North Sea

Breaking: EnerMech hit with cyber attack across global business

19/07/2019

Aberdeen-headquartered energy services firm EnerMech has confirmed it has been hit by a cyber attack. Read More

Total has started drilling an appraisal well for its Glendronach gas discovery in the West of Shetland

Total kicks off Glendronach appraisal in West of Shetland

Schlumberger appoints former North Sea boss as new chief executive

VIDEO: Yoga on board the world’s largest offshore vessel

OGUK announces Safety Awards finalists

Latest Oil & Gas News

Photo: Michael Ciaglo, Houston Chronicle / Staff Photographer

New WildFire Energy gets more than $1bn in private equity backing

19/07/2019

Breaking: EnerMech hit with cyber attack across global business

19/07/2019

A Ministry of Defence image of the supertanker Grace 1, which has

Gibraltar hopes to diffuse tensions surrounding Iranian supertanker

19/07/2019

Schlumberger appoints former North Sea boss as new chief executive

19/07/2019

Schlumberger beats expectations on revenue during second quarter

19/07/2019

Former Unaoil executive pleads guilty in Serious Fraud Office bribery case

19/07/2019

OPINION

How the UK can meet its commitment to a net zero future

18/07/2019

In June this year, the UK became the world’s first major economy to commit to a target of net zero emissions by 2050. Read More

All Posts

ROCKET to rig: Alan Roy with the picture that was snapped as he laughed with Neil Armstrong and the notebook that the astronaut signed

Oil & Gas

The day I met Neil Armstrong offshore

19/07/2019 by Tamsin Gray

It was just another day offshore for Fraserburgh man Alan Roy until he plucked up the courage to have a laugh with Neil Armstrong.

Proserv, which acquired Nautronix in 2015, has sold the business to Imenco.
Pictured is David Lamont, former CEO of Proserv (l), Mark Patterson, Nautronix

Oil & Gas

Nautronix changes hands for second time in less than four years

19/07/2019 by Keith Findlay

Marine technology firm Nautronix has changed hands for the second time in less than four years.

The Rabab Harweel Integrated Project in the Southern Omani desert.

Middle East

Petrofac celebrates production start of ‘megaproject’ in Oman

19/07/2019

by Allister Thomas

Petrofac has celebrated the start-up of a major oil and gas production facility in Oman.

Blaze is working for Orsted on its Hornsea One windfarm project

Renewable/Other Energy

Crown Estate ‘listens’ to developers with alterations to offshore wind leasing

19/07/2019

by David McPhee

The Crown Estate has said it will make alterations to the next Offshore Wind Leasing Round in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in response to feedback from developers.

Saipem 7000 lifting the Hywind turbine towers into their floating foundations

Renewable/Other Energy

Saipem to build Saudi floating wind farm

19/07/2019

by David McPhee

Italian oil and gas contractor Saipem has announced it will construct a floating offshore wind farm in Saudi Arabia.

North Sea

Aberdeen-based Appetite has the recipe for success

19/07/2019 by Reporter

An Aberdeen-based firm with an oil and gas client list has been awarded elite status as part of the annual report produced by the Learning and Performance Institute (LPI), the UK’s top learning and development organisation.

Middle East

Bankers question whether Saudi Aramco IPO will be worth the effort

19/07/2019 by Bloomberg

When Saudi Arabia announced plans to sell shares in its crown jewel Aramco, international bankers scrambled to get a piece of the action. Three years on, they’re questioning whether what could be the world’s biggest IPO is worth their time and effort.

Other News

Millions of energy customers could see rise in bills as tariffs end

19/07/2019 by Reporter

Millions of households could see their energy bills rocket by as much as £439 as hundreds of fixed-price deals come to an end in July, August and September, figures suggest.

From left, RGU Director of Estates and Properties Services Bill Somerville, Councillor Philip Bell and Co-wheels Car Club Scotland Manager Tony Archer

Renewable/Other Energy

Aberdeen hydrogen festival to help explore low-carbon technologies

19/07/2019 by Karen Roberts

A new hydrogen festival will take place in Aberdeen as part of a drive to explore low-carbon technologies.

