The week’s top stories with Energy Voice’s Friday Five
Keep in the know with this week’s round-up of Energy Voice’s breaking news, opinion and feature pieces.
Keep in the know with this week’s round-up of Energy Voice’s breaking news, opinion and feature pieces.
The boss at Royal Dutch Shell (LON: RDSB) said today that the firm is “enjoying” the benefits of recent efforts to get its North Sea business in shape, but declined to rule out additional job losses. Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden said the company had done more to lower costs and enhance reliability in the North Sea than in any other mature basin. Speaking after Shell reported a 72% drop in second quarter earnings, Mr van Beurden said the companies’ North Sea portfolio was “contributing” in the face of “tough” economic conditions.
North Sea oil workers have resumed strike action on a number of Shell assets.
A celebration of the powerhouse offshore sector will boost charities for former industry workers and injured servicemen and women.
An oil firm has announced a further 25 possible job cuts in Aberdeen.
Norwegian operator Statoil said it has made an oil and gas discovery in the Norwegian North Sea.
An Aberdeen ice hockey team has become another victim of the recent downturn in the North Sea oil and gas industry.
Interest rates are so low that BP Plc has the scope to boost net debt, which is already the highest in four years as the company borrows to pay dividends.
Union members have been protesting outside Wood Group's building in Aberdeen in support of industrial action.
An oil and gas giant was today/yesterday (TUES) fined seven thousand pounds after diesel leaked from a rig into the North Sea.
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil consent for a drilling permit in the North Sea.
The first images of workers striking on North Sea platforms have emerged.
Oil major BP has seen an increase in its profits compared with the previous quarter but is still down on the same time last year.
North Sea offshore workers will begin the first strike action in a generation.
Protests will be held in support of workers striking for the first time in 28 years’ across seven of Shell’s assets in the North Sea.
Maersk Oil said first steel has been cut for its Floating Storage Offloading (FSO) vessel in Singapore.
An investigation is underway after a Bristow helicopter’s main rotor blades hit a parked truck as it was being taxied after landing at Stavanger Airport.
Unions are to hold two protests at Wood Group offices and Shell premises in Aberdeen tomorrow in support of offshore staff taking part in the first strike action in 28 years.
Wood Group said it "respected" the right of offshore staff to take industrial action on the eve of strike action in the North Sea.
Oil major Shell said it does not expect any impact on oil production ahead of the first strike action in a generation tomorrow.
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Offshore workers are staging an overtime ban today ahead of strike action tomorrow in a dispute with Wood Group over pay and conditions.
Sir Ian Wood has called on Westminster to appoint a dedicated secretary of state for energy.
Oil industry tycoon Sir Ian Wood has urged First Minister Nicola Sturgeon not to call another independence referendum.
Sir Ian Wood’s comments at the weekend are a welcome injection of common sense into the debate around Scottish independence, following the UK’s decision to leave the European Union last month.