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UK AND NORWAY EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OUTLOOK FOR 2025
The UK and Norway oil and gas sectors experienced very different years in 2024, and these dif...
OFFSHORE EPC CONTRACTING ACTIVITY TO REMAIN BUOYANT IN 2025
In 2024, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracting activities related to of...
THE EVOLUTION OF NORTH SEA OIL AND GAS RECEIPTS
Between 2022-23 and 2027-28, North Sea oil and gas receipts are forecast to average £8.6 bi...
NEW REPORT HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR HYBRID HEAT PUMP SOLUTIONS
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Today I have published a new report into the heat pumps mark...
BROKEN RETAIL PRICES CAP INCREASES AGAIN
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic With the start of October, the new retail price cap for Brit...
‘KNOWN UNKNOWNS’ – FUGITIVE EMISSIONS FROM THE EU AND U.K. GAS GRIDS
In their latest blog Finding Petroleum highlights an urgent issue: vast amounts of fugitive m...
RESOLVING CO-LOCATION CONFLICTS BETWEEN OFFSHORE WIND, OIL & GAS, AND CARBON ...
On the 3 May 2024, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) offered 31 licences in the 3rd T...
MORE REALISM IN FLOATING WIND, AS UK SET TO MISS 2030 TARGET BY 90%
A look at the current status of global floating offshore wind targets and key takeaways from West...
FLARING AND VENTING FROM UK ONSHORE OIL SITES 2016-2023
By David Bamford The recent history of flaring and methane emissions onshore U.K. is a...
ROCK PHYSICS FOR CCS WORKFLOWS: USES AND PITFALLS
WORKING WITH 4D SEISMIC AND INVERSION Introduction Rock physics has its origins in the 1980...
ROCK PHYSICS FOR CCS WORKFLOWS: USES AND PITFALLS
PART 1: ROCK CHARACTERISATION INTRODUCTION Rock physics has its origins in the 1980s with t...
WHY UNDERSTANDING YOUR SEDIMENTOLOGY IS KEY FOR CCS
Understanding reservoirs, whether they contain water, hydrocarbons or carbon dioxide (CO2), is vi...
UK AND NORWAY EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OUTLOOK FOR 2024
2023 was a year of recovery in the wake of the Ukraine conflict and subsequent impact on ener...
MAGNETIC DATA: AN ESSENTIAL TOOL FOR THE EXPLORATION OF CRITICAL MINERALS IN ...
With the ever-increasing demand for access to critical minerals vital to support the global energ...
UNION JACK OIL ACHIEVES US$18,000,000 NET REVENUES AT WRESSLE
Union Jack Oil, a UK focused onshore hydrocarbon production, development and exploration company,...
SUBSURFACE ASSESSMENT: THE CRITICAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EVIDENCE AND ASSUMPTIONS
The foundation of any assessment rests on two elements: quality evidence, and a quality under...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: ROSEBANK DEVELOPMENT FINALLY SANCTIONED
Equinor and partner Ithaca Energy have taken the final investment decision for Phase 1 of the Ros...
UK'S 1ST CARBON STORAGE ROUND RESULTS ANALYSED
The UK's first carbon storage licence round results were announced recently, without naming a...
BUNTER SANDSTONE STORAGE COMPLEX THEMATIC RESEARCH
Mike Curtis, Managing Director, CASP The Lower to Middle Triassic Bunter Sandstone Formati...
UK AND NORWAY EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OUTLOOK FOR 2023
Emma Cruickshank Head of NW Europe, Westwood Global Energy 2022 was a turbulent year for ...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT – INTOG: RIGHT IDEA, WRONG PROCESS?
On the 18th of November the competitive leasing period for the INTOG offshore wind process came t...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT – UK CFD AUCTION: 7 GW SUPPORTED, BUT PRICE DROP SLOWS
The UK’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme has played a key role in developing the coun...
ADDRESSING THE HIGH REAL COST OF RENEWABLE GENERATION
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Over the past few months we have been inundated with claims ...
NG ESO EXPECTS TO RELY ON INTERCONNECTORS THIS WINTER: THIS LOOKS LIKE WISHFU...
