33 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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39 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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39 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

4 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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5 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

5 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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6 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

6 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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6 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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7 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.”

Politics

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 ‘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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1 week ago Brit found dead at the bottom of a lift shaft after going missing from Malaysian bar

The body of a missing British tourist has been found at the bottom of a lift shaft in Malaysia - 'loved' Jordan Johnson-Doyle went missing in Kuala Lumpur on May 27

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1 week ago Second attempt by Japanese company to land on moon likely ends in failure

Resilience would have made history as the first non-US commercial lander to make a successful touchdownAn attempt to land a commercially built spacecraft on the surface of the moon looked to have ended in failure on Thursday, two years after its predecessor, launched by the same Japanese company, crashed following an uncontrolled descent.Resilience, an un-crewed vehicle from the Tokyo company ispace, would have made history as the first non-US commercial lander to make a successful touchdown, scheduled for 3.17pm ET Thursday (4.17am JST Friday) at Mare Frigoris (the Sea of Cold) in the far north of the moon. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Norway to set up compensation scheme for 1980 oil rig disaster victims’ families

Parliament backs scheme for relatives of 123 men who died in worst disaster in Norway’s waters since second world warForty-five years after the Alexander L Kielland oil rig capsized in the North Sea, Norway’s parliament has voted to set up a compensation scheme for relatives of the 123 men who died in the worst disaster in Norwegian waters since the second world war.“This is a historic day, the end of more than four decades of fighting for justice,” said Mímir Kristjánsson, an MP from the leftwing Red party. The chair of the victims’ committee, Anders Helliksen, said the state had “finally accepted its responsibility”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Missing UK tourist found dead at bottom of lift shaft in Malaysia

Brit backpacker Jordan Johnson-Doyle, 25, disappeared on May 27 in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur. He was last seen at a bar in a suburb.

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1 week ago Tragedy as Brit missing in Malaysia is found dead at the bottom of a lift shaft on a construction site a week after he was last seen

Jordan Johnson-Doyle, 25, was last seen on May 27 at a bar in an upmarket suburb in Kuala Lumpur, sparking a police probe and a search by his parents.

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2 w. ago RNLI crew in dramatic rescue of four paddleboarders in North Sea

The lifeboat crew were scrambled after vessel got into difficulty off the coast of Stonehaven.

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2 w. ago SNP accused of burying heads in the sand over North Sea 'emergency'

A new report has warned tens of thousands of jobs are at risk by 2030

Politics

2 w. ago Oil industry could see job cuts like Grangemouth every fortnight, report warns

Striking The Balance by Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen looked at the prospects for the North Sea sector in different scenarios.

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