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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Tuesday May 31, 2022
Tuesday May 31, 2022
For this final episode of The COP Shop, in paid partnership with the NatWest Group, Energy Voice’s Allister Thomas and NatWest’s James Close are joined by Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, to reflect on the legacy of COP26, and, in the context of the war in Ukraine, to discuss how we can balance energy security with the urgent need to decarbonise the energy supply.
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Friday May 27, 2022
Friday May 27, 2022
The sound of a screeching U-turn means the UK’s windfall tax – sorry, "Energy Profits Levy" - is finally delivered, after nearly six long months of will-they, wont-they. The gang explore the potted history of the controversial policy, the impact it may have on investment and consumer energy bills, and the reaction from the UK’s oil and gas sector.
Ed also shares his experience from a string of unusual AGMs this week, featuring dancing activists, a very patient chairman, a moveable feast and a protestor who learns there is indeed no such thing as a free lunch.
Tune in for all this and more on Energy Voice Out Loud.
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Friday May 20, 2022
Friday May 20, 2022
Wildcat strikes broke out this week on a number of platforms in the North Sea. Allister, back in the driving seat after weeks of non-stop social engagements, took us through the restive Bilfinger workers and some of the problems industrial action poses for all involved.
Santos has potentially found a way out of its high carbon LNG project pickle in Australia with a plan to export CO2 to an end of life gas field in East Timor. With offtakers increasingly demanding progress on the emissions front, companies must listen – and find solutions.
The mood in London, at the Africa Energies Summit, was also somewhat restive, with environmentalists gluing themselves to whatever they could find in order to make their feelings known. Despite this, in the conference room, appetite for exploration seemed to ride high with positive messages around seismic plans and drilling rigs.
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Energy Voice investigates and reports on what matters in global energy, helping sector leaders understand the geopolitical and economic factors underpinning current events, and giving them a view on what’s coming over the horizon. Each year, 3.4m professionals use Energy Voice as a trusted source of breaking news and insight.
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Friday May 13, 2022
Friday May 13, 2022
With Allister still MIA, Ed, Hamish and Damon take to the floor again this week for another episode of Energy Voice Out Loud. Electrification plans in the North Sea are beginning to take shape, and not a moment too soon with the clock ticking for the industry to clean up its act.
There’s sombre tales from India where BW Offshore has come under fire following a fatality at a shipbreaking yard. NGOs are holding operators feet to the fire but it is going to take some hefty disclosure to address the problem.
Sticking on that point, Ed explores a report that exposes the emissions impact of Big Oil selling off undesirable assets. While it’s a simple, lucrative way for companies to clean up their portfolios, there are hidden consequences.
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Tuesday May 10, 2022
Tuesday May 10, 2022
Hydrogen has a part to play in the move to net zero, but it can also tap into the zeitgeist of energy independence. Bringing the Hydrogen – a Tracking Transition series to an end, this episode takes a look at what has changed.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the resulting disruption to energy flows, overshadows everything in the sector. Gas, for one, is no longer a cheap option erasing some of the cost differentials between blue hydrogen and green.
Daniel Grosvenor, renewables leader Deloitte UK, Grant Spence project director at Costain and Daniel Brock co-lead of Fasken’s Hydrogen Energy Advisory Team come together to talk through some of the implications of geopolitical turmoil and how hydrogen can have a part to play.
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Friday May 06, 2022
Friday May 06, 2022
The gang discuss buying their very own Energy Voice jack-up rig to profit from the looming supercycle. Hamish explains how oil rig day rates look set to rise as business in the North Sea experiences a resurgence. However, by how much and at what speed depends largely on FOMO – or fear of missing out.
As always, much depends on the direction of oil prices, which have surged in recent months, and the team dig out their crystal ball in a bid to project the future.
Ed also shares his insights on the latest deals in Angola that add up to just under $1 billion. While Damon looks at India’s efforts to buy heavily discounted oil from Russia.
