Lightening the burden of environmental reporting
THE UK Continental Shelf has one of the most onerous legislative frameworks of any oil and gas producing region in the world, and it continues to develop in complexity and scope.
major challenge
Is the barrel half full or half empty?
THE shifting economic climate has created a toxic mix for the North Sea oil and gas industry.
Upstream construction costs rocket
COSTS associated with constructing new oil&gas upstream facilities have reached a new record high, according to the latest IHS/Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) Upstream Capital Costs Index. They are up 6% over the past six months and have doubled since 2005.