An engineering boss has told the inquiry into the 2009 North Sea Super Puma disaster it would be “very tight” to carry out the necessary checks on a helicopter in the 10 minutes claimed in the technical log for the ill-fated aircraft.
Unite's giant inflatable rat mascot didn’t show at the heliports, but the ill-informed leaflets they were obliged to hand out to offshore workers boarding helicopters smelled unmistakably of the real thing: a cack-handed recruitment stunt intended to piggy-back genuinely held anxieties, writes Ronnie McDonald
The maker of the controversial Super Puma has unveiled a change in its name.
Opportunities that north-east pupils have to learn about careers in the oil and gas industry must be extended across Scotland, according to the Youth Employment Minister Angela Constance.
Energy Minister Fergus Ewing said the two countries could play a key role in Europe’s increasingly integrated energy market, building on established expertise in both the renewables and oil and gas sectors.
A degree of certainty with regard to oil prices over the next year should help exploration and production companies in reaching decisions regarding capital investment while the service sector looks set to record further growth.
Labour MSP Richard Baker says oil and gas will be milked to pay for “uncosted” proposals in the white paper on independence.
When the bells rang out a few days ago we wished one another a Guid New Year.
Recent graduate Katie Musgrave is playing a leading role in a young company's pioneering scour protection technology thanks to the direct support of her university.
An Aberdeen student has won an inaugural oil industry prize thanks to her academic performance in the first year of a new course at Robert Gordon University (RGU).
Scientists have proposed an amazing system of mirrors, processed lunar soil and a heat engine to provide energy to vehicles and crew during the lunar night.
The families of 16 men killed when a helicopter crashed into the North Sea heard yesterday how the tragedy unfolded – from the only man who saw it happen.
I do not want to start 2014 on a pessimistic note but I believe it is a good time to take a longer term view of what is happening on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
The Coalition Government's "new approach to tax policy making" promised an era in which the tax policy process would be seen as a competitive advantage of the UK.
Much like the industry itself, the last 12 months were a time of great change and positive momentum for Opito, writes group CEO David Doig.
Secondary school students across Scotland will now be able to get their hands on an exciting new interactive hands-on science kit focused on the role carbon capture and storage (CCS) can play in helping to meet the future energy challenge.
The energy sector has faced terrorism for years, but the threat is likely to grow over the coming 12 months.
With a new year comes new hope for a return to economic growth in Europe, which may help to provide a much needed spur to the long awaited recovery in the mergers & acquisitions (M&A) market across the continent.
The SNP’s plans for green energy under independence have received a boost by five academics.
It is no news that the times of “easy oil” in the North Sea are well and truly over.
Anon letters have always been given short shrift by me; however, I've just made an exception, writes energy editor Jeremy Cresswell
Like most people I try hard to be optimistic at the start of a new year, writes Dick Winchester. Invariably though, my optimism lasts about a week, sometimes two weeks but rarely survives beyond the end of January.
Over the past few months, I have been carrying out a review of Scottish exporting on behalf of the Scotland Office and I hope that its conclusions can be brought together early in this new year, writes Brian Wilson
Having lived and worked in Aberdeen and Shetland, I have been able to see the oil and gas sector develop at close hand, writes Scots Secretary Alistair Carmichael
The daughter of an oil worker killed in a North Sea helicopter crash says she is sickened there has been no criminal prosecution into the disaster which claimed 16 lives.