Saudi oilfield hit by drone attack

Flames burn off at an oil processing facility in Saudi Aramco's oilfield in the Rub' Al-Khali (Empty Quarter) desert in Shaybah, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg

18/08/2019

Yemeni rebels attacked oil and gas facilities at the Shaybah field in southeast Saudi Arabia, but failed to disrupt production. Read More

Frackers in UK get fresh hope government will loosen rules

Saudi Arabia’s oil price promise just doesn’t add up

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Scottish Government stake in BiFab knocked down by £13m

Stuart Cochrane is a director at FWB Park Brown

Leaders must challenge traditional behaviours and adopt low-carbon tech

Texo officially opens new facility in Port of Blyth

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Frackers in UK get fresh hope government will loosen rules

18/08/2019

Saudi oilfield hit by drone attack

18/08/2019

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Fraud claims facing GE are ‘bigger than Enron’

17/08/2019

The new South Harbour expansion is estimated for completion next year.

Aberdeen Harbour hails surge of imports thanks to rising oil price

17/08/2019

There were four "major" hydrocarbon releases last year - the highest number since 2013 - and 235 dangerous occurrences.

Updated: HSE stats reveal 235 dangerous occurrences in UK North Sea last year

17/08/2019

The Mariner platform, with the Safe Boreas accommodation vessel adjacent.

Safe Boreas gets extension at Mariner

16/08/2019

Energy Voice monthly supplement, August 2019: Taking hold of technology

06/08/2019

Energy Voice’s latest monthly supplement has been published with The Press & Journal. The theme of the August 2019 edition is Taking Hold of Technology. It features interviews with some of the main influencers and innovators in Aberdeen’s oil and gas tech sphere. Subscribers can click here to read a digital version of the supplement. Read More

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Saudi Arabia’s oil price promise just doesn’t add up

18/08/2019

Saudi Arabia isn’t as willing to do whatever it takes to support oil prices as it would have us believe. That’s the only conclusion one can draw from what we’ve learnt since a government official said the kingdom wouldn’t tolerate a continued price slide. Read More

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Spanish and Belgian firms clinch £370m contracts for Aberdeen incinerator

16/08/2019 by Keith Findlay

Spanish and Belgian firms have clinched a £370m deal to build and operate a new waste-to-energy plant in Aberdeen.

Renewables/Energy Transition

Corbyn promises ‘green industrial revolution’ under Labour

16/08/2019 by Energy Reporter

Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to turn the Government’s “failed approach” to tackling climate change on its head with a “green industrial revolution” if he becomes prime minister.

Renewables/Energy Transition

BP starts UK rollout of 400 ultra-fast EV charge-points

16/08/2019

by David McPhee

Oil giant BP has announced the start of its rollout of 400 ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging-points across the UK.

Oil & Gas

Royal Bank of Scotland to ‘limit’ oil and gas financing

16/08/2019

by David McPhee

The Royal Bank of Scotland has confirmed that it is to "limit" financing for oil exploration in the Arctic and Antarctica.

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Ure Energy stripped of licence by Ofgem

16/08/2019 by Energy Reporter

Electricity supplier Ure Energy has been stripped of its licence by regulator Ofgem after failing to pay into a fund when it did not source enough renewable energy.

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TechFest is back to show the appliance of science

16/08/2019 by Philippa Gerrard

As festivals go, TechFest is rather unusual. Rather than celebrating striking works of art or talented local musicians, it focuses on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem).

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)

Oil & Gas

US in bid to ‘seize’ oil tanker off Gibraltar

15/08/2019 by Reporter

The United States has reportedly applied to seize an Iranian supertanker detained by the Royal Navy off Gibraltar last month.

The Mariner field east of Shetland, one of the largest oilfields in the UK, has started producing.

Picture by Abermedia / Michal Wachucik

North Sea

Milestone as Equinor hits first oil from huge Mariner project

15/08/2019

by Allister Thomas

Equinor has hailed a major milestone for the North Sea oil and gas industry with first production from its giant Mariner field.

North Sea

Well-Safe rig refurbishment to create scores of new jobs

15/08/2019

by Mark Lammey

About 100 new jobs will be created across two North of Scotland energy service companies after they were awarded multi-million pound deals to refurbish a rig.

Scott Martin executive chairman Glacier Energy Services.

North Sea

North Sea operators slash downtime by more than 30%, index claims

15/08/2019

by David McPhee

North Sea oil and gas operators have slashed offshore downtime by more than 30%, according to a new index provided by an energy services firm.

Peter Lawson, Head of Corporate at Burness Paull

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Brexit and oil price dent profits at Burness Paull

15/08/2019 by Rebecca Buchan

Brexit and the delay in oil price recovery caused profits at Burness Paull to fall in the last 12 months.

Utgard is the first of Equinor's portfolio of discoveries of the UK/Norway border to be developed.

North Sea

Equinor given go ahead to start up Utgard on UK/Norway border

15/08/2019

by Allister Thomas

Equinor has been given the go-ahead to begin production from its Utgard field next month.

North Sea

Independent Oil and Gas aiming to sanction flagship North Sea project in September

15/08/2019

by Allister Thomas

Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has announced it is planning to sanction its flagship “Core” project next month.

Renewables/Energy Transition

‘Legal challenge’ to hold up UK offshore wind auction, BEIS confirms

15/08/2019

by David McPhee

A bizarre legal challenge is set to hold up the third UK offshore wind auction until the end of this month, according to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

Aerial photograph of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route / AWPR

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Aberdeen Bypass firm’s profits jump

15/08/2019 by Keith Findlay

Balfour Beatty announced a 14% jump in underlying profits yesterday, saying the performance was boosted by growing its business outside the UK.

