Updated: Forties pipeline crack ‘stabilised’, Ineos declares force majeure on North Sea oil
Petrochemicals giant Ineos said this morning that the small crack which shut down the Forties crude pipeline has stopped widening.
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Forties shutdown leaves North Sea industry down £20m per day
North Sea industry faces being left short by hundreds of millions of pounds for a period due to the closure of a key pipeline, an analyst has said.
Upheaval for residents near oil leak cordon
Residents living close to the scene of the oil leak between Cookney and Netherley have faced delays since the cordon was put up last week.
Oil shut-in ‘no big deal’ unless repair work overshoots, experts say
The Forties pipeline shutdown will cause pain for oil producers, but consumers will still get their oil and gas, industry experts said yesterday.
PICTURE: Site of the Forties pipeline leak
Petrochemicals giant Ineos has provided a photograph of the site where work is being carried out to fix a crack in the Forties pipeline.
Small pipe leak near Aberdeen threatens sweeping North Sea shutdown
The North Sea is headed for a sweeping shutdown unless a small crack in a pipeline near Aberdeen can be fixed quickly, industry experts have said.
Ineos says flow in Forties pipeline returning to normal over weekend
Petrochemicals giant Ineos said today that oil flow in the Forties pipeline will return to normal rates "through the weekend".
Residents evacuated after Forties Pipeline leak found near Aberdeen
A number of residents have been evacuated from an area near Netherley, Aberdeenshire, after a leak was detected at the Forties pipeline.
Siccar Point books rig for Lyon well, completes Ineos farm-out
Oil firm Siccar Point Energy said today that it had booked a rig for drilling the Lyon well next year.
Ineos wins extension to injunction against unlawful protests at shale sites
A High Court judge has continued an injunction obtained by energy giant Ineos prohibiting unlawful activities such as trespass or obstruction at its shale gas sites.
High court ruling due on injunction at Ineos shale gas sites
A High Court judge is ruling on whether an injunction obtained by energy giant Ineos prohibiting unlawful activities such as trespass or obstruction at its shale gas sites should be continued.
Updated: Siccar Point farms out North Sea licences to Ineos
Siccar Point Energy said today that it had agreed to sell majority interests in two exploration licences in the west of Shetland area to energy giant Ineos.
Ineos to be first to deliver US ethane from shale gas to China
Petrochemicals manufacturer Ineos has announced it will become to first supplier of US ethane from shale gas to China.
Ineos move from oil fields to football fields with Swiss purchase
Petrochemical giant Ineos has built on a number of 2017 acquisitions – after taking a punt on a top flight Swiss football club.
Ineos snaps up Swiss football club Lausanne-Sport
Energy giant Ineos has snapped up Swiss football club Lausanne-Sport for an undisclosed sum.
Scottish firms Aberdeen Asset Management and Weir Group named in Paradise Papers
The offshore operations of some of Scotland’s biggest firms, including north-based Aberdeen Asset Management, have been detailed in the so-called Paradise Papers.
Ineos picks Expro for Breagh development programme
Energy giant Ineos has booked oilfield services company Expro to carry out well testing services on the Breagh field in the southern North Sea.
Ineos says door open to north-east suppliers, but no plans for Aberdeen office
Energy giant Ineos’s oil and gas division has no plans to open a regional office in Aberdeen, a company boss has said.
Updated: Ineos Shale secures Total UK fracking licences
Ineos has announced the acquisition of Total's interests in a number of shale licences onshore UK.
Judge to decide whether Ineos shale injunction will stand
A High Court judge is deciding whether an injunction obtained by energy giant Ineos prohibiting unlawful activities such as trespass or obstruction at its shale gas sites should be continued.
Ineos brands Scottish fracking ban ‘bizarre’
Petrochemical giant INEOS has branded the blanket ban on fracking in Scotland as "bizarre".
Ineos appoints new shale boss to build a UK natural gas boom
Ineos AG, Britain’s largest closely held company, has taken another step toward creating a shale boom on its side of the Atlantic.
INEOS Shale boss: Fracking decision by Scottish Government ‘beggars belief’
Operations director of INEOS Shale, Tom Pickering, says that he believes the move to ban fracking by the Scottish Government ‘is a sad day for evidence led decision-making’.
Ineos wraps up North Sea deal
Petrochemical giant Ineos has completed its £1billion deal to buy the oil and gas interests of Denmark’s Dong Energy.
Ineos’ $1bn Dong deal to go through today
Danish company Dong Energy said yesterday that the sale of its upstream oil and gas business to petrochemicals giant Ineos had been approved.