Bond Offshore Helicopters provides insight and inspiration for pupils
Pupils from an Aberdeen school got up close to helicopters and dressed in oversized survival suits as part of a tour of a hangar.
Technology
Bridging the gap between education and work through experience
A programme helping school pupils across the UK to find the right career path is being piloted in the north-east by Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire councils with support from BP and other local businesses.
Nanotechnology set to ramp up photovoltaics efficiency
Solar cells may be at the threshold of becoming dramatically more effective thanks to nanotechnology.
Don’t forget: YECS Awards – June 14, 2013
The annual Celebration of Engineering and Science at Big Bang Scotland will be held on June 14.
Redox battery breakthrough
More and more electricity is being generated from intermittent sources of power, such as solar and wind energy.
Cyberhawk homing in on offshore sector
A small Scottish firm wants to take centre stage in the offshore oil and gas inspection world with new aerial technology.
Ex-military to fill North Sea skills gap
The UK Government is setting up a new national programme to re-train ex-military personnel to work in the oil and gas industry.
SPE offers funding to students
Oil and gas students can take a share of £15,000 under a bursary scheme organised by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
Offshore staff sized up by cinema technology
Experts are harnessing 3D scanning technology developed for big budget blockbusters to chart the changing shape of the offshore workforce.
Bright sparks show bent for technology
More than 200 pupils from across the north met in Inverness yesterday to show off their engineering and science skills.
Bid to attract young into energy sector
The oil and gas industry's first education summit took place yesterday in Aberdeen, looking at how the industry can engage with schoolchildren across the country to help combat skill shortages.
Diving centre’s training cash boost
A Highland subsea diver training facility has received a £130,000 grant to train commercial divers.
BP teaming with Maersk to crack deepwater rigs challenge
BP and Maersk Drilling have agreed to collaborate on developing conceptual engineering designs for a new breed of advanced technology offshore drilling rig that is expected to "unlock the next frontier of deepwater oil and gas resources".
Flying the Saltire for Scotland
A not-for-profit organisation with a mission to find, fuel and spark the next generation of business leaders in Scotland, is establishing itself in the north-east.
Shell duo to be dispatched to Asian yard for fixing
Both of the two drilling rigs employed by Shell in its Beaufort and Chukchi Seas campaign last summer off Alaska are to be sent to an unspecified yard in Asia (said to be South Korean) for repairs and upgrades.
Trio of Norwegian subsea contractors order new construction ships
A crop of new subsea construction vessels are on order or just delivered, primarily to Norwegian account, notably Solstad, DOF Subsea and Farstad.
Young Energy Alphabet competition
We are over half way through our A-Z of energy alphabet - can you help us with the next letter and win your school one of the latest iPads?
Sam is just glad to be in oil and gas . . .
Sam Cavender was 16 when he decided on a career in IT, but the schoolboy from Great Yarmouth knew he really wanted a hands-on job figuring out how things worked.
Halliburton teams with university to provide unique opportunities
A new scholarship scheme launched by energy services company Halliburton will enable students from sub-Saharan Africa to gain all the benefits of postgraduate education at the heart of the mature North Sea industry.
Fast-paced voyage of discovery through underwater pipelines
Pipe Rider - Fast paced racing in gas pipelines! You are 1,000 meters below sea level at the Shell Ormen Lange gas field.
Luke faces fire in Dragon’s Den
Dozens of S3 pupils faced the fire of the Dragon's Den when they went head-to-head with top business leaders last month.
Prickly sea-urchins set to help save the world
Scientists think that the prickly sea-urchin may be able to help us in the fight against global warming.
Burning trees need not be bad for Earth, claims Rotawave
Rotawave, the UK company behind innovative technology to produce biocoal, is challenging a report claiming that burning trees is bad news for the planet.
BLISS: Blind Identification of Seismic Signals
Phase two of a joint industry project that focused on identifying advanced techniques developed by the signal processing research community and applying them to seismic processing problems, with the ultimate aim of easing the detection of by-passed hydrocarbons and aiding identification of satellite fields, has just been concluded.
Opito the way forward for training, says Craig Wood
Apache's Craig Wood was 2012 Oil and Gas UK Awards Young technician of the year.