To view in your browser, click here . To unsubscribe, click here . Energy Voice Logo First Oil administrators begin sell off as Cairn and EnQuest step in Administrators have begun the task of securing what they can following the demise of Aberdeen oil company First Oil. Cairn Energy and EnQuest have increased their holdings in the Kraken oil project in the UK North Sea, buying out First Oil’s 15% stak… Read More Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Les Linklater: Dear Mr Anonymous…… The past month has been an interesting one. We’ve been the recipient of an anonymous letter, there has been commentary on anonymous reporting in the Scottish Parliament Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee’s recent publication, and we have been paid… Read More Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Top banker brings some cheer to beleaguered North Sea oil industry Oil prices are on their way up and there is no new financial crisis about to derail recovery in the global economy, a top banker said on a visit to Aberdeen. William Hobbs, head of investment strategy, UK and Europe, at Barclays, declined to guess wh… Read More Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ For Exxon and Shell the age of the ultra-major comes at wrong time The $64 billion tie-up of Shell with BG Group and the steady growth of Exxon Mobil re creating a new league of two: the ultramajors. Executives at smaller companies are even starting to joke that Chevron Corp., Total SA, BP Plc, ConocoPhillips and EN… Read More Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Petrofac profits battered by Laggan Tormore and oil slump Petrofac profits have been hit by a double whammy of low oil prices and accounting for a loss from its Shetland Islands project. Profits fell by nearly a quarter, as its customers held back on spending due to the slump in oil prices and the impact of… Read More Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Timelapse Video: Marathon Oil installs 5,800-tonne topside Ever wonder what it’s like to install a 5,800-tonne topsides at sea? This timelapse video shows the installation of Marathon Oil’s Alba B3 compression platform, designed to extend the life of the firm’s Alba asset in Equatorial Guinea. The platform c… Read More Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ © Aberdeen Journals Limited. 2016 The Press and Journal PO Box 43 Lang Stracht Mastrick Aberdeen United Kingdom AB15 6DF View as plain text View in your browser If you believe this has been sent to you in error, please safely unsubscribe .