Expanding hi-tech research boundaries
A CONSTANTLY widening technology arena is central to the long-term growth of the global subsea sector, an oil and gas industry event in Aberdeen was told yesterday.
A CONSTANTLY widening technology arena is central to the long-term growth of the global subsea sector, an oil and gas industry event in Aberdeen was told yesterday.
A boss at an international drilling contractor said yesterday that his company was committed to working in UK waters, but not at any cost.
THE chief executive of Aberdeen-based energy service group Senergy was recognised as one of Britain's leading entrepreneurs last night.
Production from a Shell platform in the North Sea has been virtually halted for an unknown period after a gas problem in one of its legs.
Global oil infrastructure is inadequate across the supply chain from production fields to transport, a business event in Aberdeen will hear this morning.
SWIRE Oilfield Services is investing a further £750,000 on its fleet-refurbishment workshop in Aberdeen.
An offshore union has complained to global oil and gas industry engineering and construction company Subsea 7 about its use of foreign workers.
ABERDEEN-BASED Hydro Group, a global service provider of optical and electrical products in the subsea technology industry, has appointed Derrick Reith as its international sales director.
Britain's oil and gas industry has celebrated the success of its technician training scheme during the past decade.
Since the first offshore licence, P001, was issued in 1964, the UK Government has issued 1,718 production licences.
Despite the turbulent trading conditions of the last year, private equity (PE)-backed businesses have continued to perform strongly.
This year's summer students at classification and integrity body DNV of Norway have come up with a radical sea-train design concept for Arctic operation.
STATOILHYDRO is among the top Norwegian companies when it comes to taking on new apprentices from the length and breadth of the country during its autumn talent trawl.
In the future, might wind power tapped by high-flying kites light up major cities around the world - London, New York, Paris?
IMAGINE a car that runs on hydrogen from solar power and produces water instead of carbon emissions. While vehicles like this won't be on the market any time soon, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are making incremental, but important, strides in the fuel-cell technology that could make clean cars a reality.
SCIENTISTS at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm have managed to prove that fossils from animals and plants are not necessary for crude oil and natural gas to be generated.
A colleague in Saudi Arabia and I have begun a six-month study of world oil prices in the hope of building an economic model that will produce more accurate forecasts of future prices.
Of course, it's always a good idea to take care of your teeth, and if you are working offshore, it's especially important as there will not be a dentist on hand to help out if you have raging toothache or a painful abscess.
AGR Petroleum Services welcomed almost 30 guests to a traditional regimental dinner at the Gordon Highlanders Museum during last month's Offshore Europe conference.
IN CONJUNCTION with Offshore Europe, and to celebrate 10 years of Simmons & Company International in Aberdeen, more than 300 people attended a cocktail reception at Malmaison's Brasserie.
Fast-growing Aberdeen oil service company qedi said yesterday it had reached a major milestone since setting up in Kazakhstan in 2004.
ITS Group of Aberdeen yesterday announced a £34.5million investment in the company from a US private equity firm to help expansion at home and abroad.
TOPAZ Energy and Marine has taken on a former Petrofac senior, Bill Bayliss, as chief operating officer of the Middle East group's engineering division. He replaces outgoing COO Jim Masterton, who remains with the company in an advisory capacity.
FIBRE-OPTIC sensing systems firm Fotech Solutions has installed what it says is the world's first "dedicated downhole distributed acoustic optical fibre system".
SAND Monitoring Services (SMS) has relocated across Europe's Energy Capital to the new Energy Development Centre at Aberdeen Science & Technology Park. The move paves the way to planned significant growth for the SME, with the current head count of 16 expected to reach 20 or so by the end of this year. The company also has an option to lease further space at the EDC, namely the unit next door to its new home.