Call for an oil fund strikes a chord
26/07/09 17:31 Filed in: Granite
Chips
The renewed call for an oil fund from
the Finance Secretary is bound to strike a chord with many
Scots.
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Scotland would be in deficit even with oil?
18/06/09 10:23 Filed in: Granite
Chips
So, according to a UK Government
report, Scotland’s economy would still be in deficit even with the
oil and gas revenues from the North Sea.
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Let's embrace the new city centre plan
15/05/09 17:01 Filed in: Granite
Chips
The
proposal to create a new city centre focus in the centre of
Aberdeen is gaining momentum.
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Helicopter tragedy memorial service
11/04/09 10:34 Filed in: Granite
Chips
As the news breaks that the helicopter
which crashed last week had suffered a catastrophic failure in its part of its main
gearbox, details have been announced of the memorial service
that is to be held next week. Read More...
UK faces disastrous North Sea decline
11/04/09 11:20 Filed in: Granite
Chips
A top Aberdeen oil executive has
sounded a warning in The Herald today that the North Sea oil and gas
industry faces a disastrous decline if the government does not take
action on the tax regime. Read More...
Funny how Chancellor and PM find the way to Aberdeen when they need oil
28/05/08 12:06 Filed in: Granite
Chips
Isn't it funny how the Prime Minister
and Chancellor suddenly remember the importance of Aberdeen as the
centre of the UK oil and gas industry when they need a favour?
Where were they when the industry was calling for help to extend
the life of the North Sea? Where were they when the industry was
pleading for an equitable tax regime? Where were they when we were
pleading for investment in our infrastructure to support the
industry? Read More...
The vitality of the oil industry
26/01/08 16:14 Filed in: Granite
Chips
Which is the bigger oil producer?
Kuwait or the UK? The answer may surprise you. It also raises
questions about why our politicians are not supporting and
sustaining the North Sea industry for the future.
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It's whose oil?
04/09/07 10:28 Filed in: Granite
Chips
The Offshore
Europe conference and exhibition opens in Aberdeen today, with
delegates from a hundred countries converging on the city for the
biggest oil exhibition outside the USA. True to form, if you are
not in Aberdeen you probably don't know it is happening. That's a
shame, because the role of North Sea Oil in underpinning the UK
economy is something that is all too easily forgotten. Read More...
Politicians need to focus on sustaining, not milking, the oil and gas industry
13/05/07 10:52 Filed in: Granite
Chips
The UK North Sea oil and gas industry,
which is predominantly controlled and operated out of Aberdeen,
provides the UK with 75% of its prime energy needs. By 2020 it is
estimated that figure will rise to a staggering 80%. It also
sustains something like 400,000 jobs in the UK. Read More...
Credit where it is due? North Sea oil 'airbrushed out of history'
29/06/07 10:33 Filed in: Granite
Chips
Some of
us in Aberdeen City and Shire wonder whether people in London and
the Home Counties ever bother to stop and think what it was that
built our current strong economy? Do they ever wonder where most of
this country's energy comes from? Read More...
Putting Energy Institute in Glasgow is utterly illogical
16/07/07 17:41 Filed in: Granite
Chips
The news that Glasgow is likely to be
the Scottish centre for the UK Government's proposed Energy
Technologies Institute is completely illogical. It is like
establishing an institute of crofting research in Swindon, or
putting a financial services institute in Barra.
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