Scott’s efforts rewarded
An Aberdeen student aiming for an offshore career has been named apprentice of the year by energy skills body Opito.
Technology
Career move defined by law of ambition
Jamie Allan has ambitions but recognises that what you want might not be what you get - at least at first.
Young Energy Alphabet Competition
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.
Rust possibly holds the answer to inexpensive hydrogen production
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?
Organisers ‘blown away’ by young talent
The ingenuity of the next generation of engineers shone out at this year's annual Young Engineers Clubs showcase in Aberdeen.
Smart idea a winner for Dyce Academy pupils
Pupils from Dyce Academy have been crowned winners of ICoTA (Intervention and Coil Tubing Association) and SPE Europe's Energy Apprentice competition.
Hunt for Scotland’s future marine renewables experts
Interested in wave and tidal energy? Why not get involved in the 2013 Junior Saltire Awards?
Best team award in Abu Dhabi
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.
Scheme aims to spark human potential
A scheme offering funded internships for Scottish students in firms from GE to Wood Group has had record applications for its 2013 scheme.
Cresent wins BP Iraq deal
International health and safety consultant Cresent said yesterday it had signed a multimillion-pound deal to supply training services to BP in Iraq.
MTP wins string of contracts worth £8m
Aberdeen-based Mintra Training Portal said yesterday it had signed a string of contracts worth £8million in recent weeks.
Senergy signs exploHUB deal
Energy service company Senergy is to help Aberdeen University develop its oil and gas training centre.
Talisman continues student support
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.
ATS set for record year
Aberdeen-based Allied Training Services (ATS) said yesterday it was on course to achieve record turnover this year.
ITF facilitates oil and gas safety push Down Under
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.
Young Energy Alphabet competition
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?
Pupils tasked with solving oilfield challenge
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.
Power converter for cheaper renewables products
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.
Inspiring young Highland researchers of the future
Youngsters from the Highlands have been given a flavour of what careers in the STEM subjects could bring them after visiting Thurso's world-class Environmental Research Institute (ERI).
‘Hugely promising level of talent’ at Energy Apprentice challenge
A new event to put the oil and gas industry's future professionals through their paces saw its first winner in Aberdeen.
US duo get together to commercialise new microseismic technique
American companies PanAmerican Geophysical and NanoSeis are joining forces to commercialise the Narrow Beam Scan (NBS) microseismic technique developed by the latter to improve the detectability, spatial mapping, and understanding of the nature of microseismic events during the hydraulic fracturing process.
Growing educational ties between Brazil and UK
Educational ties between the UK and growing oil and gas province Brazil were strengthened in a recent trade visit to the country by senior UK ministers.
Peterhead engineering apprentices score high at awards ceremony
Peterhead's Score Group saw its largest crop of graduations from Banff and Buchan college this year.
Fostering graduates with scholarship initiative
Aberdeen-based engineer Andy Reid has been awarded Subsea UK's 2012 scholarship.
Sponsorship deal for varsity
GDF Suez E&P UK is to sponsor a course at Aberdeen University to help further oil and gas education.