Houston joins Granite City’s business community for lunch
The energy sector skills shortage provided the thread that ran through Aberdeen's first video-linked business lunch with Houston yesterday.
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I’ll fight your corner – energy minister
UK Energy Minister John Hayes has promised Press and Journal readers he will become a regular visitor to the oil capital of Europe.
Bond in move to step up safety
Bond Offshore Helicopters said yesterday it was the first helicopter operator to become a full member of Step Change in Safety.
Is the UK suffering from ‘Dutch Disease’
No . . . it's got nothing to do with trees but an intriguing economic phenomenon that I have to admit I'd never come across until I heard it being discussed on a recent radio programme.
Scottish firms tap into Australian trade opportunities
With the Australian oil and gas industry expected to spend up to £15.4billion on new projects in the next five years alone, Australia is a key market for Scottish companies in this sector looking to tap into new markets.
Brussels ‘inspired’ by UK safety regime
European Union energy chief Gunther Oettinger said yesterday the North Sea oil and gas industry was the inspiration behind a move by Brussels to improve safety rules offshore.
Boss wants subsea firm to span globe
After leaving home for a life at sea as a teenager, Mark Preece knows the value of spreading his wings and getting around the world.
Tapping into Oz market
Aberdeen companies will make up 14 of the 25 firms on the Scottish pavilion at this week’s Australian oil and gas show in Perth.
Roy MacGregor – bright prospects for business
Roy MacGregor, executive chairman of Inverness and Aberdeen-based Global Energy Group, sent a positive message to graduates that the North Sea oil and gas industry has never been better. Roy was speaking after giving the annual Absoft Entrepreneurship Lecture at the Aberdeen Business School.
Dana has new Norway chief
Aberdeen-based Dana Petroleum named yesterday a new managing director for its Norwegian activities.
Firms urged to cash in on shale oil market
Aberdeen's oil field service sector could capitalise on an emerging global shale oil market which is predicted to generate up to 14million barrels of oil per day by 2035.
DPS Offshore rebranded
Aberdeen-based DPS Offshore is being rebranded Forum Subsea Rentals by its parent company.
Aberdeen to host Deep Offshore event
Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre is to host the 2014 Deep Offshore Technology International conference.
Expansion at onshore operators organisation
An oil and gas association representing onshore exploration and production companies has recruited its first chief executive as part of expansion plans.
Successful career direction decided on the flip of a coin
Subsea UK's 2013 conference in Aberdeen is the main event on the North Sea calendar this month and is predicted to attract thousands of delegates, including a fair-sized contingent from across the North Sea and elsewhere.
Like a giant game of snakes and ladders?
It's not long since Subsea UK CEO Neil Gordon and his team moved out of Aberdeen's Science and Energy Park and Bridge of Don to Surf City (aka Westhill) to immerse themselves in the world-class subsea community that has made its home there these past few years.
New policy head at skills body
Opito, the oil and gas industry's focal point for skills, learning and workforce development, has appointed Darah Zahran as policy affairs director.
The North Sea in 2013/14 – a look ahead
The North Sea oil and gas industry is one of the leading lights in the UK economy. Here we feature a series of articles analysing the sector’s prospects in the years ahead.
North Sea bosses divided
Senior figures in the North Sea oil and gas industry were divided over the potential impact of an EU withdrawal.
80 tenders out for remote health care tool
An occupational health arm of services giant Capita has said it is expecting growth of the use of a remote healthcare system for the offshore oil and gas industry.
Saltire CEO takes huge pay cut following £7.5m salary
A north-east businessman who previously awarded himself a £7.5million salary has taken a huge pay cut, it emerged yesterday.
High expectations for Norway’s oil and gas industry
Exploration success and high oil prices have set high expectations for Norway's oil and gas industry, the country's petroleum agency said today.
Scot with a passion for the Middle East
Ten years ago, North Sea people viewed the Middle East as an onshore play with some shallow offshore tacked on. On the face of it this was not a target market for UK companies and technologies honed in north-west Europe's hostile maritime environment.
Potential oil and gas professionals prove worthy of STEM prize
Students from Westhill Academy have proved themselves potential oil and gas professionals of the future after beating a host of other schools to the STEM in the Pipeline crown.
Fire service loss is big gain for energy
Fire fighting would have been his second career choice but, instead, a career in the nuclear industry has led to James Watmore picking up industry association NOF Energy's New Talent Award 2012.