Business leaders from within and outside the oil and gas industry have warned there is still a long way to go before the sector - and the north-east economy in general - is out of the woods.
A majority of creditors of failed shipping firm Harkand and linked companies are likely to see a return of some of their money, it emerged yesterday.
The Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) medical adviser who was at the heart of a groundbreaking research project to measure offshore workers’ body size and shape has taken on a new consultancy role.
Sophisticated new subsea kit just launched by one of the many subsidiaries of marine services group James Fisher and Sons has been hailed by the firm as an “exciting advancement in excavation technology”.
Former and redundacy threatened oil and gas industry bosses taking part in a new scheme which aims to help them find new work had previously applied for 818 jobs, which led to just 37 invitations to interview.
A thriving Bank of Granny and Grandad means more of their cash is playing leapfrog. Steven McKnight, principal partner in the Aberdeen office of St James’s Place Wealth Management explains why
The fledgling Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) is seeking inspiration for novel ways of using “plug-and-play” robots to cut asset inspection costs and help unlock marginal discoveries in the North Sea.
Annual awards celebrating the North Sea oil and gas industry’s resilience, despite monumental challenges, have a new category this year.
North-east energy service firm Pipetech said yesterday it aimed to quadruple turnover within three years, to £20million, thanks to diversification.
A journalist who survived being shot six times by Al-Qaeda sympathisers is heading to Aberdeen to warn the oil and gas industry about the threat of terrorism.
A former Grampian Police hostage negotiator has been appointed to lead an offshore emergency response unit in Aberdeen.
About 1,300 global energy service jobs are under threat from the proposed merger of Wood Group and Amec Foster Wheeler (AFW), it emerged last night.
Hurricane Energy’s plans for the largest undeveloped discovery in the UK North Sea have delivered a bumper pay boost for the firm’s chief executive.
Scotland’s wave and tidal-energy industry is in a battle for cash from the EU.
A former oil and gas industry boss and his family are pouring more than £1million into a new tourism business in Stonehaven.
A new system for measuring waves and currents could be “transformational” for Scottish marine-energy developments, the research team behind it said yesterday.
US firm Marathon Oil has renewed its commitment to the UK North Sea by extending the lease for its offices in Aberdeen.
Subsea integrity specialist 1 Consulting Subsea Integrity (1CSI) has marked the launch of its business with a move into premises at the James Gregory Centre in the Aberdeen Innovation Park, Bridge of Don.
A new remotely operated vehicle (ROV) specialist, M2 Subsea, will go hunting for unexploded wartime bombs under its first contract.
A new decommissioning contract worth tens of millions of pounds is expected to safeguard about 150 jobs at energy service giant Wood Group.
Stability and a slow recovery during 2017 may consign last year to the history books as a “nadir” for conventional global oil and gas exploration, an Aberdeen-based energy research consultancy said yesterday.
Faroe Petroleum bosses benefited from big increases to their pay deals in 2016.
Atlantic Petroleum said today it had completed the sale of a 25% stake in the Orlando oil field north-east of Shetland to North Sea newcomer Decipher Energy.
The man heading up the newest player in the North Sea said yesterday the firm had only just started on its asset portfolio.
Israel’s Delek Group has given notice of its compulsory share purchase of the remaining shares in Ithaca Energy it does not currently own.
