Tag: North Sea

• Tuesday, August 20th 2013 - 01:14 UTC

  Tolmount gas discovery in the North Sea could be one of the largest in a decade

  

  Germany's E.ON says the size of a gas discovery made in the UK almost two years ago could be “significantly” larger than it previously thought. The integrated player said data from a recent appraisal well at the Tolmount discovery off the UK could make the find “one of the largest discoveries made in this part of the North Sea for several years”.

• Tuesday, April 30th 2013 - 21:00 UTC

  UK Ministry of Defence deems wind towers a national security threat

  

  By John C.K. Daly of Oilprice.com - Twenty-plus years on, the collapse of the USSR in 1991 threatened massive Western defence budgets, bereft of a major enemy like the “Evil Empire.”

• Friday, June 29th 2012 - 01:13 UTC

  Britain forecasted to import 80% of gas consumed as early as 2016

  

  Britain’s declining oil and gas industry may be a minnow on the world stage, 20th largest oil producer and 15th largest gas producer in 2010, but it is still remarkably important for jobs and the UK economy, reports Citywire.