Romanian-based Black Sea Oil & Gas, controlled by private equity firm Carlyle Group LP, said on Thursday it has decided to go ahead with its $400 million offshore gas project in Romania, the first such project to be developed in 30 years.The…
Hundreds of workers on Norwegian offshore oil and gas rigs went on strike on Tuesday after rejecting a proposed wage deal, leading to the shutdown of one Shell-operated field and helping send Brent crude prices higher.One union said hundreds…
After three weeks of strike, Norwegian workers union Industry Energy says its call for equal pay between operator, drilling, catering and oil service staff on the Norwegian Continental Shelf has been accepted, ending the strike. More…
Union members have voted to end a strike in the North Sea, after Wood Group allowed members to reduce cuts to wages. Image from iStock. Members of Scotland’s biggest offshore union…
More than 300 oil service employees in Norway have gone on strike this morning after mediation talks yesterday were said to have failed. Industry Energy, a union which represents workers, claimed the Norwegian Oil & Gas association did…
Talks between engineering firm Wood Group and two unions over pay cuts and changes to allowances have resulted in a 'mutually agreeable proposal,' it has been announced. Nearly 400 workers in the RMT and Unite unions staged strikes earlier…
Planned strike action by workers for Wood Group working on Shell platforms in the UK North Sea has been suspended to allow fresh talks to start. Nearly 400 workers in the Unite and RMT unions have so far staged two walkouts, for 24 hours on 26 July…
Unite the union says it has called for urgent talks with engineering firm Wood Group ahead of more planned strike action in the North Sea. Nearly 400 workers in the Unite and RMT unions who work for Wood Group on Shell platforms in the UK North Sea have so far staged two walkouts…
A 48-hour strike has started in the UK North Sea by offshore workers working for Wood Group on Shell platforms. The strike, on the Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Nelson, Gannet, Shearwater and Curlew platforms, follows a 24-hour walk out by workers from the Unite and RMT unions on Tuesday 26 July…
Nearly 400 members of Unite and RMT unions working for Wood Group across eight Shell oil and gas platforms in the North Sea have gone on strike today. The strike is the first in 28 years and is over a dispute over 30% pay cuts and changes to allowances…
Nearly 400 members of Unite and RMT unions working for Wood Group across eight Shell oil and gas platforms in the North Sea will be striking for the first time in a generation in a dispute over 30% pay cuts and changes to allowances, the Unite and RMT unions announced on 18 July…
A ballot by members of the unions Unite and RMT at engineering firm Wood Group working across Shell operated assets has seen a 'massive majority' supporting industrial action. In a joint statement, Unite and RMT said more than 50% of members voted in the ballot…
More than 5000 jobs have been lost in the UK North Sea sector and more losses are likely, the CEO of trade body Oil & Gas UK says. Deirdre Michie, Oil & Gas UK’s recently appointed CEO, told reporters during a briefing in Aberdeen that this is a challenging time for the industry…
The Leviathan field consortium has signed a preliminary deal with BG Group to export up to 3.75Tcf of natural gas over a 15-year period to the UK major’s LNG plant in Idku, Egpyt, operator Noble Energy announced. Under the terms of the non-binding letter of intent (LOI)…
The government of Myanmar (Burma) has named Chevron, BG Group, Statoil, Woodside Energy, Shell, and ENI, among others, as selected candidates for its 2013 offshore licensing round. The move follows the lifting of Western sanctions in 2012…
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