14 h. ago Rosebank and other North Sea oil and gas fields could be given green light under new guidelines

The oil and gas industry has welcomed the consent process being restarted by the UK government.

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17 h. ago Ed Miliband opens the door to more drilling in North Sea despite previously branding plans 'climate vandalism'

The government has issued new guidance that will allow applications to be resubmitted for the Rosebank oil field and Jackdaw gas field.

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17 h. ago Rosebank and Jackdaw North Sea oil fields will face tougher tests to get go

New UK Government guidance says offshore developers will now have to pass climate impact assessments which include emissions from burning gas and oil - rather than just those from production.

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17 h. ago New environmental guidance published for halted North Sea oil and gas projects

Emissions created when fossil fuels are burned will now be taken into account in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling.

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19 h. ago Treasury 'poised to miss out on £250m in tax receipts from Rosebank oil development'

Campaigners have warned the economic case for approving the Rosebank oil field does not stack up

Economics

57 h. ago 'Terrifying' incident on North Sea rig saw workers lowered into a flooded lift shaft

Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited pleaded guilty to safety failings at a hearing at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on June 12, and were issued with a £300,000 fine, the HSE said

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63 h. ago Fine issued after ‘terrifying’ incident on rig saw workers lowered into water

The incident occurred on the FPF-1 offshore platform, owned by Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited, during a night shift on December 10 2020.

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63 h. ago North Sea firm fined £300k after workers descended into water

The horrifying incident happened on a floating platform in the North Sea during a night shift.

Economics

3 d. ago Truckloads of Scotland's rubbish to be exported to England after landfill ban

Labour MSP Sarah Boyack said the policy is "farcical".

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5 d. ago Tories ‘got it wrong’ when they backed 2045 net zero target, Findlay says

The Scottish Conservatives had previoulsy supported the target of Scotland reaching net zero by 2045, but will now seek to ‘scrap’ it.

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6 d. ago Acorn carbon capture: The £18bn project that could protect 35000 jobs remains a pipedream

The key carbon capture project that could revitalise the North Sea economy in the net zero world, will still need final support from the UK government.

Economics

6 d. ago Kemi Badenoch calls for Windfall Tax on North Sea oil and gas to be scrapped as she tries to counter Reform surge in Scotland

Kemi Badenoch vowed to 'stand up' for the Scottish oil and gas industry - saying it might not exist in a few years unless the levy is removed.

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7 d. ago Ed Miliband: We 'owe Scotland' over £200m Acorn project funds and 'unlimited' jobs potential

Ed Miliband has claimed there are “unlimited opportunities” for energy jobs in Labour’s vision for the North Sea.

Economics

7 d. ago Fury as Kemi Badenoch 'shows she is on the side of oil and gas giants' with demands

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch will demand a windfall tax on profits is scrapped, and is set to call on the government to start issuing oil and gas licenses in the North Sea

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7 d. ago Oil rig horror game Still Wakes the Deep returns to North Sea with new 80s set DLC

Still Wakes the Deep: Siren’s Rest is set to emerge from the depths on Wednesday, June 18.

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8 d. ago Dutch beach beasts find a final resting place in a new exhibition

Theo Jansen’s wind-powered beach beasts have scuttled along the Dutch North Sea coast into a swanky Miami art show and even onto “The Simpsons.”

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1 week ago Norway’s oil fund calls for urgent reform of European capital markets

World’s largest sovereign wealth fund says ambitious action needed to improve competitiveness

Economics

1 week ago ‘We’re not afraid of you’: LA protesters, enraged by Trump, flood the streets

Traffic stopped, signs were brandished, insults were hurled – and the size of the protest seemed to take police by surpriseUS politics live – latest updatesThousands of Angelenos enraged by Donald Trump’s decision to commandeer their state national guard swamped the downtown streets on Sunday, bringing a major freeway to a standstill. But the national guard, hemmed in by the protesters and by dozens of Los Angeles police cruisers, played almost no role in any of it.A vocal, boisterous but largely peaceful sea of protesters engulfed the north-eastern corner of downtown Los Angeles around city hall and the federal courthouse. They hurled insults at Trump and at the immigration enforcement teams who had conducted mass arrests of undocumented migrants in the area on Friday. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump's bravado has totally backfired. China has the President right where it wants him

London will today be centre of attention, as representatives have flown in for negotiations to defuse the trade war between the world's two mightiest economic powers.

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1 week ago ‘A momentous day’: families of Britons killed in 1980 oil rig disaster finally win compensation

Norway will set up state payment scheme for families of 123 men killed in Kielland disaster, but some feel it comes too late“I think we all feel like we’ve had a bit of a weight lifted off our shoulders,” said Laura Fleming after an important milestone in one of Europe’s longest-running industrial disaster sagas. “It is just 45 years too late.”Fleming’s father, Michael, was one of 123 men who were killed when the Alexander L Kielland accommodation rig capsized during a fierce storm in the Norwegian North Sea oilfields on 27 March 1980. Continue reading...

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