SPE Aberdeen launches bursaries competition
The Aberdeen section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) has launched its latest student bursaries call covering the academic year 2013-14.
The Aberdeen section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) has launched its latest student bursaries call covering the academic year 2013-14.
Maersk Training has confirmed Stuart Cameron will be their new UK managing director, expanding his remit to include the company's operations in Aberdeen.
A record number of UK oil and gas contractors plan to grow their workforces in the coming year but are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit and retain skilled staff, a new report says.
Aberdeen-based Scopus Engineering will today open a new and improved training facility following a £100,000 investment.
Scotland's energy industry is set to benefit from technology which monitors ocean currents.
Exclusive: Sir Ian Wood will today kick-start funding for a new £8 million Aberdeen-based oil and gas institute with a £500,000 donation to Robert Gordon University.
The oil and gas industry is failing the next generation by not providing enough information about careers in the sector, according to north-east youngsters.
Talisman Sinopec Energy continued its support for the next generation of energy industry professionals as it unveiled the latest recipients of its scholarship programme last night.
The four founders of a three dimensional visualisation firm are on track to pocket a £4.6million payout next year after its owners confirmed it was on target to hit profit targets.
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British companies at the the forefront of energy storage technology have been awarded more than £6 million from the UK Government's Department of Energy and Climate Change
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Petrofac's Offshore Projects & Operations (OPO) business in Aberdeen has taken 27 new graduates and seven trainees into its graduate and apprentice programmes this year.
Using the North Sea for carbon capture could be the key to hitting Europe-wide energy efficiency targets, a new report has claimed.
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Final tests are being carried out on a CAT scanner-based technology that could revolutionise subsea pipeline inspection.
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More than 600 people are expected to be trained for Scotland’s buoyant energy industry, thanks to a £1.5million Scottish Government package.
BP's Ultimate Field Trip 2014 - the competition for up and coming STEM students - has just been launched.
The Junior Saltire Challenge for 2014, which is open to all schools in Scotland, is to design, build and test a simple water-powered generator.
Delegations from Aberdeen are heading to Spain, Portugal and Greece to recruit staff to address a skills shortage in the north-east.
Scots software provider SeeByte has been snapped up by US underwater vehicle provider Bluefin Robotics for an undisclosed fee.
Shell and Baker Hughes have teamed up in a software licence and joint development agreement to produce a high-end platform for geological and reservoir modelling.
Barge Master has secured a contract with the firm Niestern Sander for employment of the Barge Master motion compensated crane on its new "walk-to-work" vessel, to be built for Wagenborg.