Ferrari drove me to succeed
Fraser Innes, the CEO of Paradigm Group, talks to the Press and Journal about his 30 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry.
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Rock-solid progress for company
The Queen’s Award to HRH Geology comes as the firm celebrates the landmark of 100 employees.
Man with golden touch
For more than two decades, everything Calum Melville touched turned to gold. After setting up his own company - GTC Group - at the age of 21, hard work and entrepreneurship brought him the trappings of wealth many people long for.
Graduate profile: Graeme Falconer
Had it not been for a career in the oil industry, 27-year-old Graeme Falconer, from Garthdee, would have liked to be an astronaut.
Cautious note for energy firms
Optimism in the North oil and gas industry continued to grow yesterday on the back of a record-breaking licensing round for offshore drilling - but one expert struck a note of caution.
Beryl now in Apache’s hands
Oil and gas firm Apache North Sea (ANS) said today it had completed its acquisition of the assets of Mobil North Sea, including the Beryl field, from ExxonMobil.
Community have say on turbine profits
RESIDENTS living near a community wind turbine in Aberdeenshire are being urged to have their say on how profits will be used.
North-east school pupils battle to become top oil moguls
Last month, three teams of senior pupils from north-east schools battled for supremacy to become oil moguls of the future.
PSN lands extended offshore contract
ABERDEEN-BASED global energy service company PSN said yesterday it had landed a UK contract with Nexen worth £30million-plus.
Oil service firm’s chiefs hail winning of £32m African deal
Two north-east businessmen revealed yesterday that their new oil service venture in Africa has landed a £32million contract.
Oil from new well is North Sea milestone for TAQA
TAQA Bratani, the UK arm of Abu Dhabi national energy company TAQA said yesterday that production had started from its first new North Sea well.
IP protection patently a wise approach
Although modest in size, Aberdeen has long been a hotbed of innovation. The MRI scanner, self-seal envelope and even water polo - apparently first played in the freezing Dee - all originated in the city.
32nd Grampian Industrialist of Year bent on making Dominion a winner
George Yule has been three years in the job of CEO at Dominion Gas in Aberdeen, taking the company through considerable change.
MBAs given chance to get their hands dirty
GRADUATE students on the University of Oklahoma's new MBA Energy programme may aspire to designer suits and trading energy-futures contracts, but first they have to get their hands dirty - on the drill floor - while on the course. It is an initiative that UK universities such as Aberdeen, Robert Gordon, Strathclyde and Heriot-Watt will find hard to emulate because of the nature of the North Sea industry. But perhaps it is something to consider, bearing in mind the Weatherford test, training and accreditation facility in Aberdeen.
AMEC boss takes over key role at OCA
A LEADING figure in the global energy business has been appointed as the new chairman of the Offshore Contractors' Association.
Industry’s leading lights lauded at Aberdeen dinner
LEADING lights of the subsea oil and gas sector were honoured last night.
Minister opening Subsea 09 show
Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy will welcome subsea industry leaders and delegates when Subsea 09 opens in Aberdeen next month.
Group makes grade in health and safety
ABERDEEN-BASED Hydrasun has received a health and safety accreditation.
Champion of innovation
It is not easy being the boss of a key business in the oil and gas industry.
Banff Academy takes top honours
Hundreds of school students battled it out for honours at the 2008 Celebration of Engineering staged at in Glasgow mid-June, with the topmost award going to a north-east school.