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Collaboration ‘vital’ for offshore industry

Added: 19 May 2016

Operators in the UK oil and gas industry are becoming more collaborative, a study by Oil & Gas UK a…

ABB launches safety software

ABB rolls out safety systems software

Added: 17 May 2016

From its newly-developed Learning Centre in Cambridgeshire, ABB yesterday launched a number of init…

UK Continental Shelf offers ‘vast’ CO2 storage capacity

Added: 12 May 2016

There are no major technical hurdles to storing industrial scale CO2 offshore in the UK, according …

National onshore college

Government pledges £80m for national colleges

Added: 9 May 2016

The government has today announced plans to fund five National Colleges to guarantee the UK has a s…

Fracking shale gas

Fracking ‘unlikely’ to contaminate water

Added: 29 Apr 2016

A study of the abandoned Selby coalfield in Yorkshire suggests fracking is unlikely to pose a pollu…

Flow meter calibration service

Intertek launches mobile calibration service

Added: 21 Apr 2016

Engineering solutions provider Intertek has launched an onsite Coriolis flow meter calibration serv…

Subsea firm seeks validation

Added: 28 Mar 2016

Offshore engineering specialist Red Marine has completed a programme of qualification testing of a …

Oil rig

Siemens to axe 2,500 oil & gas jobs

Added: 11 Mar 2016

Siemens has announced plans to cut 2,500 jobs from its oil & gas, metals and mining businesses.

Viewpoint: Sliding fortunes

Added: 7 Mar 2016

While falling oil prices are welcomed by many, they may spell serious issues ahead, writes North Ea…

Land of opportunity

Rob Smith | Added: 3 Mar 2016

With offshore exploration in the UK faltering, could decommissioning and greater investment onshore…

Amec Dunlin A North Sea oil

North Sea tax breaks ‘critical for competitiveness’

Added: 23 Feb 2016

Pressures on the North Sea have prompted industry body Oil & Gas UK to lobby for a significant perm…

Silhouette of drilling rig in Wamsutter, Wyoming USA

BP predicts oil & gas energy ‘dominance’

Added: 11 Feb 2016

The 2016 Energy Outlook report published by BP suggests oil and gas will remain the dominant form o…

UK may struggle to meet CO2 targets after ‘disappointing’ U-turn

Louisa Hearn | Added: 10 Feb 2016

The government’s sudden decision to pull funding for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects coul…

SHETLAND GAS PLANT

Total fires-up Shetland gas plant

Added: 8 Feb 2016

French oil and gas firm Total has begun production from its Laggan and Tormore gas and condensate f…

Fracking

UK shale “within 10 years”

Rob Smith | Added: 2 Feb 2016

A letter leaked to Friends of the Earth (FoE) reveals government plans to implement industrial-scal…

Liz Fletcher, Beamex

Calibration: Field factors

Added: 22 Jan 2016

The case for calibrating equipment in either a workshop or the field is not always black and white,…

Schlumberger

Schlumberger cuts 10,000 jobs

Added: 22 Jan 2016

Oilfield services firm Schlumberger has confirmed it cut 10,000 jobs in quarter four last year.

Energy Institute offers skills boost to industry

Energy Institute | Added: 20 Jan 2016

The energy industry is a sector in a constant state of change, which means maintaining and developi…

Energy efficient technologies aren't always implemented

DECC asks for industry input on energy regulation

Added: 19 Jan 2016

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is calling for industry views on how to ensure r…

a1-cbiss

a1-cbiss offers gas detection service

Added: 19 Jan 2016

The engineering team at a1-cbiss offer technical knowledge regarding gas detection products and the…