A view of the Grace 1 super tanker in the British territory of Gibraltar, Thursday, July 4, 2019. Spain's acting foreign minister says a tanker stopped off Gibraltar and suspected of taking oil to Syria was intercepted by British authorities after a request from the United States. (AP Photo/Marcos Moreno)

Middle East

Iran forces seize foreign vessel `smuggling fuel’

18/07/2019 by Bloomberg

Iran's state TV is reporting that the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard forces have seized a foreign oil tanker accused of smuggling oil.

An investigation was launched earlier this month after claims the MV Beltnes was left berthed in the harbour for several days after scraping the bottom.

Other News

Vessel ‘damaged hull’ on bottom of new Aberdeen harbour

18/07/2019 by reporter

The longest boat to ever dock in Aberdeen sustained damage to its hull while in the city’s new harbour.

The Beatrice offshore windfarm developed by SSE.

Renewable/Other Energy

SSE making ‘good progress’ despite falling renewables production

18/07/2019 by Energy Reporter

Power company SSE has held firm on its targets for the year despite reporting a dip in customer numbers and the amount of renewable energy it produced in the past three months.

A turbine for the Simec Atlantis MeyGen project.

Renewable/Other Energy

Scottish marine energy developers could ‘go abroad’ if not backed, policy chief warns

18/07/2019

by David McPhee

Scottish firms who develop wave and tidal power could "go abroad" if the sector does not receive the financial backing it needs, an energy policy chief has warned.

Oil & Gas

Oil trades near two-week low as US fuel stockpile increases

18/07/2019 by Bloomberg

Oil traded near a two-week low as an increase in U.S. fuel stockpiles spurred concern that demand is waning in the world’s biggest crude consumer.

Doug Duguid helped found EnerMech more than a decade ago.

Oil & Gas

Duguid exits the hotseat at EnerMech

18/07/2019

by Allister Thomas

EnerMech chief executive Doug Duguid is giving up the hotseat at the company he helped found more than a decade ago.

Decom

North Sea’s 2018 decom costs £400m lower than expected

18/07/2019

by Allister Thomas

North Sea decommissioning costs were £400million lower than expected in 2018, according to a new report from the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA).

Machinery used to fracture shale formations stands at a Royal Dutch Shell Plc hydraulic fracking site near Mentone, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, March 2, 2017. Photographer: Matthew Busch/Bloomberg

North Sea

North Sea producers adopting US shale philosophy

18/07/2019 by Bloomberg

The U.S. oil boom changed the petroleum industry forever. Now its philosophy is being adopted by conventional producers in the North Sea.

Oil & Gas

UK market sending out ‘strong economic signals’ for more gas storage

18/07/2019 by Bloomberg

Two years after the U.K.’s largest natural gas storage site slipped into retirement, demand for new places to keep the fuel is ratcheting up.

The plans include 280 news homes, hotel conference centre, holiday accommodation, golf course and equestrian centre at Blairs College.

Other News

Oil and gas downturn impacts major Aberdeenshire property development

18/07/2019 by Reporter

Developers behind historic plans for 280 news homes, hotel conference centre, holiday accommodation, golf course and equestrian centre at Blairs want more time before they begin the project.

Kevin Mackie, a director at JJKS Estates, aims to attract oil and gas firms to Angus

Other News

Commercial property pitch to oil and gas businesses

18/07/2019 by Keith Findlay

Scottish commercial property firm JJKS Estates aims to lure more oil and gas industry companies to Angus, helping to create new investment and career opportunities in the area.

Luiz Rozo, Callum Falconer, chief executive of Dundeecom, and Ricardo Luca on a tour of Dundee Port.

Decom

Brazil’s biggest port wants to ‘copy and paste’ Dundee decommissioning success

18/07/2019 by Jim Millar for The Courier

Executives from Brazil’s biggest port said they want to “copy and paste” Dundee’s decommissioning success on a visit to the city this week.

