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Rob Watts

Rob Watts is Upstream’s UK North Sea correspondent, specialising in project development, exploration and offshore health and safety. His journalism career began in regional newspapers in the UK.

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Exploration

Equinor and Vaar hit more oil and gas near Johan Castberg field in Barents Sea

Published  9 June 2022 7:04 GMT
Field Development

Shell wins regulatory approval for Jackdaw gas development in UK North Sea

Published  1 June 2022 16:58 GMT
Production

UK could revive Rough gas storage site due to energy security concerns

Published  1 June 2022 10:49 GMT
Finance

Wood agrees sale of consulting business to WSP Global for $1.9 billion

Published  1 June 2022 9:12 GMT
Finance

Shell fears uncertainty from new UK windfall tax

Published  31 May 2022 10:43 GMT
Finance

UK government raids oil and gas producers with windfall tax to help ease cost-of-living crisis

Published  26 May 2022 12:32 GMT
Production

Petrofac engineering and construction business faces loss-making year on project bumps

Published  26 May 2022 9:08 GMT
Politics

UK must heed call for windfall tax

Published  25 May 2022 14:54 GMT
Politics

North Sea sector warns energy windfall tax would hurt longer-term investment

Published  24 May 2022 14:08 GMT
Energy Transition

Adnoc and Masdar join forces with BP in cleaner-energy push

Published  24 May 2022 9:23 GMT
People

Piper Alpha: Backlash from families over plans to redesign memorial gardens

Published  19 May 2022 12:56 GMT
Energy Transition

£17 billion low-carbon investment needed to secure 54,000 north-east Scotland jobs, says new report

Published  18 May 2022 8:29 GMT
Environment

Take-off for TotalEnergies’ drone campaign to tackle methane emissions

Published  16 May 2022 13:14 GMT
Production

Hammerfest LNG plant to restart next week after shutdown extended by six days

Published  16 May 2022 10:08 GMT
Energy Transition

BP runs the rule on energy transition returns

Published  13 May 2022 7:25 GMT
Politics

BP chief says windfall tax could deter investment above planned £18 billion

Published  12 May 2022 15:40 GMT
Energy Transition

UK awards two new carbon storage licences to BP and Equinor

Published  12 May 2022 10:49 GMT
Energy Transition

Aqualung Carbon Capture raises equity funding for new membrane technology

Published  12 May 2022 10:10 GMT
Production

Neptune Energy eyeing $1 billion investments in UK energy supplies

Published  10 May 2022 8:57 GMT
Production

Sval Energi buys Ekofisk and Martin Linge interests from Equinor

Published  10 May 2022 7:23 GMT
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