Decommissioning a ‘huge opportunity’ for Northern Isles, Carmichael says
Former Scottish secretary Alistair Carmichael said today that the decommissioning market should become a key driver of employment in Orkney and Shetland.
Former Scottish secretary Alistair Carmichael said today that the decommissioning market should become a key driver of employment in Orkney and Shetland.
A trade unionist has called for industry and government to invest in decommissioning to make sure the sector creates as many jobs as possible.
The emerging decommissioning market on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) will be “exciting opportunity” which will work in tandem with exploration and production in the North Sea, according to the economics director of Oil & Gas UK.
Green shoots of recovery are springing in the oil and gas industry, according to Scottish Conservative energy spokesman Alexander Burnett.
A groundbreaking new report predicts a steady rise in decommissioning work in the UK and Norway over the coming decade.
The Scottish Government has urged Westminster ministers to take “urgent” action to boost the oil and gas industry in the wake of a troubling report into the future of the North Sea.
A North Sea well operated by Statoil is expected to be drilled next summer.
EnQuest’s creditors overwhelmingly backed the firm’s restructuring plans today.
The head of Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) said today that North Sea industry is more competitive than it was two years ago, at the start of the crude price collapse.
The SNP have called on the UK Government to take urgent measures to help protect the North Sea oil and gas industry in the forthcoming Autumn Statement.
Ithaca Energy said it expects first hydrocarbons from the Greater Stella Area later this month.
Jersey Oil & Gas said drilling will begin on a North Sea licence next summer.
I’m old enough to remember the amazing Brent advertising in the Sunday colour supplements of the mid-1970s that likened the challenge of developing this first generation North Sea oil giant to Nasa’s moon shots.
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) today hailed Shell’s 40 years of Brent as a “tremendous” North Sea milestone.
An Aberdeen offshore engineering services firm believes there is money to be made in the gap between well plugging and abandonment (P&A) and platform removal.
Energy Voice has teamed up with Shell to celebrate 40 years of Brent. This promoted series will examine the people, milestones and technology that helped make this historic North Sea find possible. It will also analyse what lies ahead for the breakthrough discovery. Happy 40th Brent!
Energy Voice has teamed up with Shell to celebrate 40 years of Brent. This promoted series will examine the people, milestones and technology that helped make this historic North Sea find possible. It will also analyse what lies ahead for the breakthrough discovery. Happy 40th Brent!
The Brexit vote has not impacted on North Sea oil and gas production but a successful second bid for Scottish independence could slash output, according to fresh data.
IKM Cleandrill has signed a three-year framework agreement with Aker BP for top hole drilling fluid return (MRR) services.
Statoil was forced into an emergency response after smoke was detected on a North Sea platform.
Production from Premier Oil's Solan field was reportedly shut down for three days last month amid safety concerns.
Energy Voice has teamed up with Shell to celebrate 40 years of Brent. This promoted series will examine the people, milestones and technology that helped make this historic North Sea find possible. It will also analyse what lies ahead for the breakthrough discovery. Happy 40th Brent!
Aker BP has started production from the viper-kobra field.
Energy Voice has looked through the archives to bring back some of the most memorable images from Shell's Brent field.
Forty years ago today, production began at the Brent oil and gas field in the North Sea. Coming just two years after the first major oil shock, when an embargo led to dwindling supplies and spiralling prices in the West, Brent helped quell government and consumer anxiety over energy security for the UK.