Authorities in France and the US have cracked down on Total on Wednesday with $398million (£262million) in fines and plans to bring the oil company and its boss to trial for alleged corrupt payments in Iran.
North Sea-focused oil and gas company Ithaca Energy said today it had appointed Mr Jannik Lindaek as a non-executive director of the Calgary-based firm.
Aberdeen-based HRH Geology has just won a Queen's Award for Enterprise in international trade for its overseas growth over the past six years - and managing director David Harrison has ambitious plans for the firm.
As All-Energy 2013 draws to a close, we speak to four leading figures in the renewable energy sector about what the event means to the north of Scotland.
The Crown Estate unveiled plans at All-Energy 2013 to lease further wave and tidal sites in an effort to encourage and accelerate technology devleopment. Head of new energy and technology Mark Simpson tells Energy Voice what CE’s plans entail. Watch our interview on the player below.
Mobile app designers Linknode demonstrate their new programme for visually assessing the impact of planned wind turbines at the 2013 All-Energy conference. Watch the video below:
Simon Carter, Head of Renewable Energy at UK Trade and Investment, talks about the role UKTI plays in bringing domestic and international firms together for talks at the All-Energy 2013 conference. Watch the interview on our video player below.
UK Energy Minister Ed Davey speaks at All Energy 2013 on how independence may impact on the renewable energy sector in the UK and Scotland. Watch the video on our player below.
Lady Susan Rice, managing director at Lloyds Banking Group Scotland, talks about the role of the banking sector in supporting Scotland's renewable energy.
North-east firm Aubin has strengthened its management team with the appointment of a new director. Serena Arif, pictured, joins Aubin, a leading independent supplier of specialist chemicals to the energy industry, as subsea business director. Ms Arif brings 15 years’ experience in the industry, most recently holding the position of business development director at Greenthread.
Balmoral Offshore Engineering has appointed a new sales director. Gary Yeoman, pictured, now has global sales responsibility for the Aberdeen firm’s range of subsea, umbilical, risers and flowlines-related products. He was previously sales and marketing director with Stewart Milne Timber Systems.
Industry leaders in oil and gas continued the call for a coordinated response to the skills gap challenge facing the sector at a conference in Aberdeen.
The oil and gas sector needs to ‘work with what it’s got’ in order to develop a legacy for future generations of the energy industry, claims Nicholas Gee, senior vice-president of strategy and development at Weatherford International.