Awards for Wood Group PSN, Amec and Muehlhan
WOOD Group PSN, Amec and Muehlhan Surface Protection won honours at the Offshore Contractors' Association (OCA) 2011 awards, held in Aberdeen last night.
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Asco apprentices set for action
EIGHT new apprentices are set for a footing in the oil and gas industry after joining industry logistics business Asco.
MPs brand tax raid on North Sea oil and gas firms ‘opportunistic’
The UK Government's £10billion tax raid on North Sea oil and gas firms has been branded "opportunistic" by a powerful group of MPs.
Amec JV wins £65.4m contract extension
International engineering and project-management company Amec said today its joint venture with Clough had been given a two-year contract extension.
BP boss on UK’s ‘greatest industrial success story’
JUST over a year into taking on the top job at BP, Bob Dudley was keen to talk up the global firm's UK territory yesterday.
PM pledges to boost North Sea oil and gas industry
PRIME Minister David Cameron has pledged to help deliver investment in the north-east for decades to come ahead of a visit to the region today.
Safety is not just about compliance – Opito
COMPLIANCY and competency in the oil and gas industry are in conflict, according to research commissioned by the sector's skills and training standards body Opito.
Wireline welcomes Chinese delegation
REPRESENTATIVES of the Chinese oil and gas industry have been in Aberdeen to visit well-intervention technology firm Wireline Engineering.
ITF holds its annual technology conference
Senior figures from many of the world's largest oil and gas companies will be in Aberdeen this week to set their priorities for technology development in 2012 to help extract reserves.
Fiscal forum not enough, says Salmond
THE Treasury's new fiscal forum to improve dialogue between the UK Government and the oil and gas industry does not go far enough, First Minister Alex Salmond said yesterday.
D&D sign African and Middle East partnerships
Scottish company Dron and Dickson (D&D) said yesterday it had signed partnerships with firms in north Africa and the Middle East in an effort to enter the two markets.
Achievement awards to celebrate all offshore success stories
The Scottish Offshore Achievement Awards are being relaunched.
Major completion win for specialist TCO
ABERDEEN-BASED TCO In-Well Technologies UK, a provider of well-completion equipment to the global oil and gas industry, has been awarded a new contract worth £500,000 with an oil major for UK assets.
RSI awarded new shale project
ABERDEEN company Rock Solid Images (RSI), formerly Offshore Hydrocarbon Mapping, said yesterday that it had been awarded its fourth project in US unconventional-shale plays.
UK oil industry ‘could cope with a Macondo’
AN offshore-safety group said yesterday that a test exercise had proved the UK oil and gas industry could cope with a disaster similar to last year's Deepwater Horizon explosion.
Showing the way forward
THE biennial Offshore Europe exhibition and conference kicks off in Aberdeen on September 6.
School pupils learn more about vital role of oil and gas
MORE than 100 school children have started on a journey to learn about the oil and gas industry, after attending the launch of the sixth annual STEM In The Pipeline scheme in Aberdeen.
Key appointment as Flexlife looks to North America
FLEXLIFE has appointed Stephen Burgdorf as vice-president of business development for North America, as part of a continuing global growth strategy.
Decommissioning conference set to be big draw
A BIG turnout is expected for a North Sea decommissioning conference in Scotland later this year.
Optima doubles office space in Aberdeen
Aberdeen firm Optima Solutions said yesterday it had doubled its office space after investing £350,000 in its headquarters.
Former diver new man at helm of UK subsea industry group
The organisation driving forward the UK's multibillion-pound subsea oil and gas industry has appointed a former diver as its new chief executive.
Over 20 years since last UK blowout
It is just over a year since the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico, and the Oil Spill Prevention and Response Advisory Group (OSPRAG) has not been resting on its laurels.
Maasai cows and Oliver Twist
There I was, sitting at my study desk, half listening to the UK's current and hopefully short-lived chancellor, George Osborne, droning on through his 2011 Budget speech.
Knowledge management in oil & gas
"If we knew what we know, how much more successful could we be?"
RBG and Altra up for grabs
Two significant oil service trade deals that will result in service companies Altra and RBG coming under new ownership are close to completion in Aberdeen.