Oil and gas show to go ahead as firms plan for pandemic
The world's top oil and gas show will still go ahead as planned in the US next week, despite the swine flu outbreak.
The world's top oil and gas show will still go ahead as planned in the US next week, despite the swine flu outbreak.
With Africa assuming even greater importance to the oil&gas industry, including new ventures in areas such as Uganda and offshore Ghana, malaria is a significant hazard for those working there.
Venture-capital group Energy Ventures said yesterday it had more than £70million at its disposal for investment in hi-tech companies working in the upstream oil and gas sector.
A FORMER director of business development at Forth Valley College has joined Opito - the Oil and Gas Academy.
OIL bosses have underlined their commitment to health and safety at a meeting of more than 80 business leaders.
APEX Tubulars Inspection Services, the Aberdeen-based provider of casing and drillpipe inspection and repair services to the oil and gas industry, has defied market conditions and responded to client demand by investing £1million in a new machine shop, creating 12 jobs.
A LEADING figure in the global energy business has been appointed as the new chairman of the Offshore Contractors' Association.
A COMPANY which has provided coaching and training to the oil and gas industry for a decade threw a drinks and buffet party for clients at Aberdeen's Marcliffe Hotel.
A Scot who is one of the bosses at international oil and gas facility-service provider Petrofac is to retire.
Subocean Group is a subsea installation company with extensive knowledge of the North Sea oil and gas industry.
Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy made a pledge yesterday to be the champion for the UK subsea industry.
ABERDEEN firm Nautronix, which designs and makes electronic marine technology products for the oil and gas industry, increased its payroll by 16% to 71 in the year to June 30, 2008, and it is on target to add a further 10 to its workforce in the current year, its managing director Mark Patterson said yesterday.
ESS Support Services Worldwide announced two senior appointments yesterday.
HALLIN Marine, the AIM-listed subsea service provider to the oil and gas industry, said yesterday it had formed a new robotics company and expanded the boards of its two main operating divisions in Aberdeen and Singapore.
Aberdeen company Rubberatkins has announced a £3million expansion plan for 2009.
When the North Sea offshore industry starts to refocus on supply-chain management, those down that chain understandably start to get nervous.
LOGISTICS company Peterson SBS has named John Fraser as group director of health, safety, environment and quality (HSEQ).
A SPECIALIST in corrosion, integrity and inspection has launched an online centre of excellence for the oil and gas industry.
Energy Minister Mike O'Brien announced yesterday that the UK Government would spend more than £5million over three years on studies on the future of the North Sea oil and gas industry.
"The board should set the global corporate standards that apply and can be effectively translated to every area of the company's business" - Lord Woolf, the Woolf Committee, May, 2008.
Subsea UK is warning oil and gas companies against the temptation to put investment in research and development on hold as the industry begins to feel the effects of oil-price falls and the credit crunch.
Crude oil fell below $50 a barrel to its lowest level since March 2005 yesterday amid fears of a global downturn on demand.
THE winners of the Oil & Gas UK Awards 2008 were announced at a ceremony last night.
THE oil and gas industry needs to think "outside the box" to develop next-generation technology vital for the future of the sector, it has been claimed.
THE stock market is on a roller-coaster ride, and so are oil prices. We have moved very quickly from July's figure of $147 a barrel to about half that level. On September 29, oil fell by $10 in one day, but it is worthwhile to reflect that, back in 1995, the price of oil was $10 barrel.