By , Drummond Lawson, managing director of STL, and Dionne Abolghassem
A subsea technology specialist that has deployed revolutionary products for the global oil and gas industry says the sector needs to address the growing urgency for high-pressure connectors – as deep-water field developments are on the rise once again.
Claire Perry MP, energy and clean growth minister said at during the All-Energy conference in Glasgow that the Conservative Party are “absolutely not against onshore wind’ but that her party is against “breaching manifesto commitments”.
Energy Voice’s boxing theme this month made me think about my favourite fight; the Muhammad Ali v George Foreman world heavyweight fight held in Zaire in 1974, or as it’s more commonly known “The Rumble in the Jungle”.
By Kevin Fearnley, CEO of Fearnley Procter Group, and Dionne Abolghassem
Oil and gas operators could save millions of dollars each year by investing in tighter quality assurance and controls on drilling and well completion equipment that would reduce equipment-related Non-Productive Time – failures that are a substantial and potentially “avoidable” cost, according to a leading industry specialist.
N-Sea has received a contract worth over £5million to clear unexploded WW2 bombs to make way for an electricity cable between the UK and the Netherlands.
Energy and clean growth minister Claire Perry today praised the growth of Scottish renewables in delivering 25% of UK capacity and creating 24,000 jobs.
Scottish energy minister Paul Wheelhouse has announced a Moray Firth wind development contract between Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm and Scottish firm Windhoist Group at All-Energy conference in Glasgow today.
Sinead Lynch, UK country chair for Shell, said yesterday that the oil giant knows that it "needs to change" in the coming energy transition, and "that is what Shell is going to do".
A merger deal between McDermott International and Chicago Bridge and Iron (CB&I) has been approved by shareholders, thwarting attempts by Subsea 7 to block it.
One of the reactors at the Hunterston B power station could remain out of operation for much of the year following the recent discovery of cracks in its core.
The energy industry is aiming to drill out 3.7billion barrels of oil equivalent from high-impact wells in the UK and Norway this year, according to Westwood Global
Ian Johnson, project manager for Red Rock Power, said yesterday that the Inch Cape wind project should be around the 70 turbine mark and that Chinese investment is an ‘enabler’ to getting Scottish projects off the ground.
A major improvement programme that will deliver ‘the most efficient supply base in the industry’ is well underway with building work expected to be completed by the end of the year.
I remember clearly that when Aberdeen first looked at redeveloping Union Terrace Gardens, Sir Ian Wood – now chairman of the economic development outfit Opportunity North East (ONE) – claimed that it would help turn Aberdeen into “the Houston of the east”.