OGUK 2016: Keith Brown to address conference
The Scottish cabinet secretary for the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work will address this year's Oil & Gas UK annual conference.
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UK oil and gas job losses reach 120,000
An estimated 120,000 jobs will have been lost by the end of this year as a result of the collapse in fortunes of the UK offshore oil and gas industry.
Ministers listening as 25,000 North Sea jobs “at risk”
A visit by ministers to Aberdeen yesterday was welcomed as a “strong signal” that the Scottish Government was “open for listening” to the region’s oil and gas industry.
OGUK seeking subsea data experts
Trade body Oil & Gas UK (OGUK) us seeking data experts to help the industry make sense of one of the world’s largest collections of subsurface oil information.
Offshore workers tell OGUK chief “we don’t get it” over offshore cuts
The boss of industry body Oil and and Gas UK has moved to clarify comments she made to MPs after angry oil workers objected to her claiming they "get it" about why cost cutting measures are being taken by companies.
OGUK launches new series of share fairs
Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) aims to build on the momentum gathering behind efforts to reduce energy sector costs with the first in a new series of “share fairs”. The industry body’s new share fairs aim to spur collaboration by giving supply chain companies a chance to have one-to-one interviews with operators’ decision-makers and listen to presentations on key topics. The first event in OGUK’s Aberdeen office on Wednesday, April 27 will focus on the theme of maintenance and repair.
OGUK reveals wish list ahead of elections
Industry body Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) yesterday urged the next Scottish Government to make a quartet of commitments to help energy companies steer a course out of the downturn. OGUK said the government needs to create a supportive business environment, delivery world-class infrastructure and connectivity, help innovation flourish and support skills retention.
Latest well integrity guidelines published by Oil and Gas UK
The latest revision of well integrity guidelines have been published by industry body Oil and Gas UK.
OGUK’s Mike Tholen: Budget needs to deliver 20% tax cut or risk hundreds of thousands of jobs
Oil and Gas UK today made a rallying call to the UK government to rethink its tax strategy or risk costing the North Sea a billion barrels of oil and hundreds of thousands of jobs.
North Sea production faces collapse by 2020 without investment
North Sea oil and gas production will collapse as early as 2020 unless the basin sees greater investment, an industry expert has warned.
North Sea hits “super-maturity” as Oil & Gas UK calls for big tax cuts
The UK North Sea has become a “super mature” field, experts have claimed, as a new report lays bare the effect of the oil price crash on the economics of the basin.
Deirdre Michie: Tax cuts “urgently needed”
The UKCS is entering a phase of ‘super maturity’.
Politicians and industry chiefs back new trade unions alliance
Politicians and industry chiefs pledged to work alongside the newly-formed Offshore Co-ordinating Group (OCG) in its crusade to protect North Sea jobs. Energy Minister Fergus Ewing said was “absolutely imperative” for the Scottish Government to listen to trade unions. Mr Ewing said: “Just this morning, I was agreeing with Grahame Smith that one way the industry can increase efficiency is by listening very carefully to the workforce offshore.
OGUK’s Deirdre Michie: Facing an uncertain future
2015 has been a difficult year for the UK oil and gas industry. After 50 years of exploration and production, the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) is at a crossroads. While recent record investment and efficiency improvements are yielding the first rise in oil and gas production for over 15 years, our future is less certain.
ITF seeking proposals for new cost cutting and efficiency ideas
The search is on for proposals that can make a big impact in cutting costs and increasing efficiency in the oil and gas sector.
OGUK launches new oil spill response guides
Four new guides have been added to an information ‘toolkit’ to help offshore oil and gas operators implement their response should there be an oil spill in the North Sea.
OGUK reacts to Autumn Statement
Oil & Gas UK's economics director Mike Tholen said it was important the industry continue to boost confidence and encouragement investment in the North Sea following Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement and Spending Review.
Oil and Gas UK speakers confirmed
Leading figures from the industry and the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), will join Oil & Gas UK at its forthcoming Breakfast Briefing, on the progress in UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) exploration and production on December 8.
OGUK’s confidence index posts fifth straight negative reading
Oil & Gas UK’s Business Sentiment Index posted its fifth straight negative recording amid heightened market pressures.
James Naughtie to present Oil and Gas UK Awards 2015
Renowned broadcaster James Naughtie will host the 2015 Oil & Gas UK Awards next week, the industry body has confirmed.
OGUK’s new guidelines pinpoint best guidelines in well abandonment
Industry trade body Oil and Gas UK has published the second issue of its guidelines on the qualification of materials for the abandonment of wells.
Offshore Europe 2015: OGUK’s Deirdre Michie says the “industry has turned a corner”
Oil & Gas UK chief executive Deirdre Michie said the industry has turned its first corner in the market downturn and called on the emerging innovators to continue to persevere.
Opinion: Working towards North Sea efficiency
Last month, Oil & Gas UK held its Annual Conference – with the aim of bringing the industry together, to recognise the challenges that face us and to focus on the way ahead.
Boats for £20m seismic survey to hit the water within weeks
A £20million programme of seismic surveys in the UK continental shelf will get under way within weeks, the energy industry’s regulator said today in Aberdeen. The programme − announced in the last Budget − is aimed at stoking North Sea drilling, which is currently at an all-time low. Gunther Newcombe, director of exploration and production at the Oil and Gas Authority, said the surveys would cover an expanse of 15,000 to 20,000 kilometres with data slated for release in the second quarter of 2016.
OGUK Conference: What to expect from OGA’s Andy Samuel’s keynote speech
Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) chief executive Andy Samuel will deliver the keynote speech at today’s Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) conference. The industry leader, who was tasked with carving out the new regulatory body’s role in the sector, will discuss why the industry must simplify its current landscape and ‘ruthlessly prioritise and focus on the things that really matter – value and urgency’.