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Technology
Full wavefield imaging and inversion: seismic gamechanger
Researchers at Imperial College London have embarked on an ambitious three-year project that aims to deliver a step change in seismic imaging and understanding of hydrocarbon reservoir targets.
Wee robotic beastie: what a power’s in thy breastie!
The next generation of entrepreneurs
With entrepreneurship and innovation increasingly recognised by governments as the foundation of a competitive national economy and SMEs accounting for 58.8% of private-sector employment and 48.8% of private-sector turnover (Department for Business Innovation & Skills, October 2011), the Scottish Institute for Enterprise's (SIE) has engaged universities from across the country in its New Ideas Competition to host a Dragons Den-style competition.
Training on way
Global oilfield production-chemical company Champion Technologies is to launch a new training academy to address the skills shortage in the energy industry.
SCI sailing across Atlantic
Marine safety specialist Survival Craft Inspectorate (SCI) said yesterday it was to open two offices in North America as part of plans to target the cruise-ship market.
Investing in career progression
A job for life was once a saying that was heard often. Today, though, it is becoming less so, partly because employees seek out new challenges and, as a result, move from company to company.
Kongsberg to boost staffing at new base
Global marine technology company Kongsberg Maritime announced plans yesterday to expand its workforce when it relocates to larger premises in the north-east.
Axis opens satellite office
Aberdeen company Axis Well Technology said yesterday it had opened a new office at nearby Westhill to accommodate its growth.
Statoil ramps up R&D budget to £250m
Statoil has singled out four business critical technologies as key to achieving the company's growth ambitions.
ITF boosts Middle East membership change
ITF, the technology facilitator for the global oil and gas industry, has boosted its Middle East membership.
ITF boosts Middle East membership
ITF, the technology facilitator for the global oil and gas industry, has boosted its Middle East membership.
Students sample a career on the rigs
With the end of their university programmes on the near-horizon, many engineering students are already seeking employment opportunities in the north-east's thriving offshore oil and gas drilling industries.
Reality TV for graduates
Two companies with a vested interest in promoting careers in oil and gas to university students have worked together to provide them with a real taste of life on a North Sea production platform.
Future subsea stars?
More than 1,000 primary school pupils around "Surf City" have been taking part in a four-week hands-on project involving subsea firm Technip to help find future engineers.
Rock Solid says it has made a good start to 2012
US firm Rock Solid Images (RSI), formerly Aberdeen-based Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping, said today it had made a promising start to 2012.
Salmond opens country’s arms to young innovators
The first minister is to invite some of the world's most talented young innovators to Scotland to see the energy research being undertaken.
Science festival heading north
National Science and Engineering Week arrives in Aberdeen next month.
Apache teams with Gradcrackers
Two companies hoping to promote careers in oil and gas to university students worked together to provide a real taste of life on a North Sea drilling platform.
ITF sets out 2012 tech challenges
Up to £50million of funding could be available to firms that can develop the technology to help the biggest challenges in the oil and gas industry.
Tullow Oil backs Plexus’ HGSS subsea wellhead project
Plexus Holdings said yesterday that Tullow Oil had signed up as an additional consulting partner to its joint industry project (JIP) to develop and commercialise a new and safer subsea wellhead.
Our fantastic Energy Alphabet Competition
Welcome to the first instalment of our A to Z of Energy - a monthly tour through the broad and diverse world of energy through each letter of the alphabet!
Graduate profile: Kevin McDonald
Graduates are part of the life-blood of the energy industry, not least in the subsea sector, be it in renewables or oil and gas.
Demand for emergency training on rise
FALCK Nutec said yesterday it was seeing growing demand for its courses as the energy industry continued to rise to the challenge of installation-emergency training.
NASNet completes Greenland trials
NAUTRONIX has conducted a successful trial of its acoustic positioning and communication system, NASNet, for Cairn Energy, offshore Greenland, proving its viability and the associated Nautronix ADS signalling technology capabilities in the Arctic.