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Aberdeenshire MSP pressses Scotgov on challenges faced by oil and gas workers looking for green jobs

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China in talks with Russia to buy oil for strategic reserves

By Bloomberg

Renewables and Energy Transition

Render of CIP's hydrogen island concept.

CIP proposes building North Sea ‘hydrogen island’ by 2030

ITM wins backing to develop 5 MW ‘Gigastack’ hydrogen platform

BEIS backs Vattenfall’s ‘world-first’ plan for hydrogen-producing wind turbine off Aberdeen

Promoted

Balancing security of UK energy supply with energy transition

By Alasdair Green, Director and Head of E&P at Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB)

Industry trade body anticipate major announcement to complete investment hat trick at energy conference

By EEEGR

What’s next for IR35? Hirer questions answered

By Matt Fryer, head of legal services at Brookson Legal

Opinion

Woman At Home Boiling Kettle For Hot Drink With Smart Energy Meter In Foreground

Ofgem protects energy market at expense of consumer affordability

By Lyndsey Burton, managing director of Choose

We need urgent action now if the UK is to seize its golden opportunity to lead the world in carbon capture

By Dr Nick Cooper, chief executive of Storegga

As the cost of renewables has fallen rapidly, gas is no longer a viable bridging tool

By Jacqueline Tao, analyst at TransitionZero

All Posts

Andy Watson, operations manager at MRS Training & Rescue, outside the new Aberdeen facility.

Other News

New training centre expected to create up to 30 new jobs in Aberdeen

20/05/2022

By Keith Findlay

A firm specialising in the skills needs of people working in difficult and potentially dangerous environments has opened a £1 million training centre in Aberdeen.

Oil tycoon Sir Ian Wood on Sunday Times Rich List 2022

20/05/2022

By Lottie Hood

Some of the richest people in Scotland, including Sir Ian Wood, have links to the north and north-east, The Sunday Times Rich List 2022 has revealed.

Unconventionals

Exxon strikes $750m deal with BKV for Barnett Shale assets

20/05/2022

ExxonMobil has signed an agreement with subsidiaries of BKV Corporation for the sale of operated and non-operated Barnett Shale gas assets in Texas.

Workers involved in wildcat North Sea strikes run a ‘real risk’ of being disciplined, says employment expert

20/05/2022

North Sea workers who have been unofficially downing tools this week are at “real risk” of disciplinary action, according to a leading employment expert.

Industrial facility with pipes under an overcast sky

Africa

Seplat elevates Omiyi, shrugs off questions over Mobil deal

19/05/2022

Seplat Energy has appointed Basil Omiyi to takeover as non-executive chairman, while questions are asked once more over the company’s deal for ExxonMobil’s local assets.

E&P

Adnoc stacks three discoveries with 650 million barrels

19/05/2022

Adnoc has made a new 500 million barrel discovery at Bu Hasa, offering an expansion of Murban crude production.

Equinor told to up its game after ‘major gas leak’ averted on North Sea platform

19/05/2022

Equinor has been pulled up by the safety watchdog after faults that could have led to a “major gas leak” were found on one of its North Sea platforms.

Son of Piper Alpha victim criticises lack of consultation on garden plans

19/05/2022

By Allister Thomas

A man whose father was never recovered from the Piper Alpha disaster has criticised an "unthinkable" lack of consultation on plans to revamp the memorial gardens.

Oil & Gas

Woodside wins backing to buy BHP oil, gas amid climate backlash

19/05/2022

By Bloomberg

Woodside Petroleum almost certainly won investor approval to boost global oil and gas production by adding BHP Group assets while also facing a rebuke on its climate accounting.

Lake in the foreground, green rolling hills behind

Pipelines

Marsh named as insurance broker for EACOP plan

19/05/2022

By Ed Reed

Marsh McLennan has been identified as the insurance broker for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP).

Woodside wins backing to buy BHP oil, gas amid climate backlash

19/05/2022

By Bloomberg

Woodside Petroleum almost certainly won investor approval to boost global oil and gas production by adding BHP Group assets while also facing a rebuke on its climate accounting.

Nuclear

Scotland’s nuclear debate lacks ‘detailed facts’ needed to ensure energy security

19/05/2022

Obsolete and bad information is plaguing the debate around new nuclear power developments in Scotland, according to one of the UK’s leading energy lawyers.

Renewables/Energy Transition

North Sea strikes: ‘Wildcat action is in no one’s interest’ says trade body

19/05/2022

By Allister Thomas

The industry trade body has hit back at a series of unofficial strikes taking place in the North Sea.

Chapter 3: Engineering Net Zero at SWIC

19/05/2022

By Ed Reed and Costain

The deployment programme being implemented in South Wales is unlike those being proposed by the other UK industrial clusters.

DNV report shows energy executives expect escalation in cyber-attacks

19/05/2022

New research published by DNV reveals that energy executives anticipate life, property, and environment-compromising cyber-attacks on the sector within the next two years.

Africa

Protests disrupt gala dinner at Africa Energies Summit

18/05/2022

Protests have disrupted the gala dinner at the Africa Energies Summit, with a group of Extinction Rebellion activists attaching themselves to Gordon Ramsay’s Heddon Street restaurant.

OEUK chief executive Deirdre Michie. P&J Live, Aberdeen. 29/03/2022

OEUK CEO writes to energy secretary to set out North Sea’s contribution to UK’s coffers

18/05/2022

The chief executive of Offshore Energies UK has reinforced the need for a predictable fiscal regime in a letter to the energy secretary.

Decom

Petrofac takes over from Maersk at Tullow decom work

18/05/2022

Tullow Oil has chosen Petrofac to carry out well decommissioning offshore Mauritania, replacing Maersk Decom.

Proserv picked to monitor cables at Hywind Scotland floating wind farm

18/05/2022

Energy services firm Proserv has been picked to monitor cables at the world’s first commercial floating offshore wind farm.

EU targets clean power, LNG in plan to cut Russia dependence

18/05/2022

By Bloomberg

The European Union unveiled a raft of measures ranging from boosting renewables and LNG imports to lowering energy demand in its quest to cut dependence on Russian supplies.

Two men sign documents at a table on a stage

Africa

Afreximbank, APPO sign up to energy bank plan

18/05/2022

Afreximbank has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO), with the dream of creating an energy bank.

Rigs & Vessels

Borr wins new jack-up work in Southeast Asia

18/05/2022

Borr Drilling has secured a new four-year contract for its Saga jack-up rig in Southeast Asia.

Worley secures services contract for Shell’s Gulf of Mexico assets

18/05/2022

Engineering giant Worley has been awarded a three-year engineering and procurement (EP) services contract by Shell to support five of its assets in the US Gulf of Mexico.

Petrochemicals

Adnoc sets out June IPO plan for Borouge

18/05/2022