We must be the unluckiest helicopter firm in the North Sea
Describing how he wants to see his business performing this time next year, Malcolm Paine taps the table and murmurs "touch wood".
Describing how he wants to see his business performing this time next year, Malcolm Paine taps the table and murmurs "touch wood".
A North Sea installation run by Shell was shut for nearly three months because of failings in the offshore giant's measures to prevent a blast.
Ultrasonic-inspection business Sonomatic said yesterday it had expanded its Aberdeen operations after a £100,000 investment.
Helicopter manufacturer Eurocopter has cleared operator Bond of any blame for a ditching incident in the North Sea last month.
The UK Government will today ask other EU states to back its stance against a bid by Brussels to seize control of offshore safety rules.
Representatives of the oil and gas industry will meet in Aberdeen today to discuss the lessons learned from recent helicopter incidents in the North Sea.
Although the life of the Kittiwake platform has been extended thanks to new wells and improved technology, its continued operations also present health and safety challenges.
Proposed EU offshore safety regulations were labelled "garbage" by union official John Taylor at a briefing in Aberdeen yesterday.
Nobody will be prosecuted over the capsize of a supply vessel off Shetland which claimed the lives of the captain, his teenage son and six other men.
The head of French oil firm Total said yesterday he expected production from the Elgin-Franklin field to restart before 2013.
With the steady expansion of the renewable-energy industry, Survitec has launched a wind-power immersion suit.
Helicopters transport offshore workers to and from oil and gas installations every day, and the industry constantly works to improve helicopter safety.
Norway's oil industry body the OLF has published 45 recommendations on how to prevent major accidents offshore after research following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster.
Energy minister Charles Hendry is speak against European Union proposals to take regulatory control of the North Sea sector in Aberdeen next week.
A Super Puma helicopter that was brought back to Aberdeen by boat after an incident offshore last month is back in service.
We may have been enjoying the recent spells of warm, sunny weather but perhaps when we changed into our summer clothes we might have noticed that they were a bit more of a tighter fit than last summer!
Petrofac Training Services (PTS) and Raytheon have developed Hi-Con survival training for the Johnson Space Center site.
Bond Offshore Helicopters' biggest client in the North Sea has backed the aviation company, saying it has confidence in the firm's safety measures.
SHELL has abandoned plans to hand a major contract to Bond Offshore Helicopters after one of its aircraft ditched in the North Sea.
Oil and gas industry leaders had their last chance to discuss European Union proposals to take regulatory control of the North Sea sector yesterday.
A company which provides safe breathing equipment to offshore workers has opened a base in Aberdeen.
Offshore workers are to gather for a union conference amid continuing concerns over safety and pay.
Fresh fears over the safety of Super Puma helicopters were sparked yesterday after air bosses warned the pilot's seat might not be safe.
The two pilots of the helicopter forced to ditch into the North Sea last week have been commended in the Scottish Parliament.
Oil and gas service firm EFC Group has received safety accolades which have become increasingly important in the wake of 2010's Gulf of Mexico disaster.