Solar news. Photographer: Jacob Kepler/Bloomberg

Renewable/Other Energy

GE sells stake in solar business to BlackRock

18/07/2019 by Bloomberg

General Electric Co. agreed to sell a majority stake in a solar-energy business to BlackRock Inc., giving the investment giant footing in a growing market as the ailing manufacturer shifts its focus elsewhere.

JP Morgan hope to offset their sizable energy consumption.

Renewable/Other Energy

Second turbine planned for outskirts of Lerwick

18/07/2019 by Reporter

The north exit of Lerwick could have another large wind turbine among its landscape as a local company looks to go even greener.

Renewable/Other Energy

Siemens to sail out huge containers to Moray Firth wind project

18/07/2019

by David McPhee

International conglomerate Siemens has announced the completion and planned sail out of huge containers to a mammoth Moray Firth project site.

North Sea

Malaysian firm Hibiscus clinches deal to buy Crown discovery

18/07/2019

by Mark Lammey

Malaysian firm Hibiscus Petroleum has struck a deal to acquire a North Sea discovery from two UK oil and gas businesses.

Hurricane's Aoka Miu FPSO for the Lancaster field.

North Sea

Hurricane still counting on Kerogen support despite share sale

18/07/2019

by Mark Lammey

Hurricane Energy yesterday insisted it had the “continued support” of Kerogen despite the private-equity firm selling about a quarter of its shares in the oil company.

A model of one of Seadrill's existing projects with Samsung - who will also build two of the new vessels.

Africa

Seadrill’s West Gemini drillship booked for Africa wells

18/07/2019 by Reporter

Seadrill has secured a nine-well contract with three options, each for two wells, for the West Gemini in West Africa. Total contract value for the firm portion of the contract is expected to be approximately $84 million with commencement expected in early Q4 2019 and running through Q4 2020.

Australasia

Xodus Group to buy Australian environmental support firm

18/07/2019

by Mark Lammey

Energy consultancy Xodus Group has agreed to buy Green Light Environmental, based in Perth, WA, as part of its plans to expand in the Asia Pacific region.

Other News

Centrica among 18 companies shamed for late payments

18/07/2019 by Reporter

More than a dozen big name businesses have been suspended from the Government's Prompt Payment Code for failing to pay suppliers on time.

Oil & Gas

Aker Solutions in the mix for contracts worth £5bn

17/07/2019

by Mark Lammey

Norwegian energy services giant Aker Solutions said today that it was bidding for contracts worth about £5 billion.

John Guy has been appointed CEO of EnerMech, replacing company co-founder Doug Duguid.

Oil & Gas

EnerMech appoints new chief executive

17/07/2019

by Allister Thomas

Aberdeen-headquartered energy services firm EnerMech has appointed John Guy as its new chief executive.

North Sea

Premier says new North Sea well imminent, keeps chipping away at debt

17/07/2019

by Mark Lammey

UK-headquartered Premier Oil said today that drilling of the Tolmount East appraisal well would start "imminently" in the southern North Sea.

Operational Excellence (OPEX) Group Ltd opens new headquarters, Carden Place, Aberdeen. In the picture is CEO Jamie Bennett.
Picture by Jim Irvine 16-7-19

North Sea

Opex Group on the charge with new city centre HQ

17/07/2019

by Allister Thomas

Aberdeen-based Operational Excellence (OPEX) Group has moved into new West End headquarters after a jump in customers and headcount.

Decom

Augean targets further growth in North Sea decom market

17/07/2019

by Mark Lammey

Bosses at hazardous waste management company Augean said today that they are targeting further growth in the North Sea decommissioning market.

The National Decommissioning Centre in Aberdeenshire is among 28 projects to benefit from the fund so far.

North Sea

£4m up for grabs for Scottish decommissioning projects

17/07/2019

by Allister Thomas

Funding worth £4 million is up for grabs in a fresh attempt to boost Scotland’s share of North Sea decommissioning work.