Subsea UK's annual Underwater Robotics conference will return in October with a live-streamed event demonstrating the latest advances in underwater robotic technology and exploring the opportunities and challenges of an autonomous future.
There is no doubt that the UK’s energy market is changing rapidly. In 2020, renewable energy accounted for 43% of the UK’s electricity generation. For the first time, clean power generated more electricity than fossil fuels.
Many great minds of our time have homed in on the concept and value of simplicity. Albert Einstein is often quoted as saying, “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler”. He was referring to explanations of scientific phenomena.
This November in Glasgow, a city renowned for its character, the UK will be hosting one of the most important climate events of recent times: COP26.
Though nearly a decade old, training provided by Maersk’s Offshore Simulation and Innovation Centre (MOSAIC) complex in Svendborg, Denmark is far from dated.
With the world moving and changing so quickly, there is simply no time to wait for your employees to get a healthcare appointment, or access to the right occupational health services.
In the journey towards net zero emissions and further future reliance on renewable energy, there are important lessons to be learnt from the many years of experience in applying reliability engineering techniques in the oil and gas sector. Many of these techniques were developed earlier in the defence and aerospace industries.
When I joined Decom North Sea in April, one of the first things I was briefed on was the upcoming Decom Week which would take place in May, essentially replacing the existing Decom Offshore event, which had run for almost 10 years.
As the industry strengthens its response to climate emergency by implementing or accelerating organisational sustainability programmes, businesses have an unprecedented opportunity to give the ‘E’ in ‘HSE’ a whole new meaning.
Few of us will ever forget 2020. Every element of “normal” that we understood was quickly turned on its head. Thankfully, with lockdown measures now easing, we can look forward with more optimism and confidence to what the future may hold. What is certain, however, is that the “normal” we previously understood no longer exists.
With the oil price finally levelling out, you would be forgiven for thinking energy PPE provider Red Wing could stop and take a breath.
A decade ago, Big Oil was still a reliable mainstay for shipyards specialising in offshore support vessels.
From Peterhead on the Aberdeenshire coast all the way down to Medway in the south east of England, we’re proud of the role SSE Thermal’s power stations play in keeping the lights on for homes, businesses, and communities across the UK.
That all low carbon energy roads lead to Glasgow for COP26 in November would seem a fair supposition.
Saturday June 4 marked an important day for Moray East, Scotland’s biggest wind farm which is currently under construction, 22 miles from the Banffshire coast in the Moray Firth.
Every year, in all industries, millions of workers suffer from ill health caused or made worse by work. And I’m not just talking about injuries or accidents that are reportable to HSE, but health problems alongside aches and pains that are directly related to your occupation and work environment.
I took part recently in the fourth annual Aberdeen Guyana Gateway event hosted by Granite PR, Brett Jackson’s public relations firm, which brought together some of the key players in that country and its developing oil industry.
We’ve come a long way since the 16-hour work days of the 18th Century. Since activist Robert Owen campaigned for them to be halved, eight-hour work days became the norm and the nine to five was born. Fast forward to this century and the Digital Revolution has happened. We started to see different ways of working but not much changed, even though we had the ability to change.
I watched the BBC documentary about Greta Thunberg travelling the world with her father Svante in a quest to better understand climate change and how to combat what has undeniably become a crisis triggered by the human species.
Whether you are looking to upskill, take the next step or switch career, study an energy related business or finance Master’s degree at the Business School of the Year (Times Higher Education Awards 2020).
A top offshore safety watchdog has “deep concern” that barriers to prevent potentially deadly hydrocarbon releases (HCRs) from North Sea platforms have been “degraded” amid the pandemic.
One of things that has always interested me about people is their diversity. I’m talking about their skills, interests and aspirations, because it’s that diversity and those features that to a large extent drive the shape and potential of a country’s economy.
The rise of the machines – it’s not something that’s ever portrayed in a positive light in Sci-Fi movies or novels. But a new legion of souped-up robots is getting ready to boot up and make the offshore energy sector safer, keeping us out of harm’s way.
It is well known that the most common subsea electrical failure is as a result of water ingress into cables and connectors with degraded insulation. Failure of insulation resistance (IR) in a seawater environment can lead to complete failure of the copper conductors in a cable and potentially an unplanned production outage.
STAUFF, the global manufacturer and supplier of precision fluid power products for mechanical, industrial and plant engineering will once again be taking to the digital studio to present a dedicated livestream on Thursday, 8 July 2021.
