Oil Price Rebound May Come Too Late For UK Oil Sector
The ‘lower for longer’ oil price reality of the past two years has spared virtually no one in the industry, and the UK’s oil and gas companies have been among Continue Reading
Amid smoggy days in London, growing calls to clean up Europe’s toxic air
It’s Christmastime on Oxford Street. Brilliant displays of white lights rain from above. Decked-out shoppers dash from one gaudy sale to the next. And Johnny Conquest breathes in poison. “The Continue Reading
The End Of The Downturn? BP Steps Up Spending As Oil Prices Rise
With the rebound in oil prices underway and the astronomic costs stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the rear view mirror, BP is once again looking to make Continue Reading
UK High Court upholds shale gas permit for Third Energy: claimants
Britain’s High Court ruled on Tuesday that a local government’s shale gas fracking permit award to developer Third Energy was legal, claimants Friends of the Earth said in a statement. Continue Reading
Green Energy Firm Fights UK Fracking Plans
Green energy firm Ecotricity is challenging the fracking industry by submitting applications for its new Green Gas Mills on sites already proposed for fracking. Green energy firm Ecotricity is challenging Continue Reading
BP CEO Dudley: We’ll Double Our North Sea Oil Production By 2020
Bob Dudley UK’s oil major BP (NYSE:BP) will double its production in the North Sea to 200,000 barrels of oil per day, chief executive Bob Dudley said in an interview Continue Reading
UKCS Oil, Gas Extraction Drops 10%
Oil and gas extraction in the UKCS decreased by 10% year-on-year, and by 10.8% month-on-month, in October, according to the latest numbers from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Oil Continue Reading
London transport operator Go-Ahead adds two Irizar electric i2e buses to fleet after successful operating results
Based on the success of two Irizar 100% i2e electric buses that have been operating in London since June 2015, London’s largest transport operator, Go-Ahead, is incorporating the buses into Continue Reading
Coal price surge sets miners against activists by English seaside
In northeastern England, a battle is raging between grass roots campaigners and a company intent on digging a new open cast mine as world coal prices soar. A year after Continue Reading
With a Meeting, Trump Renewed a British Wind Farm Fight
When President-elect Donald J. Trump met with the British politician Nigel Farage in recent days, he encouraged Mr. Farage and his entourage to oppose the kind of offshore wind farms Continue Reading