Chrysaor mulls electrification plans for North Sea platforms
Chrysaor, the UK’s largest offshore oil and gas producer, is mulling plans for electrification of its North Sea platforms.
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Digital event to celebrate links across North Sea
Extending the digital hand of friendship across the North Sea will be the focus of an annual business event which is due to take place next week.
ONS mulls next steps as potential lawsuit beckons over cancelled Norway conference
Organisers of the ONS conference in Norway are mulling their next steps as exhibitors demand refunds for the cancelled event.
‘Hard to take’: ONS 2020 cancelled
A popular energy sector conference and exhibition in Stavanger, Norway, has been cancelled this year due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
Inflation slows down on falling petrol prices
UK inflation slowed last month on the back of falling motor fuel and computer game prices, official statisticians have revealed.
Scottish Government refutes fresh offshore wind jobs decline figures
The Scottish Government has rejected that new offshore wind jobs figures published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reflect a decline in sector employment.
ONS 2018: Lots of room for growth in Norway, Wood chief says
Energy service giant Wood believes there is a “lot of room for growth” in Norway and could double its headcount in the Scandinavian country in the next five years, a company boss said.
ONS: Dawning of a new digital age
Digitalisation and innovation manager for ASCO Norway, Christopher Hoftun, says the offshore supply chain industry is now ready to be digitally transformed, as industry leaders gather in Norway for the 22nd biennial ONS conference.
ONS 2018: Talks under way to solve Cygnus gas blend snags, Neptune says
Neptune Energy’s boss said talks are under way to solve regulatory issues that are hindering production from the giant Cygnus gas field in the southern North Sea.
Offshore Northern Seas 2018 is truly the time to innovate
Norway is hosting ONS, its oil exhibition, conference and festival, in Stavanger from August 27 to 30. It’s a short trip there from Aberdeen and, with more than 65,000 visitors last time round, one that will be made by many from the oil industry here.
ONS 2018: Boost as UKCS projects with 300m barrels approved in 2018, OGA says
UK North Sea oil field projects commanding capital spending of almost £2 billion have already been sanctioned this year, representing a big increase on 2017 levels, the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has said.
ONS 2018: ‘Large companies’ interested in Faroe’s 200m barrel field
Faroe Petroleum's Edinburgh field could contain upwards of 200 million barrels of oil per day, the firm's boss said yesterday.
ONS 2018: Read Cased Hole poised to re-enter Norwegian market
An Aberdeen-headquartered oil well integrity firm is re-entering the market in Norway, the country of its origin.
ONS 2018: UK North Sea in project sanctions ‘mini boom’, analyst says
The UK North Sea has enjoyed a “mini-boom” in final investment decisions (FIDs) this year, an analyst has said.
ONS 2018: ‘Hot’ Norwegian market leads ‘cautious’ supply chain recovery, Woodmac says
Norway's offshore industry is leading the oil and gas supply chain's "cautious and gradual" recovery, an analyst has said.
Exclusive: North Sea a ‘tremendous laboratory’ for new technology, TechnipFMC exec says
The boss at energy service giant TechnipFMC said yesterday that the North Sea is a “tremendous laboratory” for testing new ideas and technology.
ONS 2018: Wood grows downstream footprint in Norway with contract win
Equinor has picked energy service giant Wood for the task of modifying the Mongstad refinery near Bergen.
ONS 2018: Conference chief says more project FIDs on the cards
The Norwegian continental shelf is awash with “optimism” as the biennial ONS rolls into Stavanger.
ONS 2018: ABB says execs need retraining to make digitalisation work
Swiss technology firm ABB has launched guide for oil and gas operators transitioning to a new energy mix through digitalisation.
ONS 2018: Wood to deliver maintenance data mastery on Danish mega-project
Energy service giant Wood has clinched a new four-year contract with Total for the Tyra redevelopment project off Denmark.
Industry stalwart expects to see innovation across all sectors at ONS
With the ONS Innovation Awards 2018 fast approaching, executive director of the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) and panel judge at this year’s event, Gordon Ballard caught up with Energy Voice to discuss what he hopes to see in Stavanger, Norway.
Cautious optimism giving way to more ‘determined’ mood, industry chiefs say
A more “determined” attitude is replacing the mood of cautious optimism in the offshore oil and gas sector, a top Aberdeen lawyer said yesterday.
Gallery: Best of ONS 2016. Did you make the cut?
This year's ONS created a record amount of headlines for Energy Voice. Shell and BP squared-off in renewables, the Norwegian Prime Minister had some stern words for the industry and Statoil achieved a North first, which prompted its CEO to put his hand over his heart and exclaim "My God".
Opinion: Letting opportunity slip away
When an individual as astute as Lord Browne of Madingley is prepared to stand up at one of the world’s leading oil & gas conferences and basically tell Big Oil that the time has come to evolve from petroleum to energy by taking on the low carbon challenge, it really is time that Aberdeen woke up.
Four days of business at ONS 2016!
ONS 2016 has exceeded our expectations. I am very pleased that we managed to gather so many people in Stavanger this year. The high participation demonstrates an optimism in the industry and confirms that ONS is a key meeting place for fostering new business in a time of transition.