Oil & Gas

The UK Government is to give oil and gas firms generous tax relief on investment into offshore wind energy

Taxpayers set to pay to power oil and gas platforms in North Sea
THE UK Government is set to heavily subsidise the building of offshore windfarms to supply oil and gas platforms despite fossil fuel companies record profits.

Nicolai Tangen is chief executive of Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global, which is now the world’s biggest single investor

Letters Norway’s oil fund has a significant influence on how businesses worldwide operate

Dear Norway calls on Shetland's 'neighbours across the sea' to stop work on an offshore oilfield

Shetland sends short-film plea to Norway over oil field plans

Energy Secretary Michael Matheson has outlined plans for a new energy strategy for Scotland

Scotland’s oil and gas will end in 20 years, energy minister says

The Rosebank oil and gas field is thought to hold the equivalent of almost 500 million barrels

Westminster urged to halt exploration of undeveloped North Sea oil field

Robert Robson and his partner, Kristie Graham

Family pay tribute to British man who died in Qatari oil rig incident

An analysis of green jobs noted a “significant” skills gap in the UK that cannot be addressed by the existing energy workforce.

UK's post-Brexit immigration policies 'are a threat to Scotland's net zero ambitions'

Tory MP Vicky Ford on Downing Street during her brief time as a minister in Liz Truss's government

THE JOUKER Scotland 'never says thank you' for UK Government cash, Tory MP complains

Unite the Union said about 146 people will down tools at the Petrofac Repsol installation in the North Sea on Thursday

Offshore oil workers walk out in dispute with ‘Scrooge’ employer

Alison Thewliss and Stephen Flynn are the only two contenders running for the SNP Westminster group leader job

ANALYSIS The key policy differences between Alison Thewliss and Stephen Flynn

Just Stop Oil activists threw red paint over the plush glass-fronted flagship Edinburgh office earlier this year

EXCLUSIVE Scotland Office refuse to disclose grafitti damage costs at Edinburgh HQ

Oil and gas profits could be used to invest in Scotland's renewable sector, according to an economist

Oil and gas boom will 'accelerate' Scotland's green energy revolution

The cost of decommissioning has increased from an estimated £16.6bn last year.

£20 billion cost of closing North Sea oil and gas fields revealed

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was praised for championing a fund for vulnerable communities hardest hit by climate change

COP27 roundup Scotland praised for 'moral leadership' shown at COP27 over loss and damage fund

The planned wind farm at Glenmuckloch will now be able to operate for 30 years

LETTERS Calls for an energy shake-up raises many questions for Scotland

The West Hercules drilling rig, which has previously been used by Equinor in the North Sea

EXCLUSIVE Norway halts new oil field in Arctic – could Rosebank be next to be scrapped?

Wiktoria Jedroszkowiak confronted Nicola Sturgeon - over a reserved issue

Activist confronts Nicola Sturgeon over UK-controlled oil and gas licensing

Maggie Chapman has said Tess White was making a 'baseless accusation' as she said the Greens do not like Aberdeen and the North East

Energy Greens hit back at claims they 'don't care' about north-east renewable potential

Key figures from the energy sector are to meet in Aberdeen to discuss a just transition away from fossil fuels

Energy sector to discuss just transition for offshore workers

The News Corp building was splattered with orange paint

IN PICTURES Protesters splatter paint over UK Government buildings and The Sun HQ

North Sea oil and gas is bringing in billions of pounds to the UK Government

North Sea oil and gas revenues 'up to nearly £8 billion' this year so far

Scottish Just Stop Oil activists targetted a series of luxury car showrooms

Scottish Just Stop Oil activists target luxury London car showrooms with orange paint

UK climate minister Graham Stuart made the extraordinary claims

Letters Claim that oil and gas extraction and fracking are 'green' is dystopian

Scottish activists with the Just Stop Oil coalition glued themselves outside Downing Street on Wednesday

Scottish activists glue themselves outside Downing Street in climate protest

Documents acquired by The Guardian show the current Chancellor previously held undisclosed meetings with Saudi oil firms

Documents reveal Kwasi Kwarteng's undisclosed meetings with Saudi Arabian oil firms

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon delivering her keynote speech to the SNP conference

SNP CONFERENCE These are the key points from Nicola Sturgeon's speech to SNP conference