Oil & Gas

Bilfinger praises ‘strong demand’ for offshore business

15/08/2019

by Allister Thomas

German industrial services giant Bilfinger saw “strong demand” for its offshore services in the UK and Norway in the first half of the year.

2018 Renewables Award winner Sparrows Group, Matt Corbin.

Gold Awards

Leaders in renewables and safety to be recognised at Gold Awards

15/08/2019 by Rebecca Buchan

Firms which excel in health and safety and renewables will be recognised at the north-east’s prestigious energy awards next month.

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Ofgem sets 50% gender target for energy sector by 2025

15/08/2019

by David McPhee

Energy regulator Ofgem has set a 50% target for gender equality across all levels of the energy sector by 2025.

A Reliance Industries Ltd. petrochemical plant is pictured at night in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India, on December, 2004. Photographer: RAJAN CHAUGHULE/Bloomberg

Oil & Gas

Saudi Aramco regaining grip on world’s fastest-growing oil market

15/08/2019 by Bloomberg

Saudi Aramco’s proposed purchase of part of India’s Reliance Industries Ltd. will allow it to regain its grip on the world’s fastest-growing oil market where suppliers including the U.S. and Russia are making inroads.

A Tesla power station with a Model X in a car park near Tesla store at Fressgasse in the City of Frankfurt/ Main 11th August 2017 Alex Kraus/ Bloomberg News Photographer: Alex Kraus/ Bloomberg News

Renewables/Energy Transition

Tesla, Tiffany and a toymaker make the cut in clean energy ETF

15/08/2019 by Bloomberg

What do a luxury jeweler, a tech behemoth and a toymaker have to do with renewable energy?

Oil & Gas

Fracking report draws ‘erroneous conclusions’, UKOOG boss says

15/08/2019

by David McPhee

The boss of a UK oil and gas firm hit out at a report on fracking last night claiming the the paper "amounts to erroneous conclusions".

voyage: Climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks ahead of her journey to the US from Plymouth on the Malizia II

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Thunberg sees no point having Trump meeting

15/08/2019 by Reporter

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has said she will not waste time speaking to President Donald Trump as she heads across the Atlantic on a racing yacht to attend UN summits on global warming.

Oil & Gas

Fracking has ‘dramatically increased’ methane emissions, study warns

14/08/2019 by Reporter

The boom in fracking for shale gas has "dramatically increased" global methane emissions in the past decade, a study has warned.

North Sea

Exxon’s $2bn UK business ‘attractive’, but Shell alignment needed, analyst says

14/08/2019

by Mark Lammey

ExxonMobil's UK North Sea assets are an "attractive" proposition due to their low running costs, an analyst has said amid speculation the US major is trying to sell the portfolio.

North Sea

Aberdeen firm launches drone operator training with ECITB

14/08/2019

by David McPhee

An Aberdeen-headquartered firm has announced the launch of a new drone operator training course in partnership with the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB).

North Sea

Exclusive: Shell, Chrysaor get behind Acorn carbon capture project

14/08/2019

by Mark Lammey

Energy giant Shell is getting “actively” involved in a north-east carbon capture project again – less than five years after its plans for a similar scheme were derailed.

Steve Rae, executive director of Step Change in Safety.
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North Sea

Plans for work group to sort out lifeboat dilemma, new Step Change boss says

14/08/2019

by Mark Lammey

A North Sea safety chief has revealed plans to assemble a new work group to tackle the thorny subject of offshore lifeboat evacuation training.

The WilHunter drilling rig hasn't been in use since 2015.

North Sea

Awilco Drilling posts loss as rig remains unused for nearly four years

14/08/2019

by Allister Thomas

Awilco Drilling has reported a set of losses as one of its two rigs has remained unused for nearly four years running.

The Borgland Dolphin rig. PIC: Håkon Sunde/Flickr

North Sea

Borgland Dolphin rig on the move to i3 Energy’s Liberator field

14/08/2019

by Allister Thomas

i3 Energy has announced the Borgland Dolphin rig is about to begin its journey to the Liberator field in the North Sea.

Exxon has stakes in around 40 producing fields in the UK, as well as the iconic Brent oilfield (pictured) which is now being decommissioned.

North Sea

Exxon considering sale of UK North Sea assets – report

14/08/2019

by Allister Thomas

ExxonMobil is considering a sale of its North Sea assets as it focusses on US shale production, according to a news report.

Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 sits anchored off the Strait of Gibraltar.

Middle East

Iran says it expects tanker held by UK to be released soon

14/08/2019 by Bloomberg

Iran expects an oil tanker seized by the U.K. in the Strait of Gibraltar in July will be released soon, the semi-official Fars News agency reported Tuesday, a move that could help to ease concerns about the safety of shipping routes in the Middle East.

Professor Marian Wiercigroch, Director of CADR, is pictured (centre) with members of the CADR team.

Oil & Gas

OGIC and Aberdeen University team up on £1.3million of new drilling technologies

14/08/2019

by Allister Thomas

The Oil and Gas Innnovation Centre (OGIC) has joined forces with Aberdeen University to develop £1.3million of new offshore drilling technologies.

Wind turbines next to Mossmoran plant is part of the northern North Sea Brent oil and gas field system.
Picture by NoiseMeUp.

Oil & Gas

ExxonMobil to be investigated over flaring at Mossmorran plant

14/08/2019

by David McPhee

An oil and gas giant has cancelled a planned visit by an MSP to its Mossmorran site while an investigation takes place, the Scottish Greens have said.

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