As part of Subsea UK's ongoing engagement programme to attract young people into the sector, engineering students were given a slice of subsea action at a pizza evening held to highlight the industry's career opportunities.
Nessco Group said yesterday it had nearly doubled its turnover, to £33million, after winning two large contracts for work in Iraq.
Energy service firm 3sun Group said yesterday it planned to expand its north-east workforce to meet increasing demand for its services.
A Fort William subsea diver-training school and equipment-trial centre will play a key role in the development of Angola's oil and gas industry in the coming years.
A group of nine girls from Mintlaw Academy in Aberdeenshire have been finding out how women are playing an increasingly key role in offshore engineering.
Former CBI boss Lord Jones said yesterday only hard work could rescue the UK from economic decline.
A new university collaboration has established a link between the north-east and the Finnish energy sector.
Britain's first Industrial Doctorate Centre in Renewable Energy (IDCORE) is seeking UK-based engineering companies to provide engineering doctorate students with projects to work on.
Intertek said yesterday it had won more than £5million of contracts at home and abroad for oil and gas technical inspection, training and staffing through its Moody operation based in Aberdeen.
Operators and contractors need to work more collaboratively on skills initiatives rather than being short-termist and buying in experience, a young professionals debate in Aberdeen heard.
The future is looking bright for chemist Danny Molyneux who, aged 26, is getting hands-on experience in a company on the cusp of growth.
Primary school children from Caithness and North Sutherland experienced real life in the marine energy industry when they got to meet the head of a tidal energy developer.
Although oil and gas plays a huge part in our everyday lives, from fuelling our cars to being used to make plastic bottles, there is more to energy than you might think.
Aberdeen-based law firm, Paull & Williamsons is working with Robert Gordon College on a new mentoring scheme.
New entrants to the energy industry will debate how the challenges and expectations of the oil and gas and renewable energy industries are being met as part of an introductory course to the energy industry.
A group of oil and gas service firms exhibited their technology at an event near Aberdeen last night.
Wireline and well-intervention technology specialist Wireline Engineering has appointed the first engineering director in its 14-year history.
ITF, the oil and gas industry technology facilitator, said yesterday Petrofac and Siemens had joined the other "high profile energy players" helping its work to tackle global challenges.
First Minister Alex Salmond launched a training academy at the Nigg oil fabrication yard yesterday, saying it would provide a skilled workforce to power what would become the "beating industrial heart" of the Highlands.
The increase in North Sea activity is putting a strain on skills levels and recruitment, say firms and training organisations.
Aberdeen-based oil and gas companies increasingly find themselves facing growing global competition for an ever-decreasing pool of adequately experienced and qualified oil and gas professionals.
I grew up in Brechin, Angus, but in 2001, when I was 18 years old, I moved to Aberdeen to begin studying accountancy and finance at Aberdeen University.
Global plant, lifting and tool-rental specialist ATR Group has revealed it is investing about £2million in new equipment to meet rising demand in the UK North Sea, Caspian and beyond.
Award-winning Aberdeen energy service firm Brinker Technology is facing liquidation after a deal to buy it fell through at the 11th hour.
Organisations in the north and north-east are starting to dip into a major leadership talent pool - largely untapped in the past - with the support of a new course offered by academic and industry experts at Aberdeen Business School.