weighing upwards of 30,000 tonnes is taking the decommissioning industry to new levels of high-tech excellence with projects around the UK coastal shelf, but that does not reduce the challenge.