Exclusive: Australia will be championed as a land of opportunity for north-east firms this week, when a large contingent from Down Under arrives in Aberdeen for the city’s Offshore Europe event.
The shocking loss of yet more personnel in a Super-Puma incident in the UK sector once again highlights why so many offshore workers are worried out commuting offshore.
Hotels in and around Aberdeen should not see the city’s Offshore Europe event as an excuse to jack up their prices, the boss at the city’s new Courtyard by Marriott says.
The oil industry must acknowledge the potential of smaller independent companies and their role in the development of the sector, believes one of this year’s Offshore Europe conference chairs.
Firms which took part in a Scottish trade mission to Brazil earlier this year expect to benefit from an estimated £17million following the trip.
The addition of an energy festival has been tipped to make Offshore Europe 2013 'fantastic fun' by a leading council figure.
A leading sport project for young people in Scotland has joined forces with Premiership side Aberdeen for next week's Offshore Europe conference.
The challenges and technological advances in the rapidly growing remote operated vehicle market are to be the focus of a conference taking place in Aberdeen next month.
The head of oil and gas' industry body has called for calm thinking in the aftermath of the fatal North Sea helicopter crash.
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Judith Patten was the PR consultant to Offshore Europe for almost 25 years (1975-1999), only she became a lot more than that; more like a part of the furniture. This is her far too short take on the show as we asked her to cram it into just 800 words
To help put a scale on the boom that was by now gripping Aberdeen, filling its bars, hotels and bed and breakfasts to capacity, some 500 companies had arrived in the city over the period 1970-77.
So where next for Offshore Europe as Stott battled to anchor it solidly in a small seaport so far away from just about anywhere and best known for fish than anything else?
Industrial estate planning progressed and Aberdeen harbour saw the occasional oil support vessel. Back then, drillships were small enough to get into the port too.
Forty years ago, the North Sea was a mere stripling of an energy province; no one had a clue how much oil and gas was out there, except that sceptics said it would all be over in a decade.
Offshore Scotland was a success; so where to next? Founder David Stott’s ambition was to grow the show; but how? More tents at Aberdeen University in March were not the way forward.
Aberdeen in the mid-1960s was seen as a city in decline; a state of affairs witnessed by Energy’s editor, then just into long trousers.
Demand for private accommodation during the Offshore Europe (OE) 2013 oil and gas show in Aberdeen has nearly doubled to a new high, according to a north-east letting specialist.
Business secretary Vince Cable is to deliver one of the keynote speeches at this year's Offshore Europe conference.
The Princess Royal will be among an estimated 50,000 delegates attending the Offshore Europe (OE) conference in Aberdeen next month.
Aberdeen International Airport (AIA) recorded its fourth consecutive month of passenger growth yesterday, but said the industry still faced challenges.
Aberdeen’s signature Offshore Europe event will be the biggest to date, including a council-led Energy Festival in the city centre, according to organisers.
Barring final last minute adjustments, the conference programme for next month's Offshore Europe show is fully engineered.