There’s more to COP26 than CO₂
With the energy industry preparing for COP26 later this year, it’s easy to forget that responsibility does not just fall to the heavy-weights.
BP and Shell set to count their losses
North Sea oil and gas giants BP and Shell will sum up a torrid year for the industry globally in annual results this week.
It’s a weak case for green hydrogen
This week I attended three hydrogen webinars. By participating in these sessions I'm hoping a light comes as to what I’m missing. Not so, they all reinforce that the case for the role of hydrogen in delivering net zero is evidence weak.
Subsea 7 donates £15k to north-east charities
Subsea 7 has donated a total of £15,000 to charities across the north east of Scotland, in support of families and individuals struggling this winter.
EVOL: Resurgent ’Rona, operator skulduggery, and ‘stranded’ gas
With constant helicopter flights rumbling overhead, Aberdeen has started to feel like a ’Nam movie again. That’s because Covid appears to be resurgent in the North Sea once more, but what about matters onshore, and the prospects of Offshore Europe gracing P&J Live in September?
Updated: Total’s Gryphon becomes latest North Sea facility to suffer Covid outbreak
French giant Total has become the latest oil company to suffer a serious outbreak of Covid-19 on one of its UK North Sea facilities.
Global gets £8.3m of backing for Nigg quay expansion
Global Energy Group (GEG) has secured backing of up to £8.3million from development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) for a £19m project to extend the quayside at its Port of Nigg facility.
Global consensus at COP26 will be critical to maintaining the pace of decarbonisation
The UK has come a long way in tackling climate change over the last decade. The data for the last five years demonstrates decarbonisation increasing at pace, culminating in the greenest year on record for Britain’s electricity system in 2020 - average carbon intensity (the measure of CO2 emissions per unit of electricity consumed) reached a new low of 181 gCO2/kWh. In total, the country was powered coal-free for over 5,147 hours in 2020, compared with 3,666 hours in 2019, 1,856 in 2018 and 624 in 2017.
SEC’s sympathy with Big Oil will test Biden Administration’s climate credibility
Now that Biden has committed to shifting from fossil fuels, the incoming chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler, must decide whether Big Oil are exempt from basic principles of shareholder democracy.
Covid outbreak at Score Group leads to 33 employees self-isolating
A Covid outbreak at Score Group has led to 33 employees self-isolating.
Bad behaviours of previous downturn back to the fore in 2020: report
Poor commercial behaviours that blighted the North Sea oil industry during the 2014-16 downturn were increasingly on display in 2020, a new report shows.
Global Energy Group joins forces with Rosetti Marino on green projects
Global Energy Group (GEG) has gone into partnership with Italian company Rosetti Marino to deliver large-scale renewable energy and net-zero projects around the UK.
Beijing will keep harassing oil and gas activities in South China Sea
Beijing is expected to keep harassing oil and gas operations in disputed areas of the South China Sea this year, particularly offshore Malaysia.
Renewable energy ‘power house’ to open in Highlands
A new “global centre for excellence” in renewable energy technologies is to be opened in the Highlands.
Concern over ‘unintended consequences’ of Scottish withdrawal of support for oilfield services exports
Oil industry chiefs have asked for an “urgent meeting” with Scottish Ministers to highlight the “unintended consequences” a trade policy shift could have on the north-east’s fragile supply chain.
Energy Voice and EY kick off 10 Point Pod series with Orsted on offshore wind
The UK Government announced its 10 Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution amid much fanfare in November. The points laid out in the strategy pave the way to the UK’s net zero future. But what are they? Why have they been identified? And what impact will they have on the energy sector and the wider economy?
Subsea Expo 2021 called off as Covid disruption continues
Organisers of Subsea Expo said today they had made the “difficult but sensible” decision to call off this year’s event due to the worsening of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Remote inspection points the way to better business for oil and gas
While the majority of sectors in the oil and gas industry have been severely impacted by the pandemic creating significant challenges for companies across the world, there are some areas where the current climate has provided opportunities for growth.
Forum manufactures technologically advanced submarine rescue vehicle
Forum Energy Technologies today announced it has completed manufacturing a highly advanced submarine rescue vehicle (SRV) including cutting edge technologies, which may be utilized to extract submariners from distress situations.
Exclusive: Frustration for suppliers as Dana decides to pull out of North Sea gas project
Dana Petroleum, of Aberdeen, intends to withdraw from a North Sea gas project which had been earmarked for an investment decision in the near term, it can be revealed.
Specialist oil and gas lawyer joins Gilson Gray
Law firm Gilson Gray has recruited Calum Crighton – a co-founder of Aberdeen's Lex Energy – to join its corporate practice.
Decom cross-sector event reflected by board appointment
Industry body Decom North Sea (DNS) is set to broaden the sector’s horizons via a one-day, virtual event later this month.
EC-OG appoints former Wood boss as chairman
Clean energy technology firm EC-OG, of Aberdeen, has appointed a former boss at engineering and consultancy giant Wood as its chairman.
Energy Voice and EY launch 10 Point Pod series
The UK Government announced its 10 Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution amid much fanfare in November. The points laid out in the strategy pave the way to the UK’s net zero future. But what are they? Why have they been identified? And what impact will they have on the energy sector and the wider economy?
Women must be at the forefront of sustainability
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided significant challenges, but it also presents a wealth of opportunities with regards to sustainability and our global energy footprint. Although the dramatic reduction of CO2 emissions this pandemic has brought about is welcome, there is still a lot of work to be done in changing hearts and minds with regards to sustainability.