Jim House: Remembering Piper Alpha
Piper Alpha was a disaster – in every sense of the word – and it claimed the lives of 167 fathers, sons, husbands and friends. This single catastrophic event significantly changed our industry forever.
Neptune Energy
Neptune Energy confirms hydrocarbon discovery at Dugong well
Neptune Energy and its partners today announced the discovery of hydrocarbons at the Dugong well (PL 882) in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.
Neptune Energy awards Fugro multi-million pound Cygnus inspection contract
Neptune Energy has awarded a subsea inspection contract, understood to be worth around £2million, to Fugro at its Cygnus gas field.
Energean will listen to offers for huge UK gas discovery, but not ‘actively’ seeking buyers, boss says
Energean’s boss said on Monday he would listen to good offers for its soon-to-be-acquired stake in the UK’s biggest offshore gas discovery in a decade.
WATCH: Neptune removes Dutch North Sea platforms
Neptune Energy today announced the safe removal of the L10-C, L10-D and L10-G platforms from the Dutch sector of the North Sea.
Neptune Energy to cut 400 jobs from global workforce
Private equity-backed operator Neptune Energy has announced proposals to cut 400 jobs globally, representing around a fifth of its workforce.
Neptune Energy exploration boss leaves role as firm focuses on ‘most value-creating’ activities
Neptune Energy’s exploration vice president is leaving her role as the company shifts focus to “activities that will deliver the most value” amid the oil downturn.
‘Extraordinarily challenging headwinds’ hit Spirit’s bottom line
Spirit Energy plunged into the red in its second full year as an independent oil and gas business as impairments linked to lower commodity prices hit hard.
Novel solutions to play a big role in hydrogen’s future
The road to large-scale hydrogen production is likely to be long and riddled with tough challenges, particularly if it is to become a fixture offshore.
Torrid times in the North Sea may favour private equity
It is hard to know where to begin when describing the scale of the crisis gripping Big Oil.
Big energy firms urge UK Government to deliver clean recovery plan
A number of top UK-based energy firms have urged Westminster to deliver a clean Covid-19 recovery plan.
Neptune appoints new Algeria head
Neptune Energy has appointed Mehdi Bouguetaia to act as managing director in Algeria.
Covid pushes first oil from Neptune’s Seagull project back a year
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a 12-15 month delay to first oil from Neptune Energy’s Seagull field in the UK North Sea.
Neptune completes Egypt OBN work
Neptune Energy has completed its acquisition of an ocean bottom nodes (OBN) multi-client survey on Egypt’s offshore North West El Amal block.
Neptune Energy ‘assessing impact’ of Covid-19 on Seagull schedule
Neptune Energy is “assessing the impact” Covid-19 will have on the delivery of its 50million barrel Seagull development in the UK North Sea.
Private equity backer of EnerMech and Neptune Energy posts first quarter loss
The private equity backer of Aberdeen-headquartered Enermech and operator Neptune Energy posted a first quarter loss of almost half a billion pounds.
Neptune Energy announces Eneco as latest partner on hydrogen pilot
Neptune Energy today announced Netherlands-based Eneco has joined as a partner on its PosHYdon offshore green hydrogen pilot project.
Neptune Energy to partner with Dutch firm on North Sea hydrogen project
Neptune Energy has announced it will partner with Dutch energy infrastructure firm, Gasunie, on the PosHYdon pilot, the world’s first offshore green hydrogen project.
WATCH: Timelapse of Neptune Energy decommissioning North Sea gas platform
Neptune Energy has released a timelapse of operations to remove a gas production platform in the Dutch sector of the North Sea.
Response, resiliency and recovery
Short-term pain, long-term gain.
Neptune maps out ambitious carbon, methane emissions cuts
Oil and gas firm Neptune Energy has mapped out ambitious targets to cut its carbon and methane emissions.
No alarm over future for North Sea, oil boss says
Neptune Energy’s UK boss said on Tuesday that talk of the North Sea oil and gas industry being wiped out by a collapse in crude prices is premature.
Hunkering down for prolonged low prices, Neptune identifies cost cuts
Neptune Energy bosses insist the firm is “resilient enough to meet the challenges of today” as they hunker down for a prolonged period of low oil and gas prices.
Covid-19: Not everyone’s working from home
The burden of the COVID-19 pandemic weighs heavily on us all.
Energean’s 2020 capex up 22%
The purchase of Edison E&P will provide Energean with insulation from oil price volatility, although the company has trimmed its capital expenditure plans in 2020.