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.
The burgeoning decommissioning sector will bring technical challenges and opportunities that the North Sea supply chain are well placed to exploit.
CENSIS, the Scottish Innovation Centre for Sensor and Imaging Systems, has ramped up its technical offering for the subsea, offshore and marine sectors with the appointment of two industry experts.
Wood Group is collaborating with the Centre for Applied Data Analytics (CeADAR), located at University College Dublin (UCD), to launch a new data analytics capability to deliver significant savings for the energy and industrial sectors.
A north-east university has teamed up with an oil and gas data specialist to launch a new course as demand for information management grows despite the decline in oil prices.
Pipeline inspection specialist NDT Global has opened a new office in Aberdeen, bucking the trend during the prolonged oil and gas downturn.
A Scottish internet of things company is taking part in a £900,000 research and development project to develop breakthrough technology in the energy efficiency market.
Scientists are using radioactive isotopes to offer a geological snapshot of the past and help oil companies track gas and wastewater spills from fracking operations.
A diver who survived being trapped 90 metres below the surface of the North Sea without gas to breathe will recount his terrifying ordeal at a special event in Aberdeen.
A three-year period of metocean and ice data acquisition has begun as part of the Barents Sea Metocean and Ice Network Project.
Cleaning up after the next major oil spill could be made easier thanks to scientists at Heriot-Watt University who have cracked the genetic code of marine bacteria that helped "eat" the crude spilled from the Macondo disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
The UK's Government's axing of support for major carbon capture and storage projects was been seen as a setback for the CCS sector, but it has also served to highlight the disparity between Britain and Norway, where the technology is being moving ahead.
The UK's national fracking college has received £5.6million in UK Government funding.
Shipping firm GC Rieber has agreed a time charter agreement with Reach Subsea for the CSV Polar King.
Scientists from the University of Aberdeen heading for the North Atlantic to test a pioneering piece of research equipment that they believe will help improve how deep ocean ecosystems function and respond to a major oil spill.
Sun powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 has taken off from Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, near San Franciso in California, on the latest leg of its round the world flight.
The Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) in Aberdeen is supporting the development of a new concept for well intervention developed by city-based downhole specialists Well-SENSE Technology.
The head of the Oil and Gas Innovation Centre has said the challenge of getting technology into oil field remains a huge challenge, despite the benefits innovative products and techniques could offer the cash strapped industry.
Fugro has been awarded a supply arrangement by the Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) to provide vessel based survey services.
Highlands Natural Resources is aiming to conduct first commercial tests for its DT Ultravert refracking technology this summer it has confirmed.
Cyberhawk has completed the first commercial oil and gas inspection in Qatar.
Norwegian operator Statoil has developed a new concept for subsea developments aimed at reducing costs by 30%.
Shell is using 3D printing technology to make the design and construction of equipment used in oil and gas production faster and more efficient.
The United States senate has authorised the use of drones to help monitor oil and gas facilities.
An oil and gas entrepreneur is aiming to use a bio degradable lubricant injected into ageing North Sea wells to help free up millions of extra barrels of oil.