Tullow latest player to join quest for Arctic oil and gas
Interest in exploration for oil and gas off Greenland increased today with another new player entering the Arctic region.
Interest in exploration for oil and gas off Greenland increased today with another new player entering the Arctic region.
A Norwich-based helicopter operator is looking to expand its UK offshore operations after being awarded a multi-million pound contract in the southern North Sea.
Bridge Energy shares fell 6% today after an announcement that no oil or gas was found on the Geite prospect.
Premier Oil has started drilling on the central North Sea Spaniards East prospect, it was announced today.
Energy industry logistics firm Peterson SBS says growth in quayside cargo-handling facilities in Aberdeen and Shetland contributed to a 26% rise in turnover during 2011.
Confidence is returning to North Sea oil and gas investors as the UK Government introduces more tax breaks for the industry, according to a new report.
Aberdeen energy consultant Xodus Group is on course to nearly double turnover this year thanks to international expansion.
An Aberdeen subsea firm has completed a seabed clearance project west of Shetland.
Offshore safety and survival training firm Falck Nutec has appointed two new directors to its board.
Stork Technical Services said yesterday its Aberdeen-based energy service business was in good shape and poised for further growth after record turnover in 2011.
Offshore engineering firm Subsea 7 has signed a £185million contract extension with BP for work west of Shetland.
Oil and gas and renewables firms from across the Highlands and islands were celebrating after the Energy North Awards last night.
Nigerian farmers are suing Shell in a Dutch court, asking judges to order the oil giant to clean up environmental damage they claim is caused by leaking pipes. The case is a legal landmark in the Netherlands because it is the first time a Dutch group has been sued for alleged environmental mismanagement caused by an overseas subsidiary.
Sir Ian Wood will be presented with a special lifetime achievement award at Oil and Gas UK's (OGUK) annual accolades in Aberdeen next month.
A project to carry out the UK's first drilling assessment of a saline formation site for the storage of carbon dioxide has been unveiled by National Grid and the ETI.
A 750 tonne process module is on its way to the central North Sea as part of BP's £900million Andrew area development.
Oil giant Shell is due to award a contract worth tens of millions of pounds as part of its massive North Sea Brent field decommissioning programme.
More than 60 people gathered in Aberdeen yesterday to discuss international opportunities for north-east oil and gas firms.
The Canadian government has given itself more time to consider Chinese state-owned CNOOC's proposed takeover of Nexen.
Aberdeen oil and gas firm Plexus Holdings says it has signed a £1million contract with a new client in Norway.
Offshore accommodation specialist Arcadion and Aboyne Academy have formed a new partnership which aims to prepare pupils for work.
More than £4.5billion is to be spent on removing North Sea platforms and pipelines in the next five years, it was predicted yesterday.
North Sea oil and gas creates widespread benefits for the UK commercial-property market, according to a new report from Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).
Aberdeenshire energy service business ROVOP said yesterday it had won a string of contracts worth a combined £7million.
The sleepy north-east hamlet of Westhill had a population of fewer than 100 people in 1961.