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Industry, regulators and ministers attend the November 2023 North Sea Transition Forum.. Aberdeen.

NSTA: £4bn of North Sea developments approved in 2023

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The North Sea’s regulator said the approval of seven developments this year, worth a combined £4 billion, represented “strong votes of confidence” in the basin.

By Andrew Dykes

Women In New Energy conference brings pioneering leaders to Aberdeen

Local leaders and international influencers gather in Aberdeen for Energy Voice's inaugural Women In New Energy conference celebrating the critical role women have in shaping the future of the energy sector. Read More

By Mathew Perry

Oil & Gas

The Equinor sign at its headquarters in Fornebu near Oslo, Norway.

Equinor strikes sale on Nigerian asset with local buyer

By Ed Reed

Western Isles floating storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. UK North Sea.

Dana warned by HSE over training and supervision at Western Isles

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By Andrew Dykes

Odfjell Technology drillers strike pay deal on TAQA assets

By Ryan Duff

Renewables and Energy Transition

UK Government looks beyond price for ‘most impactful’ CfD round yet

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By Allister Thomas

Statera Energy's Salthome flexible gas power stations. Teesside

Kellas Midstream secures first hydrogen customer for H2NorthEast

By Andrew Dykes

First delivery of transition pieces to Port of Nigg

‘Milestone’ moment for Moray West wind farm

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By Keith Findlay

Features and Analysis

Decommissioning oil and gas ‘megastructures’ set to clash with offshore wind

By Allister Thomas

Should North Sea assets flare more as storms hit?

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By Ryan Duff

The Clair Ridge platform, west of Shetland.

What will be the last platform in UK waters?

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By Ryan Duff

Interview: Athena Exploration eyes new hub in West of Shetland

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Byford Dolphin diving incident casts long shadow 40 years on
Which companies secured offers in the 33rd Licensing Round?

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What do we use it for? Looking at the UK’s non-energy oil demands

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Deals, exits and administration open up North Sea M&A opportunities

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“Chips once a week”: Offshore industry grapples with health and safety risk of weight gain

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Opinion

The case for COP28 and developing nations’ needs

By Jonathan Cahn

Firms must get ready for sustainability legislation

By Mark Stewart, partner - Corporate Finance and Head of Energy, Infrastructure and Sustainability - Johnston Carmichael.

Just Stop Oil demands 'contemptible', says Starmer

Keir Starmer: ‘I will unleash a generation of secure jobs for Aberdeen’

By Sir Keir Starmer, Labour leader

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Wind turbines and electricity pylons carrying their electricity on the Causeymire in Caithness..

Renewables/Energy Transition

Public campaign needed to highlight case for new transmission, trade body says

29/11/2023

By Andrew Dykes

ScottishRenewables has written to Holyrood ministers pressing the need for a public information campaign to back ‘once-in-a-generation’ upgrades to the grid network.

Oil & Gas

UK-led group to deploy ships to baltic sea after pipeline damage

29/11/2023

By Bloomberg

Ten northern European countries agreed to deploy vessels and planes across the Baltic Sea region to protect critical undersea infrastructure in response to last month’s suspected acts of sabotage.

Oil & Gas

Rough pumps gas into UK grid to meet rising demand for heating

29/11/2023

By Ryan Duff

The gas storage facility, Rough, has pumped gas into the UK grid to meet increased demand as the country looks to use more for heating as winter looms.

Rendering of the Yggdrasil area, formerly known as NOAKA.

Norway

Climate activists sue Norway over plans to build out oil fields

28/11/2023

By Bloomberg

Climate activists have once again turned to the Norwegian courts, this time suing the government over development plans at a handful of oil and gas fields under the sea off its coast.

The Exxon oil refinery in Fawley, near Southampton, UK.

Refining

Exxon’s $1bn UK expansion to make its first diesel in 2024

28/11/2023

By Bloomberg

Exxon Mobil will complete a $1 billion expansion of diesel production at its Fawley UK oil refinery next year, a key step in curbing the country’s reliance on imports.

The Acorn project is housed at the St Fergus gas terminal (pictured).

UK

Delays pose ‘significant risk’ to UK CCS targets

28/11/2023

By Andrew Dykes

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A new report on UK carbon capture and storage (CCS) progress finds its ample pipeline and sound ambition could yet be undermined by the risk of delays and cancellations.

E&P

EnQuest hires rig to return Kraken oilfield to drilling in 2025

28/11/2023

By Allister Thomas

Magnus has overtaken Kraken as UK-focused EnQuest’s top producer following an outage this year.

Oil & Gas

Auchincloss ‘most logical successor’ as analysts review ‘undervalued’ BP stock

28/11/2023

By Andrew Dykes

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Analysts see interim CEO Murray Auchincloss as the logical candidate to steady the BP ship, while the company’s shares remain undervalued in relation to its peers.

File photo of Unite general secretary Sharon Graham speaking to members on a picket line at one of the entrances to the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk,

North Sea

Unite plans ‘hard-hitting’ campaign to canvass energy workers

28/11/2023

By Andrew Dykes

“Don’t give me promises of green jobs, if you can't tell me what qualifications I need, where will the jobs be based, when can I apply for them and how much the pay is.”

SSEN Transmission managing director Rob McDonald, right, with Energy Cabinet Secretary Neil Gray. Image: SSEN Transmission.

Renewables/Energy Transition

Electricity transmission firm SSEN launches new Aberdeen office

28/11/2023

By Keith Findlay

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Electricity network firm SSEN Transmission says it is growing headcount across Scotland in order to deliver its Pathway to 2030 plans.

Oil & Gas

OPEC says the IEA has ‘unjustly vilified’ oil and gas industry

28/11/2023

By Bloomberg

OPEC issued a strongly worded defense of the oil-and-gas industry days before the start of the biggest ever climate talks, pushing back against the International Energy Agency (IEA) and highlighting the increasingly fractious debate over how best to tackle global warming.

Signage above the Saudi Aramco booth on day two of the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023.

Oil & Gas

Saudi Arabia seeks OPEC+ oil quota cuts while some members resist

27/11/2023

By Bloomberg

Saudi Arabia is asking others in the OPEC+ coalition to reduce their oil-output quotas in a bid to shore up global markets but some members are resisting, delegates said.

James Larnder, Managing Director of Aquaterra Energy.

Europe

Aquaterra Energy wins work at Ineos’ Greensand CCS project

27/11/2023

By Andrew Dykes

Aquaterra Energy has secured a contract with Ineos covering life extension work at the platform serving its Danish carbon capture and storage (CCS) scheme.

Renewables/Energy Transition

Aberdeen University to research colocation of CCS and offshore wind

27/11/2023

By Ryan Duff

Two research projects have kicked off to look into the colocation of offshore wind and CCS as Aberdeen University picks up 'Project Colocate'.

Verlume's Halo system deployed as part of the Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP) project off Orkney.

Renewables/Energy Transition

Verlume plots recruitment drive following ‘tenfold’ growth in orders

27/11/2023

By Andrew Dykes

Smart battery systems maker Verlume is increasing its headcount on the back of a reported tenfold rise in orders.

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Radical reform of electricity system risks delays to wind investment, report warns

27/11/2023

By Keith Findlay

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One of the main options being considered by the UK Government in a planned shake-up of electricity market arrangements threatens jobs, cheaper energy and new wind projects, a new report warns.