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By John B Turner Technical Director Turner Power Systems Ltd.

 

Power / Energy 2000-01

 

 

 


 

TotalFinaElf has awarded a £3m contract to Morrison for the refurbishment of its Aberdeen office. 12-Jan-01
Shell is planning to build 500 petrol stations in China in partnership with Sinopec by 2004, at a cost of £100m. 11-Jan-01
MacGregor Energy Services of Invergordon is to recruit a further 300 engineers, welders and other workers, having secured a number of offshore drilling rig refit contracts. 10-Jan-01
Tendring District Council has confirmed that Enron is considering the possibility of reviving plans to build one of the world's largest offshore wind farms at Clacton, at a cost of up to £35m. 10-Jan-01
Fife Council is to consider plans from the Murray Group of Edinburgh for the development of an opencast coal site in Kirkcaldy, which would create 34 jobs. 05-Jan-01
Allerdale Borough Council is to consider plans from National Wind Power to build eight turbines at Wharrels Hill, Bothel. 05-Jan-01
RJB Mining is considering plans to revive the Thorne colliery near Doncaster with the creation of hundreds of jobs, and has also identified 450m tonnes of coal reserves at Witham on the Nottinghamshire border. 02-Jan-01
Lasmo, the oil exploration company, has accepted a £2.7bn takeover offer from Eni of Italy, which beats a rival bid from Amerada Hess of the US. 22-Dec-00
PowerGen has sold the Rye House power station in Hertfordshire to Scottish Power for £220m. 22-Dec-00
BP is to provide £2.5m for the foundation of a new academic discipline - low-energy building design - at Cambriidge University. 20-Dec-00
Enterprise Oil is to acquire a stake in the South Pars gas field development in Iran, in partnership with the Petropars subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company. 20-Dec-00
Rugby Cement has won government approval to build a 14MW gas-fired combined heat and power station at its South Ferriby plant in North Lincolnshire. 19-Dec-00
PGS Atlantic Power of Norway is to create 60 new jobs at its Aberdeen operation, having won a contract to operate an offshore support vessel for Kerr-McGee. 18-Dec-00
PowerGen has sold its option to build a 800MW power station in Cologne to the Intergen joint venture between Shell and Bechtel for undisclosed terms, and has also announced a £300m securitisation programme to reduce financing costs. 18-Dec-00
BP is planning to build a £320m pipeline between Shetland and the Magnus field which will secure 1,000 jobs, and the company will also invest £210m in the Foinaven field. 18-Dec-00
Sibir Energy has increased its stake in its Russian subsidiary to 98% following the purchase of a further 20% from Gazprom, and is also planning to develop new fields in western Siberia in partnership with Sibneft. 18-Dec-00
Ramco Energy is planning to form a partnership with RWE-DEA of Germany to drill for oil and gas in southern Poland. 15-Dec-00
Scottish & Southern Energy has won government permission to build a gas-fired combined heat and power station at Northfleet in Kent. 15-Dec-00
Scottish Coal has won EU approval for a £17m government aid package for the Longannet deep coal mine in Fife, which will secure more than 500 jobs. 14-Dec-00
ICI is selling its Teesside oil refinery joint venture to Petroplus of the Netherlands for £110m. 14-Dec-00
Centrica has taken full control of its US energy supply joint venture Energy America, with the £38m purchase of Sempra Energy's 72% stake in the company. 13-Dec-00
Rigblast is to acquire Meaux Services of Texas for £5.5m, in order to expand its oil industry support services with the creation of 200 new jobs, including 100 in Aberdeen and 100 in the US. 13-Dec-00
Aupec, the petroleum economics and benchmarking consultancy created at Aberdeen University, has undergone a management buy-out. 13-Dec-00
PowerGen has sold a 49.9% stake in Turbogas Produtora Energetica, a Portuguese gas-fired power station, to RWE of Germany for £110m. 13-Dec-00
BP is opening its first internet-enabled Connect petrol station at Hammersmith in west London, the first of a nationwide chain of 80 outlets being planned for next year. 12-Dec-00
National Grid is to open up the 2,000MW electricity interconnector between England and France to competition from next April, which will involve the auction of 50MW blocks. 11-Dec-00
PowerGen has sold its majority power plant stakes in Asia and Australia to CLP for £286m, and is now looking to sell power stations at Rye House in Hertfordshire and Connah's Quay near Chester. 08-Dec-00
Innogy is considering plans to float its Regenesys electricity storage business in 2002, and has also announced its first overseas contract to supply a 15MW power storage system to the Tennessee Valley Authority. 08-Dec-00
Conoco has confirmed oil and gas finds at Kappa in the central North Sea, and hopes to start production by 2004. 07-Dec-00
British Nuclear Fuels is looking to play a major role in the liberalisation of the French nuclear market, which will involve the 58 nuclear power plants seeking tenders for all fuel assembly supplies. 07-Dec-00
Guardian iT is linking up with PowerGen to build a 24MW gas-fired power plant at a planned £50m internet co-location facility near Heathrow, in order to avoid electricity supply problems. 07-Dec-00
Atlantic Electric & Gas is to set up a call centre in Cardiff for its new energy supply service in early 2001, with the creation of up to 250 jobs. 04-Dec-00
Blue Circle Industries and Michelin are forming a joint venture called Sapphire Energy Recovery, in order to burn used tyres at Blue Circle's cement kilns and save up to £6m a year. 04-Dec-00
AEA Technology is planning to sell off its nuclear technology operations over the next few years, in order to focus on rail and environment services. 28-Nov-00
Scottish Power is to revive plans to build a £400m gas-fired power station at Enderby in Leicestershire, which would create 40 jobs. 27-Nov-00
Viridian has commissioned Siemens to build a £100m power station near Dublin by 2002. 24-Nov-00
Logica is acquiring Esis and Energy Pool Funds Administration from National Grid for £38m. 22-Nov-00
Stroud District Council is to consider plans from Next Generation for the development of a wind farm at Nailsworth. 21-Nov-00
British Energy is considering plans for a quotation on the Toronto Stock Exchange next year, in order to reflect the increasing importance of the Canadian market to its expansion strategy. 21-Nov-00