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Energy Voice investigates and reports on what matters in global energy, helping sector leaders understand the geopolitical and economic factors underpinning current events, and giving them a view on what’s coming over the horizon. Each year, 3.4m professionals use Energy Voice as a trusted source of breaking news and insight.
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Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Scotwind will see billions of pounds invested into Scotland’s offshore wind supply sector, although, for Hamish, the news came just as he was trying to have lunch. Sharing some of Hamish’s disappointment, were unions. Trade officials expressed concern about future jobs, given that the majority of the investment still seems likely to go overseas.
Worley won work this week on a major cross-border pipeline, which would run from Nigeria to Morocco. The plan faces a number of challenges, perhaps most notably around who would provide the big pots of cash needed to build the thing.
And finally, Allister puts the cat among the podcast pigeons by bringing us up to speed with the curious case of the one-eyed cat on the Buzzard platform. Now safely onshore, Dexter has returned home to the house he left five years ago, a perfect end to a perfect tail.
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Energy Voice investigates and reports on what matters in global energy, helping sector leaders understand the geopolitical and economic factors underpinning current events, and giving them a view on what’s coming over the horizon. Each year, 3.4m professionals use Energy Voice as a trusted source of breaking news and insight.
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Friday Apr 22, 2022
Friday Apr 22, 2022
There’s near capsizes, deep wells and new fields in this weeks’ edition of Energy Voice Out Loud. A lifting malfunction left the Saipem 7000 crane vessel in dangerous waters last week as amateur photographers rushed to capture the tilting vessel. And there could be implications for Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm too. In Namibia, production dates have been set for big finds, courtesy of Shell and TotalEnergies. And BP could soon feel the wrath of NGOs once more after it revealed plans to kick on with the Murlach oil and gas field in the North Sea.
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Energy Voice investigates and reports on what matters in global energy, helping sector leaders understand the geopolitical and economic factors underpinning current events, and giving them a view on what’s coming over the horizon. Each year, 3.4m professionals use Energy Voice as a trusted source of breaking news and insight.
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Friday Apr 15, 2022
Friday Apr 15, 2022
Between gluing themselves to government buildings, invading Shell’s headquarters and disrupting petrol supplies at the pumps… it’s been a busy week for environmental organisers. We discuss the role of activists in achieving net zero, and whether some of the asks meet the reality of getting there.
Offshore wind jobs is back on the news agenda as more work blows east to Lamprell, leaving uncomfortable realities for Scotland as ScotWind projects draw closer to fruition.
And North Sea veteran Algy Cluff is hoping to help Invictus Energy “Get On With It” on a long-neglected gas prospect in Zimbabwe.
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Energy Voice investigates and reports on what matters in global energy, helping sector leaders understand the geopolitical and economic factors underpinning current events, and giving them a view on what’s coming over the horizon. Each year, 3.4m professionals use Energy Voice as a trusted source of breaking news and insight.
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Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
To achieve net zero, we’re going to need to talk about – and tackle – domestic heating. One of the best ways to cut carbon in this area is district heating, providing warmth from a central point and distributing this around a neighbourhood. Costs are fairly high but a government push, perhaps involving some degree of bundling for distributors, offers a way forward.
The UK is only at the start of its district heating steps, but Finland relies on this technology for around half its heating stock. Expansion for both countries must come with the right mix of decarbonised heat, though.
Tackling these questions in the fourth episode of Bigger Faster Better, Charles Robson, partner at the series’ sponsor Womble Bond Dickinson, and Annukka Saari, a senior specialist from Finland’s department of energy, get together to drill into the big heating question.
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Energy Voice investigates and reports on what matters in global energy, helping sector leaders understand the geopolitical and economic factors underpinning current events, and giving them a view on what’s coming over the horizon. Each year, 3.4m professionals use Energy Voice as a trusted source of breaking news and insight.
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