An Aberdeenshire oil services firm has called on North Sea firms to collaborate on technology after launching a new system aimed at clearing more blockages and increasing oil recovery.
The INPEX-operated, $34billion, Ichthys LNG project has just marked a key milestone by celebrating the keel-laying of its FPSO at Daewoo's Okpo yard in South Korea.
Raising £21million was hard, but it's about to get even harder for Warrego's founders as they chase a further £300million to develop an Australian gas field.
Complacency and competency issues are among the key factors stopping the oil and gas industry from making a step change in safety, a panel of sector representatives has concluded.
Schlumberger has developed a formation fracturing technique to enable sequential stimulation of perforation clusters in wells drilled in unconventional reservoirs - tight oil and gas including shale resources.
Oil firms scaling back their drilling investment over the next few years will be forced to up spend again as supplies dwindle, a leading industry figure has warned.
Following its hugely successful dinner last month where former Labour Cabinet heavy Lord Reid of Cardowan was the main guest speaker, the Aberdeen, Grampian and Highlands branch of the Energy Institute has brought forward its next annual dinner.
A well known drilling business, headquartered in Aberdeen, has been acquired for an undisclosed sum by private equity house Sun European Partners, affiliates of which have invested in over 330 companies worldwide since 1995, with combined sales in excess of 35billion euros.
International energy services firm Petrofac is tackling the skills gap head-on with a new training programme to ready ex-military personnel for work in the North Sea.
A bit more than a year ago, Chris Charman took the helm of the International Marine Contractors' Association (IMCA) and has since been steering it through a journey of significant change.
Work has begun on opening up a potentially major UK onshore oil and gas find in the shadow of Gatwick Airport - after oil giants Esso missed the field 50 years ago.
"Dirty energy company, Dart Energy, is preparing to get the green light for a dangerous new way to extract fossil fuels. They want planning permission to turn Falkirk in the heart of Scotland into a commercial 'coalbed methane field'."