Restructuring costs see McDermott fall to £60.3m loss
Energy services firm McDermott fell to a loss of £60.3m in the start of 2019 amid a series of restructuring and transactional costs.
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Updated: Total’s income dips during quarter marked by huge North Sea gas find
French oil giant Total suffered a dip in profits during a first quarter of highs and lows.
Big hitters to speak at OGUK annual conference
Oil & Gas UK today confirmed the line-up for the opening day of its annual conference, being held at Aberdeen’s Exhibition and Conference Centre from June 4-6.
Chrysaor-Conoco deal brings new leaderboard of North Sea producers
Chrysaor’s recently-announced £2billion deal to acquire ConocoPhillips’ North Sea assets will put it top of a new leaderboard of oil and gas producers.
Oil majors claim ‘prudent action’ on climate under way despite ‘alarming’ report
Some of the world's biggest oil firms have claimed they are taking "prudent action" on climate goals, despite a new report suggesting production from new fields will breach the Paris Agreement.
Total donates €100m to Notre-Dame restoration
French energy giant Total has donated €100m (£86.5m) to restoration efforts for the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris.
EnQuest confirms rota change for hundreds of North Sea workers
North Sea oil firm EnQuest has confirmed it will change rota patterns for hundreds of its offshore workers.
Total hit with safety notice over worker rota changes
The UK's safety watchdog has served notice to energy giant Total over “failures” to assess risks around rota changes at the Shetland Gas Plant.
Total signs agreement on $13bn Papau New Guinea LNG project
Total has reached an agreement with the government of Papau New Guinea allowing work to begin on a $13bn (£9.9bn) project to roughly double the country’s energy exports.
TechnipFMC wins ‘significant’ subsea contract in Brazil
TechnipFMC has won a “significant” contract for work on the Lapa oilfield offshore Brazil.
Former legal expert for Total joins Aberdeen law firm
A former legal expert for French oil giant Total has has been appointed partner at Brodies’ Aberdeen office.
Total joins forces with China battery maker in latest Big Oil shift
Total is tying up with China’s Tianneng Group to build batteries, moving into mass production of electricity storage technology after snapping up Saft Groupe SA in 2016.
Greta’s army and disputing workers could cripple Big Oil
It is said that more than 1.4 million students skipped school on March 15 to protest about the climate change crisis that threatens life as we know it on Earth.
Total invests more in Tellurian, Driftwood LNG
French energy major Total said it will invest more than $700 million in Houston-based Tellurian and its Driftwood liquefied natural gas export project in Louisiana.
Top Scottish science festival cuts ties with oil majors
A leading Scottish science festival is to cut its long standing association with French oil giant Total and US firm ExxonMobil.
Total starts up second Kaombo FPSO off Angola
Total has started production from the second floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for its Kaombo project off Angola.
Strikes called off amid ‘termination threats’
Strikes involving more than 200 North Sea workers have been called off.
Total drilling for oil in world’s fastest ocean
Total SA’s discovery of South Africa’s first oil in deep water could prove to be a bonanza for a country lacking crude reserves of its own and prompt a rush from other majors. That’s if they’re able to solve the engineering challenges of operating in one of the fastest ocean currents in the world.
Total chief handed salary reduction
Total chief executive and chairman Patrick Pouyanne is set to be given a reduction in pay.
North Sea discoveries have ‘turned heads’ of investors, says Chrysaor boss
World-class discoveries made in the UK North Sea in recent months have “turned heads” of investors, according to the chief executive of Chrysaor.
Crew down tools on Total platforms, production continues
Oil workers downed tools on three of Total’s North Sea platforms yesterday in a bitter row over rotas.
Striking workers ‘determined’ and in ‘good spirits’, union boss says
Workers engaged in North Sea strike action were in “good spirits” yesterday and remained “determined to see the dispute through to the end”, a union boss said.
North Sea strikes get under way on Total platforms
Energy giant Total confirmed this morning that strikes had begun on three of its North Sea installations in a dispute over rotas.
UK foreign minister meets North Sea oil bosses
The UK foreign secretary held a roundtable meeting with North Sea oil and gas bosses on Friday amid - what he described as - “the crucial final stages” of Brexit negotiations.
Costain chipper despite slight dip in profits
Bosses at Costain Group said the engineering and construction firm delivered a "strong" set of results in 2018 and built up a record order book.