‘We need more projects like Rosebank’: Industry reacts to oil field approval
"We need more projects like Rosebank," says Offshore Energies UK, following news the project received has received the green light from the regulator.
"We need more projects like Rosebank," says Offshore Energies UK, following news the project received has received the green light from the regulator.
TechnipFMC, Odfjell Drilling and Altera Infrastructure have been big contract winners at the Rosebank oilfield.
Equinor has taken a final investment decision with partner Ithaca Energy.
Analysts have questioned the feasibility of electrifying major Central North Sea assets given the maturity of the area.
The West of Shetland Electrification Project programme manager, Daniel Sprich, discussed plans to source power for three major developments from onshore at an NSTA seminar.
Equinor (OSLO: EQNR) is still on track to approve the Rosebank oilfield in the West of Shetland this year, the UK boss of Equinor has said.
The chair of Ithaca Energy has talked up the economic benefits of backing the Cambo and Rosebank projects for local economies, including a potential high street resurgence.
But he wouldn’t comment on Equinor’s Rosebank oilfield, which is still awaiting government approval.
Activists from campaign group Fossil Free London hung a banner calling for a halt to the Rosebank oil field on Monday morning ahead of MPs’ return to parliament.
Scotland's first minister Humza Yousaf has said he is "not convinced" by Equinor's controversial Rosebank oil field.
Dozens of MPs have voiced opposition to approval of the Rosebank oilfield in a letter to the UK Government.
"We need a stable and sensible fiscal environment,” said Harbour Energy’s CEO, in order to have confidence to invest long-term.
Scotland’s minister for small business, trade and innovation says that should also be the case for licensed fields, like Cambo and Rosebank.
Support for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is planned as part of the UK Government’s upcoming Energy Week.
Greta Thunberg has joined her fellow protestors in London to make the demand that the UK Government rejects the controversial Rosebank oil field.
A senior figure at Equinor (OSLO: EQNR) says the Norwegian energy giant is expecting clarification on Rosebank in the not too distant future.
Equinor’s year-on-year takings have been trimmed in half in what is likely to be a common theme amongst the world’s oil and gas giants in the coming days.
Just Stop Oil has shared a video of its supporters covering the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) with orange paint.
Fossil Free London has staged a sit-in at the offices of the UK Government’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero to protest the Rosebank oil field.
Concerns over the emissions intensity of Equinor’s Rosebank development could be holding up project sign off, according to reports.
Campaigners have written to the UK government and regulators warning they intend to initiate legal action if development of Equinor’s Rosebank field is approved.
The Green Party MP Caroline Lucas has claimed the electrification of the proposed Rosebank oil field from the Viking windfarm would harm energy security.
The UK energy security minister, Graham Stuart, has countered arguments to reject Rosebank, saying that only in a “parallel universe” would it make sense to do so.
New analysis by WoodMackenzie sets out the “material opportunities” of the Rosebank and Cambo developments in terms of energy security, emissions and economics.
A look ahead to Rosebank's approval and the process to getting there.