Oil trio held hostage in Iraq
Three north-east oil workers are being held hostage in Iraq after an armed gang stormed their rig and demanded a $1million ransom.
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Former Dounreay employee lands apprentice ROV job with Fugro
The first graduate to come through training at The Underwater Centre, Fort William, as a result of a Caithness Chamber of Commerce-led funding initiative has landed his first job in the offshore industry.
Rowan top guys shuffle
Thomas P Burke Rowan Companies current chief operating officer, has been promoted to president, though he will keep the existing role too.
Murray: ‘Industry leader’
Currie & Brown has appointed respected energy sector figure George Murray as its "industry leader" for the oil and gas sector, based in Aberdeen.
Statoil employees earn £135,000 on average
The average annual Statoil wage was £135,000 in 2012, with chief executive Helge Lund earning £1.55million up 13.5% on 2011.
Centrica Energy Upstream chief set to move on
The boss of Centrica Energy’s Aberdeen-based upstream division will step down at the end of June after three years leading the business, it was announced yesterday.
Houston business district behind Aberdeen city link-up
A Houston business district made its own business trip to Aberdeen in the run up to the Granite City’s first business breakfast link-up with Houston this week. Greenspoint District, which is one of Houston’s 22 special business areas, came to show what they had to offer firms considering a move to the US energy-hub.
‘Walter Mitty’ jailed after stealing £1.2m
A man described as a Walter Mitty-style fantasist, who embezzled more than £1.2million from a north-east oil services firm, has been jailed for five years.
Voser paid over £4m
Shell chief executive Peter Voser, above, made more than £4million in salary, bonuses and remuneration last year, according to the energy supermajor’s annual report.
The British School of Houston celebrates record exam results
The British School of Houston is one of three international schools in the Texas energy centre providing schooling to the families of those on international postings. Headteacher Stephen Foxwell talks to the Press and Journal about the establishment’s outstanding GCSE exam results and how they deal with the sensitive subject of moving children between schools.
New chief at Spex Group
Aberdeen technology development firm Spex Group yesterday named Nadir Mahjoub, above, as chief operating officer.
Performance measures hit BP chief’s salary
BP boss Bob Dudley's pay fell by a fifth last year because of performance measures set over a three-year period that began in 2010 – the year of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Datland joins OI
Subsea construction firm Ocean Installer (OI) has taken on a former Seadrill boss as its new chief finance officer.
Roy MacGregor – bright prospects for business
Roy MacGregor, executive chairman of Inverness and Aberdeen-based Global Energy Group, sent a positive message to graduates that the North Sea oil and gas industry has never been better. Roy was speaking after giving the annual Absoft Entrepreneurship Lecture at the Aberdeen Business School.
Dana has new Norway chief
Aberdeen-based Dana Petroleum named yesterday a new managing director for its Norwegian activities.
Dana – Western Isles latest
With the countdown started for development drilling by the end of this year, Paul Griffin, Managing director of Dana UK, talks about how the firm’s largest project is vital to its growth plans. The £989million Western Isles project is made up of the Harris and Barra fields in the northern North Sea.
Neil Gordon of Subsea UK – global focus
Neil Gordon, chief executive of Subsea UK, talks to P&J Energy about the outlook for the sector and global opportunities for smaller UK companies. He was speaking at the record-breaking ninth annual Subsea show last week, held at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre.
Nautronix CEO scoops top accolade
The talent and success of the north east's subsea industry were celebrated at Subsea UK's seventh annual business awards last night.
Granite City firm adds two MDs
Aberdeen-based oilfield service firm Glacier Energy Services has appointed two new managing directors to lead a change in the structure of its business.
Oilman feared shooting in jungle
A north-east oil worker has spoken for the first time of his terrifying ordeal after being kidnapped by terrorists in Nigeria.
Promotional video from Subsea UK
Promotional video from Subsea UK outlining the value of the Subsea sector to the United Kingdom.
Taqa profile staff to encourage recruitment drive
A new video produced by oil and gas operator TAQA Bratani aims to show the unique 'authentic energy' of the company and its people as part of a wider recruitment drive.
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Coal-miner’s son fuelling future
When Bob Rooney put together a business plan for his employer, he could not have known that it would lead to his dismissal.
Gordon believes we must exploit knowledge base
"It's an exciting time. With growing emphasis on subsea-based production . . . currently around 40% (in the North Sea) but predicted to reach 70%, the message we're receiving from subsea firms is that their order books are looking very good for the next couple of years."