North Sea

The UK Government has announced a threshold under which the additional windfall tax on oil and gas profits would be eliminated. Picture: PA.

Windfall tax to be eliminated if oil prices fall a little lower

Protesters from Ocean Rebellion demonstrate next to an oil platform on the banks of the river Tay, calling for a halt to plans to open the giant Rosebank oil field, off Shetland, which could yield up to 500 million barrels of oil. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Protesters act out dangers of drilling giant North Sea oil field

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Oil support vessels in Aberdeen Harbour from onboard a Northlink Ferry

Plans to shut down oil and gas 'akin to economic genocide'

Pibroch is a powerful and thought-provoking multimedia theatre production. (Pic: Graeme Roger)

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Rosebank would still go ahead under Labour if given approval, says Anas Sarwar

UK Labour says it will block new licences for developing oil and gas in the North Sea if it wins the next general election. Image: PA.

We need a softer landing on North Sea drilling not a hard stop - GMB

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer will urge unions to support his plans.

Keir Starmer faces showdown with unions over transition plan for green energy

The Conservatives are accusing the SNP and Labour of throwing the North East under a bus. Image: Press Association.

Tories accuse SNP and Labour of throwing the North East “under a bus”

Scots are set to bask in the UK's hottest spring day of 2023. with the mercury expected to hit 25C on Wednesday -- but there will be a geographical divide, with the west expected to be as much as 10C warmer than eastern coasts. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

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UK Labour says it will block new licences for developing oil and gas in the North Sea if it wins the next general election. Image: PA.

Scottish Labour says it will not impose 'cliff-edge' end to North Sea oil

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is expected to announce the party's net zero energy strategy during a visit to Scotland's oil and gas heartland in Aberdeen next month. Picture: Robert Perry/PA

Labour plan to ban new North Sea oil and gas branded ‘pie in the sky’

Labour reportedly want to block all new oil and gas developments in the North Sea

Labour would block any new North Sea oil and gas developments if in government

Projects like Berwick Bank Wind Farm can power a green revolution - Pic credit Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Ltd

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The HonuWorx mothership, part of a subsea robotics project backed by the Net Zero Technology Centre in Aberdeen - the go-to tech hub for the North Sea energy industry

Boss of Scotland's net zero hub on why oil use can't just be switched off

Darren Sutherland, Chair of the IADC North Sea Chapter.

New mental health charter set to be industry game changer

The Forties Pipeline System transports oil and gas from the North Sea to the Ineos refinery and petrochemical complex at Grangemouth. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Windfall tax will drive North Sea oil and gas drillers out, billionaire warns

Many Nationalists claim North Sea oil is Scotland's by right (Picture: Andy Buchanan/ WPA Pool/Getty)

Readers' Letters - Wrong to say ‘Scotland’s oil’ would fund independence

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First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf spoke at the All Energy conference in Glasgow on Wednesday.

Yousaf hints at move away from presumption against new North Sea oil and gas

Rosebank, which lies around 80 miles west of the Shetland islands, is one of the largest known untapped oil reserves in the North Sea. Estimates from climate campaign groups suggest burning the oil would generate climate pollution equivalent to the annual emissions from 28 of the world’s lowest-income countries

Call for ban on ‘irresponsible’ oil lobbying as MSP meetings revealed

A large whale was found washing up on a British beach this week

Huge 30-tonne whale found dead on British beach

Tri Floater semi submersible floating offshore wind turbine foundations. Picture: NOV

£20bn plans unveiled to turn North Sea platforms green

Household bills for imported gas could hit £6k over next 12 years

Household bills for imported gas could hit £6k over next 12 years

A joint investigation by European broadcasters has claimed Russian ship Admiral Vladimirsky was part of an operation to map undersea infrastructure in the North Sea and Moray Firth.

UK 'vigilant' over alleged Russian spy ships in Scottish waters

The Cygnus Alpha platform in the southern North Sea.

North Sea well starts pumping gas in bid to power 1.9 million homes

The funds will accelerate work that has already begun to redevelop the port and focus on the deployment of offshore wind installations and the decommissioning of oil and gas infrastructure in the North Sea.

