The oil and gas industry will continue to provide dynamic and diverse career opportunities for budding professionals for decades to come. This was the core message at an interactive careers presentation held at Harlaw Academy in Aberdeen recently.
In spite of its huge success, and high wages, the North Sea industry is struggling to attract fresh talent at almost every level.
I chose the oil and gas industry after watching an animated Shell television commercial depicting a day in the life of the oil platform Brent Charlie, engulfed in the huge seas surrounding it. I thought that would be an appropriately adventurous and exciting thing to do for a 20-year-old starting out on the career trail.
Big Oil has always found it hard to communicate with the public. The relationship is stand-offish and most of us are only interested in the cost of filling the family car and warming the home.
Geoff Holmes is chief executive of Talisman Sinopec Energy UK
You must do something you enjoy, so you need to figure out what that is. That might be working with people, being creative, doing detailed work, being outside.You need to get as much advice as possible, so make sure you ask.
When she took on the role as lead science presenter alongside the boundlessly energetic duo Dick and Dom on their Absolute Genius TV show, Fran Scott knew she had found the perfect job. The 31-year-old, Halifax-raised expert speaks to Young Energy about how she got where she is today, and how she brings entertainment to science
Colette Cohen is senior vice-president for the UK and Netherlands with Centrica Energy E&P.
Canadian Dr Joe MacInnis was the first scientist to dive at the North Pole – that was in 1976.
Greetings school students, especially those of you staying on and who are faced with tough decisions as to what Highers and, for some, A-Levels, to study in sixth form.
Oil and gas production is a truly international industry, offering career opportunities on virtually every continent around the world, writes Nexen's Archie Kennedy.
Today’s tough job market can be a daunting prospect for young people, with unemployment affecting upwards of 20% of 16-24 year olds according to the Office for National Statistics.
Jeanette Forbes is living proof that women can have a successful career in the oil and gas sector.
Just outside Aberdeen is the epicentre of the UK’s subsea industry, Westhill; otherwise known as Surf City even though it’s five miles inland.
Westminster will seek to renegotiate renewable-energy targets and increase UK reliance on nuclear power instead if Scotland votes for independence, the UK energy minister said yesterday.
The chief executive of oil company Shell said last night that he would like Scotland to “remain part of the UK".
EXCLUSIVE: The European boss of Amec has warned that the oil and gas industry must do more to secure the future of supply chain firms.
On April 3, teams from 13 senior schools across Scotland will gather at The Robert Gordon University's sports facility to determine who goes forward to the next level of the hugely successful ROV MATE Competition.
The economic outlook for an independent Scotland looks better than previously forecast provided it continues with the UK chancellor’s spending squeeze, according to economists.
The oil and gas industry enjoyed a seminal moment late last month.
You don't have to be in Manchester to enjoy its resources. Shetland or Skye or anywhere would be just as good, so long as you have web access.
The Aberdeen section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers has awarded 25 oil and gas students bursaries worth £18,000 this year.
International energy services firm Petrofac is tackling the skills gap head-on with a new training programme to ready ex-military personnel for work in the North Sea.
North Sea oil and gas firms are introducing new helideck lighting systems which will become mandatory for all offshore installations from March 2018.
For those of us who despair of the current focus of political debate in Scotland, Monday, February 24, confirmed our fears and should act as a severe warning for the months and years ahead.