With four serious Super Puma incidents since April 1, 2009, the latest resulting in four deaths, the UK offshore industry has recommended the grounding of all Eurocopter Super Puma aircraft – not just the L2 variant at the centre of Friday’s crash.
The boss of the firm which built the fateful Super Puma helicopter expressed his sympathies yesterday to the families who lost a loved-one in the tragic crash.
A North Sea safety boss has told workers not to “sit in silence” if they have fears about flying offshore.
Heartbroken relatives of the oil workers who died in the helicopter crash have spoken of their grief in the aftermath of the accident.
A helicopter of the same type as the craft which crashed into the sea on Friday had an emergency alert on the same route just days before.
Exclusive: Work may have to stop on some North Sea platforms following the latest helicopter tragedy, according to a leading UK oil boss.
Since 1986 a number of significant helicopter accidents have occurred involving North Sea workers.
Yes, another Eurocopter aircraft has suffered a major failure – the third in less than two years and, I think, the fourth Puma to have gone down since April 2009.
The head of the oil and gas industry body said last night news of another helicopter crash was troubling.
Three people have died after a helicopter ditched in the sea off Shetland - with the body of a fourth still unaccounted for.
No such thing exists at the Department of Energy & Climate Change here in the UK, however, the US Energy Department has just awarded nearly $5million to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing nuclear engineering and science degrees.
A new education programme teaching kids about renewable energy is launching in the UK.
Centrica Energy says that its oil and gas engineers, whatever their discipline, have the chance to develop careers for life through early exposure to projects - both on and offshore - and opportunities to progress into senior and specialised roles.
Amazingly, a team of scientists from Belize have successfully harvested electricity from squid.
Ace Winches, the north-east Scottish deck machinery specialists, is helping to promote engineering studies at a north-east school with the gift of a re-furbished industrial container to Alford Academy’s Young Engineers Club.
Around 50 oil and gas students from across Europe will take part in an industry competition at the Offshore Europe exhibition in Aberdeen later this year.
An offshore energy union claimed yesterday that the government has meddled with safety recommendations brought in after the Piper Alpha disaster.
An emotional ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster was held in Aberdeen at the weekend.
I am looking forward to working offshore and getting some more hands-on experience.
A total of £15,000 has been awarded to students in Scotland by the Society of Petroleum Engineers Aberdeen Section as part of its 2012-13 bursary programme.
Pupils from Cults Academy have triumphed in the north-east heat of an online competition which sees pupils around the world take on the role of oil barons.
Hazlehead Academy pupils grab top awards at Big Bang
With the 25th anniversary of the Piper Alpha disaster drawing near, the on-going commitment to health and safety is rightly at the forefront of the industry's collective consciousness.
Sir Ian, who retired last year as chairman of Aberdeen-based oil services firm Wood Group, said maximising oil and gas recovery was “immensely important” for Britain’s economy.
The Wood Group founder will oversee the independently-led review announced by UK energy secretary Ed Davey today.