Altra Energy has secured a contract said by industry sources to be worth around £100million to deliver front-end engineering design (FEED) for a new satellite production platform for Apache's Forties field.
FAROE Petroleum saw its annual pre-tax losses narrow yesterday.
New UK North Sea oil and gas operator EnQuest, formed in a spin-off of assets by British energy services group Petrofac and Sweden's Lundin Petroleum, is to get backing of £180million to pursue acquisitions.
Aker Solutions was upbeat about its future prospects yesterday as it posted an 11% lift in quarterly profits.
Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping said yesterday its revenue had been severely hit by delayed projects in the six months to February 28.
International energy service company Hunting said yesterday that trading remained in line with its expectations in the period from January 1 to April 21.
A Scottish-Australian mining joint venture is targeting 1billion tonnes of clean coal from deep beneath the Firth of Forth to generate electricity for Scotland.
British explorer Desire Petroleum said yesterday it looked forward to resuming drilling off the Falklands in the third quarter.
US oilfield service giant Halliburton reported a 46% year-on-year fall in first-quarter profits yesterday to £133.76million, blaming currency devaluation and tax charges in Venezuela and weak demand except in North America.
THE managing director of RTH Lubbers UK International Transport is predicting that the firm could see its Aberdeen turnover and staff numbers double within two to three years. Tony Tailford said the Dutch-owned oil and gas equipment transport specialist had opened in the Granite City 10 years ago, but even three years ago had a staff of just 10.
Rockhopper, the Falkland Islands-focused oil and gas explorer, said yesterday it had begun drilling its Sea Lion prospect, using Diamond Offshore UK's Ocean Guardian drilling rig.
Aberdeen company Altra Energy said yesterday it was positioned for significant growth and was aiming to create about 200 jobs over the next three years.
SCOTTISH energy-equipment supplier MacLean Electrical has expanded its international reach.
Aberdeen energy service company Wood Group said yesterday it had been awarded a significant three-year extension to a contract, plus two optional years.
Aberdeen-based Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping (OHM) saw its shares more than double in value yesterday after it unveiled a major investment in the firm.
Desire Petroleum, the oil and gas explorer focused on south Atlantic waters, was more upbeat yesterday about a well in the North Falkland Basin.
Nautical Petroleum said yesterday the next drilling on its Kraken prospect south-east of Shetland would take place this summer.
A new North Sea oil company, EnQuest, joined the Stock Exchange yesterday and shares finished the day ahead of their opening price.
OPITO - the Oil and Gas Academy, is celebrating its third year in business with the appointment of new managing director Dave Binnie.
New oil and gas service company Wellbore Intervention said yesterday it was on track to reach a turnover of £350,000-£400,000 in its first year.
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) said yesterday it was making its first move into the upstream gas sector to secure future supplies.
North Falkland Basin explorer Desire Petroleum, said yesterday it planned to drill a deeper target on its Liz exploration well, where it emerged earlier this week that the initial hole had been disappointing.
Valiant Petroleum said yesterday that 2009 had been a transformational year for it as it swung into profit following the start of production from fields north-east of Shetland.
SCOTTISH Enterprise chief executive Lena Wilson yesterday visited Aberdeenshire firm NCS Survey.
Some 26 Scottish companies and organisations have been taking part this week in Australia's largest oil and gas show in Perth, all but one of them with headquarters or a base in the north-east.
