Emissions rules could have impact on offshore industry
THE UK Government was urged last night to head off the threat posed by a Brussels bid for tougher restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions that could hit the offshore oil and gas industry hard.
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Developer with offshore oil pedigree primed for maritime wind big push
Mid-February saw the Crown Estate make a number of acreage allocations in Scottish waters to would-be offshore windfarm developers.
Aberdeen software firm wins contracts
ABERDEEN firm Motion Software has won two contracts worth more than £100,000 with energy-sector firms.
Transocean seeking to recover rig costs
Transocean, the world's biggest offshore oil and gas drilling contractor, has said it will take action to try and recover costs on one of its rigs which was being used by Oilexco North Sea (ONS) in the UK North Sea.
ATR sale signals Hydrasun alliance
ATR Group of Aberdeen today announced the sale of one of its businesses.
Peterson appoints offshore safety expert
LOGISTICS company Peterson SBS has named John Fraser as group director of health, safety, environment and quality (HSEQ).
Brown accused of downplaying offshore energy
Prime Minister Gordon Brown was accused last night of playing down the importance of the offshore oil and gas industry in his new Energy and Climate Change Department.
US reports on Ike’s smashing time in Gulf
THE US Interior Department's Minerals Management Service (MMS) has reported that Hurricane Ike destroyed 49 of the 3,800 offshore oil&gas production platforms in the US Gulf of Mexico.
Pridden plans to hammer offshore track record
SUBSEA UK will have offshore renewables squarely in its sights at its new Subsea Europe conference in London, to be staged on October 30. This is aside from its main market - offshore oil&gas.
Chinese snatch Norwegian drilling firm
Norwegian drilling company Awilco has fallen prey to COSL, China's largest offshore oil services group, in a deal worth $2.5billion.