BP has announced plans to invest £18 billion in the UK energy system by 2030, with the North Sea at its heart, days after calls were once again raised for an oil and gas windfall tax.
BP has invested £3m into unmanned aviation firm Flylogix following methane monitoring trials in the UK North Sea.
Shell has said it is working with Siccar Point Energy and the UK Government to “map out the next steps” on the Cambo project.
“At BP, I think we try to do the right thing,” says Emeka Emembolu, the energy giant’s North Sea boss.
BP, Baker Hughes and Odfjell Drilling have formed a new alliance aimed at boosting production from Clair, western Europe’s biggest oilfield.
Energy Voice’s coverage of an all-subsea development for Clair South took me back to 1981.
The total amount expected to be spent on decommissioning oil fields in the West of Shetland this decade has surged above £1billion.
Shell has reiterated its “commitment” to the North Sea and West of Shetland, saying there is still “running room” in the region.
A major oil firm has been fined £7,000 after 95 tonnes of crude oil leaked into the sea.
Ambitious plans for a new Energy Hub have been unveiled with hopes for hundreds of jobs and to make giant oil and gas fields in the West of Shetland "net zero by 2030”.
Energy giant BP has joined a list of operators working to reduce offshore crew numbers on its North Sea assets in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Workers have voted “emphatically” in favour of strike action at the Sullom Voe terminal in Shetland.
BP has pushed back a final investment decision (FID) on its Clair South project to make sure it aligns with low carbon ambitions.
BP expects to make a “properly assessed decision” next year on whether to keep exporting oil to Shetland’s Sullom Voe terminal.
Ithaca Energy’s boss said yesterday that the enlarged company was “raring to go” after completing the £1.6 billion acquisition of US firm Chevron’s UK North Sea business.
Technology used to detect signs of life on Mars has been adapted to help reduce an oil company's impact on the environment.
Following a period of relatively low deal activity, in 2018 we started to see an uptick in deals – but that has paused slightly since the oil price fall at the end of 2018. Are there more deals to be done, or has oil price volatility cooled off the M&A market? What do the trends and themes seen in some of the latest UKCS M&A deals tell us?
Energy giant BP boosted its pre-tax earnings in the first three months of 2019, which it said showed "resilience" in a "volatile period”.
A boss at supermajor BP has challenged the view that suppliers are due an increase in rates.
The past year has marked a significant milestone in the North Sea’s history, with one of the world’s largest oil producers, Shell, celebrating 50 years of North Sea production and predicting a positive outlook for the next 50. This renewed positivity and optimism has been reaffirmed recently with the likes of Gannet E coming back online, Buzzard restarting output and production from new fields, including Garten and Clair.
Lerwick Harbour’s strategic location has been the building block for its huge contribution to the development of east Shetland Basin oil fields over the past 50 years.
Locked away in BP’s archive is a handwritten note.
A major milestone for the North Sea oil industry has been reached today following the announcement of first oil from one of its biggest projects.
Bosses at BP were bullish about the future of the Clair field, west of Shetland, after the oil major reported soaring first-half profits yesterday.
Oil giant BP will increase its equity in the Clair field after agreeing to buy a 16.5% stake from ConocoPhillips.