JFD grows to become safety giant
The subsea world has seen a lot of action in recent years, with some of the biggest global players joining forces.
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OTC delegates invited to get trip off to a flying start
Delegates travelling across the Atlantic for OTC are being given the chance to attend an exciting event being hosted by a leading ex-pat organisation.
Blaze launches environmentally efficient fire system testing kit
Laurencekirk-based Blaze Manufacturing Solutions has launched Vapo-Flo, a product aimed at reducing the need for frequent wet deluge testing.
Join Houston Grampian Association for annual OTC breakfast
Join The Houston Grampian Association for their annual OTC kick –off breakfast
Is it time for us all to recharge our thinking?
Leading EX safety equipment supplier, SA Equip, recently extended its portable lighting range with the launch of their SA LUMIN EX LED Rechargeable Floodlight. Increasing demands for safer procedures and operations, means that more lightweight and durable EX lighting products are needed on site. This transition in industry demand and ways of working was one of the main reasons behind the development of this product for SA Equip.
Why wait to give new Houston route a try?
Singapore Airlines is by no means a new kid on the block. In fact, it’s more likely to be considered part of the aviation industry’s furniture, after celebrating its 70th anniversary just last year.
Procurement and audit … the missing link?
When you’re spending a lot of money, let’s say, a new kitchen, how much time do you spend agreeing the specification and the price? A lot, and you probably spend a lot of time making sure that the work has been done properly and that you have been charged the right amount. You care…it’s your money!
Time to help employees stub it out
It’s no secret that smoking is bad for you. The evidence has been around for decades, as has the list of life altering/ending diseases associated with it: throat cancer, mouth cancer, bladder cancer, lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, emphysema and heart disease, to name just a few.
ONE shows the way forward for growing digital economy
The digital economy is something that is often spoken about but which to some degree feels remote to us here in the north-east of Scotland.
Brexit-proof your brand – a trade mark attorney’s view
On June 23, 2016, the UK public voted to leave the EU, and so began the complex and unprecedented untangling of the UK from the EU.
Focus small to grow big
In the past, fabric maintenance has been viewed by many as an area which can be wrapped up by multi-discipline companies offering a raft of services in the form of a “one-stop-shop” facility for their customers – and it can. But in these days of additional emphasis on the need for maximum budget efficiency, many of our customers are telling us that they believe it is increasingly important to ensure that each and every service bought in is getting the best possible results and the best possible value for money.
Local EI branch meeting to hear about iconic Aecc project
The Aberdeen, Highlands & Islands branch of the Energy Institute will hear an update on construction of the new Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) at its next meeting.
Shifting landscape of technology offers scope for support
As I reflect on my tenure at The Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF) following the merger with the Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC), it gives me a chance to consider the shifting landscape of oil and gas technology development.
Workers coming from far and wide to Clyde Training Solutions
A combined maritime and offshore oil and gas training centre is reaping the benefits of its central belt location, with workers coming from far and wide to use its facilities.
Pipeline industry: one week before MOGC Congress
On Monday, 26, Midstream Oil and Gas Congress opens up in Copenhagen, Denmark. The international Congress gathers decision-makers and technical specialists from companies such as KBR, Nord Stream 2, Caspian Pipeline Consortium, Halliburton Pipeline & Process Services.
Promoted: PIM to hold inaugural integrity management event
To support and encourage further collaboration in the oil and gas industry, particularly in the field of integrity management, Plant Integrity Management Ltd (PIM), is holding an event to consider issues affecting integrity management in the North Sea.
Digitalisation and what it means for the oil and gas workforce
A wave of digitalisation is sweeping through the oil and gas industry.
Opinion: Focus small to grow big
As the oil industry continues to adapt and evolve to a new operating landscape, it has never been more important to sharpen your focus to maintain strength in your chosen and target marketplaces writes Brian Ritchie, Managing Director, Denholm MacNamee.
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Progressive sees increase in interest from North-sea focused E&P companies
Progressive Technology Solutions (“Progressive”) the leading finance, supply chain and asset management systems and solutions company with specialist oil & gas expertise in Maximo and SunSystems, scales up its Aberdeen office and sees increased in interest from North Sea-focussed E&P companies.
Training fund for former oil workers an ‘excellent opportunity’
Have you recently been made redundant from the Oil and Gas sector or its supply chain?
Understanding differences is the key to our diversity
Women make up close to 40% of the world’s workforce. In the global oil and gas industry, that figure is a more modest 22%, however, with more than 2.1million people being employed by the world’s 10 largest oil and gas companies alone, the number of women involved is certainly significant.
A focus on skills is needed to help crack the glass ceiling
How to achieve equality in oil and gas or any industry is a question worthy of weighty debate and one that is bound to draw divides.
Developing and defining decom
Decom North Sea’s primary role as a member organisation is – of course – to bring value to our members; we’re here to support the supply chain in winning work, and to help operators meet their regulatory obligations and cost control challenges. A clear understanding of the decommissioning marketplace is critical to both parties, if efficient, cost-effective and environmentally-sound decommissioning activity is to be undertaken.
Are we experiencing the UK North Sea’s re-awakening?
Is 2018 the year of the UK North Sea revival? With Brent crude surpassing the $71 a barrel threshold in January this year – the first time since 2014 – positivity is re-emerging. It seems almost daily I read of a new operator acquiring a field in the UK North Sea or an established player reinvesting, such as Shell giving the go-ahead to redevelop the Penguins field, the largest investment in the North Sea in six years.