Advanced marine technologies solutions company Nautronix is set for its best year yet having secured further orders to supply acoustic positioning systems to American-owned super-drillships currently on order.
The Technology Strategy Board said yesterday it would invest up to £1million in feasibility studies to stimulate innovation in the oil and gas sector and speed up the development of new products.
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.
Planning decisions for projects such as windfarms are being taken out of the hands of local authorities because Scottish Government ministers "believe they know best", it was claimed yesterday.
The secretary of one of the world's most famous golf courses has expressed sympathy for Donald Trump, who is fighting plans for a offshore windfarm near his resort in Aberdeenshire.
First Minister Alex Salmond has dismissed claims he gave Donald Trump assurances that a windfarm would not be built near his golf resort as "total nonsense and completely untrue".
First Minister Alex Salmond has launched a thinly veiled attack on Donald Trump ahead of his appearance at Holyrood today to oppose offshore windfarms.