Sibir Energy has announced plans to develop three onshore oil fields in western Siberia in partnership with Sibneft of Russia. 21-Nov-00
Invensys has acquired Meterpoint Data Services, the provider of meter reading services, from Seeboard for £37m. 21-Nov-00
Scottish Enterprise is launching a new campaign to help Scottish companies secure new business by supplying equipment to the wind energy sector. 17-Nov-00
BP is planning to sell three US oil refineries in order to raise up to $500m and increase the focus on its more profitable exploration and production activities. 17-Nov-00
The government has won European approval to provide a £110m subsidy to the coal industry, which means that six gas power station schemes can go-ahead at Spalding, Fleetwood, the Isle of Grain, Plymouth, Manchester and Raventhorpe. 16-Nov-00
Scottish & Southern Energy is planning to build a £4m hydro-electric plant near Ullapool in Wester Ross. 15-Nov-00
Conoco has won government approval for a £300m project on the Humber Bank, which will include a new 475MW gas-fired power plant and should attract companies looking for cheaper power to the area. 15-Nov-00
International Power has bought a further 20% stake in the coal-fired Hazelwood power station in Australia from Scottish Power for £32m, taking its stake to 92%. 14-Nov-00
British Gas is to recruit 120 staff at its telesales division in Cardiff, as part of a £4m investment at the Helmont House site. 13-Nov-00
Alkane Energy is planning to raise £30m in a flotation in order to fund the development of methane extraction plants at about 100 abandoned coal mines by 2005. 13-Nov-00
Scottish Coal has submitted plans for an open cast mine project at Glenmuckloch near Kirkconnel, which could create 80 jobs. 09-Nov-00
Aberdeenshire Council has approved plans from Mobil to build a new boiler house at the St Fergus gas terminal near Peterhead, in order to process gas from a new pipeline from the Britannia field. 09-Nov-00
Maxol has acquired a controlling stake in Connors Fuels, the Belfast-based home heating oil company. 07-Nov-00
Lasmo, the oil exploration and production company, has received a £2.4bn takeover offer from Amerada Hess of the US, which is expected to lead to the loss of 150 jobs from the combined group's worldwide workforce. 07-Nov-00
British Gas is seeking 100 additional staff for its customer service centre in Southampton. 03-Nov-00
Caradon Council is considering plans from Scottish & Southern Electricity for the construction of a 10MW mini power station at Saltash in Cornwall to supply local companies. 02-Nov-00
Centrica is to acquire Avalanche Energy, the Canadian oil and gas explorer, for £115m, as part of a strategy to expand its customer base in North America. 02-Nov-00
EnergieKontor of Germany has set up a UK subsidiary in Knaresborough to identify and develop potential sites for wind farms. 01-Nov-00
AEA Technology is considering plans to set up a wood energy supply business in Rotherham, and is in discussions with the local council about setting up wood chip boilers at the former Dinnington pit site. 30-Oct-00
Innogy is considering plans to bid for Yorkshire Electricity's supply business, in order to increase its share of the electricity and gas market following its demerger from National Power. 26-Oct-00
PowerGen has sold its LG Energy power project in South Korea for £38m, as part of an ongoing disposal programme to reduce debt. 26-Oct-00
Billiton is linking up with Rio Tinto and Anglo American to develop an online trading exchange for coal called Global Coal, and other commodities could be added later. 24-Oct-00
PowerGen is to open a new call centre at Uddingston near Glasgow next month with the creation of 100 jobs, while a further 40 field sales advisers will be recruited throughout Scotland. 23-Oct-00
British Nuclear Fuels is planning to recruit about 200 electrical and mechanical apprentices at Sellafield over the next five years. 23-Oct-00
PowerGen is in negotiations to sell its Indian electricity operations for up to £300m, and is also considering offers for the Rye House and Connah's Quay power stations in the UK. 19-Oct-00
PowerGen is to sell the Cottam power station in Nottinghamshire to London Electricity for £398m, as part of a strategy to reduce debt. 17-Oct-00
Northern Electric is planning to relocate its administration centre from the centre of Newcastle-upon-Tyne to the Cobalt Business Park in Wallsend. 12-Oct-00
Coalite is to start commercial production of oil from rubber car tyres next year, using a carbonisation process previously used to convert coal into a smokeless fuel. 12-Oct-00
Shell is planning to acquire Fletcher Challenge's oil and gas interests in New Zealand and Brunei for £715m. 11-Oct-00
The UK Atomic Energy Authority has announced a £4.5bn plan to decommission the Dounreay nuclear site in Scotland, which will involve the construction of about 10 new plant facilities. 10-Oct-00
Boots is considering plans to install solar power systems in its stores, and is testing a unit made by Solel Solar Systems of Israel. 09-Oct-00
Shell is planning to invest £4bn in the development of large-scale gas-to-liquid plants using its proprietary Shell middle distillate synthesis process, and the first projects will be in Egypt and Trinidad and Tobago. 06-Oct-00
Amec's Agra-Birwelco subsidiary has won a £45m contract from Sita Holdings to build a waste-burning energy plant in Sittingbourne. 05-Oct-00
The government is telling electricity suppliers to buy up to 10% of their power from renewable sources by 2010, which should provide a boost to wind, hydro-electric and methane gas projects. 05-Oct-00
Sheffield City Council has agreed a deal with Combined Landfill Projects to build a generator to produce electricity from waste methane gas at the city's Beighton tip. 29-Sep-00
Swansea Council is to consider plans from Tidal Electric of the US for the development of an artificial island in Swansea Bay to generate electricity from tidal power. 28-Sep-00
Cornwall County Council is seeking potential sites to build an energy from waste plant. 27-Sep-00
Energy Power Resources is planning to build a £32m power station fuelled by unwanted tyres at Four Ashes in south Staffordshire. 26-Sep-00
Paladin Resources is acquiring Petro-Canada's Norwegian offshore oil assets for £54m. 25-Sep-00
