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Report warns half of all Scots jobs to be automated by 2030
Added: 8 May 2017
Nearly one in two jobs in Scotland are at risk of automation by the end of the next decade, suggest…
Fracking ‘not compatible’ with 'preference' for renewable energy, study finds
Added: 11 Apr 2017
Research conducted by Cardiff University suggests fracking is ‘not compatible’ with public preferen…
BP sells Forties pipeline business to Ineos for £200m
Added: 3 Apr 2017
Oil and gas giant BP has sold its entire Forties pipeline business to chemical manufacturer Ineos f…
Hurricane claims ‘largest’ oilfield discovery on UKCS
Added: 27 Mar 2017
Oil exploration firm Hurricane Energy has made what it claims is the "largest undeveloped discovery…
Delek Group buys Ithaca Energy for $1.24bn
Added: 7 Feb 2017
Israel-based conglomerate Delek Group has agreed to buy North Sea oil and gas operator Ithaca Energ…
Shell sells multiple North Sea assets to Chrysaor for $3.8bn
Added: 31 Jan 2017
Oil and gas major Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to sell $3.8 billion (£2.46bn) worth of its North Se…
Oil & gas: calmer waters ahead in 2017?
Added: 30 Jan 2017
Oil and gas is showing signs of improvement, but innovation and development will be driven by an ov…
BP sells North Sea oilfield stake for $85m
Added: 24 Jan 2017
BP has sold 25% of its North Sea Magnus oilfield, a 25% stake in various pipelines and a 3% stake i…
Fracking can be developed while ‘preserving natural beauty’, study finds
Added: 17 Jan 2017
A study published by UKOOG, the trade body for the onshore oil and gas industry, reveals shale gas …
Sikorsky helicopters begin return flights after North Sea recall
Added: 11 Jan 2017
Flights by Sikorsky type S-92 helicopters from Aberdeen to the North Sea are being restored followi…
IGas wins fracking approval in Nottinghamshire
Added: 18 Dec 2016
Nottinghamshire County Council’s Planning and Licensing Committee has given fracking firm IGas cons…
National Grid sells gas business stake for £13.8 billion
Added: 8 Dec 2016
National Grid has sold 61% of its UK gas distribution business to a MacQuarie Infrastructure-led co…
GMB union demands open debate on fracking in UK
Added: 18 Nov 2016
Britain needs an ‘honest and open’ debate on the viability of fracking, said Stuart Fegan, National…
North Sea oil and gas decommissioning to soar by 2025
Added: 16 Nov 2016
North Sea decommissioning in the UK and Norway will continue to grow over the next decade with more…
Oil and gas industry calls for investor confidence ‘help’
Added: 7 Nov 2016
Oil & Gas UK, the trade body representing the UK’s oil and gas industry, has called on Chancellor P…
UKOOG calls in Community to promote onshore oil & gas
Added: 3 Nov 2016
UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG), the trade body representing the UK’s onshore sector, has joined for…
Fracking support goes negative ‘for first time’
Added: 17 Oct 2016
A survey conducted by the University of Nottingham reveals support for fracking is at an all-time l…
Government approves Cuadrilla fracking application
Added: 6 Oct 2016
Communities secretary Sajid Javid has approved plans for Cuadrilla to conduct fracking activity at …
BP investigating Shetland oil leak
Added: 3 Oct 2016
Oil and gas firm BP has taken its Clair Platform offline after oil was found to have leaked into th…
August oil report dims 2017 forecast
Added: 11 Aug 2016
The global demand for oil will slow to 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) next year, according to th…
