Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

10 March 2015

	Opinion: Improving project controls to maximise efficiency We may find ourselves in one of the most challenging eras our industry has encountered but, whilst there are challenges and consequences ahead for many, there is also the opportunity to look at what can be done to control the costs of oil and gas projects at planning and execution stage

	Grangemouth operator INEOS signs farm-out deal with IGas UK shale gas explorer IGas Energy said today it has signed a farm-out and purchase agreement with Grangemouth refinery operator INEOS. On completion of the deal, INEOS will acquire an interest in licences in north-west England and the East Midlands, as well as an operated stake in acreage held under a licence in Scotland

	Move the oil and gas policymakers to Aberdeen, new report says Policymakers responsible for oil and gas industry taxation and regulation should be relocated from London to Aberdeen, a think-tank has said. Business organisation N-56 has set out a five-point action plan for the North Sea oil and gas industry in a letter to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and UK Chancellor George Osborne

	Cairn on track for 2017 output from Catcher and Kraken Scottish explorer Cairn Energy says its UK North Sea Catcher and Kraken developments are on track for first oil from 2017. The Edinburgh-based company is targeted peak net production to Cairn of 22,500 barrels of oil equivalent per day

	Claxton awarded new contract for Statoil’s Gina Krog development Claxton Engineering Services has been awarded a contract with Statoil to supply conductor and internal centralizers to a minimum of 14 wells on the Gina Krog development offshore of Norway

	Siemens outshines Vestas on global turbine market Engineering giant Siemens moved ahead of Vestas to top the global wind turbine market, a report has revealed. The German firm is the number one as measured by market share of newly installed machines connected to the grid in 2014, but the gap between the top three companies is small

	Oil price drop hits Scotland's jobs outlook The drop in crude prices has bumped Scotland's employment outlook down to its lowest level in two years, according to a new survey from recruitment agency Manpower

	Optimus launches new training workshop An Aberdeen safety culture training firm has launched a workshop course aimed at drill rig crews at a conference in Kuala Lumpur. Optimus Seventh Generation has developed the ‘Operationalising the Safety Case’ workshop to raise awareness of major hazardous accidents and safety barriers designed to protect the rig

	Bellatrix says it's ready for a transformation Western Canada-focused oil and gas company Bellatrix Exploration said yesterday 2014 was another successful and profitable growth year for the company