Edison First Power is planning to invest up to £60m at the Fiddler's Ferry coal-fired power station near Warrington, in order to reduce pollution and to use the exhaust gases to produce gypsum. 22-Sep-00
Soco International is to acquire a 50% stake in an offshore exploration licence in Vietnam's Cuu Long basin. 22-Sep-00
TXU Europe and Anglian Water have submitted plans to Northamptonshire County Council to build a "green" energy plant at an existing sewage treatment works in Corby. 21-Sep-00
BP and RWE are considering plans to combine their petrol station and refining operations in Germany, as RWE is looking to focus on its electricity business. 20-Sep-00
British Energy has re-mortgaged the Eggborough coal-fired power station in Yorkshire, which will add £550m to its war chest for acquisitions. 15-Sep-00
TXU Europe is planning to shed about 200 jobs in the North West following the acquisition of Norweb's electricity supply business, in order to transfer the work to East Anglia. 15-Sep-00
National Power's Innogy division is to buy Independent Energy's electricity and gas business out of receivership for £10m, while Independent's network of 12 small power stations and three inland gas fields will be sold off separately. 15-Sep-00
Shetland Islands Council is to consider plans from Sea Power International of Sweden for the development of a £2.7m wave energy power station at Dale of Walls. 12-Sep-00
BP and Shell have confirmed plans to acquire a combined stake of 28% in Sinopec of China, with each investing £300m in the forthcoming sale of shares. 12-Sep-00
National Power's Innogy division has announced a £52m deal to develop the Indian Mesa wind farm in Texas. 12-Sep-00
BP has announced a £2.7bn investment package for the North Sea over the next four years, including the imminent award of drilling contracts for the Clair Field west of Shetland and the go-ahead for the £300m Magnus Field enhancement project. 11-Sep-00
Cairn Energy is planning to drill 13 exploration prospects in India over the next 12 months, at a cost of £40m. 08-Sep-00
Shell has announced plans to increase capital expenditure in the UK North Sea by 50% to £820m in 2001, which will involve the development of smaller fields that were not previously considered to be economic. 05-Sep-00
National Grid is to acquire Niagara Mohawk, the New York state electricity company, for £2bn, which will double the size of its US business. 05-Sep-00
Matrix Corporate Finance is to sponsor a £5.6m Ofex flotation by StrataGas, a new energy company that is planning to drill wells at the Silverdale colliery in Staffordshire to extract methane gas. 04-Sep-00
British Energy is considering plans to build new offices at Barnwood in Gloucester, which will help to secure 1,000 jobs. 30-Aug-00
TXU Europe is considering plans to sell off its North Sea gas production operations in order to focus on energy trading and supply, and talks are said to be taking place with four potential buyers. 30-Aug-00
BP and Ford are discussing plans for an alliance to collaborate in the development of new fuel technologies, traffic management systems and environmental policy. 29-Aug-00
Auiron Energy of Australia has prepared plans for the development of a £400m lignite mine and power station in Ballymoney, with the creation of 500 jobs. 22-Aug-00
Shell is considering plans to invest about £250m in the initial public offering of China National Offshore Oil Corp, which should improve its chances of participating in future oil retail and exploration projects in China. 22-Aug-00
National Power's Innogy division is to build a £15m commercial fuel cell energy storage facility at Little Barford in Cambridgeshire later this year, claiming the technology will lead to major changes in power trading over the next 10 years. 22-Aug-00
Shell is seeking clearance from the New Zealand competition authorities to acquire the energy division of Fletcher Challenge, in order to expand its exploration and production operations in the region. 22-Aug-00
Bayford Thrust has completed the acquisition of a northern fuel oil business from BP, including oil depots, road tankers and the transfer of employees at offices in Halifax, Sheffield and York. 18-Aug-00
BG's Premier Transmission subsidiary and ESB of Ireland have won approval to build a £250m gas-fired power station near Londonderry. 18-Aug-00
BP is expected to announce plans within a month for a £300m Enhanced Oil Recovery project west of Shetland, which will involve laying a gas pipeline from the Schiehallion field to Sullom Voe. 16-Aug-00
Aker McNulty has won a £20m contract to build a floating production and storage vessel for Talisman Energy, which will create about 400 jobs at its South Shields shipyard. 16-Aug-00
RJB Mining has received a takeover approach from Renco, the US industrial conglomerate. 14-Aug-00
RJB Mining is looking to recruit 150 ex-mineworkers for collieries in the Midlands, Yorkshire and the North East. 11-Aug-00
Conoco is to invest more than £10m in new energy infrastructure on the South Bank of the Humber, in order to supply local industry with steam and electricity from its proposed new gas fired combined heat and power plant at Killingholme. 11-Aug-00
B&Q is planning to power its two head offices with eco-friendly fuel supplied by Stroud-based Ecotricity, with the electricity being generated from recycled waste. 11-Aug-00
PowerGen is understood to have shortlisted five international energy companies for the sale of three of its UK power stations, including Centrica, Scottish & Southern, Scottish Power, Electricite de France and NRG. 10-Aug-00
BP has announced plans to increase capital expenditure in the North Sea, investing £600m in the area in 2000 and even more in 2001. 10-Aug-00
British Energy is selling the Swalec retail electricity and supply business to Scottish & Southern for £210m, and the proceeds will be invested in North America. 08-Aug-00
BP is to build two new gas pipelines in Holderness next year, as part of a project to scale down the gas terminal at Easington and move some of the operations to Dimlington. 07-Aug-00
TXU Europe is to acquire Norweb's electricity supply business from United Utilities for £310m, and will subcontract customer services to United's Vertex division. 04-Aug-00
Lasmo is looking to dispose of some of its North African oil acreage and reduce the size of its Venezuelan operation. 04-Aug-00
