Young Energy Alphabet competition
LNG - liquefied natural gas - is basically natural gas that has been super-compressed to form a liquid that can then be transported easily by specialist ships and road tankers.
Technology
Re-thinking renewables
Bucksburn Academy's Re-Thinking Energy team is only in year one of a two-year international project looking at Energy and they have already been delving into the benefits of hydrogen. Here team members S3 pupils Martin Close, Shona Doyle and Heather McAdam tell us in their words about their progress.
Logie Durno pupils discover how rocks and fossils helped shape today’s oil and gas industry
Pupils from Logie Durno School in Aberdeenshire found out about how rocks and fossils formed millions of years ago have helped shape today's oil and gas industry at a workshop at BP's North Sea headquarters in Aberdeen.
Fun lectures on the agenda
Hundreds of children from schools across Aberdeen City and Shire have been given a taste of their potential futures in the subsea sector.
ScottishPower set to encourage more students to achieve qualifications
ScottishPower is calling for applications for its latest scholarship programme through the charitable arm of its parent company, Fundación IBERDROLA.
DNV set to develop fresh talent
Risk management service firm DNV has set up a UK graduate programme to develop new talent in the energy and maritime industries.
New policy aims to fill future oil and gas jobs
Science and technology will be promoted in Aberdeen schools to help prepare more young people for careers in the oil and gas industry.
Formation damage topic of seminar
An oil and gas expert will speak about the implications of formation damage in well performance, field life and value at an industry event in Aberdeen this week.
Spex has new goals in sight
Aberdeen firm Spex Group has appointed north-east entrepreneur Jamie Oag as its first chief executive.
Transferable skills under spotlight at Opito
Oil and gas industry training body Opito has today launched a new service aimed at transferable skills.
Prince fears for UK engineering future
The Prince of Wales is to warn that Britain is in danger of relinquishing its world class reputation as the "standard bearer of quality manufacturing and engineering" if more young people are not attracted into the industries.
Pupils given insight into energy skills
A retired teacher is behind a government and industry-supported initiative to help young people into the energy industry.
Is sodium the next big thing in rechargeable batteries?
We're mostly familiar with the lithium ion battery, which can be recharged hundreds of times and is shown to work really well in devices such as mobile phones.
Potential oil and gas professionals prove worthy of STEM prize
Students from Westhill Academy have proved themselves potential oil and gas professionals of the future after beating a host of other schools to the STEM in the Pipeline crown.
Top marks for ingenuity
Two MSc students have been picked as the winners of this year's best energy paper competition, run by the Energy Institute.
ABB cracks 100-year-old tough technology nut
Leading power and automation technology group ABB says it has solved a 100-year-old electrical puzzle by developing a direct current breaker for high voltage DC transmission that it says will help shape the grid
Fire service loss is big gain for energy
Fire fighting would have been his second career choice but, instead, a career in the nuclear industry has led to James Watmore picking up industry association NOF Energy's New Talent Award 2012.
Pupils delve into energy
Pupils from Bucksburn Academy have been tackling head-on the energy issues facing Scotland and the world in a series of seminars at the school.
Call to energy firms for student projects
A call is being put out to oil and gas firms to "make the most" of MA engineering and energy students at Aberdeen University.
Maths skills to the fore for challenge
Pupils from 26 schools across Aberdeen city and Shire have had their maths skills put to the test in the 2012 TechFest-SetPoint programme.
Stork to develop talent
Stork Technical Services has welcomed the first intake of trainees on to its recently-launched UK graduate training programme.
Weldex opening school for crane drivers at energy park
A crane-driver training centre is to be opened soon at Nigg Energy Park on the Cromarty Firth, creating an initial 10 jobs.
Training academy pays off
A skills training academy based in Nigg Energy Park has already prepared new recruits for life at Global Energy.
Industry needs a makeover, event told
"North Sea oil and gas needs an image makeover", according to Bill Yuile, managing director of Aberdeen-based consultancy Apply Altra.
PTS boosts training centres
Energy service giant Petrofac said yesterday its training and consultancy arm had spent £500,000 on new equipment for Aberdeen amid growing demand for its services.