Tech Tuesday: Bomb proof wonder fabric can save rig operators millions
A new "bomb proof" fabric is being used by North Sea oil and gas companies to save millions of pounds by cutting down time during pressure testing operations.
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Tech Tuesday: Rocol develops next generation lubricant for wire rope “machines”
Wire ropes have been described as complex machines requiring dedicated lubricants to perform.
3sun Group recruits for pre-apprenticeship scheme
3sun Group has recruited a new group of young people for its pre-apprenticeship scheme.
Tech Tuesday: Oil industry helps solve shortage of gas used in life-saving medicine
Scientists have hailed a helium discovery which could solve a shortage of the gas threatening life-saving work in medicine.
Video: Scottish start ups take Elevator to reach oil and gas customers
Two Aberdeen start-up companies – which have developed technologies aimed at saving the oil and gas industry money - have awarded £140,000 in Scottish EDGE funding to take their products to the next level.
New initiative aims to inspire North Sea future stars
Around 30 engineering and science students aged between 15 and 17 from Glenwood High School, Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy High School in Fife are travelling to Aberdeen to gain a deeper insight into the underwater world and learn about the diverse range of career opportunities available to them.
AIS to manage Bilfinger Salamis’ Aberdeen oil and gas skills centre
Queen’s award-winning manufacturer and industrial training provider, AIS has signed an agreement with industrial lifecycle support services partner, Bilfinger Salamis UK to operate and manage its Aberdeen Skills Centre.
Total supports next generation of maths students
Ppils from 20 secondary schools in Aberdeen city and shire competed against each other, in teams of four in a series of mathematical challenges, on Friday (17 June), sponsored by Total.
Tech Tuesday: Augmented Reality is an industry game-changer says Maersk Oil
From Google Glasses to ‘face-swapping’ apps, Augmented Reality (AR) is a concept we’re becoming increasingly familiar with.
Technip and GE Oil & Gas to explore digital LNG solutions
GE Oil & Gas and Technip have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a joint project to explore areas to co-develop digital solutions for the LNG industry.
Tech Tuesday: Heliex is harnessing power of wet steam – with help from BP
A Scottish company has harnessed the power of wet steam to stake a claim in a market that could be worth as much as $70billion.
Rig Control Products launches new drill floor safety system
Control and instrumentation specialist Rig Control Products has launched the latest generation of its drill floor safety management system.
GE Oil and Gas launches new subsea connector
GE Oil & Gas has completed the qualification of its upgraded 36kV high voltage wet mate connector.
Tech Tuesday: New technology solutions to help find subsea unexploded ordnance
New technology is helping to help pinpoint unexploded mines, bombs and missiles at new offshore energy sites.
E Innovation brings new cost saving equipment to North Sea
A new piece of technology which delivers vital nitrogen supplies to platforms, vessels and onshore worksites – by refining the gas from the atmosphere – has been developed, tested and deployed in the North Sea.
RGU hosts oil jobs event for out of work former students
Former students at Aberdeen's Robert Gordon University affected by the oil and gas downturn are being given support from the "alma mater" to help find their next jobs.
OGIC seminars target oil and gas innovators
Funding for innovation and protecting intellectual property in the oil and gas industry will be the focus for two Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) seminars being run in partnership with Heriot-Watt University.
School pupils head to NASA for finals of ROV competition
A team of Aberdeenshire school pupils are preparing to head to NASA in Houston for the finals of a competition to design and build subsea remote operated vehicle.
European Centre of Technology finds funds to support oil worker retraining
A Scottish training centre has secured funding to help oil and gas workers adapt their skills for careers in different sectors. The European Centre of Technology (ECT), which is based at Napier University in Edinburgh, said the cash boost had come from the Galileo Project, an Italian scheme that was set up in 1975 to help pay for different types of training. The funding will be used to cover half of the cost of the ECT’s courses in management, engineering, finance and renewable-energy.
Tech Tuesday: Maersk engineers swap out spanners for i-Pads
The modern oil and gas engineer is as likely to be found using an tablet computer as a they are a socket and wrench on Maersk's new Culzean platform - which will be one of the most modern in the North Sea.
ACE Winches donates equipment to training programme
Deck machinery specialist, ACE Winches has donated a range of hydraulic pumps to help the next generation of engineers improve their skills.
Optima Asset Maintenance agrees partnership deal with US firm
Aberdeen engineering consultancy Optima Asset Maintenance Solutions has agreed a second partnership agreement in less than a month as the newly formed business establishes itself.
Fugro provides safer drilling for BP in strong Caribbean currents
Fugro has delivered a spectrum of services to BP Trinidad and Tobago to allow safer drilling and completion of five subsea wells in an area of strong currents.
Glasgow terror plot cop warns terrorism still a threat to oil and gas firms
Oil and gas companies have been urged prepare for the worst and never thing terrorism attacks will not happen to them, by the man who investigated the Glasgow airport bombing attempt.
Former head of SAS says cyber security is “clear and present danger” to oil industry
The former head of Britain's elite SAS regiment said cyber attackers pose a clear and present danger to energy sector, with countries and compnaies at risk from crippling assaults on their infrastructure and systems.