NEPTUNE Marine Services' patented dry underwater welding technology has been qualified to 70msw (metres sea water) following a programme of research-and- development testing conducted at the UK's National Hyperbaric Centre in Aberdeen.
Aberdeen's Subocean Group is showing the way ahead for the renewables industry by becoming the first company to use a dynamically-positioned vessel equipped with ploughing technology to instal cables in a large North Sea windfarm.
One would have to reach back at least 15million years to find carbon-dioxide levels on Earth as high as they are today, according to US research which has its roots in a high-accuracy technique developed at Cambridge.
Cyclotech boss Hadfield said: "Every tonne of sand has got to be put through treatment to reduce the number of parts per million (ppm) to the baseline minimum, and you try to use reservoir energy as far as you possibly can to achieve this.
FROM time to time, Energy has touched on the topic of sand, mostly through following the progress of specialist firm SMS, Sand Monitoring Services, of Aberdeen.
Shale gas is natural gas found in impermeable rock that can now be produced by applying new technologies such as hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling. It's not only opening up massive new gas reserves, but is beginning to lead to some rethinking about national energy policies.
Ofgem, the energy regulator, is reported to be under threat from an incoming Tory government - if indeed such a phenomenon occurs by June of next year.
Chancellor Alistair Darling's latest visit to Aberdeen set me thinking - not least because of the Treasury's "get lost" message to the North Sea oil&gas industry that came hot on the heels of his departure from the city, having apparently raised false hopes.
At the beginning of the year, five students from the University of Aberdeen were awarded the first round of engineering scholarships from Petro-Canada as the company rolled out its Emerging Leaders Scholarship Programme in the UK.
New research by Professor Alex Kemp and colleague Linda Stephen at Aberdeen University points to just how sensitive future production from the UK North Sea has become to oil&gas price fluctuations, a situation exacerbated by the cost of finance.
TWMA recycles tens of thousands of tonnes of waste from the drilling industry every year and reclaims many thousands of barrels of oil during the process which are returned to client petroleum companies for reuse.
Our review of the offshore wind turbine foundations market has drawn a response from engineer Roger Taylor, of Inverness, who has developed an innovative foundation and foundation installation concept package that has been previously aired in Energy.
Aberdeen-headquartered PSN (Production Services Network) has won a major North Sea contract believed to be worth about $400million (£330million) initially and which will see its UK workforce grow by about 200, to 3,000.
BP'S NORTH Sea operation continues to be a "hugely significant" part of the energy giant's global business, a centenary celebration in Aberdeen was told last night.
NORWEGIAN oilfield service firms Subsea 7 and Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) both pointed to signs of a gradual recovery in their sector as they posted third-quarter results yesterday.