Seven workers killed at Pakistan ship-breaking yard after oil tank explodes
At least seven labourers have been killed and dozens of others injured in an explosion at a ship-breaking yard in south-western Pakistan, police said.
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Chinook Remembered: Memories of crash will stay with me forever
All this week Energy Voice is taking a look back at the events of November 6th in which 45 men lost their lives after a Chinook helicopter crashed on its return to Sumburgh Airport from the Brent Delta platform.
UK and US hold international summit on Libya
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has hosted international talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry aimed at finding a way to break the political stalemate in Libya.
Suncor Energy strikes deal to sell PCLI in billion dollar deal
Suncor Energy said it has reached an agreement to sell its Petro-Canada Lubricants (PCLI) in a $1.125billion deal.
IGas Energy continues stakeholder talks on restructuring
IGas Energy has said it will continue to discuss options with key stakeholders on capital restructuring.
Households ‘pay extra £300 a year by not switching to cheaper energy deal’
Households across the UK could end up collectively spending £2.2 billion more than they need to on energy over the next four months, according to analysis.
Windfarms can cause stress and sleep loss for nearby residents, review finds
Annoyance caused by living next to a noisy wind farm can lead some people to become stressed and lose sleep, a Government review has found.
Cuadrilla profits drop by almost $18m on fracking hold-up, filings show
The UK's leading shale gas explorer has reportedly seen a drop in profits of almost $18million for the year 2015.
Exxon facing historic reserves reduction as slump persists
Exxon Mobil Corp. warned it may be facing the biggest reserves revision in its history as production sank to a seven-year low and profit slid amid a prolonged slump in energy markets.
MOL Group VP moves to private-equity backed Azimuth
A former senior vice president at MOL Group has joined private equity-backed Azimuth to lead commercial aspects of the company's global upstream drive.
Tower Resources appoints new boss
Tower Resources said it has made changes to its board as part of restructuring of the company's cost base.
Opinion: Oil & gas sector heavily dependent on efficient artificial lift systems
The oil and natural gas industry is the largest consumer of the artificial lift systems market, as it improves production efficiencies of existing oil reservoirs.
Oil heads for weekly drop as OPEC meets to discuss output quotas
US oil is set for the first weekly drop since mid-September as an OPEC committee meets in Vienna on Friday to discuss output quotas for members participating in an agreement to cut production.
Exxon enters no man’s land
At ExxonMobil's annual shareholders meeting in May, Rex Tillerson, the silver-haired chief executive officer and chairman of the biggest oil company in the world, did something he hadn't before in his last 10 such presentations: He addressed climate change head-on.
Cops arrest more than 100 protesters in North Dakota pipeline stand-off
Police have arrested more than 100 Native Americans and other protesters in North Dakota.
Oil & Gas UK’s Mike Tholen calls for clarity over post-Brexit energy policy
A senior voice within the offshore industry has said the ability to access the European single market with the “least friction possible” will be vital to efficient trade post-Brexit.
Aker’s revenue down, strips 30% of costs out of business
Aker’s revenue took a hit in the third quarter, according to today’s company results.
ExxonMobil makes 1billion barrel find offshore Nigeria
ExxonMobil said it has made a significant oil and gas discovery offshore Nigeria.
Airbus cuts almost 600 helicopter jobs as crash, oil clip demand
Airbus Group SE announced the first of what may prove to be thousands of job cuts across its business, saying it will eliminate 582 posts at its helicopter arm following a slump in demand from the oil and gas industry and a fatal crash that grounded one of its most popular models.
Highland jobs hit by loss of nuclear station
John MacLean and Sons Electrical (Dingwall), which has operations in the north and north-east, shut its Wick site – axeing eight jobs – within months of being taken over by a US firm.
EIA says low tanker rates enabled more long-distance oil and petroleum product trade
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said the recent expansion of the global crude oil and petroleum product tanker fleet has results in falling rates for much of this year.
Survey: Renewables shows jobs growth potential, says expert
The renewables sector is providing the greatest opportunity for job growth, according to the managing director of energyjobline.com.
Sinopec profit jumps sixfold as refining overpowers oil rout
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.’s third-quarter profit rose sixfold as refining gains helped overcome deepening losses from oil and gas production.
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Energy Voice has recently partnered with Airswift and Energy Jobline to create the world’s largest energy research report: GETI (The Global Energy Talent Index). The report will investigate critical topics within the energy and engineering industries.
Co-operative Energy to pay £1.8m compensation to customers over service
Co-operative Energy is paying out £1.8 million in compensation to customers after subjecting them to “unacceptable” levels of service.