New Scots company aims to make its mark in artificial lift market
Artificial lift specialists, Paul Shotter and Andrew Leitch, have just launched a new international oilfield business, Multilift Wellbore Technology (Multilift).
Gazprom celebrates pioneering Russian subsea development
First gas from the Kirinskoye field in the Russian Far East might seem very remote to anyone working in the North Sea yet it ranks as one of the world's most important subsea developments.
Energy Graduate: Top name in training is a surprise
Type the words “corporate graduate training scheme” into Google and it is not a leading American or European company that throws up at the top of the first page, it is an Asia-Pacific group with UK roots – Swire.
Energy Graduate: It’s not just about engineers
Science, technology engineering and maths; anyone who has emerged from university, college and other sectors of industry with those types of skill sets and competencies is potentially highly attractive to oil and gas companies and their supply chain.
Energy Graduate: Looking at the industry skills gaps
The shortage of skilled personnel is cited as one of the biggest challenges for the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry. It has long been a big issue but this is one British industry that is working cohesively to try and meet the challenge.
Opinion: Jeremy Cresswell – the great north-east gas rip-off
Like the rest of us here in Press and Journal country who are customers of Scottish Gas, I am still reeling from the news that my gas bill is to rocket a further 11.2% from next month. In fact I’m very angry indeed ... like the rest of you.
Production under way at Breagh field
RWE Dea UK has finally started gas production from the Breagh gasfield located in the UK Southern North Sea.
Minister backs scheme to retrain military personnel
A pioneering initiative aimed at smoothing the way for former military personnel looking to transfer their skills into the energy industry has attracted the attention of UK business secretary Vince Cable.
AW189 joins Bristow fleet
Bristow Helicopters is set to introduce the first of six AgustaWestland (AW189) helicopters to its oil and gas customers.
Subsea UK is rebranding its flagship event
The shop window for Britain’s £9billion subsea industry will now be known as Subsea Expo and will stretch to three days versus the prior two-day format.
Energy services firm’s new unit has reliable solution for growth
Asset integrity management specialist XPD8 Solutions is setting up a new unit to be known as reliability solutions.
Last chance: Schools’ Energy A-Z Competition
Young students - here's your chance to win an iPad and demonstrate your knowledge of the energy industry.
Cooking food – it’s all just chemistry really
Read this and maybe mum's cooking and school dinners will never seem the same again.
Red Ed makes powerful new enemies
Ed Miliband has for sure made a bunch of powerful new enemies as a result of his warning to utilities that gas and electricity prices will be frozen for two years should Labour get back into power in the 2015 UK general election.
Tight oil set to be next great turnaround play
The world has large potential technical recoverable resources of tight oil possibly several times those of North America, according to a new geological study by global analytics firm IHS.
UK North Sea decommissioning gathers pace with £10bn-plus earmarked
Despite the current UK Continental Shelf new projects boom, together with a significant number of life-extension projects under way, in the pipeline or being contemplated, momentum is gathering pace on the decommissioning front.
North Sea renaissance a key driver of Technip’s growth
Bill Morrice's remit as a managing director is to lead Technip's huge presence in the UK, which also embraces all of Denmark and West of Ireland.
NSN launches call for interest in UK-Norway interconnector project
National Grid NSN Link and Statnett have issued a call for expressions of Interest for their subsea electricity interconnector project planned to link the UK and Norway.
The mighty Aegir sets sail
Heerema Marine Contractor has christened a spectacular new offshore construction vessel in Rotterdam.
Keppel JV yard set to capture Caspian work
A new fabrication yard, jointly developed by Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), Azeri state oil company Socar and Azerbaijan Investment Company (AIC), has been officially opened by Azeri president, Ilham Aliyev.
Energy Eye: The Chinese are coming? They’re already here
From time to time along the years I have warned that Asia-Pacific and particularly Chinese interests are circling the North Sea, looking for opportunities; through oil and gas asset acquisitions, nice big contracts and takeover opportunities within the supply chain.
Offshore Europe: Health and safety chief praises Super Puma response
The chairwoman of the UK’s Health and Safety Executive has paid tribute to the leadership shown by the North Sea industry’s Step Change in Safety team since the helicopter crash two weeks ago.
Offshore Europe: North Sea needs step change to boost technology, says Pearson
Amec’s Europe group president, John Pearson, warned a packed conference hall at Offshore Europe yesterday that North Sea industry needs to forge a step change initiative for technology.
Offshore Europe: Alert over lack of oilspil R&D in wake of Macondo disaster
Despite the stark warning of the Gulf of Mexico Macondo disaster in 2010, there is a danger research and development into future offshore disaster hydrocarbons response is already falling by the wayside.
Risk experts DNV call for better data on offshore accident hazards
The offshore industry must put more effort into dealing with risks that can potentially to lead to a major accident, according to DNV, the risk management outfit.