Jotun’s Baltoflake solution could mean end to offshore wind substructure maintenance
DNV report shows Jotun’s Baltoflake solution offers beyond 30 years’ protection for offshore assets, according to Ismail Tan, global category manager at Jotun.
DNV report shows Jotun’s Baltoflake solution offers beyond 30 years’ protection for offshore assets, according to Ismail Tan, global category manager at Jotun.
Work is ongoing to “break the link” between the cost of gas and electricity prices in the UK, the prime minister has confirmed.
Environmental groups have responded with fury to the UK Government’s plans to issue new oil and gas licenses.
A ban on fracking in England has been lifted as the Government pushes for an increase in domestic energy production in the face of soaring bills.
A new North Sea licensing round is on the horizon as Liz Truss tries to turn the UK into a "net energy exporter by 2040".
General Electric was blocked by a federal judge in Boston from making or selling its massive Haliade-X offshore wind turbines in the US, dealing a fresh blow to the conglomerate’s struggling renewable energy division.
Shell (LON: SHEL) has exercised an option to extend its use of the Maersk Voyager for drilling services offshore Mexico.
Did you know that 7.6 million people in the UK are living with heart disease? And around 900,000 people are living with heart failure. Heart and circulatory disease cause a quarter of all deaths in the UK – an average of one every three minutes – and strokes cause around 35,000 deaths in the UK each year and are the biggest cause of severe disability in the UK.
Extending the operational life of a portfolio of aged North Sea assets continues to be an ongoing challenge. Focussing on the safety, integrity and certainty of these assets provides the industry with the assurance that they can continue to yield economic benefits, extending cessation of production dates and maintaining safety of both people and assets for years to come.
A new company aimed at helping North Sea oil and gas operators optimise their offshore campaigns has been launched.
According to research by RGU Energy Transition Institute, over 200,000 offshore workers will be needed in the UK by 2030, and over 65% of the workforce will support low carbon energy activities.
“Offshore drilling is coming back, big time,” Bjornar Iversen, chief executive of Dolphin Drilling, excitedly told a room of senior company figures, and myself, during a visit to the Borgland Dolphin rig in Norway last month.
STATS North America is projecting 30% year-on-year growth in Canada, with more than 45% year-on-year growth in the US, underpinning an estimated 15% global growth for STATS Group.
Liz Truss signalled support for the North Sea oil and gas industry during her first Prime Minister's Questions in the top job.
More than three quarters of people in the UK back building new wind and solar farms to tackle the energy crisis.
North Sea oil and gas firm Kistos has revealed that Greater Laggan Area (GLA) development and exploration programmes are due to commence imminently.
Oil and gas firm Capricorn Energy (LON: CNE) has confirmed its Diadem well in the UK North Sea has come up dry.
Development of new wind farms in remote, wild areas should be halted, the National Trust for Scotland has said.
North Sea operator EnQuest (LON: ENQ) is the latest company to reap the rewards of “strong production” and “high commodity prices”.
The North Sea Transition Deal is a ground-breaking deal between Government and industry to plan a path to net zero. The Deal celebrated its first birthday in March 2022, showcasing good progress and encouraging momentum. Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) continues to celebrate the Deal’s 18 month anniversary with the launch of Methane Action Plan (MAP) Guidelines last month –seeing the UK oil and gas industry take another step forward in its journey to net zero emissions. The Deal sets out a clear roadmap for accelerating green energy technologies, cutting emissions and, ultimately, delivering a net zero industry by 2050.
The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) recently published a report examining carbon capture and storage (CCS), which claimed many sequestration projects have failed or underperformed. Environmentalists described it as "damning", but Professor Stuart Haszeldine, director of Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage (SCCS), believes it is too simplistic.
As it stands, the focus for the North Sea is ‘new’. New fields. New projects. New production. New energy sources.
Incoming Prime Minister Liz Truss has drafted plans to fix annual electricity and gas bills for a typical UK household at or below the current level of £1,971 ($2,300).
Energy giant ScottishPower Renewables is exploring deploying a 5G mobile network in the North Sea sea to aid the construction of an offshore wind farm.
Saipem (MIL: SPM) has joined forces with Siemens Energy to develop a “cutting-edge technology solution” for the offshore wind sector.