Ask the expert: Geoff Holmes
Geoff Holmes is chief executive of Talisman Sinopec Energy UK
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Ask the expert: John Pearson
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.
Fran a genius at bringing entertainment to science
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
Ask the expert: Colette Cohen
Colette Cohen is senior vice-president for the UK and Netherlands with Centrica Energy E&P.
Joe Macinnis: The man from inner space
Canadian Dr Joe MacInnis was the first scientist to dive at the North Pole – that was in 1976.
Just where might the energy sector take you?
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 jobs are a growing world of opportunity
Oil and gas production is a truly international industry, offering career opportunities on virtually every continent around the world, writes Nexen's Archie Kennedy.
Careers can takeoff as an apprentice helicopter engineer
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.
Why women can also thrive in energy
Jeanette Forbes is living proof that women can have a successful career in the oil and gas sector.
Online resource the place to start in looking for oil industry career
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.
Fallon: Independent Scotland would spark greater UK reliance on nuclear power
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.
Oil and gas firms should look sideways in bid to end skills gap
Petroplan managing director Andrew Speers on why the oil and gas sector needs to target transferable skills with sideways recruitment - and where it should go on the hunt.
Oman: all round energy offering
I write about Oman as we at CMS expand our Middle East work into this region.
Scotland’s future lies with the UK, insists Shell boss Van Beurden
The chief executive of oil company Shell said last night that he would like Scotland to “remain part of the UK".
The taxing matter of exploration
The recent level of exploration activity in the UKCS is of concern, and the relatively small amount of recoverable reserves discovered offers little encouragement to those who hope to see the basin properly exploited. Thus, it is perfectly reasonable to question whether the current oil and gas tax regime is effectively encouraging exploration.
Read Lord Cullen’s speech to the Another Perspective on Risk Conference
Read the keynote address made by Piper Alpha inquiry chairman Lord Cullen of Whitekirk to the Another Perspective on Risk Conference in Aberdeen.
Pearson: Time is right for oil industry to provide more supply chain support
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.
Corporate health strategy requires achievable goals
Having a vision is essential to good, effective and profitable business practice. It is a clear statement of goals and objectives set within an agreed timeframe.
Students to test mettle in ROV competition
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.
Mental health – a poor relation
In the body of mental health statistics, two facts speak for themselves; one in four people will suffer from clinically significant mental health problems and 40% of sickness absence from work is attributable to poor mental health.
The times they are a changin’
The times they are a-changin' - so said Bob Dylan and, not surprisingly for a political, social, philosophical and literary commentator, he wasn't wrong.
Scotland Decides: Holyrood forecasts of oil revenue ‘look too optimistic’
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.
Wood Review: Survey shows UKCS needs to step up its game
The oil and gas industry enjoyed a seminal moment late last month.
Ukraine’s uncertain future casts shadow over gas deals
The Ukrainian government's signing in November of a production sharing agreement with Chevron to explore and develop shale gas in the Lviv region was widely greeted as a landmark deal for the future of the former Soviet Satellite's energy security.
Openness and collaboration from within key to safe working culture
Like many people I covered in the business world, I thought “culture” was simply fodder for human resources seminars. Companies, after all, are complex organisations made of individuals.