The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has condemned Repsol Sinopec following a gas leak and shutdown of the Piper Bravo platform, which came after failing to carry out major repairs.
Harbour Energy has confirmed that its Tolmount development is on course to start up production at the end of next month.
Robert Trice, the co-founder and former CEO of Hurricane Energy, took a total pay package of £649,000 last year as the oil firm plunged to losses of £440million.
A whale has been caught on video carrying out its own subsea inspection as a North Sea oil rig was spudding a well last week.
Organisers of Offshore Europe, Scotland’s largest energy exhibition and conference, are running the rule over whether it should be postponed until next year.
The former chief financial officer (CFO) at RockRose Energy has rejoined Andrew Austin in the same role at his new venture Kistos.
An oil and gas company has hit out at apparent hypocrisy from clothing firm The North Face with a targeted PR campaign.
The oil and gas industry is vast, complex and heavily relies on millions of workers worldwide to keep it moving. The sector has made progress in recent years to better protect workers and tighten up safety standards, which is reflected in the decreasing number of sector-wide fatalities. As a major hazard industry nevertheless, common and health and safety exposures remain.
The amount of materials being recycled from UK North Sea oil platforms is far lower than previously thought, according to a new report.
Most UK adults want government spending on North Sea oil and gas redirected to renewables, according to a new campaigner survey.
Quarantine hotels for oil and gas workers are to remain in place, with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon saying “public safety is paramount”.
A union boss has stressed the need for vigilance offshore as North Sea operators try to catch up on safety-critical maintenance work.
Renewable energy now supports around 23,000 jobs in Scotland, with economic output of £5.2billion a year, according to a new report.
Taqa has kicked off removal work for the Brae Bravo, one of the largest decommissioning projects in the North Sea.
Digital training and software specialist Mintra has found its new CEO in the former head of Aberdeen-based Atlas Knowledge.
Unions are threatening strikes after talks stalled on an IR35 pay dispute for Bilfinger Salamis workers on North Sea assets.
The merger of Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. with Cimarex Energy Co. announced Monday has confounded investors and analysts, leaving them to question the logic behind a tie-up that the companies say will increase diversification.
Professor John Paterson, chair in Law at Aberdeen University, gives his analysis of the Exxon vs Apache High Court case on decommissioning costs.
Exxon Mobil has lost out in a High Court battle against Apache with “far reaching implications” for North Sea decommissioning.
Law firm Pinsent Masons has appointed renowned dealmaker Rosalie Chadwick as its new global head of oil and gas.
Former Petrofac CEO Ayman Asfari took a double-digit percentage pay cut in 2020, a year blighted by Covid, loss of work and an ongoing SFO investigation.
The number of people on unemployment-related benefits across the north-east has continued to rise sharply, new figures show.
CCS and offshore wind, a pair of key decarbonising technologies, are in “competition for space” in the North Sea causing a regulatory headache, according to an industry leader.
Strathcylde Uni has come aboard the Orion project in Shetland, a scheme to see major oil and gas fields in the region go net zero and produce clean fuel for the islands.
A landmark International Energy Agency (IEA) roadmap says no new oil and gas fields should be developed – beyond those already sanctioned -- if the global energy sector is to achieve net-zero emissions by mid-century.