Major win for Subsea 7’s i-Tech operation
SUBSURFACE engineering and construction company Subsea 7 yesterday announced the largest single contract win for its i-Tech business since the division was set up in January 2006.
Safety call for offshore wind projects
A leading energy lawyer has suggested that the safety case model which transformed North Sea operations in the wake of the Piper Alpha disaster should be used by the offshore renewables industry.
Montrose company boosted by new contracts
MERPRO Group, the Montrose-based oil and gas industry technology designer and manufacturer, has unveiled a string of new contract wins worth a total of more than £3million. The firm said the deals, with companies including BP, Apache, Expro, Nexen, SETE Energy and Egypt's Agiba Petroleum Company, were the result of its global strategy.
Work starts on Shetland gas plant
Construction work on Total's new gas-treatment plant at Sullom Voe, Shetland, got under way yesterday despite a late hitch in the French group's ceremonial peat-cutting plans.
Offshore windpower company loses partner
Aberdeenshire-based offshore windpower company SeaEnergy said yesterday it was not immediately looking for a new partner for a project in the outer Tay estuary after RWE npower said it wished to pull out.
PwC sells Sovereign’s French business Serco
Accountant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has sold one of two companies that were still trading in the drilling arm of collapsed Aberdeen company Sovereign Oilfield Group, it emerged yesterday.
Senergy chief presents prizes at IADC North Sea safety awards
MORE than 350 members, associates and guests of the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) gathered in the Mercure Aberdeen Ardoe House Hotel last night for the North Sea chapter's annual dinner and safety awards.
Wood Group close to overseas deal
Energy service company Wood Group is close to tying up another expansionary move overseas, according to chief executive Allister Langlands.
Interest in tinkering pays off with award
Corpro Systems technical director Philippe Cravatte, 41, has a history of taking objects apart and then putting them back together.
Rapid growth for RMSpumptools
An Aberdeen company has grown its workforce by nearly 20% in a year in response to growing demand from the oil and gas industry for its specialist equipment and services.
Expro appoints new chief operating officer
INTERNATIONAL oilfield service company Expro has named Chris Mawtus as its new chief operating officer.
Deals help Xodus to expand workforce
ABERDEEN oil and gas consultant Xodus Group said yesterday it had taken on 12 more subsea specialists after securing £4.5million of new work.
Swire reshapes management for growth
ABERDEEN firm Swire Oilfield Services, which supplies specialist offshore containers, has reshuffled its boardroom team in a move it says will help to propel it to further growth.
Total poised to make gas-development awards
Total expects to award multimillion-pound construction contracts within days as it steps up the pace on its Laggan and Tormore gas development west of Shetland, one of the energy giant's bosses said yesterday.
Sales soar for Scots oil and gas companies
Sales by oil and gas service companies based in Scotland have hit a record £15.4billion, with much of the extra cash going to businesses in the north and north-east.
Global agrees Mansefield merger deal
Global Energy Group (GEG), announced further expansion yesterday after striking a deal with a Highland firm.
SCI exporting key skills Down Under
A NORTH-EAST firm which inspects, tests and services lifeboats and associated equipment is to export key skills to service the offshore and maritime sectors in Western Australia.
RPM in north-east recruitment drive
Scottish company Roberts Pipeline Machining (RPM) has launched a north-east recruitment drive to cater for growing demand for the products and services it supplies to the oil and gas industry.
Profits tumble 71% at oil firm Dana
Aberdeen oil and gas firm Dana Petroleum posted a 71% fall in annual profits yesterday after a £48.3million writedown from unsuccessful exploration and evaluation activity.
Aggreko signs £35million Ivorian contract
Scottish temporary power firm Aggreko yesterday announced a contract worth about £35million as demand for its international power-project arm services continues to grow.
Event draws Scots firms Down Under
EXHIBITORS at this week's Australasian Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference in Perth, Western Australia, include some familiar names in the north and north-east.
Sartor secures £35m of North Sea work
SARTOR Offshore Rescue (SOR), the Aberdeen-based safety standby operation of Norway's Sartor Offshore Group, said yesterday it had won North Sea rescue and recovery contracts worth £35million during the first two months of 2010.
Mandelson applauds major gas development
Development plans for the Laggan and Tormore gas fields west of Shetland were hailed yesterday by Business Secretary Lord Mandelson as a "major win" for the islands, for Scotland and the UK".
First turf cut at Hydrasun’s new HQ
ABERDEEN firm Hydrasun initiated work on its new £12million headquarters yesterday.
Is your company up to the challenge?
A CHALLENGE has gone out to workers to get fit, have fun and help good causes by joining one of the largest team-building and fundraising events in the energy industry.