Business Secretary Vince Cable and Energy Minister Charles Hendry will join forces with industry later this month in an effort to bring more North Sea offshore fabrication work on to UK soil, an energy-sector event heard yesterday.
IT HAS been a difficult and sensitive few months for the global oil&gas industry. While never an activity universally beloved by all parts of society, recent events have seen the sector come under increasing scrutiny, with inevitable questions raised over how we balance the global demand for energy with our ability to safely tap into increasingly remote hydrocarbon reserves.