Aberdeen KPMG boss Martin Findlay’s glass is half full after 31-year career
Martin Findlay’s glass is half full.
Martin Findlay’s glass is half full.
When oil was first discovered in the North Sea in the 1970s, it was the beginning of a golden age for Aberdeen and life was never the same again.
Deal-making in the energy industry is no longer a simple affair, regardless of whether it is fresh investment in new capital projects off- or onshore; assets trading; oil & gas/power generation company mergers and takeovers, or supply chain related.
Westminster is being urged to “fix or ditch” current off-payroll working tax rules ahead of the upcoming spring budget.
Rig owners are keeping hold of their older units as the offshore drilling sector continues its bounce back from a multi-year downturn.
A new report has warned of the potential damage to the north-east of prematurely winding down Scotland’s oil and gas industry.
Oil and gas protestors have become a regular fixture disrupting proceedings at the Scottish Parliament – and the Scottish Tory leader has apparently had enough.
As the sound of climate protesters reverberated through the conference room, BP (LON: BP) Chief Executive Officer Bernard Looney made the case that investment in more oil and gas is crucial for the transition away from those very fuels.
A lack of high quality oil and gas reserves could hamper the pace of decarbonisation as the energy transition gathers pace.
A host of major oil and gas projects dotted around the North Sea are due to start-up production in the next few years.
Scotland’s longest serving First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon is to resign after more than eight years at the helm.
Replace oil and gas? Anyone connected to the Scottish energy sector knows that the investment in creating those high skill, high value, high wage jobs simply isn’t happening on anything like the scale it needs to, writes Dick Winchester.
BP (LON: BP) shares rose for a second day to push the UK FTSE 100 index back to a record high after the oil giant on Tuesday pledged to hand more cash back to shareholders.
Scotland’s First Minister has accused critics of her government’s controversial energy strategy of not engaging with the plan properly.
Salus Technical has compiled a lessons database after combing through nearly 150 inspection letters from HSE for North Sea installations.
A Labour Government would block fresh investment in North Sea oil and gas, its leader has confirmed
North Sea operator TotalEnergies (LON: TTE) expects to shell out millions of pounds to the UK Government, as a result of the divisive windfall tax.
More than 100 bids have been lodged for the UK’s 33rd offshore oil and gas licensing round, the industry regulator has confirmed.
A former BP (LON: BP) chief executive has called for an end to “the demonisation of the fossil fuel industry by activists, politicians and the media”.
SNP plans to move away from oil and gas production in the North Sea as quickly as possible have been heavily criticised by the prime minister.
Disparity in pay between workers in oil and gas and offshore wind needs to be addressed for the energy transition take place in earnest, according to a recruitment boss.
Depending on your point of view, the Scottish Government’s new energy strategy is either a “breathtaking betrayal”, or “welcome” and “correct” – or maybe you’re somewhere in the middle.
Revisions to the windfall tax – or energy profits levy – increased the estimated bill of Harbour Energy (LON:HBR) by over $2bn, according to analysis.
Global oil and gas supplies are on course to tighten further this year as OPEC sticks to its guns and other producers struggle to fill the gap.
Transocean (NYSE: RIG) has unveiled a pair of UK North Sea contract wins as part of a clutch of global awards worth $488m.