Energy Voice – Out Loud

EVOL: Bad news comes in threes

This week, there has been a whole lot of doom and gloom in the UK energy market. Harbour Energy announced 250 job cuts in Aberdeen, Ørsted discontinued its Hornsea 4 offshore wind project, and Drax opted not to bid for its Cruachan II in the Cap and …

EVOL: Scotland's 'wrath', BP and Equinor Q1s, and Octopus defends zonal pricing

This week Scotland's only oil refinery ceased production, prompting outrage from unions that forecast the "wrath" of voters in next year's Holyrood election, European supermajors BP and Equinor unveiled their Q1 results and Octopus Energy's CEO defen…

EVOL: HyNet approval, decarbonisation, and GB Energy's £300m

This week, Energy Voice’s intrepid reporters Mat and Mike explored the recent announcement that the government is set to approve Eni’s HyNet carbon capture and storage project. The deal comes with financial support for the Track 1 project, and adds m…

EVOL: Courting wood, grid zombies and Easter wake loss

This week Wood provided updates on Sidara's proposed £250 million takeover, NESO declared war on zombies in the grid queue, and Equinor and Orsted warned of the impacts of wake loss. Aberdeen-headquartered Wood received a non-binding takeover bid fro…

EVOL: Neo Next speculation, Kistos' island plans, and HAR2 just has to be good

This week we got further updates on the Neo Energy and Repsol tie-up, Kistos' full year results for 2024 and the results of HAR2. Energy Voice's Ryan Duff, Erikka Askeland and Mat Perry discuss. First up, what's happening at Flotta? Erikka chats abou…

EVOL X COMET: From criminal to industrial investigations

For 30 years Alan Smith, now head of investigations at COMET, served in the police before turning his attention to industrial investigations.   Smith sat down with Energy Voice Aberdeen features lead, Ryan Duff, to discuss his career in the police, h…

Net zero in jeopardy

Stuart Broadley, chief executive, Energy Industries Council (EIC) has called for an “adult conversation” and “honesty” to admit the UK won’t meet it legal obligation to become net zero by 2050 nor will it meet interim low carbon targets in 2030. Howe…

EVOL: Petrofac’s $500m contract, hydrogen and the Net Zero Innovation show

In this week’s episode of Energy Voice Out Loud, Ryan, Mat and Michael discuss Petrofac’s recent $500m contract award. Is it what the company, and the North Sea services sector in general, need to turn their fortunes around? Both could do with some g…

EVOL: More North Sea merger mania

This week’s episode was rocked by the announcement Repsol was merging its North Sea assets with private-equity backed Neo Energy. Energy Voice reporter Mathew Perry explains this is part of a trend for operators to distance themselves from the basin …

EVOL X Scottish Enterprise: It's high tide time for Scotland's energy mix

Scotland is currently leading the world in the development and testing of tidal stream and wave energy technologies. Two of the world’s first tidal stream arrays have been built and operated in Scotland since 2016. Excitement for the sector is also g…