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Slim pickings for 888 as its punters decide to cut back

27.08.09

Lady Luck has been a cruel mistress to gaming group 888 recently... more

There is a boom coming � but in China, not here

29.07.09

The first phase of the recession is coming to a close. Very soon we will have to face the really serious questions about whether and how we can recover... more

Worry over oil price may fuel a string of knockdown deals

21.07.09

Oil industry fears that the current high price is unsustainable could, along with signs of stress in some investors, spark a run of bargain basement acquisitions ... more

Tullow revenues hit by North Sea cuts

08.07.09

Lower oil prices and a declining interest in the North Sea where it has cut production by a third, has seen revenues at Tullow Oil fall 23% to �290 million in the first half of 2009 ... more

Tide is going out for marine energy around Britain�s coasts

18.06.09

Energy analysis: While many think of marine energy as harnessing the power of the waves, those in the know believe it is the force of tidal currents where the real renewable power potential lies... more

Dana is Footsie gusher as takeover talk prompts feverish trading

18.06.09

A brief flurry of speculative buying saw shares of Dana Petroleum strike a high for the day of 1470p as talk whizzed around the Square Mile that a bid was on the way... more

Darling�s oil �giveaway� to keep North Sea taxes rolling in

23.04.09

Energy Analysis: So the Chancellor is giving away money to Big Oil to stimulate one last North Sea boomlet? Not quite... more

Oil scavengers hoping for a fillip

23.04.09

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Subsidies and tax breaks for �low-carbon future�

22.04.09

North Sea oil explorers, windfarmers, gas storers and CO2 capturers have been promised they are Britain�s future as the Chancellor announced a Budget-within-a-Budget for the energy and green technology industries... more

Renewable �energy of future� in line for subsidies and breaks

22.04.09

Service for dead in copter crash

15.04.09

Gordon Brown and Prince Charles will join hundreds of mourners at a memorial service for 16 men who died when their helicopter crashed in the North Sea... more

Helicopter had 'catastrophic impact' when it came down in North Sea

02.04.09

The helicopter which crashed in the North Sea suffered a "catastrophic impact" with the water, Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy said... more

North Sea helicopter search resumes at dawn

02.04.09

Rescuers resumed their search at first light for the eight people still missing after yesterday's fatal helicopter crash in the North Sea, but with little hope of finding anyone alive... more

Sixteen are feared dead as helicopter ditches in North Sea

01.04.09

Up to 16 people were feared to have been killed after a helicopter accident in the North Sea... more

Premier�s North Sea lift with Oilexco buy

25.03.09

Bust North Sea operator Oilexco has been snapped up by Premier Oil in a �345 million deal... more

Venture on rise as 'North Sea gas find' fuels bid talk

20.03.09

Speculation that a major new gas field has been found in the North Sea is believed to be behind what could be a �1.25 billion hostile takeover of Venture Production by Centrica... more

Dana makes 'significant' North Sea find

24.02.09

Energy: Dana Petroleum is proving that the North Sea is not a spent force... more

High hopes, but we're still blowing hot and cold over wind

19.02.09

Energy analysis: It is being billed as the next North Sea boom. This week the tentative go-ahead was given for the construction of up to 2000 giant turbines off the coast of Scotland... more

Dana boosts output with �122m rival buy

16.02.09

Energy: Dana Petroleum moved to pick off debt-ridden fellow North Sea specialist Bow Valley Energy in a deal that should raise Dana's daily output by as much as a fifth... more

North Sea wind plan becalmed by crisis

03.02.09

Energy: Plans to create the world�s biggest alternative energy source in the North Sea have been put on hold... more

Encore Oil shares dive on gas storage complication

28.01.09

Energy: Star Energy, a subsidiary of Malaysia's Petronas, has pulled out of the Esmond gas storage project in the North Sea, project partner Encore Oil said ... more

It�s bad, but maybe not as bad as we fear

23.01.09

So, we�ve been told, officially, what we�ve known for ages, that Britain is in recession ... more

Calamity for pound after banks went bananas

05.12.08

It would be no surprise to see the pound slide down to parity with the dollar - �1 worth $1 - in the next few months... more

Price rises ruin the oil tax windfall

25.11.08

Oil: A �3.3 billion North Sea tax windfall has been wiped out by the negative effects of inflation on the economy caused by the soaring price of oil and gas, the Treasury has admitted... more

Price rises ruin the oil tax windfall

25.11.08

Budget report: A �3.3 billion North Sea tax windfall has been wiped out by the negative effects of inflation on the economy caused by the soaring price of oil and gas, the Treasury has admitted... more

EDF in �265m N Sea gas buy

27.10.08

Energy: France's EDF has increased its grasp of the UK energy sector, buying a majority of North Sea gas fields from ATP Oil & Gas in a �265 million deal... more

Oil companies up for grabs but the deals pipeline is blocked

29.09.08

Analysis: Roughneck has acquired the sort of reputation at the racier end of the oil and gas industry that is enjoyed by Guido Fawkes, the notorious Westminster blogger... more

Business model is out of gas

31.07.08

While people are now beginning to understand how soaring fuel prices are destroying the airline industry, there is less awareness of the devastating effect it is having elsewhere and in particular how the energy sector faces a huge challenge... more