SNP minister Richard Lochhead spoke to The National about a just transition from fossil fuels to renewables

EXCLUSIVE 'Just transition will have failed if Scots are in fuel poverty', minister says

Licences are being made available for sectors of the North Sea

New licensing round for North Sea oil exploration will boost economy, Energy Secretary says

Energy Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg has lifted the English fracking ban and will allow new North Sea drilling licences to be issued

Greenpeace considering legal challenge over Tory plans for oil and gas licences

Liz Truss is reportedly be planning to issue 130 new oil and gas licenses

We can't stop Truss's oil and gas bonanza plans without independence, minister says

An employee of Uniper Energy Storage walks through the natural gas storage facility in Bierwang, southern Germany

Germany working on nationalisation of three major gas companies in historic bid

A worker at the Cuadrilla fracking site in Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, Lancashire, and Prime Minister Liz Truss

Experts spell out why Tories' 'desperate' fracking plans won't help energy crisis

A redundant oil platform moored in the Firth of Forth near Kirkcaldy, Fife

Soaring North Sea oil prices to 'boost' independence cause, economists say

The analysis also warned that slow and potentially negative growth is ahead

Scotland ranks high amongst UK nations and regions for productivity

Rees-Mogg is tipped to be the next Business Secretary if Liz Truss wins the Tory leadership election

UPDATED Jacob Rees-Mogg tipped to be next business secretary if Liz Truss wins Tory leadership

People in Shetland face having to pay much higher energy bills than those in the rest of Scotland

Exclusive 'People are really worried and scared': Shetland reacts to £10k energy bill warning

A redundant oil platform moored in the Firth of Forth near Kirkcaldy, Fife. Picture: PA

Tories warned against ‘North Sea drilling frenzy’ to solve energy crisis

A new survey has found energy prices in Shetland could be more than double the rest of the UK

Shetland residents warned they'll need to earn over £100k to avoid fuel poverty

We are feeling the consequences of political decisions to sell off all our oil and gas resources

Letters We need to take back control of Scotland’s energy resources

Over the next 25 years, Scotland could produce five times our own electricity requirements from offshore wind alone

comment Scotland's green energy sector must not repeat the mistakes of North Sea oil

Oil and gas producers were making profits and meeting their costs and planning investments when the unit price of gas was around the 100p mark

Letters Why can’t we ‘take back control’ of our oil and gas prices?

Workers have walked out in a dispute over pay as the cost of living crisis worsens

UPDATED Workers at Grangemouth oil refinery block access road in dispute over pay

Shell reported record profits in both the first and second quarters of 2022

Energy giant's offshore medics to be balloted on industrial action

Bank of England director Andrew Bailey warned those in the UK are particularly vulnerable to energy price shocks

Letters Before we know it we’ll be a depleted county of greater England

Greenpeace activists have previously targeted BP activity in the North Sea

Activists vow to fight bid for huge new oil field in waters west of Shetland

BP chief executive Bernard Looney has welcomed his firm's eye-watering profits as ordinary families fear they will not be able to cut back any further

BP posts eye-watering profits as families fear they have 'nothing left' to cut back on

Calls for North Sea windfall to deliver ‘reindustrialisation of Scotland’

Calls for North Sea windfall to deliver ‘reindustrialisation of Scotland’

This month’s heatwave was made 10 times more likely by climate breakdown

Scotland needs ‘renewables revolution’ after climate change-fuelled heatwave

The UK Government has been accused of leaving the carbon capture industry 'in the lurch'

UK blasted over 'incomprehensible' lack of clarity on major carbon capture funding

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss are being called on to invest in the city of Aberdeen

Tory leadership hopefuls told to put 'substantial investment' in Aberdeen if PM

Climate activists are set to protest in Aberdeen for five days

Pictures show five-day climate camp setting up in Aberdeen

Ursula von der Leyen welcomed the news

EU governments agree to ration natural gas over winter amid Russian cut-off fears

Activists have targetted the UK Government's hub in Edinburgh over the Jackdaw field

UK Government faces fresh legal challenge over Jackdaw gas field

The Piper Alpha tragedy saw 167 offshore oil workers lose their lives

COMMENT Inaction from anyone in power shows why annoying climate protests are needed