Scottish EV team qualifies for Shell event after decade’s absence
Strathclyde University has become the first Scottish team in nearly a decade to qualify an electric vehicle (EV) for the Shell European Eco-Marathon in London.
Piper Alpha: RMT calls for improved offshore safety
An offshore union has called for better protection for workers on the 30th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster.
Fears surface about oil spike above $150
Oil investors may regret urging companies to cough up cash now instead of investing in growth for later as the dearth of exploration is setting the stage for an unprecedented crude price spike, according to Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.
Spirit Energy to take over Babbage operatorship
Spirit Energy has agreed to take over as operator of the Babbage field and the nearby Cobra discovery in the North Sea.
Prosafe gets $25m-plus gig for Safe Scandinavia
Vessel contractor Prosafe will get paid at least $25.5 million for deploying the Safe Scandinavia floatel at the Ula platform in the Norwegian North Sea.
Equinor in £350m swoop for Danish energy trader
Norwegian giant Equinor will buy Danish energy trading company Danske Commodities (DC) for £350 million.
Tory Party backer increases stake in Cluff
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Michael Spencer has increased his stake in North Sea oil firm Cluff Natural Resources.
Piper Alpha: A time to reflect amid the grief
They are two words inextricably linked with tragedy and human loss on an unprecedented scale in the history of offshore energy.
Exclusive: Serica Energy announces Aberdeen office location
Oil firm Serica Energy has revealed that it will move into the H1 building at the Hill of Rubislaw complex in Aberdeen next month.
Majors’ exit from parts of North Sea ‘not a bad move’, EY tax expert says
Major oil and gas operators may withdraw from less profitable parts of the North Sea over the next year but that shouldn’t be viewed as a bad move, according to one of the industry’s leading economists.
Updated: Unite sets dates for strikes on Total’s North Sea rigs
Offshore trade union Unite has announced that strikes will go ahead on three of French oil giant Total's North Sea rigs in a dispute over pay and working hours.
Piper Alpha: We must remember sacrifices of victims, survivors and rescuers
On the 7th of July 1988 the country woke up to an unfolding tragedy, yet it wasn’t until the evening, sitting down to the nine o’clock news that most of us learned of the enormity of what had happened on the Piper Alpha oil platform.
Rolls-Royce agrees to sell commercial marine business to Kongsberg for £500m
Rolls-Royce has agreed to sell its loss-making commercial marine business to Norwegian firm Kongsberg for an enterprise value of £500 million.
Dispute over responsibility for Norway Super Puma crash
A Super Puma helicopter crash which led to 13 deaths in Norway in 2016 was “unpreventable”, despite similarities with a fatal accident near Peterhead seven years earlier, the manufacturers said yesterday.
Rubberatkins to hire 12 in Aberdeen as expansion drive kicks into gear
Expansion is on the cards for an Aberdeen rubber maker as the oil industry shows signs of emerging from several “awful” years.
Hurricane wraps up Lancaster well completion job
Hurricane Energy said today that it had moved a step closer to first oil from the Lancaster field, west of Shetland.
Piper Alpha: Providing spiritual guidance
Offshore chaplain Reverend Gordon Craig believes the 30th anniversary of the Piper Alpha tragedy can bring the disaster “out of the history books and into real life” for many young oil workers.
Piper Alpha: The day my dad died offshore
Shane Gorman was just 18 when the Piper Alpha tragedy unfolded, with his father, Dave, being among the 167 people to lose their lives.
Updated: In a world first, Japan to test AUV in Fort William
Underwater technology is to be tested in Lochaber after the signing of an agreement with a major Japanese company.
Rotech marks 500th job
An Aberdeen-based subsea technology firm is celebrating a double milestone after completing its 500th project in its 25th year.
Exercise is good for staff health
“If there is any deficiency in food or exercise, the body will fall sick.” That’s according to Hippocrates, the Father of Modern Medicine. He made the claim 2,000 years ago, neatly demonstrating the idea that physical activity is good for you is nothing new.
Piper Alpha: Offshore employers haven’t learned the lesson, trade union boss says
Pat Rafferty, Scottish Secretary of the Unite trade union, says he does not believe employers have learned enough from the disaster.
Piper Alpha: We must believe repeat can’t happen, safety chief says
The executive director of Step Change in Safety says the industry “must believe” that a Piper Alpha-scale disaster could never happen again in the North Sea.
OPINION: The new oil cartel threatening OPEC
When reports emerged that India and China are in talks about forming an oil buyers' club, OPEC was probably too busy with its upcoming June 22 meeting to concern itself with that dangerous alliance. Now, it may be time for it to start worrying.
Subsea 7 celebrates build milestone and announces vessel name
Work has started in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, on a new reel-lay vessel for global energy service company Subsea 7.