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| Oil Gas and Chemical News |
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| Cairn Energy finds oil signs off Greenland |
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Cairn Energy has discovered gas off the coast of Greenland, a sign that could lead to a possible oil discovery. |
| BBC News Tue 24 Aug |
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| Buyers for mothballed Nigg yard emerge |
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Potential buyers for the mothballed Nigg fabrication yard in Easter Ross have emerged. |
| BBC News Fri 16 Jul |
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| China to build $8bn oil refinery in Nigeria |
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China is to build an $8bn oil refinery in Nigeria. |
| BBC News Tue 6 Jul |
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| Man killed in Lindsey Oil Refinery explosion |
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A worker has been found dead after a fire and explosion at an oil refinery in North East Lincolnshire. |
| BBC News Wed 30 Jun |
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| Massive oil field discovery in North Sea |
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A group of UK firms has made what could be one of the largest North Sea oil field discoveries in nearly a decade. |
| scotsman.com Mon 28 Jun |
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| Government Grant for Teesside Bioethanol Plant |
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Europe’s first waste to bioethanol plant which would be built on Teesside,has received a government grant towards the costs of construction |
| NDTCabin Sun 27 Jun |
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| UK doubles drilling rig inspections after US oil spill |
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Britain is doubling inspection of drilling rigs after the BP oil spill, Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has said. |
| BBC News Tue 15 Jun |
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| Capturing spilled oil: What'snext? |
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BP is about to fire up, literally, a new system for siphoning oil from the gushing Macondo well a mile deep in the Gulf of Mexico. |
| Houston Chron Fri 11 Jun |
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| BP oil spill: UK to step up checks on North Sea oil rigs |
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Checks on North Sea drilling rigs are to be stepped up to reduce the risk of a repetition of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, as UK exploration moves into deeper and more hostile waters west of Shetland. |
| Telegraph Tue 8 Jun |
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| BP cap captures '10,000 barrels' a day in US Gulf |
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A containment cap on a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico is now funnelling off 10,000 barrels of oil a day, BP's chief executive Tony Hayward says. |
| BBC News Sun 6 Jun |
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| Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer 'faulty' - Congress |
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The device meant to stop oil leaking from a Gulf of Mexico well after last month's rig explosion was faulty, US Congressional investigators have said. |
| BBC News Thu 13 May |
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| US oil regulator 'gave in to BP' over rig safety |
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As crude oil continued to pour out of control into the Gulf of Mexico yesterday, questions were being asked over the relationship between BP and regulators in Washington |
| Independent Fri 7 May |
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| BP warned of rig fault 10 years ago |
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BP faces fresh questions over the cause of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill after it emerged that problems with the type of equipment that led to the disaster were first reported a decade ago. |
| Times Online Sun 2 May |
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| Big oil braced for safety overhaul after BP spill |
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US regulators are likely to conduct a 'belt and braces' review of deepwater drilling safety in the wake of BP's Gulf of Mexico disaster. |
| Telegraph Mon 26 Apr |
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| Work starts on £2.5 billion Shetland Islands Gas Field |
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Construction of new gas fields off the Shetlands will include a gas terminal at Sullom Voe |
| NDTCabin Sat 20 Mar |
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| Gudron North Sea Field Approved |
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Approval has now been given for the Gudron field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. |
| NDTCabin Fri 19 Feb |
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| Bridge collapses after years of warnings |
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Despite years of warnings by inspectors a railway bridge in Scotland was left to corrode until it finally collapsed as a dangerous goods train passed overhead. |
| NDTCabin Sun 14 Feb |
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| French firm puts HQ of renewables in Aberdeen |
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Technip is to locate its headquarters for renewable technology in Aberdeen. |
| scotsman.com Tue 9 Feb |
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| Connecticut power plant gas explosion kills five people |
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A huge explosion has rocked a power plant in the US state of Connecticut, killing at least five people |
| BBC News Sun 7 Feb |
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| Shell to cut 1,000 jobs and close six refineries |
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Royal Dutch Shell yesterday announced plans to shed a further 1,000 jobs and sell six refineries as the oil company fights to stem widening losses from its global refining operation. |
| Times Online Thu 4 Feb |
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