Shell is considering plans to increase its capital expenditure in areas such as upstream oil and gas exploration and production, as well as in some major liquefied natural gas projects. 04-Aug-00
Texaco has confirmed a deal to exchange 375 petrol stations and two fuel terminals in Greece for 80 Shell petrol stations in the UK and Shell's 54% stake in the Plymouth fuel terminal. 02-Aug-00
BP is selling a package of North Sea gas assets to Tullow Oil for £201m, including shares in a number of fields, pipelines and terminals. 01-Aug-00
PowerGen has sold the former East Midlands Electricity Security Services Division to a management team for undisclosed terms, and the new Leicester-based business will be called Secure One. 01-Aug-00
RJB Mining is planning to build a £30m power generation plant at Malty colliery near Rotherham, fuelled by coal slurry and waste methane gas extracted from the mine. 31-Jul-00
National Power has put its former Pembroke Power Station site up for sale, and the 500-acre site could be split into smaller packages. 31-Jul-00
Anglesey Aluminium and Burlington Resources of the US have won government approval to build a new gas-fired power station in Anglesey by 2004. 28-Jul-00
Transco is to invest £60m over the next two years on five major pipeline projects to cope with rising gas demand in Wales. 27-Jul-00
Texaco is planning a £44m investment to produce cleaner fuel at its Pembroke refinery in west Wales, which will involve a new desulphurisation plant and the safeguarding of 750 jobs. 27-Jul-00
Johnson Matthey is forming an alliance with TXU to build and evaluate a new fuel cell energy system to power homes and offices. 27-Jul-00
PowerGen has announced a deal to sell its packaged gas, electricity and telephony service to 2m customers of Legal & General, while Legal & General will offer stakeholder pensions to PowerGen's 250,000 business customers. 26-Jul-00
Ambient Energy is seeking permission to build a £10m timber-fuelled power station at the former Eye airfield in Suffolk. 25-Jul-00
BP Amoco has launched a new global brand to bring the group together under a single identity, which will involve a new logo, dropping Amoco from its name and the conversion of 28,000 retail sites over the next four years. 24-Jul-00
Carlisle City Council has approved plans for the development of a Border Biofuels wood-burning power station at Kingmoor Park. 21-Jul-00
Energy Power Resources is seeking contractors to help with the development of a number of biomass power plant projects, each worth between £20m and £100m. 20-Jul-00
John Wood Group is planning to acquire 80% of Mustang Engineering, the US oil engineering and design company, for £74m. 19-Jul-00
Scottish Power has sold its Hamilton-based electrical contracting business to Alstom for undisclosed terms. 19-Jul-00
Enterprise Oil has acquired R&B Falcon's exploration interests in the Gulf of Mexico for £84m. 18-Jul-00
Ramco Energy has raised £100m from the sale of its 2% stake in a petroleum consortium in Azerbaijan to Amerada Hess of the US, and the proceeds will be invested in other projects. 18-Jul-00
Soco International is considering plans to build a £33m oil pipeline between Mongolia and China, following the discovery of two wells in Mongolia's Tamtsag Basin. 14-Jul-00
BP Amoco is selling its Alliance refinery in Louisiana to Tosco of the US for £437m, and a related pipeline complex is being sold to an undisclosed buyer. 14-Jul-00
British Gas is planning to recruit 250 service engineers in the North West over the next five years, as part of a national drive to take on 1,000 adult recruits and another 1,000 apprentices. 14-Jul-00
Save Group, the independent petrol station group, is in talks with a number of potential bidders. 13-Jul-00
BP Amoco is to increase capital expenditure to £8.9bn a year, including a 30% rise in spending on oil and gas exploration and production, as part of a plan to focus more on organic growth following a period of rationalisation. 12-Jul-00
British Energy is to acquire a lease on a nuclear power complex at Lake Huron in Canada at a total cost of about £1bn, which should help to reduce its vulnerability to falling electricity prices in the UK. 12-Jul-00
Centrica is to acquire Direct Energy, the Canadian natural gas retailer, for £406m, and will use it as a platform for further North American growth. 07-Jul-00
British Energy has been granted 10-year life extensions by the nuclear regulator on its Torness and Heysham power stations. 06-Jul-00
Transco has awarded a contract to Murphy Pipeline for the construction of a £13m high-pressure pipeline from the Huntingdon compressor station to a gas installation near Bedford. 05-Jul-00
BG is to install automatic gas and electricity meter reading equipment in about 50,000 homes in Manchester and London, in a pilot scheme with BCN Data Systems. 30-Jun-00
BP Amoco is to acquire a 2.2% stake in Sinopec in order to strengthen its position in the Chinese oil market, and further deals are expected to involve the import and distribution of natural gas. 22-Jun-00
Hampshire County Council is to consider plans from Hampshire Waste Services for the development of a £40m energy-from-waste plant at Marchwood, with the creation of 26 jobs. 21-Jun-00
The government is said to be planning to allocate a further £25m to invest in green energy research projects such as offshore wind power over the next three years. 20-Jun-00
Northern Electric Generation has won approval to build a gas-fired combined heat and power station at Avonmouth, near Bristol. 19-Jun-00
Independent Energy has said it would consider accepting a takeover offer, in order to solve the problems caused by billing difficulties and the recent fall in its share price. 16-Jun-00
North Devon District Council is considering plans from Barnstaple-based Farm Energy for a £4m project to build two wind farms near Ilfracombe and Bratton Fleming. 16-Jun-00
RJB Mining has received a preliminary bid approach from an unnamed company that is said to be interested in its mining assets, which could lead to its land bank being sold off to a property company. 15-Jun-00
PSL, the Aberdeen-based oil services group, has acquired the AGR Ability Group of Norway for £20m, in order to expand its well services and subsea products business. 13-Jun-00
RJB Mining has announced plans to create 100 new jobs at its collieries, following the recent rise in world coal prices. 12-Jun-00
PowerGen is to pay £33m for a 50% stake in Corby Power, the 350MW gas-fired power station in Northamptonshire, while the other 50% will be owned by ESBI Engineering. 09-Jun-00
