UK/UKCS

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July 12, 2022
A trio of exciting new low-carbon technologies are set to generate 26,000 new UK energy jobs by 2030, according to research by Robert Gordon University.
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July 12, 2022
Through the UK Government’s Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme, up to £160 million will be made available to scale-up the deployment of floating offshore wind and to invest in key areas where the UK has competitive advantage.
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July 11, 2022
TechnipFMC will continue to provide a wide range of engineering, studies and technical services to Neptune Energy, including installation work and operational support for Neptune’s development projects and producing fields.
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July 11, 2022
Waldorf Production Limited and Shorelight Partners announced the signing of a sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of the entire share capital of Alpha Petroleum Resources Limited, an upstream oil and gas company focusing on the UK North Sea, by Waldorf.
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July 2022
The political heat finally got to be too much for a host of members of PM Boris Johnson’s government, as well as other Conservative MPs. The movement to force Johnson out of his role as UK Prime Minister gained critical mass over the last several days, culminating in Johnson’s announcement on Thursday that he would resign.
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July 06, 2022
The industry body for the UK offshore energy industry welcomed the UK Government’s decision to change the Energy Profits Levy in response to concerns from the country's offshore oil and gas companies.
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July 06, 2022
Centurion Group, a leader in the supply of rentals & services to the critical industries, is pleased to announce that it is combining Aberdeen-based brands Aleron and Seanic UK to form Centurion Subsea Services (CSS).
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July 05, 2022
A set of reports due to be published in the coming months will show how companies in the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry supply chain can expand to cleaner energies, including carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS), hydrogen and offshore wind.
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July 05, 2022
North Sea-focused oil and gas operator Ithaca Energy announced that its acquisition of Siccar Point Energy, an Aberdeen-based energy company, has been completed with all conditions having been met.
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July 01, 2022
Deirdre Michie OBE has today formally announced that at the end of 2022 she will hand over the reins after almost eight years as Chief Executive of Offshore Energies UK.
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June 28, 2022
The UK government’s decision to impose a 65% tax rate on the nation’s offshore energy providers will do long-term damage to the industry – and raise the risk of future energy shortages, OEUK has told the government.
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June 28, 2022
Strohm has supplied Shell with a static Thermoplastic Composite (TCP) Riser to support operations at one of its Southern North Sea assets.
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June 24, 2022
BP paid tax on its UK North Sea business in 2021 for the first time in at least six years, according to the company’s latest payments to governments report.
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June 2022
While the upstream market looks its best in three years, governmental interference continues to cause headaches. Herewith, we offer two examples from opposite sides of “the pond”—the U.S. and the UK.
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June 23, 2022
Offshore Energies UK thanked the Chancellor of the Exchequer for a “candid and constructive” meeting with the nation’s gas and oil producers - but warned that his new energy profit levy risks undermining attempts to attract capital investment to the UK.
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June 23, 2022
Cost-efficient emissions reductions of up to 87% on offshore oil and gas platforms could be achieved using alternative power sources, according to the winners of a competition launched to accelerate electrification of oil and gas assets in the North Sea.  
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June 20, 2022
The UK government’s new windfall tax, imposed on companies supplying the nation’s oil and gas, may already be undermining the major investments need to keep Britain’s lights on, Offshore Energies UK has warned.
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June 14, 2022
In a move strongly endorsed by Offshore Energies UK it has launched the UK’s first-ever carbon storage licensing round, offering 13 areas of the seabed as potential sites for permanently storing millions of tons of CO2.
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June 14, 2022
The NSTA has launched this carbon storage licensing round in response to unprecedented levels of interest from companies eager to enter the market.
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June 13, 2022
Fairfield Energy announced the end of an era with the removal of the topsides from Dunlin Alpha. This is the latest milestone in the decommissioning of the four fields which make up the Greater Dunlin Area.
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June 13, 2022
Kent, an integrated energy services company, says it had a positive start to 2022 with some strategic project wins across the globe adding a total of over $550 million to the company’s backlog.
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