International engineering and project-management company AMEC said yesterday it had now begun conceptual engineering studies to test the potential for further development of the huge Clair field west of Shetland.
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg spelled out his opposition to a windfall tax on the offshore oil and gas industry yesterday.
Faroe Petroleum announced a near-£25million bank boost to help finance its Norwegian exploration and appraisal programme.
A recent Scottish university spin-out working in the field of renewable energy has ambitious expansion plans.
WHEN the Piper Alpha oil platform exploded in the North Sea 20 years ago, it fell to various agencies to scramble their resources and deal with the blaze, the fatalities, the bereaved families and the aftermath.
Engineers yesterday urged the Scottish Government to set up a £40million fund to help launch marine energy projects.
MONTROSE Port Authority has its eye on more oil and gas-related business, chief executive John Paterson said yesterday.
OIL and Gas UK published updated guidelines yesterday for the safe packaging and handling of cargo to and from offshore installations, with the aim of securing improvements in safety.
The exploration director of Scottish oil and gas company Cairn Energy has been in Greenland for a signing ceremony for two oil and gas exploration blocks offshore southern Greenland.
Aberdeen Valve Supplies (AVS) has made a multimillion-pound buy south of the border.
As a youngster growing up near Potterton in the north-east, Mike Brown had only one career ambition.
ABERDEEN City and Aberdeenshire councils are offering companies the chance to share their stand space at the world's most important oil and gas show.
A north-east training firm said yesterday it was pioneering a food-safety programme for offshore workers.
Subsea UK is warning oil and gas companies against the temptation to put investment in research and development on hold as the industry begins to feel the effects of oil-price falls and the credit crunch.
A TOTAL of 22 students were honoured at Aberdeen Art Gallery last night after securing places on scholarship programmes funded by oil and gas company Talisman Energy and one of its key contractors.
Venture Production revealed yesterday that the Kittiwake platform in the central North Sea had returned to full operations last Thursday.
OIL service company TESCO Corporation said yesterday it had appointed Doug Sedge as vice-president and general manager for Europe to help drive business growth.
DEMAND for training in remotely-operated vehicles (ROVs) has rocketed in the last 12 months, according to a Scottish commercial dive centre.
Chevron North Sea said yesterday that drilling operations had begun on an exploration well west of Shetland.
INVERGORDON is celebrating the arrival of the 600th oil rig to visit its service base since 1973.
PETROFAC Training launched its fourth UK major-emergency management (MEM) simulator at a ceremony at its Altens training centre in Aberdeen last night.
SHARES in Canadian oil explorer Oilexco - which is listed in both Toronto and London - plunged yesterday after it announced plans to raise up to £100million in debt and sell shares to raise more cash, but later said it had abandoned the proposals.
Crude oil fell below $50 a barrel to its lowest level since March 2005 yesterday amid fears of a global downturn on demand.
Aggreko, the Scottish temporary-power specialist, has unveiled plans to expand its global operations by buying a business in India for £3.9million.
THE body which champions Britain's subsea industry has met with HM Revenue and Customs to present the industry's concerns over proposed changes to seafarers' tax.