Transco is investing £10m in a partnership with the government to improve energy efficiency in about 1m homes, which will involve the creation of about 3,000 jobs and training people to install new gas central heating systems and insulation. 09-Jun-00
BP Amoco is forming a joint venture with Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation on two gas projects in Egypt, which will include the development of a liquefied natural gas plant. 08-Jun-00
Shell is planning to nearly double its liquefied natural gas production capacity over the next four years, including the possibility of building an LNG import terminal near Shenzhen, China. 08-Jun-00
Virgin is forming a joint venture with London Electricity to offer electricity and gas to households via the internet. 06-Jun-00
Midlands Electricity could be put up for sale, following a decision by US owner GPU to conduct a review of its businesses. 05-Jun-00
PowerGen is looking to sell three UK power stations - Rye House in Hertfordshire, Connah's Quay at Liverpool Bay and Cottam in Nottinghamshire - in order to fund acquisitions in the US. 05-Jun-00
BP Amoco is forming an alliance with the Epower consortium to become Ireland's leading supplier of electricity and gas, which will include the development of the 400MW Powerstown power station. 02-Jun-00
Shell is planning a number of asset swaps with Marathon Oil in the UK, Russia, and the Gulf of Mexico, which will involve Marathon acquiring Shell's 28% stake in the Foinaven field west of the Shetlands. 02-Jun-00
RJB Mining has won a £700m contract from AES to supply coal to the Drax power station in Yorkshire, which will secure 2,500 jobs at its Selby coalfield. 01-Jun-00
Scottish & Southern Energy is looking to spend up to £3bn on the acquisition of a UK electricity company, and is also planning to build about 12 gas-fired power stations. 01-Jun-00
Shell has agreed to sell its coal assets, which are mainly in Australia, to Anglo American for £608m, as part of a strategy to focus on oil, gas and power, petrochemicals and renewables. 01-Jun-00
National Power is to close the coal-fired Blyth Power Station with the loss of 131 jobs, having failed to find a buyer. 01-Jun-00
Solar Century, the London-based solar energy company, is planning to expand its staff from 12 to 30 by the end of the year, having received a £6m cash injection. 30-May-00
United Utilities is to reorganise its business into five separate divisions - water and electricity infrastructure iin the north-west, retail water supply, water asset management, Vertex IT management and Norweb Telecom. 26-May-00
ICI Chemicals & Polymers has won government approval to build a £110m combined heat and power plant at Runcorn, Cheshire. 26-May-00
Transco is to build a £52m gas pipeline between St Fergus and Aberdeen with the creation of about 450 construction jobs, and the contract has been awarded to a joint venture of Lawrence and Nacap. 25-May-00
British Nuclear Fuels has announced closure dates for its Magnox power stations, with five closing at the end of their licensed lifetimes and one closing early, while the company will apply for licence extensions at Oldbury and Wylfa. 24-May-00
Scottish Hydro-Electric is to upgrade Stonehaven's electricity network at a cost of £0.8m, and will also add fibre-optic cable for a new telecoms link. 24-May-00
RJB Mining is to mine 7m tonnes of coal between Thoresby Colliery and the former Ollerton pit in Nottinghamshire from 2003, creating work for 550 miners. 23-May-00
Centrica is to relocate its Wharf Lane site in Solihull to Blythe Valley Park, with the transfer of up to 1,000 staff. 22-May-00
British Energy is considering plans to acquire another UK energy supply company, and is also seeking acquisitions in Canada and the US. 19-May-00
Shell is in discussions to sell oil and gas assets to Woodside in return for a majority stake in the Australian energy company, and the deal could be worth up to £3bn. 18-May-00
National Power is to invest £16m in a new combined heat and power station at Grimsby's Huntsman Tioxide site, which will involve about 100 construction jobs over the next 18 months. 18-May-00
National Power has announced £1.37bn of asset write-downs in preparation for the demerger of its UK and international power businesses in October. 17-May-00
Scottish Hydro-Electric is planning to shed about 70 jobs at its IT facilities in Perth, and some of the work will be transferred to offices in Havant. 17-May-00
BG is planning to invest £300m in new gas production and exploration projects in Tunisia over the next nine years. 17-May-00
BP Amoco has announced a major natural gas discovery off the coast of Trinidad. 11-May-00
East Midlands Electricity is to relocate 400 staff to its new office building at the Pegasus Business Park near junction 24 of the M1 during the summer. 10-May-00
BP has announced plans to restructure its operations in Northern Ireland, which will involve the sale of 20 forecourt sites over the next two years. 10-May-00
TXU Europe is discussing the possibility of Anglo-French power station swaps with Electricite de France, which could lead to the first significant opening of the French power market. 09-May-00
Scottish Power is planning to make annual savings of £190m at its recently-acquired PacifiCorp business in the US, with 1,600 jobs being lost by the end of 2004. 05-May-00
Calor Gas is to close operations at its Millbrook plant in Southampton with the loss of 35 jobs, in response to a shift in consumer demand from cylinder products to bulk storage installations. 05-May-00
PowerGen is planning to create up to 500 jobs at a new call centre in Wath upon Dearne, near Rotherham, in July. 04-May-00
Independent Energy is planning to become the first nationwide multi-utility provider by adding water supply to its offering, and talks are under way with two water companies. 03-May-00
Scottish Power is planning to set up a new company called Calanais to provide a global e-business service for the utility sector, and it will employ about 600 people at offices in Glasgow and Chester. 02-May-00
Shell has awarded a contract to Scottish Knowledge to set up a global e-university to provide online education and training services for its workforce. 02-May-00
Shell is planning to make LPG available at four petrol stations in the Highlands by the end of this year, and wants the Scottish Parliament to persuade motorists in rural areas to switch to this cheaper fuel. 28-Apr-00
