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While the court overturned approval for Shell's Jackdaw and Equinor's Rosebank projects, the companies can reapply for consent. Work on the projects can continue, but no fuels can be extracted until the government decisions are retaken.

Permits for the East Side Cluster carbon storage project have been awarded, and participants have begun announcing final investment decisions.

Stable policies and economics that encourage development are critical for scaling carbon capture.

By the end of 2025, a floating wind turbine will supply power to the operator’s Culzean platform in the Central North Sea.

H2Teesside is expected to be one of the UK’s largest low-carbon hydrogen production facilities, targeting 1.2 GW of low-carbon hydrogen production, which equates to more than 10% of the UK’s 2030 hydrogen production target.

The HSE executive is urging offshore companies to take a closer look at human factors after inspectors formed the opinion that Apache failed to fully consider human factors as part of its plans to prevent a fire and explosion on one of its North Sea platforms.

A new report finds the need for political, regulatory, and fiscal alignment to ensure a just and fair transition.

Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, the UK, and Denmark have signed a joint declaration aimed at protecting critical infrastructure in the North Sea, including subsea fiber-optic cables, gas and oil pipelines, electricity transmission cables, and offshore wind installations.

Stakeholders in the UK offshore sector will be asked to commit to a set of principles to help the sector achieve the energy transition through digitalization.

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