The regular weekly Out Loud show sees journalists from Energy Voice come together to highlight and discuss the biggest stories of the week, and there are lots of other special series and in-depth episodes too. Appropriately enough, the show absolutely crackles with energy!
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Friday Jun 04, 2021
Friday Jun 04, 2021
Cerulean Winds have a plan to tackle the North Sea’s electricity problem and golly but it’s a big one. The answer is offshore wind, and the company has set out a plan for a cool £10 billion pound investment. To get this going, pitfalls are ahead, of course, but the major challenge is likely to be the mess of regulators and permits.
Cleaning up a mess, finally, is Messiah Decommissioning, which is taking on the Herculean task of shifting the Hutton structure from the Cromarty Firth. Allister, who holds all stories on the Cromarty Firth in a place close to his heart, is on hand to talk EVOL through the ups and downs of the eye-catching pillars.
Finally, Nigeria dished out awards for marginal fields this week to various local companies. The regulator has called for production to start in 2022, which is likely to be a tough task given the way in which the round was carried out. Nigeria’s DPR has talked about learning lessons from the 2003 round, but there is a strong possibility it is making a host of new pitfalls in which its plans will founder.
Energy Voice, in association with Deloitte, Fasken and Costain, are delighted to present a virtual event series that digs deeper into the prospects for hydrogen in order to separate the hard facts from the hype. Register today to hear from the experts and join the conversation about hydrogen’s future role in the global energy system at trackinghydrogen.com
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Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Tuesday Jun 01, 2021
Despite the ongoing changes perpetually sweeping the energy industry, health and safety remains a reassuring constant. Come pandemic, downturn or transition, companies are on hand to make sure the standards don’t slip.
In this special Energy Voice Out Loud Xpertise Series episode, in a paid partnership with Dräger, marketing manager Richard Ryan sits down with Hamish Penman to discuss how the safety technology provider has adapted in the face of widespread changes in the industry. Richard also sets out how Dräger plans to tackle the energy transition era and potential new regulations that could crop up as futuristic technologies hit the market.
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Friday May 28, 2021
Friday May 28, 2021
In this week’s pod, in association with Dräger, the team discusses how green groups and a judge combined to give Shell a leg-up in the race to net zero. Did Shell say thank you? Did it heck.
Anyone who read Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce’s latest oil and gas survey will know that the oil and gas supply chain is already heading in the right direction. But companies could do themselves a favour by setting some emissions targets of their own.
Then Ed, Allister and Mark Axis also dug into a court case between two US oil companies with “far reaching implications” for North Sea decommissioning.
Energy Voice, in association with Deloitte, Fasken and Costain, are delighted to present a virtual event series that digs deeper into the prospects for hydrogen in order to separate the hard facts from the hype. Register today to hear from the experts and join the conversation about hydrogen’s future role in the global energy system at trackinghydrogen.com
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Tuesday May 25, 2021
Tuesday May 25, 2021
Get on yer bike. Or yer bus. Or even walk. Just rethink whether you need to get in the car, whether it’s electric or a diesel clunker.
We’re going to need to do more than just electrify cars. There must be a shift to public transportation if the net zero goals are to be achieved. This will require various levels of government to provide support, to make cycling safer, to protect pavements – and possibly to deter people from jumping in the car.
Sayeh Ghanbari, UK&I business consulting leader at EY, and Chris Boardman, Olympian and Greater Manchester’s cycling and walking commissioner, get together to set the world to rights, one street at a time.
Green public transport is the fifth point on the government’s 10 point plan. Next month, and continuing the theme of movement, is jet zero and green ships.
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Friday May 21, 2021
Friday May 21, 2021
The IEA has set out a plan this week pooh-poohing the possibility of future exploration – amid a range of steps including major technological progress. The UK officially continues to allow exploration, even though the industry seems to be not particularly willing to seize the opportunity.
One new opportunity is the new SEQual platform, intended to simplify industry standards in decommissioning work. Responses have been mixed, with companies complaining of more bureaucracy and unnecessary red tape.
Finally, Eni and BP are maybe thinking about teaming up to work together in Angola. The West African state has had a few tricky years, but things are looking up. The move may open the way to a future sale, garnering the two cash and at the same time providing an out from those pesky carbon emissions.
