The family of a Moray woman killed in a North Sea helicopter crash have expressed “dismay” that a fatal accident inquiry into the tragedy will be held remotely.
Premier Oil has renegotiated its deal to buy a series of North Sea assets from BP and ended a dispute with its largest creditor.
The newly-branded Deltic Energy, formerly Cluff Natural Resources, is using the current “window of opportunity” to eye up potential deals as far afield as the Dutch North Sea.
Aberdeen Harbour Board (AHB) has put a £15 million contract out to tender for “the completion of works” for its £350m-plus expansion project.
The UK arm of Norwegian energy service group NorSea has said investment in its Aberdeenshire base to date totals more than £2 million.
Cluff Natural Resources (CLNR) has said it is “fully committed” to drilling a Shell-partnered North Sea prospect next year, however another is expected to be delayed to 2022.
It is hard to know where to begin when describing the scale of the crisis gripping Big Oil.
It’s too soon to know with any certainty how Covid-19 will affect our lives in the weeks, months and even years to come. The true scale of the impact of the pandemic and the measures needed to save lives remains to be seen.
Energy giant Total has reached the one billion-barrel milestone at its Elgin-Franklin complex, surpassing original estimates from when it started up nearly 20 years ago.
Energy sector leaders have welcomed the UK Government’s intention to replace an EU emissions-busting scheme with its own version which “goes further” on reductions.
Westwood Global Energy reports that as of May 27 there were no exploration and appraisal wells active in the UK. In light of the Covid-19 pandemic and oil price crash, there have been a large number of E&A wells deferred to 2021.
Well engineering and project management specialist Fraser Well Management (FWM) has assumed the production well operatorship of six SNS development wells, this appointment marks the launch of a new product line for the company.
A number of North Sea-focused industry groups have announced they will collaborate on a survey designed to assess the pace of digitalisation growth across the sector.
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has slammed “poor behaviour” in the North Sea supply chain, with firms facing demands to cut rates as much as 40% “overnight”.
The UK Government’s furlough scheme is unlikely to “stem the tide” of oil industry job losses as employers are told to start contributing to wages in the coming months, lawyers and politicians said.
There is “hope” for a return of subsea project activity in UK waters next year and in 2022, a market analyst has said.
Our client Humber Oil & Gas’ divestment of its interest in one of the largest UK onshore hydrocarbon discoveries may have been our second oil and gas deal of 2020, but it was the first we conducted wholly remotely, thanks to UK lockdown rules.
Petrofac has been awarded a five-well contract for the first phase of Independent Oil and Gas’ (IOG) “Core” project in the North Sea.
An industry leader has said he is "confident” of securing government backing for a sector deal and a global underwater "hub" in Aberdeen this year.
More North Sea oil and gas work coming to the Port of Dundee boosted revenues for owner Forth Ports last year.
An offshore worker has been hospitalised after sustaining a “crushing injury” at a North Sea oilfield.
More than 300 people have signed up to attend OGUK’s first-ever D&I webinar to further explore opportunities to improve diversity and inclusion in what remains a challenging landscape for the UK oil and gas industry.
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a 12-15 month delay to first oil from Neptune Energy’s Seagull field in the UK North Sea.
Hurricane Energy’s boss has thanked the UK oil and gas industry’s regulator for giving the company more breathing room with its licence obligations.
North Sea energy services firms including Wood, Petrofac and Hunting enjoyed a share price boost in the City today.