Total confirms move from Aberdeen to nearby Westhill
About 800 onshore workers employed by Total in Aberdeen are moving into Subsea 7’s old west campus building in nearby Westhill.
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Government approves wind farm off Aberdeen coast
The Scottish Government today gave its permission for a £250million, eight turbine wind farm to be built off the north-east coast.
Incinerator could become £180million white elephant, warn European lawmakers
The European Union has warned that new rules could turn a planned £180million incinerator in the north-east into a white elephant.
SNS 2017 opinion: The East is helping lead the way towards recovery
As an industry we too often have our gaze drawn north towards Aberdeen and south towards London, without giving proper dues to the fantastic work that’s being done in the key energy hubs around the UK.
NHV’s H175 fleet reaches 10,000 flight hour milestone
The North Sea’s newest helicopter operator NHV has logged 10,000 flight hours. The Belgian based aviation firm’s eight strong fleet of H175 aircraft helped hit the milestone. The first two aircraft were introduced to the North Sea fleet in December 2014 by NHV. The Airbus manufactured choppers have since completed more than 4,750 flights
Oil crash has silver lining as start-ups celebrate sweet success
Aberdeen has been highlighted as an entrepreneurial hotspot - with the number of new companies forming in the city over the past year on the up.
Union calls Malaviya Seven’s fate ‘criminal’
Unions are calling for political intervention in order to help foreign sailors who have been stranded on a vessel in Aberdeen Harbour for the past four months.
Malaviya 20 on way home, Aberdeen crew still stranded
Foreign nationals left stranded on an offshore supply vessel in Great Yarmouth are now on their way home - complete with all the wages they were owed.
Aberdeen E&P firm’s West African well produces 150k boe
Aberdeen based independent oil and gas company Eland has produced more than 150,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) so far this month from its West African well.
Partnership to deliver high-risk industry training
Two Aberdeenshire firms are offering enhanced training services to businesses operating across a range of high-risk industries.
Ex-oil workers could be solution to police shortage
The downturn in the North Sea oil industry could prove the answer to the police's long-term recruitment headache in the north-east.
Aberdeen proposes business rates freeze – but not for oil and gas firms
Aberdeen City Council is considering a £26million business rates freeze to offset "crippling" rises in rates - but has frozen out oil companies from the deal.
Expansion could hurt Aberdeen economy
A retail study has warned trade in north-east towns and Aberdeen city centre will be hit if two major developments are approved.
Aberdeen office demand picks up
An Aberdeen property professional has called the bottom of the market after demand for offices in the Granite city grew strongly in the second half of 2016.
Aberdeen to host inaugural international summit on hydrogen power
Aberdeen will be host to an inaugural international summit on hydrogen power next month.
Subsea 2017: Rocksalt – Friends launch firm from the ashes of Harkand
"It came from a good idea in a room one night."
Increasing number of oil workers turning to food banks
An increasing number of former oil workers are bring forced to turn to food banks, because of redundancy.
Business rates: Rise will ‘cripple hospitality industry’
A leading hotelier has warned huge increases in business rates will “cripple” the hospitality industry as pressure mounts for action to ease the burden.
Rate rises will cost jobs, says North Sea firm
Bosses at a struggling small engineering firm have warned a failure to halt “daylight robbery” business rate rises will cost people their jobs.
Scots firm Rubberatkins supplies space parts
A Scottish firm is flying high after supplying specialist parts for the next generation of space-going communications satellites.
Decom series: North Sea ports wage decommissioning ‘Phoney War’
Energy Voice began its decommissioning series in October by raising the prospect of a “turf war” in the North Sea over the next 30 years.
A number of helicopters remain out of service as S-92 safety check deadline passes for North Sea flights
Checks on S-92 have still to be completed after a deadline of midday passed following a global recall of the Sikorsky helicopters.
Reliance “risk” on S-92 helicopters previously raised by North Sea bosses
Super Pumas have been grounded since April 2016 after a fatal helicopter crash killed 13 people.
Exclusive: Centrica to cut 90 positions from its European operations including Aberdeen, Morecambe Bay
Centrica has cut 90 jobs from across its European operations.
Video: The impact of industrial relations in 2016
The challenges of the lower for longer oil price led to the first industrial action in a generation in 2016.