BP close to completing Clair platform repair job
Energy giant BP said today that non-essential staff were returning to its Clair platform after an electrical fault led to a partial down-manning last week.
Energy giant BP said today that non-essential staff were returning to its Clair platform after an electrical fault led to a partial down-manning last week.
Hydrasun’s boss has said the “unity of effort” shown by the firm’s employees and people in the wider oil and gas industry made 2020 a hard but “strangely rewarding” year.
It is a fact of life that if you want to achieve net zero you need the technology that can make it happen. You can play around with what you think are smart economic wheezes such as contracts for difference and carbon tax but if you don’t have the technology to enable you to stop burning hydrocarbons then ultimately, they’re of no benefit whatsoever.
Muehlhan Group’s UK business is looking forward to a bright future after clinching two major contracts and making a senior appointment in Aberdeen.
A technology chief at Petrofac says the energy service firm adopted the “art of the possible” philosophy in its mission to bring new digital products to the oil and gas inspection and maintenance market.
The head of disputes and sanctions at the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) isn’t in the business of giving companies nasty shocks.
Specialist firm Surface Corrosion Consultants is leading the way in web-based technology for the management of corrosion.
It’s hard to think that this time last year, at the very start of 2020, we had little idea what was to come and could never have imagined how much our lives would be turned upside down.
Westwood Global Energy reports that there were four exploration well programmes active as of December 28. Three exploration well programmes were spudded in December and two exploration programmes completed.
Westwood Global Energy reports that as of December 28 there was one exploration well and one appraisal well active in the UK.
Energy giant BP has partially down-manned its Clair platform, about 45 miles west of Shetland, due to an "electrical fault".
Tesla Inc. is coming to the end of its first year selling China-made cars with a commanding position in the world’s biggest electric-vehicle market, but Elon Musk shouldn’t rest on his laurels.
In a challenging year for Chinese companies pursuing acquisitions abroad, Latin America emerged as a region where they were able to make some corporate marriages work.
There’s a general view that we should consign the year gone by to history. In oil and gas, and the wider energy industry, 2020 can more accurately be viewed as another challenging time for a sector accustomed to being beleaguered.
Crown Estate Scotland is set to launch a rather interesting mini-study.
North-east oilfield technology company RotoJar is targeting growth after its owners invested millions of pounds to buy and renovate new headquarters.
Oil climbed as the UK is poised to grant regulatory approval to another Covid-19 vaccine and as the US passed its stimulus bill into law.
Developers behind a 100 turbine wind farm under construction in the Moray Firth are celebrating a major project milestone.
Borr Drilling has hired Magnus Vaaler as its new chief financial officer, replacing Christoph Bausch with immediate effect.
Emerging technologies will be key to delivering the Government’s decarbonisation strategy and 2050 zero-carbon target, according to energy experts at Pinsent Masons.
The trading challenges of 2020 are “not how I pictured our 40th anniversary year”, Balmoral Group boss Jim Milne said on Christmas Eve.
Dutch activist investor Follow This filed a climate resolution for BP Plc’s annual general meeting, having received support from the oil giant earlier this year. But the two parties were ultimately unable to agree on the final details in order to put forward the resolution together.
Halliburton will lay off 216 employees in North Texas as the coronavirus pandemic continues to depress demand for oil-field services and equipment.
Craig International’s expansion into North America, the Middle East and South Africa reaped big rewards during the year to April 30.
Oilfield equipment firm Enerquip, of Aberdeen, has been presented with the highest official award for UK businesses.