PIPELINE bundles may only represent a small percentage of the total length of installed pipeline in the North Sea but, come the time for their decommissioning, it is of course essential that they too are dealt with in a safe and environmentally responsible manner.
LORD Douglas Cullen will join an impressive line-up of leading oil and gas industry figures sharing their experiences and insights during our second annual Safety and Competency Conference in Abu Dhabi later this month.
ENERGY skills ambassador Celia Anderson has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship by the University Campus Suffolk (UCS Lowestoft).
EIGHT new apprentices are set for a footing in the oil and gas industry after joining industry logistics business Asco.
A GROUP of 19 university researchers have given their thoughts on the possible solutions to the challenge of carbon capture and storage (CCS).
STUDENTS from eight schools across the north-east got their teeth into the maths of the oil and gas industry at the first of four TechFest-SetPoint's Maths in the Pipeline workshops this term.
BORED with geography lessons despite the fantastic new David Attenborough series on the box about the coldest places on planet Earth?
ABERDEENSHIRE youngsters have just been given an early month taste of the skills and challenges encountered in industry at a science and engineering showcase day in the Granite City.
ENERGY Minister Fergus Ewing yesterday outlined his support for small-scale biomass plants before a meeting with timber industry representatives in the north today.
WAVE and tidal projects in Orkney waters are to benefit from an £18million boost.
Oilfield service firm Reservoir Group, of Aberdeen, yesterday unveiled its fifth acquisition of the year.
A NEW map has revealed the full scale of the windfarms explosion across the north and north-east - and led to calls for a moratorium on any more turbine projects.
THE Highlands and islands have more than their fair share of tidal-energy resources. Highlands and Islands Enterprise said the Pentland Firth strategic area alone hosted six of the top 10 tidal-energy sites in the UK.
TIDAL energy projects in Scotland received a boost today after the Scottish Government announced plans to increase the financial support they could get.
A WIND energy firm announced plans yesterday to provide £3.25million over 25 years for educational initiatives in the Highlands if its proposed windfarm near Inverness secures planning permission.
THE UK Government has given a clear signal that the north-east is the front runner in the race for up to £1billion of funding for a pioneering green energy project.
THE announcement that Global Energy Group has finally secured the purchase of the Nigg yard was widely welcomed by politicians and business leaders yesterday.
Offshore wind farms in England and Wales are set to receive more subsidies than previously planned in the next few years under proposals from the UK Government today.
JAPANESE firm Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) is to use Scottish waters to test a tidal-energy system it has been developing, it was announced yesterday.
FASHION retailer Mackays Group, which trades as M&Co, is to invest more than £20million in a new wind-turbine network to generate all the power used in its stores in nearly 300 towns nationwide.
THE north-east could be in "pole position" to land up to £1billion of UK Government funding for the country's first carbon-capture and storage project.
THE north-east could be in "pole position" to land up to £1billion of UK Government funding for the country's first carbon-capture and storage project.
1971 - Nigg fabrication yard established by Brown and Root (now KBR) and construction firm George Wimpey. At its height 5,000 people were employed there.
THE company behind what could be the Western Isles' first wavefarm has a new chief executive.
Firms producing innovative technology have got the chance to put their wares in front the bosses at global oil and gas industry firms next month.