Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Friday, 19 December 2014

Energy Voice
19 December 2014
 

   
 

BP denied request to use living quarters on Norway field

BP
BP has been denied a request by Norway’s oil safety watchdog to extend the lifetime of the QP platform at the Valhall field. The platform provides living quarters for workers however safety concerns have been raised by the PSA
 
  
   
   
 

Parker says ITS will not face criminal prosecution

Aberdeen
The US owner of Aberdeen firm International Tubular Services (ITS) says the business will not face criminal prosecution after its admission of bribery and corruption
 
  
   
   
 

Oil investors keep betting wrong on when market will hit bottom

Houston
Investors betting on a rebound in oil prices are nothing if not tenacious. They have poured the most money in more than four years into exchange-traded products that track oil as prices fell 18% this month
 
  
   
   
 

Schlumberger wins Mariner field contract

Schlumberger
Schlumberger has been awarded a drilling contract on the Mariner field by Statoil and its co-venturers. The work will be delivered from the company’s Aberdeen base and it will be responsible for al number of services
 
  
   
   
 

Timeline: The Mariner Field

2014: The first Mariner venture takes off
The Mariner Filed was discovered in 1981. But it wasn't until 2007 that Statoil entered the license as operator in a bid to unlock its resources
 
  
   
   
 

Opinion: Focus on what should be done - not sly politicking

Opinion: Alex Salmond
The UK Government moves like lightning to tax the industry when oil prices are high but moves at a snail’s pace when oil prices are low. In a glaring example of oil tax hypocrisy, George Osborne announced a shale oil fund for the north of England in his Autumn Statement
 
  
   
   
 

Opinion: Christmas cheer for consumers - but New Year uncertainty for oil producers

North Sea
The big economic development this year was one which no economic forecaster had predicted
 
  
   
   
 

Oil expert dismisses North Sea collapse claims

Professor Alex Kemp
Oil and gas expert Alex Kemp said he did not agree with comments made which claimed the North Sea was “close to collapse”. Robin Allan, chairman of the independent explorers association Brindex, said it is
 
  
   
   
 

VIDEO: World’s most advanced oil spill combating simulator centre goes live

This footage shows how onshore and offshore personnel will be able to train and exercise for oil spills. The North Cape Maritime Training Centre in Honningsvåg  in Norway now contains the world’s only oil spill simulator where onshore and offshore personnel isolated or together, can train in the tools and stages of oil spill combating operations