Business leaders including Sir Vince Cable react to Aberdeen Budget package
Business leaders, including former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable, have welcomed a £30million-plus Budget package for the Aberdeen energy sector.
Business leaders, including former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable, have welcomed a £30million-plus Budget package for the Aberdeen energy sector.
The forecast for tax revenue the UK Treasury will take from oil and gas in the future has been slashed by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR).
With just hours until the Chancellor’s Budget, the RMT Union has called for creation of a £220million annual “Just Transition Fund” for offshore workers.
“It gives me a bit more confidence”, says Wood graduate Sebastian Eunson, “working for a company that is investing in different industries”.
Police Scotland has been offered use of an idle oil rig in order to train against a recent wave of protests in the North Sea.
International oil companies (IOCs) could be on track for record free cash flow this year should Brent continue its rise, according to Wood Mackenzie.
Subsea 7 has reported a major widening of pre-tax losses and warned that its 2021 results will continue to be impacted by Covid-19.
EnQuest has agreed to farm-down an 85% stake in its Eagle discovery in the North Sea to Anasuria Hibiscus for a “nominal” $1 fee.
Oilfield services firm Archer has delivered what it describes as “solid results” in an “extreme year”.
NEO Energy plans to continue its growth spurt after announcing a billion-dollar deal to acquire ExxonMobil assets in the North Sea.
Wintershall Dea of Germany saw losses widen to more than £1billion in 2020 as Covid-19 brought down commodity prices.
ExxonMobil has agreed to sell a package of UK northern and central North Sea assets to NEO Energy in a deal worth more than $1billion (£707.3m).
Renewables investment firm Greencoat UK has announced deals worth up to £146million for stakes in a pair of Scottish wind farm projects.
US President Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline is sparking renewed interest in shipping Canadian oil-sands crude by rail, and that comes with its own environmental risks.
A leading Scottish economist has said the greater exposure to the “economic fallout” of the Covid-19 crisis suffered by Aberdeen and wider north-east, compared with other parts of the country, must not be forgotten in post-pandemic rebuilding efforts.
Most oil firms would be “very wary” of trying to enforce a “no jab, no job” vaccine policy for its workforce, according to a top employment lawyer.
Profits dropped more than 70% for engineering services giant Worley during the first half of its 2021 financial year.
Law firm Womble Bond Dickinson and consultancy ROOTT discuss the oil and gas services sector M&A trends expected in 2021.
For the oil and gas industry, saying that safety is a ‘top priority’ doesn’t come close to capturing the extent of our commitment – we work to make sure that safety is ingrained in every company’s culture, and we won’t rest until all of our colleagues feel that all the risks they could face at work are addressed.
While COVID-19 and Brexit have dominated the agenda for oil and gas businesses in recent times - and rightly so I should add - there is a third issue that this industry is taking just as seriously. I am, of course, referring to IR35 reform in the private sector.
Air Control Entech has won a £175,000 government grant to advance its offshore drones for the next generation of wireless technology.
Drilling technology and services firm NXG has invested more than £1million to open new Aberdeen headquarters, and launch an operation in Mexico.
The CEO of NHV hopes the restoration of oil prices can help the beleaguered helicopter market “to a more sustainable situation”.
Infrastrata has announced the acquisition of the Methil and Arnish yards of the collapsed Scottish manufacturer Burntisland Fabrication (Bifab).
US oil majors ExxonMobil, Chevron and ConocoPhillips had their credit ratings lowered after S&P Global Ratings followed through on its recent warning and revised the industry’s risk profile due to climate change and weak earnings.