A Scottish head teacher has swapped the classroom for the office to take on a two-year secondment with BP's North Sea business to help co-ordinate the oil major's extensive links with more than 200 primary and secondary schools throughout the UK.
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.
Oil giant BP said yesterday it was boosting its interests in the North Sea by acquiring Total's stakes in two Norwegian oil fields for more than £640million in cash.