Video: Industry wants more done to prevent future UK skills gap
Industry leaders in oil and gas continued the call for a coordinated response to the skills gap challenge facing the sector at a conference in Aberdeen.
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Video: North Sea remains ‘thriving market’, claims Weatherford’s Gee
The oil and gas sector needs to ‘work with what it’s got’ in order to develop a legacy for future generations of the energy industry, claims Nicholas Gee, senior vice-president of strategy and development at Weatherford International.
Video: Tax rate certainty sees energy investment rise
Investment in the UK oil and gas industry has hit record levels thanks to greater certainty over tax rates, according to a survey published yesterday.
Video: Oil and gas industry’s future in an independent Scotland
The politics of the oil and gas industry were covered in two days of debate at Aberdeen university, as part of the city's May Festival.
Video: Former energy minister Charles Hendry
Watch our video interview with former UK energy minister Charles Hendry here.
OTC 2013: Video – Balmoral Group’s James Milne
James Milne talks to Ian Forsyth about his company’s return to OTC, and the UK Government’s lack of visible presence, in our video below.
OTC 2013: Video – Fergus Ewing MSP in Houston
Fergus Ewing MSP, Scotland's Energy Minister, speaks to Energy Voice about his trip to Houston for this year's Offshore Technology Conference.
Houston business district behind Aberdeen city link-up
A Houston business district made its own business trip to Aberdeen in the run up to the Granite City’s first business breakfast link-up with Houston this week. Greenspoint District, which is one of Houston’s 22 special business areas, came to show what they had to offer firms considering a move to the US energy-hub.
The British School of Houston celebrates record exam results
The British School of Houston is one of three international schools in the Texas energy centre providing schooling to the families of those on international postings. Headteacher Stephen Foxwell talks to the Press and Journal about the establishment’s outstanding GCSE exam results and how they deal with the sensitive subject of moving children between schools.
Roy MacGregor – bright prospects for business
Roy MacGregor, executive chairman of Inverness and Aberdeen-based Global Energy Group, sent a positive message to graduates that the North Sea oil and gas industry has never been better. Roy was speaking after giving the annual Absoft Entrepreneurship Lecture at the Aberdeen Business School.
Dana – Western Isles latest
With the countdown started for development drilling by the end of this year, Paul Griffin, Managing director of Dana UK, talks about how the firm’s largest project is vital to its growth plans. The £989million Western Isles project is made up of the Harris and Barra fields in the northern North Sea.
Neil Gordon of Subsea UK – global focus
Neil Gordon, chief executive of Subsea UK, talks to P&J Energy about the outlook for the sector and global opportunities for smaller UK companies. He was speaking at the record-breaking ninth annual Subsea show last week, held at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre.
Promotional video from Subsea UK
Promotional video from Subsea UK outlining the value of the Subsea sector to the United Kingdom.
Taqa profile staff to encourage recruitment drive
A new video produced by oil and gas operator TAQA Bratani aims to show the unique 'authentic energy' of the company and its people as part of a wider recruitment drive.