The owners of the accommodation rig stuck in the North Sea after breaking its tow line in a storm remain unable to get it moving for another day after bad weather continues to prevent any attempt to get a new line aboard.
A rig which was battered by huge waves in the Norwegian North Sea leaving one worker dead and two injured had not been tested for the impact of a wave.
Partners in the Leviathan natural gas site in Israel are said to be in talks to supply gas to a number of companies in the region.
A statement to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange showed a message from units of Delek Group which said the firms were private electricity producers and industrial companies.
Fracking should not be continually viewed as “some kind of disaster”, an energy minister has said amid warnings that it is widely opposed across Britain.
A ballot on whether North Sea workers should accept new conditions put forward by member companies of the OCA (Offshore Contractors Association) will close tomorrow.
It comes after revised proposals were put forward after talks were held with Unite, the OCA and ACAS (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service).
Buru Energy said it has identified a five metre sandstone interval at the Ungani Far West 1 well in North Western Australia.
The company said an oil sample was recovered with interpretation of pressure data indicating a potential oil column of at least 14 metres with around five metres of net pay.
A sampling program is continuing with results expected to be on going.
Cluff Natural Resources (CLNR) is to pursue unconventional opportunities south of the border following the Scottish Government's moratorium on Underground Coal Gasification.
Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded the engineering, procurement and construction contract by Sweden's Preem for a new vacuum distillation unit (VDU) at its Lysekil refinery.
California Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency to protect residents from natural gas that has been leaking from Sempra Energy’s underground storage site near Los Angeles for more than two months.
Austen Russell said MSP Dennis Robertson’s comments about the current state of the North Sea oil and gas industry felt like a “kick in the teeth”.
The 38-year-old has been tirelessly looking for work every day since he was made redundant from his job with a pipe lay company last October where he worked as a technical supervisor.
He had his first break in the industry 18 years ago when he started out as a well test trainee.
Billionaire industrialist Jim Ratcliffe has pledged to drive out the inefficiency of his new North Sea assets - and has set up a new subsidiary to hunt for even more opportunities.