Shell Aberdeen worker tests positive for coronavirus
A Shell worker has tested positive for coronavirus in Aberdeen as the number of cases across north-east Scotland has increased to six.
A Shell worker has tested positive for coronavirus in Aberdeen as the number of cases across north-east Scotland has increased to six.
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has confirmed there will be no new offshore licensing round in 2020 after implementing a “temporary pause”.
The oil price freefall means projections for the UK’s North Sea revenues are already out of date before the Budget is even published, according to a leading analyst.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched an inquiry after a crane collapsed on a second Valaris oil rig within a month of each other.
Workers have voted “emphatically” in favour of strike action at the Sullom Voe terminal in Shetland.
I can imagine the expletives uttered the length and breadth of the North West Europe Continental Shelf as folk across the offshore oil & gas industry woke up this morning … from operators right down the food chain to the smallest service companies.
As cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) increase around the world, industry continues to experience the effects. In particular, Chinese manufacturers in some areas have stopped operations due to factory shutdowns which in turn is starting to affect supply chains. As lead times catch up with supply constraints we expect this to become problematic in the weeks to come.
A House of Lords investigation into upcoming IR35 reforms has been told that additional guidance is needed on employment definitions in the UK.
A company, which has worked on everything from James Bond movie sets to NASA and Chelsea FC’s owner’s superyacht, is now targeting Aberdeen’s oil and gas sector as its next growth market.
A document has revealed that UK safety regulators flagged issues with EnQuest’s Thistle platform years before it was evacuated over subsea structural concerns.
Hurricane Energy and Spirit Energy have gone back to the drawing board for their Greater Warwick Area (GWA) joint venture, which will see Hurricane take on additional costs.
Premier Oil will be “increasing its workforce” in other UK projects as the vessel which produces through its Huntington field prepares to sail off in summer.
Remote operations will “change the oilfield services (OFS) world” according to Chris Jones, vice president for OFS in Europe at Baker Hughes.
Don’t count on America’s oil giants to join their rivals across the pond in ambitious efforts to cut carbon dioxide emissions.
Premier Oil’s UK and North Sea boss has stepped down from the role to follow his “strong personal interest” in climate change as the firm announced a new net zero policy.
Record levels of production from its North Sea assets were not enough to halt a drop in pre-tax profits for Premier Oil in 2019.
The north mainland of Shetland has suffered a major blow after around 50 staff at Scatsta Airport were told they are going to lose their jobs by the end of June.
A union boss has defended the £500,000 price tag for a new research project into the health effects of North Sea offshore working patterns.
Most people whose home and business were swept away by a hurricane would be stopped dead in their tracks, consumed by the disaster.
Aberdeen head-quartered service company Tendeka will take on a multi-million-pound contract to supply sand-face completion equipment to Aker BP’s Norwegian assets.
UK competition authorities have approved Wood’s £250m sale of its nuclear business.
Nigeria may have to adjust its budget this year after fears of coronavirus pandemic dragged the price of crude under the target set in its 2020 spending plan.
Bringing about the energy transition needs to make “economic sense” and be socially and environmentally sustainable, according to Shell’s chief technology officer.
I have just read about an “unintended consequence” of Brexit which involves sausages. Unless a derogation is achieved, Britain’s sausage makers will be unable to sell to the EU and Northern Ireland without a “special export health certificate”.
Every major oil firm in the UK and Norway is now engaged in talks on electrification of offshore platforms, according to energy services giant Baker Hughes.