Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

14 May 2015

	Video: Real-life training rig to help prevent disasters Offshore workers are being given the chance to prepare for real-life emergencies at facilities in Aberdeen. Falck Safety Services invited Energy Voice along to see how staff are being trained to prepare with incidents that could happen offshore

	Infographic: The cost of petrol versus income worldwide This infographic shows the price of a tank of petrol versus the average salary worldwide. The data reveals both North America, the UK and Scandinavian countries fair the best when it comes to cost whereas regions including Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Egypt suffer from a small margin between income and petrol cost

	BP Trinidad and Tobago welcomes arrival of Ocean Victory rig BP Trinidad and Tobago plans to commence drilling operations after the arrival of the Ocean Victory rig to the offshore Juniper contract. The rig, which is owned and operated by Diamond Offshore Drilling, will take personnel equipment and supplies to the offshore location

	IHS study says fracking has potential to unlock 140billion barrels of oil A study says fracking has the potential to unlock 140billion barrels of global oil supplies. The amount would be equivalent to Russia's known reserves, according to analysis by IHS

	LLOG plans to drill in water near to Macondo disaster LLOG Exploration plans to drill a well into a block near where oil major BP's Macondo well ruptured five years ago. The privately-held oil and gas company - which has backers including Blackstone Energy Partners - received approval to drill a well in Blocks 252 and 253 in the Mississippi Canyon area of the Gulf in April

	Shell could consider smaller buys in North America Oil major Shell said it would consider smaller additions to its business in North America. The company - which ruled out large acquisitions after its deal to buy BG Group - said while its cash reserves are more limited, it would consider smaller acquisitions

	Nigerian economic growth slows on oil industry’s contraction Economic growth in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest crude producer, slowed in the first quarter as the oil industry contracted amid a slump in prices, according to the country’s statistics bureau

	Pemex E&P head Hernandez temporarily reassigned after accidents Petroleos Mexicanos’ exploration and production director will be temporarily reassigned a week after a fatal oil platform collapse in the Gulf of Mexico

	Job fears for Global subsidiary Up to 90 jobs are under threat at a subsidiary of Aberdeen and Inverness-based Global Energy Group. Isleburn, which employs more than 600 people at operations in the Granite City and Evanton in Easter Ross, stressed that the potential redundancies may not happen

	Job cuts are never nice but sometimes unavoidable, Wood Group boss says Thousands of job cuts in the global oil and gas industry are an unfortunate but necessary step in making sure firms can survive the current downturn, Wood Group chief executive Bob Keiller said yesterday