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic National Grid ESO has published its early view of the W...
BEIS SELECT COMMITTEE SEEKS RETAIL ENERGY MARKET REFORM
By Kathryn Porter, Watt-Logic Following on from my previous post describing the BEIS Selec...
GLOBAL OFFSHORE WIND CAPITAL EXPENDITURE TO MORE THAN DOUBLE IN 2030
Installations and investments in the global offshore wind industry are set to surge this decade a...
SSE’S RESULTS SUGGEST IT IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK
By Julian Singer, GreenBarrel On 25 May Scottish and Southern Electricity (SSE) reported preli...
OFFSHORE WIND CAPACITY ADDITIONS IN EUROPE TO BREAK RECORDS IN 2022
New offshore wind capacity additions in Europe are poised to hit a record high this year, topping...
WHAT SHOULD BE DONE IF RUSSIA CUTS ITS GAS SUPPLY?
By Julian Singer, Green Barrel Europe, including the UK, Norway and other non-EU countries, im...
BORIS JOHNSON’S RENEWABLES FANTASIES ARE A NATIONAL SECURITY PROBLEM
Dr John Constable, GWPF Energy Editor There is a clear danger that the growing reliance on int...
RECORD YEAR OF OVER £900 MILLION INVESTMENT IN UK OFFSHORE WIND MANUFACTURING
Analysis published today by RenewableUK shows that major investment announcements totalling over ...
GLOBAL FLOATING WIND PIPELINE REACHES 54 GIGAWATTS - WITH UK LEADING THE WORLD
Research by RenewableUK into the total size of the pipeline of floating offshore wind projects wo...
RENEWABLES TAKE CENTRE STAGE – BUT COULD BECOME A VICTIM OF THEIR OWN SUCCESS
Rory McCarthy Senior Research Manager, European Power, Wood Mackenzie The current decade ...
THE UK OFFERS OPERATORS BEST PROFIT CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP BIG OFFSHORE FIELDS
This year marks the beginning of a recovery after a disappointing 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemi...
WESTWOOD GLOBAL: UK AND NORWAY EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION OUTLOOK FOR 2021
After a turbulent 2020 for the oil and gas industry, 2021 is expected to see a modest rise in...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION AND SYNERGY BETWEEN OFFSHOR...
The UK’s path to reaching net-zero by 2050 will result in a structural shift in the ene...
BP FLESHES OUT WHAT NET ZERO IN 2050 MEANS FOR ITS UPSTREAM BUSINESS – IS IT ...
BP followed up the release of its Energy Outlook with a ‘BP Week’ of strategy present...
WESTWOOD INSIGHT: NORTH SEA EXPLORATION PERFORMANCE
Sustaining production from existing infrastructure remains the key driver for North Sea explo...
NEW AXIOM STUDY HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 AND LOW OIL PRICE ON THE SU...
Supply chain over-correction to subsea project delays will result in a weaker service sector, fur...
MAGNORA SIGNS LOI TO INVEST IN A UK ONSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT COMPANY
MAGNORA ASA, a leading Norwegian renewable energy investment company releases its fourth investme...
UK MAINTENANCE SPENDING TO REACH LOWEST ON RECORD, NORWAY’S TO HIT 18-YEAR LO...
Western Europe’s maintenance, modification and operations (MMO) market will likely take a m...
USD20 OIL WILL NOT DEVASTATE UK PRODUCTION, BUT IT IS NOT A PRETTY PICTURE
With the reality that Brent oil prices are scratching closer and closer to $20 per barrel, shut-i...
RYSTAD ENERGY REPORT HIGHLIGHTS FALL IN PRODUCTION COSTS GLOBALLY, LED BY THE UK
Operational production costs in the oil and gas industry have fallen across the globe, with the U...
WOOD MACKENZIE’S NEW DATA TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMS OIL & GAS UPSTREAM VALUATIONS
Natural resources research and consultancy Wood Mackenzie launches the world’s first Global...
WOOD MACKENZIE: HAS M&A CREATED VALUE IN THE NORTH SEA?
Wood Mackenzie runs rule over 55 largest deals Since the turn of the decade, it’s be...