Cairn raises stakes as Thomson picks up a £1.5m share award

Published: 20/06/2012

Cairn Energy, the Edinburgh-based oil company that last month suffered an investor backlash over boardroom pay, yesterday handed a shares award, potentially worth almost £1.5 million, to its chief executive.

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Plexus gets big-name backing for well-head

Published: 20/06/2012

Italian oil giant Eni and American equipment maker Oil States Industries have joined forces with Aberdeen-based oil and gas engineering firm Plexus to develop well-heads that can be used under high temperatures and high pressures.

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Oil price increase helps to send Shell’s profits into overdrive

Published: 26/04/2012

ROYAL Dutch Shell pumped up profits in its first trading quarter, with the energy major revealing on Thursday that surging oil prices outweighed the headwinds of lower US gas income.

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Subsidy cuts could pull the plug on community green energy schemes

Published: 07/02/2012

COMMUNITY scale green energy projects could be put out of business by Scottish Government plans to slash subsidy support for onshore wind and hydro schemes, the SNP has been warned.

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£100m boost for renewable energy projects in Scotland

Published: 11/11/2011

AN EXTRA £100 million will be made available to support green energy projects in Scotland after a deal was stuck between Holyrood and Westminster.

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Has Ian Marchant’s plan to appease the regulator and help customers backfired?

Published: 16/10/2011

When Scottish & Southern Energy chief executive Ian Marchant stood up at the Policy Exchange’s energy pricing debate, he knew his speech would be followed closely by media and consumer groups already delighted with the course he was steering for t...

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