Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

12 June 2015

	Video: Stunning drone footage shows aerial view of Lomond platform The words calm and serene are not usually synonymous with the oil and gas sector, but a unique video produced by an offshore worker has portrayed the industry in a very different light

	Tethys Petroleum agrees short extension with AGR Energy Tethys Petroleum has agreed to enter into a short extension with AGR Energy Limited. The company announced last month it had entered into a limited period of exclusivity with AGR Energy to negotiate a potential larger financing

	Colombian rebels blamed for power outage after attack on energy infrastructure Colombian officials are blaming rebels for an attack on the country’s energy infrastructure that left hundreds of thousands of people without power. President Juan Manuel Santos said the guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) blew up an energy pylon and blacked out much of the southern region of Caqueta

	South Korea makes rare large purchase of West African crude oil South Korea's GS Caltex Corp is set to receive a shipment of 2 million barrels of West African crude, dwarfing the country's usual purchases from the region as it looks to diversify supply away from the Middle East

	BP completes planned maintenance at West Azeri platform UK oil company BP has completed maintenance and resumed production at its West Azeri platform in the Caspian Sea, Tamam Bayatly, a spokeswoman for BP Azerbaijan, said on Friday

	Norway's Statoil could cut workforce by 2,000, report says Norwegian energy firm Statoil could lay off another 2,000 employees by the end of 2016, business daily Dagens Naeringsliv (DN) said on Friday. The decision will be finalised in the near future, after discussions with the management and representatives from the unions on Thursday

	‘Steady flow’ of renewables projects keeps Atkins busy Aberdeen city bypass designer Atkins yesterday said a steady flow of nuclear and renewable-energy projects had helped to balance ongoing “staff reductions in oil and gas”

	Chevron confirms move to three on, three off shift pattern Oil giant Chevron has confirmed it will be moving to a three on, three off shift pattern.The company revealed in April it was considering the move in line with a number of companies including Shell, Apache and Petrofac

	Indian red tape could mean firm pulls out India-focused Hardy Oil and Gas said yesterday it may have to change tack and turn its attention to other areas. Aberdeen-based Hardy is led by former KCA Deutag director Ian MacKenzie as chief executive

	Iran seeks $100 billion for gas as world fixates on nation’s Oil Iran needs $100 billion to rebuild its gas industry and has met with European energy giants as an end to decades of international sanctions looms, according to the state-run company in charge of discussions

	Firm floats its latest vessel Sentinel Marine has celebrated the latest addition to its growing fleet of offshore support vessels, naming the ship Cygnus Sentinel at a christening event in its home city of Aberdeen

	Chevron completes its largest seismic survey in Aussie oil hunt Chevron Corp. is studying data from its largest-ever seismic survey to decide where to drill for oil in an untapped frontier off southern Australia. The seismic program, carried out by Norway’s TGS Nopec Geophysical Co

	Gallery: The oil and gas sector's best read stories Sparking interest with Energy Voice readers this week was the news of Centrica's former chief executive joining up with the Carlyle Group and CVC Capital Partners