A programme helping school pupils across the UK to find the right career path is being piloted in the north-east by Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire councils with support from BP and other local businesses.
A North Sea union warned last night that the safety of offshore workers could be put at risk by a health and safety restructure - just months before the 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster.
A small Scottish firm wants to take centre stage in the offshore oil and gas inspection world with new aerial technology.
The average annual Statoil wage was £135,000 in 2012, with chief executive Helge Lund earning £1.55million up 13.5% on 2011.
Three UK Government ministers have pledged to champion the oil and gas industry as it looks forward to a bright future.
Energy Minister John Hayes told oil and gas companies yesterday he hoped the chancellor's announcement on decommissioning tax relief last week would ease their anxieties over future investment.
German oil and gas firm Wintershall said yesterday its Catcher project 110 miles east of Aberdeen had put the area back on its radar.
The closing of a tax loophole could cost North Sea firms nearly £700million a year, an industry expert claimed yesterday.
Premier oil's North Sea Huntington field, expected on stream at the end of the month, will add a further boost to the firm’s rising production figures.
Oil companies welcomed changes which will guarantee tax relief on future decommissioning costs.
Wood Group announced yesterday that it had secured 11 new contracts in Africa worth around £158million.
The energy sector skills shortage provided the thread that ran through Aberdeen's first video-linked business lunch with Houston yesterday.
Scottish entrepreneur Jim McColl said yesterday he was planning to use some of his remaining £280million war chest on further acquisitions in the oil service sector.
A new survey claims people in the north-east are more open to having windfarms as part of their energy mix than the population in other parts of the country.
A Houston business district made its own business trip to Aberdeen in the run up to the Granite City’s first business breakfast link-up with Houston this week. Greenspoint District, which is one of Houston’s 22 special business areas, came to show what they had to offer firms considering a move to the US energy-hub.
The British School of Houston is one of three international schools in the Texas energy centre providing schooling to the families of those on international postings. Headteacher Stephen Foxwell talks to the Press and Journal about the establishment’s outstanding GCSE exam results and how they deal with the sensitive subject of moving children between schools.
Oil and gas skills body Opito said yesterday it was studying the competency of offshore installation managers (OIMs) and the effects of potential competence gaps on safety offshore.
The UK Government is struggling to recruit the new North Sea inspectors it promised more than two years ago following the Macondo tragedy in the US.
French energy giant Total said yesterday production at its troubled Elgin-Franklin fields had finally restarted after nearly a year shut off.
The oil and gas industry's first education summit took place yesterday in Aberdeen, looking at how the industry can engage with schoolchildren across the country to help combat skill shortages.
International energy services group Hunting said yesterday its North Sea business had helped it increase turnover 36% last year to £825million.
An annual study of the UK oil service industry showed firms plan to increase their workforces by an average of 10% over the next two years.
North Sea oil and gas operator Taqa Bratani said yesterday it had been granted approval for a revised development plan for its Pelican field to include additional drilling.
Energy service firm Cape said yesterday adjusted pre-tax profits fell by 65% to £23.8million last year but growth was expected in 2013.
A leadership seminar in Aberdeen yesterday brought together women from across the oil and gas industry to look at the challenges faced by female executives in the sector.
