Geoships in drive for new recruits
North-east marine and subsea services provider Geoships said yesterday it wanted to recruit 40 people after taking on a new vessel.
North-east marine and subsea services provider Geoships said yesterday it wanted to recruit 40 people after taking on a new vessel.
China's state-controlled oil and gas firms have a degree of autonomy but they ultimately are state-backed, according to experts.
Like several oil and gas firms working in the north-east, Aker Solutions wants to add hundreds of people to its workforce in the coming years.
A new report into tax measures announced by Chancellor George Osborne to unlock North Sea investment has said they could have gone further - and brought in more cash for the Treasury.
Beijing-based Sinopec chairman Fu Chengyu became the first head of an Asia-based company to earn the distinction of his peers as Petroleum Executive of the Year, earlier this year.
One north-east oil field equipment provider said yesterday it had invested £4million in a factory in China because of the opportunities in the country.
Nearly 10% of UK North Sea oil and gas production is expected to fall into the hands of Chinese firms under two major deals announced yesterday.
Aberdeen University petroleum economist Professor Alex Kemp said the two deals were a "big step" - and more could follow from China.
UK Energy Minister Charles Hendry has urged Scottish energy businesses to invest in training to attract even more investment in oil and gas and renewables.
The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) was founded three decades ago and is one of three major state-controlled oil companies in China.
The entry of CNOOC and Sinopec into the North Sea is a first for the Chinese.
The first oil rig to be refitted at Nigg in nine years - GSF Galaxy I - has left Global Energy Group's Easter Ross harbour.
Talisman Energy has been in the North Sea for nearly two decades after it acquired Bow Valley Energy in 1994.
Oilfield service group Aker Solutions has won an £18million deal that will guarantee the future of 80 north-east jobs.
Oil service group Petrofac has won a big North Sea contract which could be worth up to £500million.
Aberdeen-based oil and gas services business Screw Conveyor has been sold to a private equity firm in a £5million deal.
BG Group said yesterday it had signed contracts worth £2.8billion to ramp up its operations at huge oil and gas fields offshore Brazil.
Norwich-based oil and gas engineering firm Aquaterra Energy has a new office in Aberdeen.
Sir Ian Wood is leaving Wood Group after nearly 50 years in the business he transformed from a fishing firm into a global energy services giant.
Sir Ian Wood was described as "one of Scotland's greatest industrialists" yesterday as business leaders paid tribute to the departing Wood Group chairman.
The retirement of Sir Ian Wood from energy services giant Wood Group at the end of October will lead to changes at the top of the business.
Energy giant Statoil has formally applied for permission to develop its huge Mariner field in the North Sea.
Since its launch in 2006 in Beijing, World Heavy Oil Congress has gained the reputation as the strongest platform for international and national oil companies, governments,
The chief executive of Aberdeen-based Dana Petroleum said yesterday it was on target to achieve output of more than 100,000 barrels a day by 2016.
Craig International Supplies (CIS), a division of Aberdeen shipping and energy services firm Craig Group, said yesterday it had landed a multimillion-pound contract with a major oil and gas operator.