Promoted: Q&A – WeSubsea targeting growth after learning lessons of 2016
In this latest Q&A, WeSubsea discusses what it’s like to operate in downturn, where they’re targeting growth and what’s next in line for the firm.
Events
Subsea A-team love it that ROV plan came together
It was during the 2016 Offshore Technology Conference in Houston that Energy broke the news that M2 Subsea was being put together to compete in the ROV (remotely operated vehicle) and related services marketplace.
Subsea Expo gearing up to welcome 5,000 delegates
Subsea UK’s chief executive said North Sea operators and suppliers need a relationship based on “trust, respect and value” if they are to accelerate the sector’s recovery.
Squeezing assets harder can deliver opportunity
As UKCS capital investment continues to collapse – the 2017 forecast is £5.7billion – and backlogs evaporate, pressure on the subsea community remains intense. Jeremy Cresswell caught up with Subsea UK’s CEO Neil Gordon.
OGIC to showcase Scots universities’ prowess at Subsea Expo
Innovative oil and gas technologies and the research capabilities of Scottish Universities will be highlighted at this week's Subsea Expo by the Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC).
Subsea Expo 2017: Industry chiefs to investigate further benefits of small pools
Industry chiefs will discuss how tapping small pools can give the North Sea a new lease of life at an event in Aberdeen next month.
Neil Gordon: There’s life in subsea yet
When looking at oil price trends over the years since the 1920s, it becomes apparent that apart from the cyclical spikes every few years, $100 plus was never going to be the norm. However, we became complacent in that unprecedented period of sustained, high oil price and the thought of living in $50 - $55 oil seemed unthinkable in 2014.
Subsea UK finalists revealed
Industry body Subsea UK has unveiled the finalists who are in the running to triumph at its 2017 business awards.
Event organised for former oil workers made redundant
An event is being held for former oil workers who have been made redundant amid the continued downturn.
Australia looks to North Sea for decommissioning example
A Western Australian official said yesterday that the region intends to learn from the North Sea’s approach to decommissioning.
North Sea expertise still in demand off Western Australia as LNG booms
Western Australia is not the cure for all of the North Sea’s economic woes, but there are plenty of opportunities to be had in its offshore gas market, officials said yesterday.
Promoted: Aberdeen Young Professionals launches annual ball
Aberdeen Young Professionals (AYP), the local talent network for young professionals working in and around the city, has announced the launch of its inaugural AYP Ball.
Promoted: Energy Institute reveals speakers for annual dinner
The Aberdeen, Highlands and Islands branch of the Energy Institute (EI) has lined up two prestigious speakers for its annual dinner next year.
Balmoral’s Jim Milne crowned entrepreneur of the year
Multimillionaire Aberdeen businessman Jim Milne has added to an already impressive haul of honours by winning Entrepreneurial Scotland’s entrepreneur of the year title.
North-east businesses hail LiftEx 2016 as a triumph
North-east energy service businesses declared the arrival in Aberdeen of the UK's foremost lifting industry event a triumph.
Record-breaking LiftEx conference kicks off in Aberdeen
The UK's foremost annual conference for the lifting industry got under way in Aberdeen yesterday in what is set to be a record-breaking year for the event.
Schoolgirls’ bright ideas light up Shell event
Solar-powered luminous trees, kinetic energy tiles in the home and washing machines that use rain water were among the ideas to light up an event in Aberdeen yesterday.
Subsea tech firms to showcase goods at springboard event
Subsea technology firms will showcase their cost-lowering, efficiency driving products and systems at an event in Aberdeenshire tomorrow.
Balmoral’s Milne in running for entrepreneur award
The boss at Balmoral Group could continue his winning streak at business awards events later this month.
Opportunities abound for UK subsea firms at Singapore event
UK subsea oil and gas companies will have a chance to woo potential customers in Asia at an upcoming conference in Singapore.
UK needs decommissioning tax breaks
A law firm has backed calls for the UK government to uphold its budget promises to deliver decommissioning tax breaks in the North Sea.
Forth Ports targets decommissioning with £10million facility in Dundee
The Port of Dundee is pressing ahead with plans to grasp opportunities in the North Sea decommissioning market with the establishment of a £10million waste management facility.
It’s not too early to start getting ready for OTC 2017
Firms across the North Sea oil and gas industry are already marking their diaries and making plans for the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2017 in Houston, in the US.
North-east drone inspection firm to exhibit new kit at Adipec
A fledgling north-east firm which uses drones to inspect offshore platforms will exhibit two new pieces of kit at an industry event in the Middle East next week.
Purkis honoured for deep thinking at Houston awards do
Oil-field technology inventor Dan Purkis won a prize for innovative thinking at the 2016 World Oil Awards in Houston this week.