BP Oil UK has appointed Tankfreight to handle its third-party fuel distribution, in a contract worth about £80m over five years. 26-Apr-00
PGS Atlantic Power of Aberdeen has won a £150m contract to supply support services to Kerr McGee's oil assets in the North Sea, which will involve about 500 staff and the integration of their onshore support teams. 25-Apr-00
Allerdale Borough Council is considering plans from Cumberland Coal for the construction of a new coal-handling plant at the Port of Workington. 25-Apr-00
Scottish & Southern Energy is planning to build a 100MW gas-fired power station at Britannia Zinc's smelting operation in Avonmouth. 25-Apr-00
Just2Clicks has acquired Granite Rocks, the supplier of geophysical services to oil companies, for £0.7m, in order to start online trading in the energy sector. 20-Apr-00
EA Technology, the energy consultancy, is to split its business into two divisions - Process Innovation and Utilities - with the loss of 60 jobs at its headquarters in Capenhurst, Cheshire. 20-Apr-00
Ramco Energy is forming an alliance with TotalFinaElf to develop the shallow water Gunashli oil field in Azerbaijan. 19-Apr-00
Severn Trent is forming an alliance with Amerada Hess to offer electricity and gas to its 3.5m water customers. 18-Apr-00
The government is to provide a £100m subsidy to the coal industry to prevent further pit closures, and has also announced that restrictions on the development of new gas-fired power stations will be lifted in the autumn. 18-Apr-00
Shell is forming a joint venture with Halliburton to develop intelligent well systems in Aberdeen, and has also announced an alliance with Beacon Group to invest in companies producing new technology for the oil industry. 13-Apr-00
Maxol is to reorganise its Northern Ireland-based oil business by transferring its bulk fuels administration and accounts to its Dublin office, with the loss of 14 jobs. 13-Apr-00
Amec is to acquire the windfarm developer Border Wind, in response to the government's recently-announced commitment to both onshore and offshore wind-energy projects. 12-Apr-00
Cobex is to close its Climpy opencast coal mine in Lanarkshire with the loss of 30 jobs, following the company's move into administration. 12-Apr-00
TXU Europe, the US owner of Eastern Group, is considering plans to sell some of its coal-fired power stations, having appointed Morgan Stanley Dean Witter to examine the state of the market. 12-Apr-00
BP Amoco and Shell are linking up with 12 other companies to establish an e-procurement portal for the energy and petrochemicals industries. 12-Apr-00
AWE has confirmed that 400 jobs will be cut at its nuclear weapons plant in Aldermaston over the next year. 11-Apr-00
National Power is planning to set up a customer service centre in Peterlee later this year, with the creation of 375 jobs. 11-Apr-00
Shell is in discussions with a shortlist of potential bidders for its coal assets, and hopes to finalise a deal later this year. 10-Apr-00
Save Group is considering sale-and-leaseback deals to exploit the development potential of its 25 petrol stations within the M25 area. 10-Apr-00
Scottish Power is linking up with United Utilities and Northern Electric to create an internet-based procurement operation, in order to combine their purchasing power and achieve savings of at least 10%. 06-Apr-00
Viridian has been selected to build and operate a £4.8m combined heat and power plant for Sonoco Board Mills near Halifax. 06-Apr-00
Cairn Energy has announced a new gas find in the Dutch North Sea that will add £13m to its portfolio over the next ten years. 06-Apr-00
Yorkshire Electricity has put its Parkway site in Sheffield up for sale, following a decision to set up a centralised warehouse in Bradford. 06-Apr-00
British Energy is to invest £8m upgrading the training simulator at the Sizewell B nuclear power station in Suffolk. 06-Apr-00
Weatherford is to create 150 jobs at a new £7.6m manufacturing facility for the oil industry in Arbroath, and a further 30 jobs will be created at a research centre in Aberdeen. 31-Mar-00
British Gas is planning to create 220 new jobs at its customer service centre in Southampton. 31-Mar-00
British-Borneo Oil & Gas has accepted a £788m takeover bid from Eni of Italy, saying it does not have the financial resilience to continue as an independent company. 30-Mar-00
Premier Power has won permission to build a £200m power station at Ballylumford, which will be capable of supplying up to 50% of Northern Ireland's electricity needs. 30-Mar-00
BP Amoco is acquiring a 3% stake in Altra Energy Technologies, the wholesale energy exchange, in order to increase its web trading of oil and gas. 29-Mar-00
Shell International is linking up with Lend Lease for the £100m redevelopment of its Shell Centre site in London, which will involve a mix of entertainment, residential and commercial uses. 28-Mar-00
Alta Gas of Liverpool has received a £20m cash injection to fund the nationwide expansion of its gas cylinder products business. 27-Mar-00
JKX Oil & Gas has won approval from the Italian authorities to start drilling at the Colombo exploration well near Rome. 24-Mar-00
BP Amoco is planning to buy a £600m stake in PetroChina, and the two companies have also announced a natural gas and retail fuel marketing joint venture. 24-Mar-00
RJB Mining is said to have secured a deal to sell 6m tonnes of coal a year to the Drax power station in Yorkshire, provided that the sale price is subsidised by the government to make it competitive with imported coal. 23-Mar-00
BG has announced plans to separate its UK gas pipeline business from its international gas exploration and production activities, and both arms of the demerged company will seek investment opportunities in telecoms. 23-Mar-00
Scottish Coal has secured a £1.5m investment package to safeguard the future of its Longannet deep mine in Fife. 23-Mar-00
Sita Holding is planning to build a number of energy-from-waste plants at sites throughout the country. 23-Mar-00
TXU Europe is planning a £4.5m wind turbine project at Chatteris in Cambridgeshire. 23-Mar-00
BG has announced plans to create a further 500 jobs at its customer service call centre in Leeds. 21-Mar-00
Anglesey County Council has agreed to sell the former Shell oil depot at Rhosgoch to Burlington Resources for £4m, in the first step towards winning government approval for the development of a gas-fired power station on the island. 21-Mar-00
