New technology to open up remote gas fields completes tests
A new system being developed by an Aberdeen company for accessing shale gas has taken a step closer to fruition.
A new system being developed by an Aberdeen company for accessing shale gas has taken a step closer to fruition.
A specialist joint integrity training scheme is being launched in Aberdeen.
The new UK managing director of Opito has vowed to continue his predecessor’s mission to get more women into the energy sector.
Oil and gas industry skills body Opito has named John McDonald as its new managing director.
Geoscience firm ARK has launched a new collaboration system aimed at cutting the costs of managing large amounts of seismic data.
New measures to improve skills on well-control operations are expected to reduce the risk of another Macondo-type well blowout such as happened in the Gulf of Mexico.
Energy industry safety firm Cresent has landed a £1.07million contract with Russian giant Lukoil to support its operations in Iraq.
Pupils at schools in the north-east will be able to experience the energy industry first hand through a careers’ training programme being piloted this year in the region.
International oil and gas company Petrofac will provide all-round training facilities for Petronas in a $120million (£75.3million) deal – the company’s biggest to date.
While three out of four oil and gas firms are planning to grow their business by 2015, the skills pipeline remains a major concern for over 60% of energy CEOs, according to human resources specialists, PwC.
Statoil and ABB have struck a deal to develope a subsea power grid for long distances and deep waters that could save hundreds of millions of pounds for future costs.
Robert Gordon University and Russian oilfield educational and engineering services company OILTEAM have announced a partnership worth more than £1.2million to train the next generation of Russia’s offshore energy professionals.
Amec’s Europe group president, John Pearson, warned a packed conference hall at Offshore Europe yesterday that North Sea industry needs to forge a step change initiative for technology.
EnQuest is to partner with with two specialist companies in its ongoing efforts to extend the life of its Thistle North Sea platform.
Oil and gas companies should do more to entice young talent into the industry from an early age – but so should the public education sector, believes the Scottish Energy Minister.
A new global centre for energy research and education is being set up in the north-east of Scotland.
Shell announced a new intake of engineering students – including young women – at the exhibition yesterday.
Down hole tool producer Churchill Drilling Tools has secured an initial £850,000 contract with a major Middle Eastern operator for the supply of its dart activated DAV MX bypass valve in the region.
Zombies, comedy, explosions and hip-hop dance will converge on Aberdeen this month for a special 20-day programme of events, workshops and shows to celebrate its 20th birthday.
Aberdeen may be synonymous with the oil and gas boom but for many young people the opportunities in the lucrative and ever-changing energy sector can seem as distant as an offshore rig.
University of Adelaide researchers have developed a new nanomaterial that could help reduce carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power stations by behaving like a sponge, it is said.
NEL has invested £250,000 in a new erosive flow centre at its Glasgow base. The facility is the first in the UK to offer the complete range of erosive flow services, including flow testing, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), operation and performance assessment.
US company Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) says its PowerBouy technology has the potential to redefine power platforms in the offshore oil and gas sector.
GA Drilling, an SME located in Bratislava, Slovakia and London, has recently completed a three-month feasibility project to investigate the potential of a continuous casing while drilling technology called ContiCase.
Aberdeen wireline and well-intervention technology specialist Wireline Engineering said yesterday it had secured work worth more than £700,000 in Asia after investing in an office and supply base in Malaysia.