‘Expensive mistake’ as Aberdeen solar panels cost taxpayer £300k
Solar panels on Aberdeen City Council buildings have cost the taxpayer nearly £300,000 – despite them being switched off due to fire risks.
Solar panels on Aberdeen City Council buildings have cost the taxpayer nearly £300,000 – despite them being switched off due to fire risks.
West-Africa-focused Eland Oil and Gas said today it would speed up plans to reduce its use of pipelines for its Nigerian crude exports.
Statoil has completed its $2.5billion deal to buy 66% of an offshore licence in Brazil’s Santos Basin from Petrobras, the Norwegian oil major said yesterday.
There are still too many questions and not enough answers when it comes to decommissioning costs and liabilities, an industry analyst has said.
When a massive country de-nationalizes its entire energy sector and opens its oil and gas doors for the first time ever to foreign companies, the opportunities are staggering.
A fire which broke out on the Scarabeo 5 drilling rig in the Norwegian Sea this evening has been brought under control, Statoil said.
Plans were being made to evacuate 106 people from a drilling rig in the Norwegian Sea after a fire broke out in the engine room this evening.
Donald Trump urged Nigel Farage to oppose offshore wind farms at a recent meeting, it has been reported.
Campaigners wearing the white rose of Yorkshire have demonstrated outside the High Court in London at the start of a legal challenge against one of the first planning applications to carry out fracking in England.
Plans for a 17-turbine wind farm in East Ayrshire have been rejected by the Scottish Government.
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill suffered a 25% drop in revenues in the third quarter.
Revenues at quality assurance giant Intertek went up by 18% to £2.1billion in the first 10 months of the year thanks to income from acquisitions and growth in its products divisions.
Gulf Marine Services (GMS) said today that it had one a new contract for one of its vessels in the Middle East North Africa (Mena) region.
The boss of the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) said yesterday that the north-east had a “unique opportunity” to create a new breed of “brave” leaders.
As Europe’s offshore oil and gas capital, our region has a well-earned reputation for enterprise and innovation, but the eventual depletion of North Sea reserves over the next 25 to 35 years gives us a serious long-term economic challenge.
A £825million “renaissance” of the north-east economy has begun to take shape as the first of the City Region Deal cash arrives in the region.
Europa Oil and Gas’ farm out of interests in two licences in Lincolnshire has been approved, the company said yesterday.
Sweden’s Lundin Petroleum has struck oil on its wildcat well in the Barents Sea.
A £1 billion shale gas wealth fund should be spent on energy efficiency projects which will “stimulate growth, jobs and innovation”, a Labour MP has said.
Campaigners from a small village will today challenge one of the first planning applications to carry out fracking in England.
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has appointed an investment banker as its new chief financial officer.
Aberdeen firm Motion Software will demonstrate how virtual reality (VR) technology can help with the inspection of oil and gas lifting equipment at an event in the north-east this week.
The main suitor for Iona Energy has dropped its bid for the defunct firm after one of its backers decided to pull out.
North Sea-focused energy explorer Chrysaor Holdings is closing in on a £1.6billion deal to buy a number of Shell’s assets, a news report said.
EnQuest has announced that first oil from the North Sea Scolty/Crathes development was today achieved under budget and ahead of schedule.