Champion opens doors to delegates
Speciality chemical firm Champion Technologies opened its doors to World Heavy Oil Congress delegates yesterday.
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Fear of ‘skills shortage’
The booming north-east subsea industry is poised to offer jobs to up to 10,000 workers over the next year.
Road signs highlight global stature of town
New signs were unveiled at Westhill yesterday, proclaiming the north-east town's status as a global centre of subsea excellence.
Pentland Firth gets power role using tides and waves
THE UK Government is poised to deliver a major boost to the Highland and islands economy by naming the Pentland Firth as Scotland's first marine energy park.
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.
Aker boss to lead its global subsea team
OILFIELD engineering service group Aker Solutions said yesterday Aberdeen-based Alan Brunnen would be the first UK employee to join its executive management team.
Subsea institute launch at Aberdeen show
Almost a year ago, at Subsea 08, the then chief executive of Subsea UK, David Pridden, announced that the industry body's vision of the UK becoming a subsea global centre of excellence was taking a step forward with the creation of a national research capability focused on the sector.