Without putting too fine a point on it 2022 has been a disaster for pretty much everyone who didnโt run a hedge fund, is a shareholder in an oil and gas or other energy company or works in a bank and is due a bonus.
I have long been an advocate for the renationalisation of energy. My father was a veteran of both the pre-WW2 private electricity industry and post war nationalisation.
Advice on how subsea companies can navigate export and trade controls, including changes in place following Brexit, will be the focus of a webinar organised by Subsea UK and the Department for International Trade (DIT) this month (Wednesday, April 28).
Calls have been made for the Scottish Government not to โignoreโ the concerns that face Aberdeen and the Highlands during Thursdayโs budget announcement, after an oil and gas downturn and thousands of job losses have plagued the region.
With less than 30 days to go until the end of the Brexit transition period at the end of December, many questions remain unanswered as to what the impact will be on waste management in the UK.
The theme for this issue of Energy Voice is looking back on 2020 and looking forward to 2021 โ I think most of us canโt wait to put 2020 behind us, so I thought I would focus on the future. One thing the future holds for us is Brexit.
A boss at Schlumberger has said Covid-19 was a โgood testโ for the oilfield service giant as it โbracesโ itself for the end of the Brexit transition period.
The Scottish Government has claimed its ability to exercise climate powers is โunder threatโ over the lack of movement on a UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
The leader of Shetland Islands Council has said the region wants โto retain more of that tax takeโ from oil and gas revenues in its self-determination bid.
Lord Ian Duncan has raised concerns that a lack of money post-Covid could leave governments unable to make the policy interventions needed to drive the energy transition.
Brexit has โgot in the wayโ of the UK collaborating on a major North Sea wind โislandโ complex, according to one of the projectโs main partners.
Energy sector leaders have welcomed the UK Governmentโs intention to replace an EU emissions-busting scheme with its own version which โgoes furtherโ on reductions.