Shutdown of major pipeline hastens calls for renewables transition to safeguard oil and gas jobs
Job fears have been highlighted after it emerged that one of the UK’s largest oil and gas fields looks set to shutdown.
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Over a thousand offshore workers on strike
Oil and gas operators are experiencing ‘severe’ problems as 1,300 offshore workers have gone on strike in an effort to gain a pay rise and
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Oil and gas developments could be electric
Major oil and gas companies have agreed to explore ways to become one of the first oil and gas developments on the UK continental shelf…
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Plans to tow vessel with crew on strike branded ‘unacceptable and dangerous’
Serious safety fears have been voiced over plans to tow a massive oil production vessel while her crew are on strike.
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Energy firm’s $1.5billion takeover paves way for Cambo oilfield development
The Cambo oilfield could be set for development after a $1.5billion takeover was agreed.
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First oil flows from BP’s Alligin field
BP has announced the first oil from the Alligin field west of Shetland, operated jointly with Shell.
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Green candidate calls for ‘beginning of the end’ for oil industry
Scottish Greens by-election candidate Debra Nicolson has called for the “beginning of the end” of the North Sea oil industry. Her comments come after first…
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Apprentice Alyssa aims to engineer a new career
A young Shetland woman has joined the growing ranks of female Modern Apprentices at Forth Valley College by embarking on the prestigious Oil and Gas…
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Bristow to cut eight pilot jobs
Eight pilots working in Shetland face losing their jobs, Bristow Helicopters confirmed this week.
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Oil production vessel arrives in Lerwick for decommissioning
An oil production vessel has arrived in Lerwick this morning, ahead of a major decommissioning project expected to create 30 jobs. The 12,000 tonne, semi-submersible…
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Decommissioning project could create 35 jobs
A major oil installation is to be decommissioned in the isles, creating over 30 new jobs.
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Ocean Kinetics expansion to create 21 jobs
Engineering firm Ocean Kinetics is to embark on a £1.1 million expansion project creating 21 full-time jobs.
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New ship to house 500 Petrofac workers
A new accommodation ship making its way to Lerwick this weekend to house gas plant workers is the 169-metre SNAV Toscana. The vessel will provide…
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