Shell completes acquisition of First Utility
Shell has completed the takeover of UK household energy provider First Utility.
Shell has completed the takeover of UK household energy provider First Utility.
Petrofac’s board said today that chief executive Ayman Asfari would resume "full executive duties" at the UK energy service giant.
Subsea 7 has struck a deal to acquire rival oilfield service business Siem Offshore Contractors (SOC) for an initial £125million.
The Energy Institute’s president believes North Sea industry has shown it can break the “boom and bust” cycle.
Some of the biggest sector names are coming together for EnergyVoice’s latest event.
Subsea engineering and training company Jee has moved offices in Aberdeenshire as it continues to grow and expand its workforce.
Exxon Mobil said it’s abandoning joint ventures with Russia’s Rosneft PJSC after international sanctions against the nation’s energy sector paralyzed a historic drilling project.
Exxon Mobil Corp.’s $19 billion liquefied natural gas export project in Papua New Guinea may remain shut for six weeks after an earthquake rocked the country’s remote highlands, which are home to the venture’s upstream gas supplies, according to UBS Group AG.
A new route-map for tackling climate change has been published amid criticism from campaigners that it does not go far enough.
Anderson Anderson & Brown LLP (AAB), one of the UK’s leading firms of Chartered Accountants & Business Advisors, has announced an extremely successful first year for their own Charity; The Anderson Anderson & Brown Charitable Initiative (AABi), with an incredible £70,000 of funding donated to 45 different charities and causes. In addition, AABi has also donated over 1,250 of volunteering time to numerous charities across the City and Shire, including AAB staff being involved in 10 different education/mentoring programmes.
In our Solar Wars articles published on 9, 10 and 26 January 2018, we considered the 2016 and 2017 arbitral awards in respect of investors' claims under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) arising out of the curtailment of renewable incentive schemes across Europe; as well as the European Commission's (EC) comments on those claims. Like some sort of sci-fi epic producing numerous sequels, another chapter in this story was written last week with reports emerging of an award against Spain in the case of Novenergia v Spain (SCC Case No. V2015/063); and reports that Spain is seeking to remove an arbitrator sitting on some of the remaining claims which it faces.
Snowy and stormy weather is affecting North Sea flights, with large numbers being put on hold.
Scottish engineering firm Weir Group enjoyed a 47% increase in pre-tax profits thanks to an improved showing from its oil and gas business.
Oil is poised for its first monthly decline in six months as a rally at the start of the year fades on growing fears over booming U.S. shale supply.
Spanish oil firm Repsol said today that production from North Sea assets had helped increase its profits in 2017.
Scores of workers at Aberdeen-based Stena Drilling appear set to avoid redundancy after the company “substantially changed” its plans.
A plane carrying 18 offshore workers made an emergency landing yesterday – after circling Aberdeen several times to burn off fuel.
Some of the biggest sector names are coming together for EnergyVoice’s latest event.
The riser platform for Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup field has left South Korea and is en route to the North Sea.
Austrian oil producer OMV AG is poised to win a deal to produce oil from offshore fields in Abu Dhabi, according to people with knowledge of the situation.
A former senior executive with Shell is one of two new members appointed to the board of Port of Cromarty Firth (PCF).
The Outer Hebrides are “on the brink of major renewables energy developments,” Western Isles Council has said.
The Scottish Government has warned the country is on the cusp of the worst storm since records began.
Signs of improvement in the Inverness office letting market have been hailed after the last space in a prominent city centre building was filled.
Oklahoma is tightening its rules for fracking after studying a new cluster of earthquakes in one of the hottest U.S. regions for drilling.