First Catcher oil production in 2014
Premier Oil is certain that the Catcher oil discovery in the UK Central North Sea is commercial and will be developed using either a floating production system or a fixed platform.
Premier Oil is certain that the Catcher oil discovery in the UK Central North Sea is commercial and will be developed using either a floating production system or a fixed platform.
Subsea 7 said yesterday it had been awarded a major engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning pipeline contract by Total E&P UK.
Aker Qserv, the Portlethen-based company whose principal activity is oil field services both onshore and offshore in the UK and globally, says in its annual report for 2009 the year was challenging.
North-east company SeaEnergy said yesterday it had seen strong interest, particularly from the Far East, in the 80% stake currently up for grabs at SeaEnergy Renewables (SR).
SCOTTISH Secretary Michael Moore says the UK Government will stand shoulder to shoulder with the oil and gas industry over the European threat to deep-water oil exploration.
BP's top man in the north-east, Bernard Looney, has been promoted in a top-level shake-up at the company in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico disaster.
GREENPEACE activists have ended their blockade of an oil drill ship after the vessel's operator won a second court order against the group.
Members of the European Parliament will be asked to vote on controversial proposals for an immediate ban on deepwater drilling for oil next week.
An oil firm has been granted a court order preventing environmental protesters from blocking the progress of a drilling ship in the North Sea.
Innovation and advances in clean green energy present a "pivotal turning point in human history", First Minister Alex Salmond said yesterday.
ENCORE Oil said yesterday it had agreed a contract for the Transocean Galaxy II jack-up rig to drill up to four exploration and appraisal wells on the Catcher discovery in block 28/9 in the UK central North Sea.
Canadian energy firm Nexen is to hook up a new platform at its giant Buzzard oilfield in the North Sea earlier than planned.
North-east expertise in the global oil and gas industry supply chain can help to unlock a prosperous low-carbon future for Scotland, an energy expert will tell delegates at a conference in Edinburgh this week.
South Korea's national oil company KNOC said yesterday it had taken control of Aberdeen oil and gas operator Dana Petroleum, whose board had accepted defeat in the hostile takeover.
The upstream oil and gas sector is faced with challenges of enormous scale, according to AMEC chief executive Samir Brikho.
James Fisher and Sons has added to its stable of north-east businesses by snapping up oil and gas service firm RigCool, of Aberdeen, and its sister business in Australia in a deal worth £4.1million.
International energy service company Wood Group has acquired a significant equity stake in renewable-energy consultant SgurrEnergy in a move said to be key to the Aberdeen company's renewables strategy.
Chevron is facing a major battle to remove Greenpeace protesters from its drill ship off Shetland after the campaigners set up a "survival pod" which could allow them to live on the vessel.
Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping said yesterday it had agreed to sell its marine controlled-source electromagnetic (CSEM) data-acquisition business.
NORTH-EAST vessel-sharing organisation Aberdeen Marine Logistics Alliance (Amla) said yesterday it was on course to record more than £1.5million of savings for its members in 2010 after its operations doubled in frequency during the first half of this year.
Scottish oil exploration company Cairn Energy has struck oil near Greenland, becoming the first company to make a find in the area.
Greenpeace protesters boarded a drilling ship yesterday to try to stop it heading for a deep water well in the North Sea.
Many Scottish companies are cautious about investing in growth in this uncertain financial environment.
Shares in Nautical Petroleum were sent soaring nearly 40% yesterday after it said it had found a substantial column of oil in a sidetrack well drilled on the Kraken field.
AUBIN, a supplier of specialist chemicals to the oil and gas industry, has completed a £250,000 investment in its laboratory, testing operation and equipment at its UK headquarters in Ellon.