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.
A call is being put out to oil and gas firms to "make the most" of MA engineering and energy students at Aberdeen University.
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 Technical Services has welcomed the first intake of trainees on to its recently-launched UK graduate training programme.
A crane-driver training centre is to be opened soon at Nigg Energy Park on the Cromarty Firth, creating an initial 10 jobs.
A skills training academy based in Nigg Energy Park has already prepared new recruits for life at Global Energy.
"North Sea oil and gas needs an image makeover", according to Bill Yuile, managing director of Aberdeen-based consultancy Apply Altra.
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.
An Aberdeen student aiming for an offshore career has been named apprentice of the year by energy skills body Opito.
Jamie Allan has ambitions but recognises that what you want might not be what you get - at least at first.
While electricity will power the UK's Christmas lights this month, there will be some in third world countries who have to rely on kerosene for their lighting.
Storage is one of the biggest challenges to a sustainable energy future, especially for wind and solar. In the latter's case, how can solar energy be stored so that it can be available any time, day or night, when the sun shining or not?
The ingenuity of the next generation of engineers shone out at this year's annual Young Engineers Clubs showcase in Aberdeen.
Pupils from Dyce Academy have been crowned winners of ICoTA (Intervention and Coil Tubing Association) and SPE Europe's Energy Apprentice competition.
Interested in wave and tidal energy? Why not get involved in the 2013 Junior Saltire Awards?
A team of six former Aberdeen Grammar School pupils have picked up awards after competing in a global F1 car design competition in Abu Dhabi.
A scheme offering funded internships for Scottish students in firms from GE to Wood Group has had record applications for its 2013 scheme.
International health and safety consultant Cresent said yesterday it had signed a multimillion-pound deal to supply training services to BP in Iraq.
Aberdeen-based Mintra Training Portal said yesterday it had signed a string of contracts worth £8million in recent weeks.
Energy service company Senergy is to help Aberdeen University develop its oil and gas training centre.
Talisman Energy stressed the need to nurture and grow the next generation of the oil and gas industry as it announced the latest winners of its scholarship programme last night.
Aberdeen-based Allied Training Services (ATS) said yesterday it was on course to achieve record turnover this year.
ITF, the Aberdeen-based technology facilitator for the upstream industry, has been involved in facilitating support for the development and implementation of a novel safety programme for construction supervisors in Australia.
We are nearly 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?
And they're off. Secondary school pupils from Aberdeen City and Shire have started out on a four-month project which will see them link up their school education with the practical challenges of the oil and gas industry.
With a laboratory breakthrough once thought impossible, an Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis assistant professor has invented a new class of power inverter that could put cheaper and more efficient renewable energy products on the market.