FTSE buoyed by Shell results
The FTSE 100 ended the day in positive territory on Thursday as strong results from Royal Dutch Shell and Diageo helped investors look past wider economic headwinds.
The FTSE 100 ended the day in positive territory on Thursday as strong results from Royal Dutch Shell and Diageo helped investors look past wider economic headwinds.
Despite a dramatic drop in crude oil prices during the fourth quarter, Houston oil field service company Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE) closed 2018 with a $195 million profit.
A new tidal erosion technology could save the average big wind project up to £8.6 million over its lifetime.
Danish wind giant Orsted has announced it saw healthy £700 million profit growth in Q4 2018.
Shell’s boss said today that the energy giant had “delivered on its promises” for 2018 after completing its divestment programme and keeping a lid on capital investment.
Australian firm Talon Petroleum has struck a deal to buy EnCounter Oil, more than doubling the size of its North Sea portfolio.
North Sea acreage containing up to 300 million barrels of oil has been put up for grabs.
More oil could be pumped from the Greater Buchan Area (GBA) without the costly installation of a new platform or floating production facility, an analyst said.
A £20 million competition has been launched to give a boost to innovative ways of storing electricity, the Government has said.
Proserv has relocated a large part of its field technology services business unit to Westhill, near Aberdeen.
Jobs at Aberdeen's Cabot Specialty Fluids are "safe" until the sale to a Chinese firm is complete, according to a spokeswoman.
After a two month sea voyage from South Korea, the Johan Sverdrup topside has arrived in the yard at Stord, Norway.
The oil and gas world is abuzz with news of a major gas find in the UK as operator CNOOC and partner Total unveiled the largest discovery in British waters since 2008.
Employment tribunals are “back in a big way”, one of the Highlands’ leading employment lawyers told a gathering of business people yesterday.
Aberdeen is the busiest heliport in the world for Sikorsky S-92 operations, according to a new report.
Lewis Wind Power (LWP) intends to seek additional planning consent for its proposed Stornoway Wind Farm to use larger, more efficient turbines.
Exploring business links between key energy hubs in Scotland and Australia will be the focus of a business event taking place in Aberdeen next week.
Orkney’s location is a unique attraction for both oil and gas and marine tourism activity.
An outstanding performance in human resources (HR) will see one lucky winner hailed as “fantastic” at The Press & Journal cHeRries Awards 2019.
GE has announced it will consolidate all its renewable energy business under one banner.
A senior north-east oil and gas executive has been made regional chairman of the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB).
A Japanese state-run nuclear fuel laboratory near Tokyo has detected a radiation leak in its plutonium handling facility, but no workers were exposed.
A "smart" system for charging electric vehicles on the street has been launched to boost the take-up of clean cars.
Oil held its biggest gain in more than a week as investors assessed the impact of U.S. sanctions against Venezuela, while waiting for the outcome of trade talks between Washington and Beijing.
Ophir Energy has agreed to a takeover by Indonesia's Medco in a deal that values the London-listed company at £390 million.