National Grid is linking up with Nordpool to develop an online electricity and gas trading market called the UK Energy Exchange, with the creation of an unspecified number of new jobs at the Nottingham office of its ESIS division. 20-Mar-00
BP Amoco is planning to revert to its former name of BP, as part of a rebranding exercise that will also result in the shield logo being dropped. 17-Mar-00
National Grid has won US regulatory approval to acquire New England Electric System for £2bn. 17-Mar-00
Hunting is to conduct a review of its oil services and defence operations, which could lead to the company being broken up. 17-Mar-00
Rigblast of Aberdeen is to create up to 400 jobs, having won contracts worth £20m to supply maintenance and support services to the North Sea oil and gas industry. 17-Mar-00
National Grid has awarded a £12m contract to Balfour Kilpatrick to upgrade 79km of transmission line in the Pennines. 16-Mar-00
Transco is considering bids from eight teams of contractors to build a £12m gas pipeline between Huntingdon and Bedford. 16-Mar-00
Northern Ireland Electricity is planning to build a £38m converter station and associated buildings in Ballantrae. 16-Mar-00
Aberdeen City Council is linking up with the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro to co-operate in deep-sea oil exploration, drilling and engineering, as part of a strategy to encourage oil companies to expand globally from their North Sea base. 15-Mar-00
BP Amoco is to acquire Burmah Castrol for £3bn in order to expand its lubricants business, but Burmah's chemicals business is expected to be sold off for about £800m. 15-Mar-00
Shell Expro is considering plans for a multi-million-pound gas development linking fields in the outer Moray Firth with the St Fergus terminal on the Buchan coast. 15-Mar-00
Shell is planning to double its oil output in Nigeria to 1.5m barrels a day within three years. 14-Mar-00
Scottish & Southern Energy is building a £9.3m 25MW gas-fired power station adjacent to its existing Keadby Power Station, in order to restore electricity to the National Grid in the event of a national power failure. 13-Mar-00
BP Amoco and Shell are to sell their Altura Energy joint venture in the US south-west to Occidental Petroleum for £2.3bn. 09-Mar-00
Scottish Power is planning to vacate its Borders depot in the centre of Galashiels and relocate most of the 70 administrative staff to new offices out of town. 09-Mar-00
Sappi Europe has awarded a contract to ABB Power Generation for the development of a £20m gas-fired heat and power plant at its Blackburn mill. 09-Mar-00
BP Amoco is discussing plans to sell Atlantic Richfield's Alaskan oil properties for over £3bn, in order to secure approval for its acquisition of the US oil group. 06-Mar-00
Forsyths is to create 30 new jobs at its fabrication facility at Buckie Harbour on the Moray Firth, having won contracts from the oil and gas sector worth more than £2m. 06-Mar-00
Aberdeenshire Council is to consider plans from Renewable Energy Systems for the development of a wind farm at Stonehaven. 03-Mar-00
Scottish & Southern Energy has won approval to build a £5m hydroelectric power station at Abhainn Culeig in Ross-shire. 03-Mar-00
Scottish Power is planning to build a processing plant and underground natural gas store at Middlewich, in partnership with ICI Chlor-Chemicals. 03-Mar-00
United Utilities has put its Norweb Energi electricity and gas supply business up for sale, and is expected to raise up to £400m. 02-Mar-00
Lasmo, the oil company, is in discussions with a number of venture capital groups that are said to be interested in taking the company private. 02-Mar-00
National Power is planning to build a £1.5m hydroelectric power scheme at Strontian in the Highlands. 02-Mar-00
PowerGen is to create up to 300 customer service jobs in Nottingham over the next year, in order to reach its target of 5m customer accounts by the end of 2002. 01-Mar-00
National Grid has won a £200m contract to build and operate the Basslink electricity interconnector project across the Bass Strait in Australia. 01-Mar-00
British Energy has announced plans to review its coal suppliers following the acquisition of the Eggborough power station, prompting speculation that the company will switch to cheaper imports. 29-Feb-00
PowerGen is acquiring LG&E, the Kentucky-based electricity and gas supplier, for £1.8bn, in its first major move into the US market. 28-Feb-00
BP Amoco is to proceed with the £1.6bn development of the In Salah natural gas field in Algeria, in partnership with state energy group Sonatrach. 24-Feb-00
Mission Energy has unveiled plans to spend up to £100m on the installation of desulphurisation equipment at the Ferrybridge power station in Yorkshire. 24-Feb-00
Scottish Power has won government approval to build a 45MW combined heat and power station at SmithKline Beecham's factory in Irvine, Ayrshire. 24-Feb-00
University of Birmingham is planning to build a £3m combined heat and power system, and tenders will be issued in March. 24-Feb-00
Scottish Power is planning a £20m project to build 50 wind turbines and associated infrastructure at Campbeltown. 24-Feb-00
Morrison Construction has won contracts worth £150m to replace and maintain Transco gas pipelines in the south of England. 23-Feb-00
Knowsley Council is considering plans from US-based Evergreen Resources to drill for methane under fields near the village of Tarbuck. 22-Feb-00
PowerGen is to invest £10m in a 50% stake in the TeleCentric Solutions subsidiary of Affinity Internet, in order to develop new internet products and multi-utility billing. 22-Feb-00
Shell Exploration & Production has won government approval for a £70m project to develop the Skiff gas field in the southern North Sea, which will create up to 100 jobs. 21-Feb-00
Scottish & Southern Energy is forming a £30m alliance with IBM to develop e-commerce opportunities and to improve the energy group's customer services. 18-Feb-00
Centrica is forming a joint venture with Essent, the Dutch multi-utility, to develop wholesale energy trading in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. 18-Feb-00
Transco has submitted proposals to Aberdeenshire Council for the development of a £50m pipeline between two gas stations at St Fergus and Garlogie, which could create up to 400 jobs. 18-Feb-00
