Allister Thomas

Aberdeen

Europe Editor at Energy Voice

Senior Energy Advisor at True North, formerly Europe Editor at Energy Voice. Get in touch: [email protected]

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Articles

All-Energy Latest News - Energy Voice

1 month ago | energyvoice.com | Erikka Askeland |Ryan Duff |Dick Winchester |Allister Thomas

Grid & Retail The UK's £8.3 billion energy firm has announced plans to allocate £4 million to support community-owned energy projects in Scotland. ScotWind The boss of one of the UK's biggest energy investors has warned against implementing a policy that supporters claim will reduce energy prices for consumers.
How BP’s radio show was set up inside a 400-year-old Scottish castle

Oct 4, 2024 | energyvoice.com | Allister Thomas |Ryan Duff

Google Marc Ellington and you’ll be met with a cacophony of pictures and articles of a grinning American folk singer, a friendship with (then) Prince Charles, and the saving and restoration of a 400-year-old castle in Aberdeenshire. What connects these seemingly disparate elements? Aside from the late Ellington’s huge character, it’s a love of North East Scotland and an unlikely yet lucrative career with the (then) burgeoning energy industry.
Another death on an offshore oil rig. Yet again, it's Pemex.

Apr 11, 2024 | energyvoice.com | Jeremy Cresswell |Allister Thomas

It’s so blindingly obvious, workers, communities and the environment are seriously threatened by industrial accidents. And those who choose oil & gas by and large know perfectly well that they are working in an industry that is both dangerous and environmentally discredited. The pay can be good by local standards and apparently worth the risk of living with bad bosses, unsafe working practices, a corporate hire and fire mentality and living conditions akin to the workhouse.
Is electrification really the answer for the UK North Sea?

Jan 19, 2024 | energyvoice.com | Gail Anderson |Wood Mackenzie |Allister Thomas

Recent proposals by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) on electrification of the UK North Sea could risk development of over 900 million barrels of oil equivalent and increase the UK’s reliance on higher intensity imports. It is proposed that fields onstream after 1 January 2030 must be fully electrified (host platforms must be electrified in the case of tie-backs). New fields onstream before 2030 must be “electrification ready”.
Rosebank: Risk and reward underpinned by geology

Dec 21, 2023 | eu1.hubs.ly | Clarissa Wright |Allister Thomas

Rosebank has been known as a complicated prospect to tap into many years – we speak to Professor Nicholas Schofield about the much-overlooked geology underlying this complexity. The West of Shetland has the UK’s largest undeveloped oil and gas field, Rosebank. After being discovered in 2004 many surprises lay ahead. Multiple companies changed their stakes in Rosebank over time.
Firms must get ready for sustainability legislation

Nov 23, 2023 | eu1.hubs.ly | Allister Thomas |Mark Stewart

If anyone was in any doubt that the lack of a coherent and long-term energy strategy is thwarting our net-zero ambitions, the events and news in recent months, have brought this into sharp focus. When the stakes are so high for people and the planet, it’s incomprehensible that energy continues to be a political football, subject to the vagaries of short-term political cycles and policies, based on knee-jerk responses geared towards winning votes rather than addressing the energy trilemma.
Natural hydrogen: Fairy gold or commercial reality?

Oct 5, 2023 | eu1.hubs.ly | Clarissa Wright |Allister Thomas

Hydrogen has gained huge interest as an emissions-free fuel and is expected to play an important role in decarbonizing the UK economy on the way to net zero 2050 targets. The majority of this hydrogen is produced from fossil fuels, which is why it’s called “grey hydrogen”, contributing to 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions, as mentioned in a UK Parliament report.
Talent and timing: Can Aberdeen’s oil and gas skills make the energy transition?

Sep 11, 2023 | eu1.hubs.ly | Clarissa Wright |Allister Thomas

As the Aberdeen energy sector diversifies in response to climate change, the skills and innovations of professionals in the city may also diversify to drive the energy transition. Aberdeen’s established oil and gas industry has contributed to UK energy for decades, boasting world-class technical and commercial expertise. New and existing skills are now required to help energy companies diversify beyond fossil fuels.
Energy transition juggernaut surely now unstoppable as investment surges

Sep 6, 2023 | eu1.hubs.ly | Jeremy Cresswell |Allister Thomas

On August 25, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution proclaiming that January 26, 2024 will be dubbed the International Day of Clean Energy. It will also mark 14 years since the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), soul sister to the International Energy Agency (IEA), was set up. Whilst the IEA’s home is Paris in largely oil and gas deficient France, IRENA’s headquarters are located in hydrocarbons-rich Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Effective supply chains fundamental to just transition

Aug 10, 2023 | eu1.hubs.ly | Jeremy Cresswell |Allister Thomas

Just a few weeks ago, the UK’s Energy Transitions Commission stated: “Rapidly scaling sustainable, diversified, and resilient clean energy supply chains is key to achieving net-zero targets on-time and at as low a cost as possible”. In its latest insights briefing, The ETC warns that, in the short- to medium-term, policy and industry action is critical to overcoming supply chain challenges that put this transition at risk.