Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

19 December 2014

	BP denied request to use living quarters on Norway field 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 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 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 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 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 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 The big economic development this year was one which no economic forecaster had predicted

	Oil expert dismisses North Sea collapse claims 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