Energy Voice, in association with Deloitte, Fasken and Costain, are delighted to present a virtual event series that digs deeper into the prospects for hydrogen in order to separate the hard facts from the hype. Register today to hear from the experts and join the conversation about hydrogen’s future role in the global energy system at trackinghydrogen.com
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Friday May 14, 2021
Friday May 14, 2021
In this latest, swashbuckling EVOL podcast, in association with Dräger, Energy Voice’s scurvy sea dogs, Mark, Ed and Hamish, plot a course through the week’s top tales. There’s a big jobs win for the north-east after SSE and Equinor announced plans for a CCS power plant in Peterhead – but will they succeed where others have failed? It’s then off to the West of Shetland where BP is exploring an ‘all-subsea’ option for the third phase of its Clair field. Finally, Ed sets a course for Nigeria and tells us about plans for a floating LNG facility on the nautically named Yoho field.
Energy Voice, in association with Deloitte, Fasken and Costain, are delighted to present a virtual event series that digs deeper into the prospects for hydrogen in order to separate the hard facts from the hype. Register today to hear from the experts and join the conversation about hydrogen’s future role in the global energy system at trackinghydrogen.com
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Friday May 07, 2021
Friday May 07, 2021
There’s no other place to start this week than with the news of the Velesto Naga 7 oil rig sinking off Malaysia. Our man in Asia, Damon Evans, takes us through the events. No one was hurt, but will there be an open inquiry? And how will the rig be recovered?
Staying with issues of safety, the team assess the consequences – or perhaps lack thereof – for a precarious decommissioning job for the Buchan Alpha oil rig, leading offshore union Unite to describe the HSE as “a paper tiger with no bite”.
Rounding us off, it’s a new venture from ex Tullow boss Paul McDade with Afentra. Just as smaller companies have filled the void left by majors in regions like the North Sea, this new venture hopes to do the same in West Africa. But how will that play out with climate change so strongly in the conversation?
Energy Voice, in association with Deloitte, Fasken and Costain, are delighted to present a virtual event series that digs deeper into the prospects for hydrogen in order to separate the hard facts from the hype. Register today to hear from the experts and join the conversation about hydrogen’s future role in the global energy system at trackinghydrogen.com
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Friday Apr 30, 2021
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Mozambique was on the mind this week, with Total officially hitting the big red force majeure button on its LNG plans. The French company is not waiting around though, and is working on projects elsewhere in the world, including the US and Russia.
Also not waiting around was Mark with an update on the impact of Hurricane Energy’s debt woes. The company has agreed to swap debt for equity but our North Sea observers remain unconvinced, not least because of Hurricane’s bumpy relationship with the OGA.
Enquest has picked up the storied Bentley field, but will it motor? The heavy oilfield has been through a number of hands but operators have struggled to get into gear, owing to the number of wells needed to tap the resource.
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Friday Apr 23, 2021
Friday Apr 23, 2021
This week’s EVOL kicks off with a discussion on harassment of women offshore, and the shocking stat that nearly 60% of female workers have experienced some form of catcalling in the UK North Sea.
Next, a story about political tensions in Chad after the country’s President was been killed in battle (!) with rebels, posing dilemmas for oil firms such as commodities trader Glencore.
Rounding us off, it’s a farewell to the Foinaven FPSO as the North Sea rustbucket icon leaves the station West of Shetland. There’s 200m barrels of oil left though, so what next for the namesake field?
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Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
If you want to buy a gas guzzler, you’ve only got until 2030. After that, it’s going to have to be some alternative type, with the UK eager to drive new investments into manufacturing.
Electric cars had a strong 2020 and there is a real buzz around them. Much of the focus is on Tesla, and madcap founder Elon Musk, but virtually all car manufacturers are now working on the problem.
Shifting consumers to a new fleet will require certain additional changes. What will the government do when it loses road tax and fuel duties? Particularly when electric vehicles are too expensive for consumers without subsidies?
Maria Bengtsson, EY lead for electric vehicles, and special guest Robert Llewellyn, presenter of Fully Charged, get together to talk through the opportunities and challenges.
Zero emission vehicles are the fourth point on the government’s 10 point plan. Next month, and picking up on some of the themes discussed here, will be green public transport.
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