Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Wednesday 11 March 2015

11 March 2015
 

   
 

BW Offshore sells supertanker for £56.6million

Oslo, Norway
Floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel services firm BW Offshore has today announced the sale of the supertanker BW Opal for £56
 
  
   
   
 

Washington lifts sanctions against Belorusneft

Industry news
The US has removed sanctions against state-owned Belarussian energy company Belorusneft, Washington said today. The sanctions were imposed in 2011 because of the company's involvement in Iran
 
  
   
   
 

Methane miner Alkane grows profits by more than 18%

Photo by Alkane Energy
Alkane Energy, which describes itself as the UK's market leader in cash generative base load coal mine methane, today announced an 18%-plus rise in profits to £3
 
  
   
   
 

North-east oil firm Eland gives update on Opuama output

Eland-Nigeria
Aberdeenshire-based Eland Oil and Gas, a production, development and exploration company operating in west Africa, with a principal focus on Nigeria, said today it was benefiting from a share of 3,100 barrels of oil per day from the Opuama field
 
  
   
   
 

Brent oil price falls for fifth day in a row

Brent continues to fall
The price of a barrel of Brent crude oil has dropped for a fifth consecutive day, its longest retreat in almost three months, amid signs that the global supply glut will persist
 
  
   
   
 

SNP "stands by its response" to oil price slump

The Shadow Chancellor will visit Aberdeen
The Scottish Government’s energy jobs taskforce is “delivering the goods” for energy workers made redundant by the recent slump in oil prices, MSPs have been told
 
  
   
   
 

OGUK chief lays it on the line for Ed Balls

Oil & Gas UK chief executive Malcolm Webb
Oil and Gas UK's outgoing chief executive, Malcolm Webb, highlighted an "urgent need for regulatory and fiscal reform and improvements in cost efficiency" at a meeting with Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls today
 
  
   
   
 

City nerves take a bashing after oil price fall

Industry news
The FTSE 100 Index saw its steepest one-day fall in five months today as the prospect of higher US interest rates and the latest drop in oil prices combined to send stocks tumbling
 
  
   
   
 

Leading north-east businesswoman among the speakers in Doha

Doha
Aberdeen businesswoman Jeanette Forbes is to be one of the featured speakers at the Gulf Intelligence Women in Energy Summit, which takes place today in Doha, Qatar
 
  
   
   
 

Cairn in new battle with India's taxman

Cairn's Mangela Processing Terminal in India.
Indian tax authorities last night slapped oil explorer Cairn Energy with a £1billion draft assessment order on a business transaction in the country seven years ago