Oil giant BP is paying out “hardship payments” of nearly £2,000 a week to the 70 workers still on board the ETAP platform, where a fire broke out last week, affecting the power supply.
Italian oil and gas contractor Saipem has confirmed that more than 2,000 staff are working from home due to the coronavirus.
Offshore construction and engineering specialist AquaTerra Group has snapped up fellow north-east firm Subsea Engineering & Technical Services (Sets) out of administration, saving five jobs.
Offshore survival trainer Survivex said it had created two more jobs for instructors after a £140,000 investment in a new training centre of excellence for drilling and well control.
Royal Dutch Shell Plc is pushing ahead on its massive deep-water drilling plan in Mexico, even as it doesn’t foresee production starting under the current government.
Maintenance on its main production vessel and a drop in the oil price more than halved profits at Malaysia’s Anasuria Hibiscus.
Emergency crews were mobilised to the Shetland Gas Plant yesterday after the breakout of a fire on one of its power generator shelters.
An Aberdeenshire oilfield chemistry firm is hailing the start of a new era as one of the pioneers of the market hands over the reins to his son.
Wintershall Dea has achieved first gas at the Sillimanite field, a development stretching across the UK and Dutch sectors of the North Sea.
Aberdeen occupational health firm International SOS has seen its fair share of M&A activity over the years.
An Aberdeenshire crane hire firm has collapsed into administration, with the loss of 11 jobs.
It was an interesting year for deal-making in 2019, despite political and economic challenges.
Scientists have been vastly underestimating the amount of methane humans are emitting into the atmosphere through fossil fuels, according to research.
Marine Technical Limits (MTL) has increased its headcount as part of a £400,000 investment in the organisation.
Based on his recent MSc research at Cranfield University, Dr Bill Robb of Safety Improvers, proposes that human factors applications could be even more effective.
In making any predictions for the year ahead, it makes sense to look back at the previous year.
More than 60 North Sea workers have been evacuated after a “power generation issue” at BP’s ETAP installation last night.
First Marine Solutions (FMS) has appointed a new director to strengthen its position in the North Sea and global oil and gas markets.
An Aberdeenshire project has been awarded £2.7million to test and develop a cost-effective way or converting North Sea gas to a clean fuel.
A Highland firm has for the first time revealed details of its “long road” to resurrect a subsea trials and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) business at Fort William.
A former director of a world-class diving training centre at Fort William has recalled “hoping for an 11th hour rescue package which never came”.
Subsea engineering group Tekmar has been forced to rollback its hopes of “record” revenues in 2020 due to the effects of the coronavirus.
The largest oil and gas producer in the UK North Sea has imposed offshore travel restrictions in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
An offshore worker on a North Sea platform has been quarantined over concerns around the outbreak of the coronavirus.
Projects from Equinor off the UK and Norway will help bring North Sea spending to its highest level in a decade, according to Westwood Global.