Katrina and the waves
KATRINA Smith is in the admirable position of being one of Scotland's young, female offshore survival instructors.
KATRINA Smith is in the admirable position of being one of Scotland's young, female offshore survival instructors.
Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has rejected calls for part of a power line that passes through some of Scotland's most spectacular landscape to be buried underground.
NORTH Sea operator Talisman Energy (UK) last night announced plans to increase its investment in a scholarship to more than £1million.
NORTH Sea operator Talisman Energy (UK) last night announced plans to increase its investment in a scholarship to more than £1million.
NEW graduates at engineering and project management firm Amec have been introduced to the drivers of the FTSE100 firm through a collaboration with Cranfield School of Management.
ENERGY industry services firm 3sun Group has said it is to take on the entire 2011 intake of an engineering training course in the east of England.
SCOTTISH youngsters have been given the challenge of coming up with the solution to the next wave in renewable energy.
ENGINEERING service firm Caledonian Petroleum Services (CPS) was named Employer of the Year at the Scottish Training Federation's annual awards ceremony in Crieff.
ENGINEERING students were given a slice of subsea action during a pizza evening held by Subsea UK.
A NEW kit has been launched for Scottish schoolchildren to get to grips with the science behind the oil and gas industry.
A FORT William subsea diver training school and equipment-trial centre said yesterday that the number of firms using its test facilities had doubled this year.
TWO north-east of England firms have joined forces to develop subsea remote drilling services for marine renewables.
MAERSK Oil has embarked on a five-year joint research project with the University of Copenhagen's Department of Geography and Geology (DGG) that involves an unprecedented level of collaboration and data sharing to deepen its understanding of chalk reservoirs in the Danish sector of the North Sea.
CREATING renewable energy from seaweed is just one example of the innovative work that could take place at a new £7.5million science park being built just outside Oban.
Student Alice Pease is looking forward to a career in the oil and gas industry after being among 13 new scholars chosen to be supported by through their studies by operator Talisman Energy.
ABERDEEN-BASED energy consultancy ADIL has decided to sponsor an MSc student after recognising a skills shortage in the renewables sector.
SUBSEA firm Flexlife is hoping to help give students and graduates a foot on the career ladder - and aid its own ongoing growth - by increasing its internship programme.
A BID to strengthen collaboration between teachers and the oil and gas industry saw teachers and career advisors shown firsthand innovations in the energy sector at an event in Aberdeen.
STUDENTS at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen have been given the chance to design trophies for awards recognising success in the oil and gas industry.
ABERDEEN'S two universities will come together this week to showcase their engineering research.
Universities cannot be expected to shoulder the burden of tackling the impending North Sea skills crisis alone, according to one boss.
Cutting-edge innovation from the north-east was put on show to oil majors in Aberdeen yesterday.
Peterhead engineering firm Score Group is to take an innovative valve leak-detection device to the oil and gas industry after £18.5million of funding from Lloyds Banking Group.
A GROUP of 50 students from Turriff, Mintlaw and Huntly Academy joined Shell for its second annual Girls Energy conference in Aberdeen last month.
ENGINEERING firm Jee, which specialises in pipeline, riser and subsea work, has taken on six graduate engineers. Joining the firm are graduates Daniel McNulty, Colin Dow and Joe Leask, to be based in Aberdeen, and Thomas Bryden, Aimen Sattar and Chris Fisher, to be based in Tonbridge. Jee employs more than 50 staff worldwide, based in the UK and the Middle East and has offices in Aberdeen, London and Abu Dhabi.