£300m boost for plans to turn Moray Firth port into European renewables hub

The ship is said to have stopped at sites around wind farms in the North Sea(AP Photo/Jasper Carlberg/POLFOTO)

Russian ‘spy’ ship 'gathered intelligence around Scots wind farms'

First Minister Humza Yousaf holds his maiden speech at the Scottish Parliament. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Protesters to ramp up disruption at Holyrood as Yousaf urged to listen

Cllr Ann Bell (left), Chair of the North Sea Commission Marine Resources Group, welcomes delegates to Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire hosts visit of the North Sea Commission

Lord Kirkhill pictured on his appointment as Minister of State for Scotland in 1975

Obituaries: Lord Kirkhill, civic leader who promoted infrastructure for North Se...

Scotland’s deficit could be about £1,300 per person higher than the UK as a whole due to the impact of falling oil and gas prices, according to analysis.

Falling energy prices mean Scotland faces higher deficit than rest of UK – IFS

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Former Royal Navy diver launches Combat Journal to help build mental resilience

The winners of what is said to be the world’s first round of leasing projects designed to enable offshore wind energy to directly supply oil and gas platforms have been announced by Crown Estate Scotland.

First leases enabling offshore wind to supply oil platforms announced

Ash Regan, left, Humza Yousaf and Kate Forbes are standing to be the next SNP leader (Picture: Peter Devlin For Sky News via Getty Images)

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Dozens of oil and gas platforms in UK waters are set to be brought to a standstill as around 1,400 offshore workers across five companies go on strike to demand a better deal on jobs, pay and conditions - the move comes after energy giants posted record profits

North Sea workers plan ‘tsunami’ of strikes amid oil and gas profits boom

There are some Scottish clans that include ‘visible relics’ of their Norse ancestors. For example, the MacIvors were originally the sons of Ivar, Macaulay the songs of Olaf, MacAskill the sons of Asgeir and MacSween the sons of Swein. The ‘Mac’ surname prefix meaning ‘son’ is Scottish in origin as a Gaelic term.

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Offshore Energies UK has used the example of Irish dependency on imports piped from Scotland to warn that banning new oil and gas licencing in UK waters could leave the nation at the mercy of other countries for supplies and could be 'irreversible'

North Sea drilling ban could be ‘irreversible’ and leave UK dependent on imports

Some people go swimming outdoors without making a fuss about it (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Wild swimming Instagrammers are giving plain old 'swimming' a bad name

The firm is active in the Catcher oil field in the UK central North Sea, about 174 kilometres from Aberdeen. Picture: contributed.

UK's Harbour Energy sees profit jump 'all but wiped out' by windfall tax

Workers do not have the same rights at sea as they do on land or even when tied up to a turbine (Picture: Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images)

Offshore workers’ rights must improve as part of ‘Just Transition'

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Kate Forbes indicates she does not support presumption against oil and gas

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Martin Compston stars as Fulmer in Amazon's thriller The Rig.

The Rig: Scotland’s North Sea-set ‘eco-thriller’ to get a second series

Comedian Frankie Boyle and climate campaigner Vanessa Nakate have urged the Prime Minister to throw out plans to develop a new oil and gas field in the North Sea.

Frankie Boyle calls on PM to reject plans for Rosebank oil field

Cove Harbour, Berwickshire, at the start of the Southern Upland Way. Pic: J Christie

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A weather warning is in place for much of Scotland

Storm Otto: Scotland braced for 75mph winds as Met Office issue weather warning

British Gas report record-breaking profits amid UK energy crisis

GUH chief exec Neil Gordon

Subsea capability crucial to UK capitalising on floating offshore wind - Neil G...

Rights to build wind farms in Scottish waters may have been sold off far too cheaply (Picture: Ben Birchall/PA)

Offshore wind giveaway may have cost Scotland billions of pounds – Brian Wilson

Craig Smith says the future is full of optimism for the firm.

Exceptional first year gets decom specialist off to flying start

A family in Canvey Island, Essex, is evacuated from their home after the disastrous floods in 1953 (Picture: Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Lessons of 1953 North Sea flood must not be forgotten – Martyn McLaughlin

A survey by Aberdeen-based advisory firm True North has found that 87 per cent of people in Scotland think the UK should aim to meet its demand for oil and gas from domestic production

Oil and gas used in Scotland should come from domestic sources, survey finds

Many oil fields in the North Sea are reaching the end of their productive life, but proposals to drill at new sites is causing ongoing controversy due to the role of fossil fuels in driving climate change

Start drilling at Cambo and Rosebank and shut down depleted oil wells: expert

Martin Compston stars as Fulmer in the six-part thriller, The Rig (Picture: Amazon Prime Video/PA)

Stephen King's praise for Scots series The Rig

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