Offshore Achivement Awards 2017 launched!
The Offshore Achievement Awards 2017 have been launched at this year's Intelligent Energy.
The Offshore Achievement Awards 2017 have been launched at this year's Intelligent Energy.
When an individual as astute as Lord Browne of Madingley is prepared to stand up at one of the world’s leading oil & gas conferences and basically tell Big Oil that the time has come to evolve from petroleum to energy by taking on the low carbon challenge, it really is time that Aberdeen woke up.
A key piece of equipment has been installed today for an urban community hydro energy scheme in Aberdeen.
Subsea 7 has started formal one-to-one consultations with hundreds of staff in Aberdeen.
Subsea 7 said it is still reviewing its lease opportunities almost a year after it beginning downsizing its staff and closing its West Campus building.
The number of food parcels being handed out in Aberdeen has has gone up almost five-fold in the past two years, according to a charity boss.
The story of Aberdeen’s transformation from a bustling fishing port into the energy capital of Europe is being used to inspire a South American city going through similar changes.
The number of former oil and gas workers receiving financial support through the SNP’s £12million retraining fund has shot up fivefold in less than three months.
Statoil has revealed fresh footage of the Mariner B Floating Storage Unit (FSU) arriving after its mammoth journey from South Korea.
After decades in the planning and hundreds of millions of pounds – motorists are finally driving on the Aberdeen bypass.
Ten companies are to showcase their work at an Aberdeen event highlighting the cost-cutting potential of decommissioning technology.
A crewman from an offshore supply ship has been taken to hospital.
The developer of a windfarm off the north-east coast has launched a £2.5million research programme into the environmental impact of offshore turbines.
Researchers from the Robert Gordon University have won more than £160,000 in funding from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to support the the establishment of a South East Asia Marine Energy Centre (SEAMEC) in Indonesia.
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Aberdeen oil and gas leaders yesterday warned the UK Government not to take its “eye off the ball” during Brexit negotiations.
The number of people claiming jobseeker’s allowance (JA) in Aberdeenshire has ballooned by more than half (nearly 57%) in the past year, new figures show.
Oil workers in Aberdeen have been put on gardening leave from Schlumberger for up to a year on 20% of their normal salary – but can’t work anywhere else.
Ensuring Scottish companies are given support from government to win contracts to decommission major oil and gas assets is an industry priority of the SNP, and a key focus of ours when we address what the sector needs now and in the near future.
Centrica has begun a consultation with staff over onshore jobs in its UK operations.
The boss of the Oil and gas Authority (OGA) yesterday welcomed a commitment by the new energy secretary to hand the watchdog its full executive powers within weeks. Under proposals set out in Sir Ian Wood’s review of the sector, the UK government set out that the OGA would become an autonomous government company this year following the passing of the necessary legislation. Andy Samuel, OGA chief executive, said the transition from executive agency to a government company in October “formalises our position as a strong and effective authority with a full suite of regulatory powers”.
A total of 25 former oil and gas workers are expected to take up teaching positions with Aberdeenshire Council.
An Offshore Supply Vessel (OSV) which has 15 unpaid Indian nationals working onboard has been released after it was detained in Aberdeen Harbour.
A Scottish health board is battling an oil and gas related recruitment crisis - with hundreds of nursing jobs unfilled.
The oil downturn appears to have improved recruitment to certain roles within NHS Grampian.