Independent Energy is forming an internet-based alliance with the Easier online estate agency to sell gas and electricity to homebuyers. 17-Feb-00
Plymouth City Council and IVO Energy are to consider the possibility of building a waste-burning power station at the Chelson Meadow landfill site, in order to burn up to 150,000 tonnes of rubbish a year. 16-Feb-00
RJB Mining is seeking £70m in government aid in order to prevent the closure of further coal mines such as the Ellington colliery near Morpeth. 16-Feb-00
BP Amoco has announced plans to accelerate the development of new projects in a $24bn investment programme, and will sanction about 1.5bn barrels of new oil reserves in Angola, Vietnam, Trinidad and Azerbaijan. 16-Feb-00
Yorkshire Electricity is to close its Grimsby depot with the loss of up to 47 jobs. 15-Feb-00
Norsk Hydro has put its UK energy assets up for sale, including three offshore oil and gas fields - Britannia, Alba and Gryphon. 15-Feb-00
Scottish & Southern Energy is to start selling white goods on the internet, supported by its chain of 52 retail outlets. 11-Feb-00
PowerGen has sold East Midlands Electricity Contracting to ABB for undisclosed terms. 10-Feb-00
BP Amoco's recently-appointed human resources contractor Exult is to set up a new business management centre in Glasgow with the creation of 150 jobs, in order to supply accountancy, training, cell centre, and IT services to the energy group. 10-Feb-00
National Grid is to sell 30m Energis shares in order to reduce its stake in the telecoms business to 36% and raise about £825m to fund acquisitions and a buy-back of its own stock. 10-Feb-00
Kelda has acquired a 31% stake in Fibrowatt, the operator of three power stations that use chicken litter as fuel, for £6m. 09-Feb-00
British-Borneo Oil & Gas is looking to sell more than 50% of its assets in the Gulf of Mexico and half of its 8% stake in the North Sea's Elgin/Franklin field. 08-Feb-00
Saga Petroleum of Norway and IVO Energy of Finland have announced plans to build a £140m 215MW combined heat and power station at Purfleet in Essex. 03-Feb-00
Scottish & Southern Energy is to refurbish the Clachan hydroelectric power station in Argyll at a cost of £4.2m, and the contract has been awarded to a consortium comprising Weir Engineering Services and Dowding & Mills. 02-Feb-00
National Power is planning to build a £1m hydroelectric plant at Auchtertyre in Perthshire. 02-Feb-00
Shell and PowerGen are planning to build two of the world's largest wind turbines off the Northumberland coast at Blythe, at a cost of £4m. 02-Feb-00
United Utilities is considering plans to sell its Norweb electricity supply business, due to the tough price controls in the sector. 02-Feb-00
BG's Premier Transco subsidiary has announced plans to build a £100m gas pipeline between Belfast and Dublin, but rival proposals are expected from Viridian and Questar. 01-Feb-00
PowerGen is said to be interested in buying LG&E, the Kentucky-based energy group, as its first large-scale acquisition in the US. 31-Jan-00
Scottish Power is planning to open at least 12 electrical superstores this year. 31-Jan-00
Transco has awarded a £26m contract to Murphy to build a 25km gas pipeline between Derbyshire and Staffordshire. 28-Jan-00
Elf is to offer voluntary redundancy to up to 300 Aberdeen-based workers, as a result of a deal with Talisman to offload certain North Sea assets. 28-Jan-00
Shell is introducing an internal market to reduce carbon emissions, in which its operations will commit to an annual 2% carbon reduction target. 27-Jan-00
Edinburgh Oil & Gas is planning a £2m capital expenditure programme that will see it return to North Sea drilling with a venture in the Outer Moray Firth. 26-Jan-00
Manchester City Council is considering plans from Organic Wastes Management to build a pilot plant to transform household waste into energy and fertiliser. 26-Jan-00
BP Amoco has awarded a contract to Bovis Lend Lease to manage the construction of fuel retail outlets worldwide over the next five years, which will involve the development of 1,300 new service stations in 15 countries. 26-Jan-00
PowerGen is to build a 60MW combined heat and power gas-fired power station in Stoke-on-Trent, in order to supply energy to a Michelin tyre plant. 25-Jan-00
British Nuclear Fuels is to close a nuclear fuel manufacturing plant at Sellafied for a number of weeks, in order to make modifications required for the retention of its quality assurance accreditation. 22-Jan-00
National Grid is seeking permission to connect its network to Wainstone Power's proposed new gas-fired generating station at Langage near Plymouth. 21-Jan-00
John Wood Group has sold its North Sea cased hole electric wireline operations to Orwell Group of Aberdeen. 19-Jan-00
Yorkshire Electricity has announced plans to cut 350 jobs, in response to the price cuts imposed by the industry regulator. 19-Jan-00
Aberdeen City Council is looking to establish a windpower industry in the city, and discussions are being sought with companies interested in renewable energy. 14-Jan-00
BG International has won approval for the £158m development of the Blake oilfield in the North Sea, and production will start in August 2001. 14-Jan-00
Halliburton has won a pipeline fabrication contract from BHP for the Keith field, which will help to secure 230 jobs at its Rockwater plant in Wick. 13-Jan-00
Clugston Construction has been appointed main contractor on a £33m scheme to build a waste-to-energy plant for Kirklees Metropolitan Council in West Yorkshire. 13-Jan-00
British Energy has bought a £5m stake in HomeDirectory.com, the internet property company, in order to market its utility services to prospective home buyers. 08-Jan-00
Transco is to award three contracts worth up to £72m for the upgrade of its gas pipeline network, including a £40m project to build a 70km pipeline from Aberdeen to St Fergus. 08-Jan-00
National Power is planning to spend $600m on the construction of power stations in the US, including a 550MW gas turbine plant in Texas and a 570MW facility in Massachusetts. 07-Jan-00
Nigen is to cut 40 of the 190 jobs at Kilroot power station in Carrickfergus, in order to improve efficiency and cut costs. 06-Jan-00
International Energy Group, the gas producer, is to buy land at les Banques in Guernsey from Blue Diamond Group for £7m, in order to control more than 25 acres of the Bouet Mixed Use Redevelopment Area. 06-Jan-00