All Oil & Gas
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…
Fracking residents to receive ‘millions’
Added: 8 Aug 2016
Local people living near fracking sites will receive ‘millions of pounds’ under new plans announced…
Offshore workers stage 48-hour strike
Added: 4 Aug 2016
Unite and RMT union members that work on Wood Group/Shell oil and gas platforms have staged a third…
EEF enlists Oracle for next ‘industrial revolution’
Added: 2 Aug 2016
EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, has teamed with cloud application specialist Oracle, to help …
North Sea workers go on strike
Added: 26 Jul 2016
Members of the Unite and RMT unions that work on Shell oil and gas platforms in the North Sea have …
