ITF holds its annual technology conference
Senior figures from many of the world's largest oil and gas companies will be in Aberdeen this week to set their priorities for technology development in 2012 to help extract reserves.
Senior figures from many of the world's largest oil and gas companies will be in Aberdeen this week to set their priorities for technology development in 2012 to help extract reserves.
A BOAT with rally car-style suspension and a giant mechanical "seahorse" are among the designs receiving funding from a contest to solve problems working on offshore windfarms.
A PROPOSED process engineering joint industry project has secured enough sponsorship to initiate.
CO2 is now a major headache and headlines are full of stories about how to capture and store the gas. Carbon capture is considered by UK policymakers to be the way ahead.
YOUNGSTERS got their first feel for some of the science behind energy at Aberdeen's annual TechFest event.
New exhibits at a famous art museum could soon be going on permanent display across the length and breadth of the countryside.
AN ENGINEER based in Aberdeen is one of the first recipients of a new scholarship awarded by industry body Subsea UK.
ABERDEEN-based engineer Yasaman Zirakzadeh has become one of the first recipients of a new £7,500 scholarship from industry body Subsea UK.
OIL and gas engineering consultancy Optimus (Aberdeen) announced yesterday the biggest intake of graduates in its 12-year history.
THE first tranche of graduates from the University of Aberdeen's MSc Oil and Gas Structural Engineering completed the course this year.
AN APPRENTICE-STYLE reality TV show in Ghana sponsored by the British Council is giving 12 graduates the chance to win an all-expenses scholarship in Aberdeen.
THREE chemical engineering graduates from Loughborough University have been given an insight in to the workings of a major integrated energy company after winning a competition.
KONGSBERG Maritime has launched a new scholarship in a bid to tackle what it calls a "chronic shortage" of electronic engineers entering the oil and gas industry.
A young apprentice who was determined to work in the engineering industry has completed the first week of his fledgling career with a Peterhead firm.
There are gaps in critical health and safety information available for oil and gas workers, according to a report.
Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen has launched two new courses targeted at professionals in the energy sector following demand from businesses.
There are gaps in critical health and safety information available for oil and gas workers, according to a report.
GAEL Force Group, the Inverness-based specialist in marine engineering, equipment and aquaculture, said today it had completed a £900,000 contract for US renewable-energy company Ocean Power Technologies (OPT).
ABERDEEN oil service company Omega Completion Technology (OCT) said yesterday it had invested £2million in a new building at Dyce as part of expansion plans which will also see a 20% bigger workforce.
MARINE-SAFETY specialist Survival Craft Inspectorate (SCI) has won a multimillion-pound deal to supply and service life-saving equipment for Shell's operations in the southern North Sea.
THE world's first high pressure (HP) retrievable bridge plug capable of withstanding a differential pressure of 15,000psi (pounds per sq in) makes its debut at Offshore Europe this week.
GLOBAL data-storage giant EMC is looking to open an Aberdeen office to cater for a growing list of oil and gas-industry clients.
Keith Findlay
ITF, the industry technology facilitator for the global oil and gas business, said yesterday it was increasing its international footprint.
US-based renewable-energy specialist Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) said yesterday it had started trials of a new wave-power device in its PowerBuoy range.