Hendry hails record volume of North Sea project approvals
Energy Minister Charles Hendry said on a visit to Aberdeen that the UK North Sea had seen a record volume of project approvals and spending this year.
Energy Minister Charles Hendry said on a visit to Aberdeen that the UK North Sea had seen a record volume of project approvals and spending this year.
RECENT months have produced two books about the North Sea that I can only describe as excellent. They're very different and, in my view, of equal merit.
A NORTH-EAST cricketer who used ideas from the sport he loves for an offshore drilling-industry training guide said yesterday the book was now licensed for use on more than 750 rigs worldwide.
Oil and gas consultant Apply Altra said today it had appointed Bill Yuile as business development director.
Semi-state operator Petrobras has made another discovery in Brazil's Santos Basin with its exploration well 4-BRSA-946C-SPS, drilled on block BM-S-8.
Aberdeen-based oil and gas service firm Aiken Group said today turnover had nearly doubled in three years.
Falklands explorer Argos Resources said today it was not going to take part in the current drilling campaign in the region.
Oil and gas firm EnQuest said today it had agreed to go ahead with a £546million project to jointly develop its central North Sea Alma and Galia fields.
The imminent threat to 250 Aberdeen jobs at troubled engineering firm Cosalt has been lifted after the company's potential new owner said operations would continue for at least another three weeks.
Aberdeen oil firm Fairfield Energy said yesterday it was in talks with a potential new investor which could add to the £354million it had already raised.
Falklands oil and gas explorer Rockhopper Petroleum said today it had spudded its latest well in the remote region.
KIRKWALL diving service and marine construction firm Leask Marine has made its largest investment to date to meet the needs of the wave and tidal-energy sector.
Scottish Gas owner Centrica has reportedly considered buying German power company RWE's North Sea assets for up to £1.7billion.
ABERDEEN oil and gas service firm XPD8 Solutions hopes to recruit 20 people in a year to meet demand.
SCOTTISH comedian and television star Kevin Bridges will host an awards ceremony in Aberdeen recognising success in the oil and gas industry.
NORTH-EAST oil and gas boss Tom Cross, chief executive of Parkmead Group, said last night he was actively working on two new deals in the North Sea.
OIL supermajor Shell has been accused of "unbelievable penny-pinching" after nearly 70 repair and maintenance (R&M) posts were cut at the St Fergus gas terminal, near Peterhead.
Private-equity investor 3i Group said yesterday it had closed its Aberdeen office after having sold its last interest in oil and gas.
THE next generation of oil and gas business leaders were told last night there was no secret to a successful career in the energy sector; only ambition and commonsense.
Energy service firm Aker Solutions said today it had won a near-£25million contract to carry out work on a subsea production system for Statoil's Vilje South project on the Norwegian continental shelf.
MORE than 200 north-east business leaders heard yesterday that Scotland's constitutional future would hinge on the oil and gas industry.
OIL and gas explorer Trap Oil Group, which trades as Trapoil, is to farm out its UK North Sea Kew field to Centrica and Japan's JX Nippon.
Bibby Offshore said yesterday it was to create about 150 north-east jobs after a multimillion-pound investment in a vessel for its core North Sea market.
Explorer Premier Oil said today its North Sea activities would be focused on UK waters after drilling a dry well in Norway.
ABERDEEN oil service company Sparrows is creating a further 100 jobs in the city on the back of new contracts.