Bond engineers were “cautious about everything” in the days leading up to the fatal 2009 helicopter tragedy amid ongoing investigations into an earlier crash, a fatal accident inquiry has heard.
The fatal accident inquiry into the 2009 North Sea helicopter catastrophe continues to focus on the events surrounding the discovery of a metal fragment in the gearbox just weeks before the aircraft crashed.
Maintenance guidelines introduced since the 2009 North Sea helicopter disaster would have led to the immediate grounding of the doomed Super Puma.
Aberdeen firm Nautronix is targeting turnover growth of about 30% in its current trading year, boss Mark Patterson said yesterday.
International expansion pushed Aberdeen-based energy service company Hydrasun through the £100million turnover barrier in 2013.
The parent of North Sea helicopter operator CHC Helicopter expects to raise up to £322million in a stock market listing aimed at reducing its debt pile and positioning itself for growth.
Offshore workers on a secret blacklist have suffered “serious hardship” as a result of them not being able to get new jobs, a union boss says.
A £775million drilling rig bound for waters west of Shetland has sunk in the South Korean shipyard where it is being built.
A £13million revamp at Aberdeen International Airport aims to deliver a bigger terminal and considerably more space for travellers.
Fresh evidence has emerged that some north-east firms are finding it difficult to hold on to their staff, because of a buoyant oil and gas industry.
Oilfield service company Archer said yesterday it was to axe around 200 jobs across its global operations – including the UK – as part of a restructuring plan.
Argentina has threatened to jail oil bosses drilling off the Falkland Islands for up to 15 years after passing a law banning illegal exploration on the Argentine continental shelf.
An expansion of Aberdeen harbour into Nigg Bay will allow it to avoid the kind of access problems plaguing other ports around the UK, according to chief executive Colin Parker
Engineering and project management giant Amec is thought to be eyeing a takeover of Swiss rival Foster Wheeler.
A record number of UK oil and gas contractors plan to grow their workforces in the coming year but are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit and retain skilled staff, a new report says.
Front Row Energy Partners, a consortium of upstream industry experts who put money into oil and gas businesses alongside other investors, has completed its third acquisition in a year.
An Aberdeen-based oil and gas expert said the industry had good reason to be concerned about higher taxes if Scotland becomes independent, but dismissed the idea it would also mean more red tape.
An overwhelming majority of bosses in the oil and gas industry fear a jump in taxation if Scotland becomes independent, a new report says today.
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) announced last night it was to start a service between Aberdeen and Norwegian capital, Oslo, in the new year.
Dana Petroleum is proving to be a lucrative asset for its Far East owner and helping South Korea to become more self-sufficient in terms of energy, one of the Aberdeen oil firm’s management said yesterday.
The boss of Aberdeen firm Apollo Offshore Engineering is doing what he loves in a city he grew up hearing about through friends. He tells Keith Findlay all about his passion for engineering.
Oil and gas producer Canadian Natural Resources (CNR) said yesterday its Banff floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel would resume work in the UK North Sea in the first half of 2014.
German renewable-energy firm Enertrag said this week its UK subsidiary would stop operations at the end of next month.
Aberdeen firm Return to Scene (R2S), which analyses offshore installations and crime scenes, is to transport guests to offshore platforms, subsea environments and the virtual world of installations in the design phase from the comfort of their seats.
Aberdeen oil and gas engineering service business Plexus Holdings posted record annual profits and turnover yesterday.
