40 years of HSE: RMTโs Molloy runs the rule on North Sea safety
Jake Molloy of RMT has been a part of the North Sea story for more than four decades; always on or directly involved with its shop floor.
Jake Molloy of RMT has been a part of the North Sea story for more than four decades; always on or directly involved with its shop floor.
Industry leader Deirdre Michie is to step down as CEO of the trade body Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) after nearly a decade at the helm.
Far from having an energy production, supply and distribution machine that is robust and flexible as claimed, the UKโs is in a mess.
Reaction to news that the leading trade body for the North Sea, Oil and Gas UK (OGUK), is rebranding has varied from claims of it being a โPR stuntโ to praise for a move thatโs โnot before timeโ.
Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) is dropping โoil and gasโ from its name in a rebrand which will see its focus and remit broaden to new energy sources.
The head of Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) has likened some countries' commitments to the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA) to giving up a sport which they don't play.
Between COP, Cambo and a host of other increasingly political issues around fossil fuels, EV puts it to Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) chief executive Deirdre Michie that the trade bodyโs rhetoric to defend the sector has ramped up in recent months.
The best and brightest of the North Sea energy industry gathered at P&J Live, Aberdeen, last night (December 8) in a glamorous ceremony for the OGUK awards.
The oil and gas industry's top talent will be recognised for their talent, innovation and accomplishment this week.
The head of the North Sea oil trade body came under fire at a special COP26 BBC Debate night on Tuesday, hitting back at accusations of โgreenwashingโ.
North Sea gas production could protect customers from future price hikes, according to an industry body, as millions today face an increase in energy bills.
UK energy secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has told MPs there is โabsolutely no question of the lights going outโ as gas prices across Europe soar.
This year is set to be one like no other for the UKโs changing offshore oil and gas industry.
The chief executive of Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) has written to the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, issuing a jobs warning over โhigh-profile negative campaignsโ against the Cambo oil field.
Nearly 35,000 UK jobs supported by the oil and gas industry have been lost in the last year as Covid and volatile prices struck, according to a landmark new report.
Details of further government support for decarbonising the North Sea oil and gas sector will be considered by the UK government ahead of its autumn spending review in November, the minister for energy and climate change has said on a visit to Aberdeen.
Trade unions and climate campaigners have called for the creation of an โoffshore training passportโ to help workers move between the oil and gas and renewables sectors more easily.
The number of people working in the offshore oil and gas sector has returned to levels not seen since before the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has forecast that the number of suspended wells in the UK North Sea will surge beyond 1,550 within five years.
A ban on future exploration licences would โundermine the fragile confidenceโ within the oil and gas sector, an industry expert has warned.
UK jobs and companies would โpay the priceโ if ministers agreed a ban on new North Sea exploration, according to a senior industry source.
The UKโs leading oil and gas industry trade body has said any potential ban on new exploration in the North Sea would put the countryโs net zero future at risk.
An industry chief is optimistic that government policies axing support for fossil-fuel-related export activity still give scope for the oil sector to โhave its cake and eat itโ.
Business leaders, including former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable, have welcomed a ยฃ30million-plus Budget package for the Aberdeen energy sector.
The rapid transition under way in energy means that now more than ever the sector must grasp the opportunities presented by technology.