OGUK launches new SME forum to support smaller businesses under pressure
A new forum dedicated to helping small and medium-sized businesses navigate the downturn has been launched by OGUK as it continues to help the sector stimulate a recovery.
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Concerns around offshore maintenance backlog due to Covid-19 pandemic
Safety leaders have voiced concerns that a backlog of maintenance work may have built up offshore during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Calls for oil-well decommissioning to become ‘skills bridge’ to energy transition
Fast-tracked North Sea decommissioning projects should be used as a “skills bridge” to get hundreds of oil workers over the current job-cuts crisis and into green energy roles, a new report said.
Suspected offshore Covid-19 cases continue to fall, OGUK says
A leading industry body has revealed suspected Covid-19 cases offshore have continued to fall due to “effective industry-wide measures”.
Digital debut for OGUK’s share fair
One of the offshore oil and gas industry’s most significant business development events is going digital in July when OGUK launches the first of its series of Share Fair Spotlight webinars featuring the forward work plans of Spirit Energy next week.
North Sea oil sector aims to halve emissions in 10 years, but warns of need to bridge ‘gaps’
The UK’s offshore oil and gas sector today made an ambitious pledge to wipe out half of its emissions over the next decade.
New Covid reality can advance ‘inclusion agenda’, oil chiefs say
With the right leadership, the new working norms created by the Covid-19 lockdown can help advance the “inclusion agenda”, oil industry chiefs said today.
North Sea oil workers could get exemption from UK arrivals quarantine rules
Passengers arriving in the U.K. will be forced into quarantine for two weeks and face fines of 1,000 pounds ($1,217) if they break the rules, under measures set to be announced on Friday.
North Sea role in net zero push ‘not a given’ and dependent on sector recovery, OGUK boss warns
Representative body Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) has repeated its call for sector support and said its role in the push to meet net zero emissions is "not a given".
We need to work together to take on crisis
Do we play as a team or individuals? How should we take on the challenge of the unpredictable turbulence of today’s business environment? Our industry faces a triple whammy of pressures from operational disruption due to Covid-19, massive reductions in demand for our product and a globally oversupplied market.
Aberdeen MSP tells North Sea firms not to ‘turn their back’ on workers during Covid-19 crisis
An Aberdeen MSP has written to a clutch of North Sea firms calling on them to reconsider their decision to terminate hundreds of staff rather than use a UK Government-backed furlough scheme.
Many firms ‘torn’ between protecting business and supporting staff with furlough scheme, OGUK boss says
Many North Sea oil and gas firms are currently “torn” between protecting the long-term sustainability of their business and supporting those staff whose jobs were connected to now delayed or cancelled projects, according to an Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) boss.
US crude price slump a ‘body blow’ for oil industry, OGUK chief says
The descent of US crude prices into negative territory is a “body blow” to a creaking oil and gas sector, an industry leader has said.
Messaging clear over North Sea Covid-19 testing protocol but ‘takes time’, OGUK director says
An oil and gas representative body said it has been “very clear” on the messaging over Covid-19 offshore testing, but that it “takes time” after one oil major sent workers offshore prior to receiving their results.
First-ever Industry Insights webinar to inspire next generation
More than 250 people have signed up to attend OGUK’s first-ever Industry Insights webinar for young professionals as the sector continues to provide a secure and affordable energy supply in the face of economic challenges.
Workers need to be ‘accountable’ for own health and safety, OGUK director says
North Sea workers must accept ‘accountability’ for their own health and safety in order to halt the spread of Covid-19 offshore.
Ineos vows to carry on with Forties pipeline shutdown plans
Ineos has vowed to carry on with its planned shutdown of the Forties Pipeline System in June.
No target ‘at present’ to increase ethnic minorities in offshore wind, Scot Gov admits
Scotland currently has no target to increase the percentage of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) workers in the country’s offshore wind sector.
Flagship industry conference to reinforce oil and gas delivery in a net zero context
Efforts by the sector to support decarbonisation, improve business competitiveness and develop skills for the future will be explored at OGUK's annual industry conference in Aberdeen on Wednesday 3 June.
The messy business of the energy transition
Oil and gas companies do have some advantages in terms of tackling the energy transition, but there are pitfalls along the way and the process will be messy, speakers at a CMS event launching a new report said.
North Sea equipment sharing scheme could be revived next year
An innovative North Sea equipment sharing scheme devised to save companies time and money on ordering new gear could be revived next year.
Oil sector to face stronger climate change headwinds in 2020
The Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard said, “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
North Sea can be energy transition front-runner, report says
The UK North Sea has the tools to be a front-runner in the energy transition, a new report said.
Opening the Gateway to Abu Dhabi
Energy Voice and Granite PR have held their first co-branded Gateway event in Abu Dhabi, with a pre-conference breakfast involving ADNOC, where the importance of innovation and co-operation was high on the menu.
Wood president heads up new industry diversity task group
Craig Shanaghey, President, Operations Services, Europe & Africa at Wood, has been announced as the chair of a new task group set up to champion diversity and inclusion in the oil and gas industry.