Aberdeen event to fuel success in Brazil
Expert advice on doing business in the emerging giant Brazil will be available to oil and gas companies thanks to a series of workshops which are to return due to popular demand.
Technology
Engineers need travel know-how
Engineers in the modern-day energy industry are well aware their work can take them to many places they certainly wouldn't choose as a family holiday destination.
Warm welcome from oil and gas companies
The British Science Festival's main sponsors - BP and Shell - said they were delighted Aberdeen had been picked to host the event again.
Royal Institution approval for new course
A new Masters degree at Robert Gordon University's Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment in Aberdeen has become the first of its kind to receive accreditation from a leading professional standards body.
Get-together for leaders of the future
More than 140 students from about 50 countries converged on the Granite City to take part in The Robert Gordon University's Aberdeen Business School Leadership Week.
ROV training driving activity at Fort William Underwater Centre
Remotely operated vehicle (ROV) training is driving activity at Fort William's Underwater Centre - and not just in the UK.
Three iPad2s up for grabs in our Young Energy competition
The summer holidays are nearly here and to make sure the school term ends on a high note we have three iPad2s to give away.
Meeting high demand at Aberdeen Drilling School
Aberdeen Drilling School had its busiest month in its 30-year history this year and the demand for training does not look set to subside.
ITF launches wells and subsurface solutions calls
ITF is inviting technology developers to come forward with innovative solutions for enhanced sub-basalt imaging and novel borehole seismic sources, with the potential for successful proposals to receive up to 100% funding.
Petrofac teams with NASA to offer giant tank for ‘inner space’ training
NASA is famous for the US programme to send man to the moon. However, oil workers are now also able to use one of its world-class facilities in Houston for offshore training. Ian Forsyth finds out more
Maersk opens £500,000 North Sea fire ground trainer
This month, Maersk Training will formally open its new purpose-designed and built fire ground facility at Portlethen.
Alaskan hydrates research project produces steady flow of gas
Research by the US Energy Department (DOE) has found that the injection of a carbon dioxide and nitrogen mixture into a methane hydrate formation on Alaska's North Slope can produce a constant natural gas flow.
SmartWaterFlood aims to raise carbonate reservoir recovery rates
Saudi Aramco has launched a strategic research programme designed to push the frontier of oil recovery from carbonate reservoirs, notably the gigantic but now ageing Ghawar field onshore Saudi Arabia.
Safety first: Developing Hi-Con survival training for the Johnson Space Center site
Petrofac Training Services (PTS) and Raytheon have developed Hi-Con survival training for the Johnson Space Center site.
Teams jet off to compete in Florida
Budding engineers from the north-east are set to jet off to Orlando, Florida, this month to take part in an international ROV (remotely operated vehicle) design challenge.
Polar expedition . . . a lot less bovver with a hovver
This summer, a hovercraft will set out on a research voyage from Svalbard to the North Pole in the first and northernmost polar expedition undertaken by such technology.
No regrets for US students
Two students have hopped across the pond to gain international experience in the energy industry.
Graduate profile: Graeme Falconer
Had it not been for a career in the oil industry, 27-year-old Graeme Falconer, from Garthdee, would have liked to be an astronaut.
Engineering sector growth hailed
Politicians have been accused of "fiddling" over major changes to education and the constitution while businesses are left to get on with the job.
SMS creates graduate fast-track programme
Aberdeen sand management firm SMS has created a fast-track graduate scheme and plans to recruit four graduates into it this year.
Cooking up a unique opportunity
More than 130 students from the north-east have been put through their paces by an Aberdeen-based oil and gas industry catering and facilities management firm.
RGU in accord with Russia
Research directors from Robert Gordon University (RGU) have signed an international cooperation agreement with Russia's principal oil and gas university.
Boom time for survival centre
Energy industry training centre Survivex wants to recruit 20 people after a successful first year in business.
Support plea over ‘power storage’
The UK Government is failing to provide sufficient support for electricity storage technology, a trade body claimed yesterday.
Students engineer scholarship success
North-east students have been named among the recipients of a £140,000 scholarship scheme.