Oil and gas supply chain now worth £35billion, new report reveals
The UK’s offshore oil and gas supply chain is worth at least £35billion a year according to trade body Oil & Gas UK and business services major EY.
Offshore industry faces risk of dangerous farce over safety debate
The UK’s offshore industry finds itself at the centre of what could become a very dangerous farce – one that has huge safety and economic implications.
DNV forges Subsea lifting JIP
DNV GL has established a joint industry project to develop practical methods for reducing the risks and lifetime cost of steel wire ropes for subsea lifting applications.
How Aberdeen’s Institute of Energy can tackle industry issues
With more than 30 years' oil and gas industry experience, John Scrimgeour - the new executive director of the Aberdeen Institute of Energy - is now viewing industry problems in terms of what the University of Aberdeen can do to solve them.
Subsea 7’s Waves heads for trials as huge investment programme rolls along
Subsea 7 is now actively marketing its latest new generation heavy construction vessel (HCV), which was ordered from Hyundai of South Korea a year ago and is to be named the Seven Arctic.
How Emily is making a difference with Step Change in Safety
Speaking to them about their experiences has been my biggest influence to date as it serves as a constant reminder of why the work Step Change in Safety does is so important.
OGUK looks to jolt industry back into exploration
Oil & Gas UK has launched the first phase of a project intended to stimulate more exploration by promoting new and existing plays on the UK Continental Shelf.
Women in Energy: How Cairn’s Jann Brown smashed the glass ceiling
In the second of our four women in the boardroom pieces this year, we meet Jann Brown - managing director and chief financial officer of Cairn Energy.
Global Energy takes plunge with new diving division
Exclusive: Global Energy Group is launching a new offshore diving division to expand its existing inshore diving operations.
Mintlaw team is Scottish victor in international ROV-Mate contest
The Scottish heat of a grand battle of the subsea robots has just taken place in the swimming pool of Robert Gordon University.
Fairfield takes over as duty holder of Dunlin Alpha
Exclusive: UK North Sea independent Fairfield Energy has taken over duty holder responsibilities from operations and maintenance contractor Amec for its Dunlin Alpha platform.
HSE boss Susan Mackenzie maps out rigorous new strategy for UK offshore safety
The North Sea has come a long way in health and safety terms since Piper Alpha. But as the province ages, so the going gets tougher for everyone, including the Health and Safety Executive, which is about to launch a new offshore strategy.
Safety message remains ‘stop, look and listen – it always pays’
David Pritchard's Aberdeen address was riveting, devastating in its brutal frankness. You could have heard a pin drop, so rapt was the attention.
Budget 2014: Treasury driving further nails into drilling coffin
Year in, year out, it seems to me that the chancellor giveth with the one hand and taketh away with the other, writes Jeremy Cresswell
School students show Big Oil how to communicate
Big Oil has always found it hard to communicate with the public. The relationship is stand-offish and most of us are only interested in the cost of filling the family car and warming the home.
Joe Macinnis: The man from inner space
Canadian Dr Joe MacInnis was the first scientist to dive at the North Pole – that was in 1976.
Just where might the energy sector take you?
Greetings school students, especially those of you staying on and who are faced with tough decisions as to what Highers and, for some, A-Levels, to study in sixth form.
Online resource the place to start in looking for oil industry career
Just outside Aberdeen is the epicentre of the UK’s subsea industry, Westhill; otherwise known as Surf City even though it’s five miles inland.
Online interactive energy discovery, it’s just a click away
You don't have to be in Manchester to enjoy its resources. Shetland or Skye or anywhere would be just as good, so long as you have web access.
Shale gas has the power to redraw the global map, says Bradbury
The balance of energy power is shifting and possibly a lot faster than many people realise, warns Five-Quarter Energy CEO Harry Bradbury.
Fracking expert issues warning on gas resources
The biggest barrier to Scotland exploiting its shale gas opportunities is political will, warns a leading fracking expert.
Transocean sells off ADTI for undisclosed sum
A well known drilling business, headquartered in Aberdeen, has been acquired for an undisclosed sum by private equity house Sun European Partners, affiliates of which have invested in over 330 companies worldwide since 1995, with combined sales in excess of 35billion euros.
Charman steers IMCA in the right direction
A bit more than a year ago, Chris Charman took the helm of the International Marine Contractors' Association (IMCA) and has since been steering it through a journey of significant change.
Energy Alphabet: U was for Uranium…
Sorry students all, but our long running A-Z of Energy competition has drawn to a close.
Germans design radical tidal farm construction ship
German company Voith has designed a construction ship that may solve the massive challenge to installing turbines in high velocity tidal stream such as those encountered in the Pentland Firth.