Christopher Langrill, Tenaris Commercial Director in the UK, looks back on 2021 and shares how Tenaris has consolidated its position in the region while looking to advance the energy transition.
Queen’s Award-winning Aberdeen firm EnerQuip has beefed up its team across UK and US operations after netting work worth more than £1.5 million in the last few weeks of 2021.
2021 was a big year for climate change.
With more than 30 years’ experience in oil, gas and renewables, Bob Gillespie has seen it all in the energy sector. In August 2020, he took up the reins as Managing Director of subsea and offshore wind contractor, Havfram in the UK.
At the opening of COP26 last month, Prince Charles told an audience of global leaders that a vast, military style campaign by the private sector would be the only real prospect we have of beating the clock on climate change.
An Aberdeen decommissioning firm is toasting a clutch of contract wins which are expected to generate over £3 million in revenues in 2022.
Sweden’s Echandia, which specialises in developing low-emissions technology for maritime applications, is to open a UK office in Aberdeen.
I read with wry amusement that some 58 of Aberdeen’s great and good have written to the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and other political leaders asking for a “more reasoned debate” on the future of oil and gas.
Aberdeen-headquartered Operational Excellence Group (OPEX) has been taken over by sustainability consultancy ERM.
The firm that was set up to deliver an Energy Transition Zone (ETZ) in Aberdeen will soon make its home in the city’s west end.
Aberdeen could become the first city to be powered entirely by hydrogen as soon as the end of the decade under ambitious new plans.
Decom Engineering is toasting a trio of contracts worth £400,000 ahead of opening its new Aberdeen base in coming weeks.
CHC helicopter has been given five days to address “concerns” raised by the competition watchdog over its takeover of rival Babcock before an investigation is escalated.
Shipbuilder Keppel FELS has demanded more than half a billion pounds from Awilco Drilling over the cancellation of two major oil rig orders.
Namaka Subsea UK has expanded its operations at Aberdeen Energy Park.
Balmoral Group has sold ACE Winches back to founder and former chief executive Alfie Cheyne after the relationship between the two north-east businesses soured.
Academics and industry experts have teamed up to drive forward ambitions to repurpose North Sea oil and gas infrastructure for the production of geothermal energy.
An adventure travel business is gearing up for further growth after securing financial support for its expansion plans and riding the staycation boom during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Greens and Tories have clashed over plans for energy giant BP to work with Aberdeen council to develop a hydrogen hub in the city.
A senior climate adviser has emphasised the “really important role” Aberdeen has to play in axing the UK’s carbon emissions.
Aberdeen’s Net Zero Transition Centre (NZTC) has launched an international energy transition study which will be showcased at COP27 in 2022.
“I really believe we’re just in a 1-2 year window of this going from oil and gas to all energy”, David Currie, group CEO of Proserv, said, “the question for me is: Can Aberdeen come with it?”
A new transition skills initiative designed to focus on solving “real life climate change energy issues” has been launched in Aberdeen.
Energy giant Shell’s move to the Silver Fin building in the centre of Aberdeen has been highlighted as a sign of growing momentum across office rentals in the coming months, as workers return to their desks and leases expire.
Only 15% of the exhibition space remains available across three halls as companies sign up to be part of the first major face-to-face European offshore energy event since 2019, organisers have said.