Petrobras is pledging a 25% cut in carbon emissions by 2030, but that hasn’t stopped Chief Executive Officer Roberto Castello Branco from dismissing pledges by peers to completely neutralize their carbon footprints two decades later.
Digital technology has a "central role to play" in achieving net zero emissions and tech giants must play their part, a report has said.
A “ground-breaking” new local energy company has been launched in Orkney as part of plans to support the “green industrial revolution”.
Fife has leapt closer to launching the world’s first 100% green hydrogen network with the announcement of an £18 million funding boost.
The number of jobs in the North Sea energy sector could fall by 20% in the coming years without “urgent investment” in offshore net zero solutions.
Scotland is facing a “planning logjam” which could jeopardise the country’s 2045 net zero targets, according to new research.
The CEO of Brewdog has entered into a public spat with BP over its carbon emissions, comparing the energy giant to “Darth Vader”.
The oil & gas sector has a vital role to play in transitioning to net zero by 2050, and in mature basins like the UKCS, much can be achieved. Innovation and technology will be key to unlocking many of these opportunities.
Westminster’s multi-billion pound plan for a “green industrial revolution” has been touted as a “welcome signal” of what the UK’s path to net zero may look like.
SSE Renewables will launch a consultation next week on proposals for a new “multi-billion pound” offshore wind farm off the coast of Scotland.
UK oil and gas industry figures have stressed the need to protect indigenous hydrocarbon production amid the nation’s drive to net-zero.
A leading industry expert is expecting a “rapid” uptake in renewable projects in the US post-election as the new administration makes good on its clean energy pledges.
The contribution decommissioning can make to the low carbon future will be a key theme at OGUK’s first ever virtual conference later this month.
The Oil and Gas Technology Centre has given itself a soft rebrand as simply “OGTC”, dropping hydrocarbons from the title.
Occidental Petroleum Corp. became the first major U.S. oil producer to aim for net zero emissions from everything it extracts and sells, accelerating an industry trend that’s become commonplace in Europe.
Just five of the 39 largest oil and gas companies have announced carbon-reduction targets that match levels needed to avoid a 2-degree Celsius temperature increase. And only 20 have taken initial steps to disclose how they plan to lower emissions produced by both their operations and electricity use, known respectively as Scope 1 and Scope 2.
Scottish energy firm SSE has joined the “Race To Zero” campaign, pledging to reduce its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050 at the latest.
Eni and private equity firm Hitecvision have started up a new company aimed at developing new green energy projects in Norway.
The Government has been urged to invest at least £30 billion in the next 18 months on a green recovery to create hundreds of thousands of jobs.
Chemicals giant Ineos has launched a new business aimed at developing and building clean hydrogen capacity across Europe.
President-elect Joe Biden plans to push for the most progressive climate policy the U.S. has ever had, aligning the world’s second-largest carbon emitter with a growing group of nations aggressively tackling global warming.
The boss of the UK North Sea’s biggest producer is confident national net-zero targets can be factored into the sector’s operations without large volumes of indigenous oil and gas being left stranded.
Costs involved with decarbonising the UK’s economy to net zero have fallen in the last year, according to the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).
Nicola Sturgeon has warned that climate change, not Covid, remains the “greatest long-term challenge” facing the world ahead of a key international summit in Glasgow next year.
In the UK and particularly in Scotland the oil and gas industry remains a major employer. It is also one of the very few providers of high value, high skilled jobs we have left and still offers a wide range of opportunities.