Greens brand fracking moratorium “vague” as Ineos shale arrives in Scotland
Environmental campaigners have stepped up calls for a ban on fracking ahead of the first shipment of US shale gas arriving in the UK.
Environmental campaigners have stepped up calls for a ban on fracking ahead of the first shipment of US shale gas arriving in the UK.
Environmental campaigners fear windfarms are causing the lungs of millions of bats to explode every year.
As the OPEC oil cartel prepares for its informal meeting in Algeria this week, media speculation and oil price fluctuations are rife in response to the possibility of an oil production freeze agreement between OPEC and non-OPEC countries. But these permutations beg one important question: haven’t we heard it all before?
Bureau Veritas – a global leader in testing, inspection and certification (TIC) – has confirmed its appointment earlier this year of Paul Shrieve as chief executive officer of North Sea offshore operations, marine and offshore.
Aberdeen entrepreneur Jeanette Forbes has backed a new Aberdeen University group trying to encourage more young women to develop an interest in science and technology.
The Transocean Winner rig is unlikely to be moved within the next two days due to bad weather, according to the Maritime and Coastguard Service.
News of a lucrative contract win propelled oil rig builder Lamprell to top spot on the London Stock Exchange's list of risers this afternoon.
Swire Oilfield Services has brought in a new chief executive to replace Tor Helgeland, who is stepping down after 22 years with the Aberdeen company.
Energy services firm Petrofac said today it had saved Tullow Oil $2.5million on a well decommissioning job in the southern North Sea.
Labour is to announce that it will ban fracking if it wins the next general election.
Offshore accommodation business HB Rentals has spent £750,000 on new workshop and fridge-freezer containers to help keep up with demand.
Lansdowne Oil and Gas reported a slight improvement in its financial position in what the Dublin-based firm described as a “very challenging” first half of 2016.
London-listed oil rig builder Lamprell has netted a $90million contract for upgrading a vessel for Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea.
Amec Foster Wheeler has won a £7million contract to build a new effluent treatment plant at the Dounreay nuclear test site in Caithness.
Africa-focused firm Victoria Oil and Gas enjoyed a 93% rise in daily production in the first half of 2016, while sales were up 50%.
An Aberdeenshire MSP has cast fresh doubt on the Scottish Government’s opposition to fracking in the run-up he arrival of the first shipment of shale gas at Grangemouth this week.
It would have been hard to imagine at the height of the drama around the Ineos petrochemical plant in late 2013 that US shale gas imports would be arriving by boat three years later.
There’s a moratorium on fracking here in Scotland because of the huge public opposition to it.
Work has started on a controversial windfarm project on a famous Highland moor.
A flashmob descended on the British Museum yesterday to protest against oil giant BP’s multi-million pound backing of the arts.
Shell will fork out £350,000 this year to support pioneering UK companies which develop low carbon technology.
As many as six out of 10 people would be prepared to fly less in the next year to help tackle climate change, a survey suggests.
A poll by Aberdeen oil and gas technology firm Petrotechnics shows more than 90% of energy professionals see operational excellence as a key priority for their companies.
The crew had to be evacuated from an oil tanker after it caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, a news report said.
A date has yet to be set for a decision on whether to leave a riser that was accidentally dropped off the coast of Canada in March.