OTC 2016: Balmoral investing £20m in ultra-deepwater trialling centre
At a time when much of the oil & gas industry is slashing costs, Aberdeen’s Balmoral Group is investing £20million in an ultra-deepwater test facility.
At a time when much of the oil & gas industry is slashing costs, Aberdeen’s Balmoral Group is investing £20million in an ultra-deepwater test facility.
The SNP’s flagship scheme to help redundant oil and gas workers retrain as teachers has been branded “little more than a publicity stunt” amid reports that jobseekers are being turned away.
Wood Group has won a $500million contract with BP operated projects offshore Azerbaijan creating 200 new positions.
Wood Group is in consultation over jobs at the Sullom Voe Terminal in Shetland.
STATS Group has launched a consultation over jobs losses form its North Sea operations.
An Aberdeen MP hit out at the employment minister last night over her response to a letter highlighting the plight of workers in the oil and gas sector.
This week union bosses said North Sea workers were “disenfranchised and getting angrier by the day”. At pay cuts and redundancies continue to dominate headlines, Energy Voice looks back at how the dialogue between employers and the unions has played out in the past year.
Shell has confirmed it will close the former BG Group’s offices in Aberdeen by the end of the year as it launched a voluntary redundancy scheme for UK staff.
Industry leader Sir Ian Wood yesterday opened the new Wood Group office named in his honour in Aberdeen.
The developer of a controversial windfarm off the coast of Aberdeen has agreed a deal to sell its German coal division.
Offshore Europe generated an economic impact of £53.9million for Aberdeen’s economy, new figures show.
This stunning footage shows the Eimskip Norway Vessel Holmfoss at Aberdeen Harbour. The 82-metre long vessel has been visiting Aberdeen for the past five years. Watch the incredible drone footage below.
A former oil industry worker has launched a quest to gather the thoughts and memories of those affected by the Piper Alpha disaster
Council chiefs in Aberdeen have launched a £750,000 fund to help oil workers fight back against the downturn in the North Sea.
An Aberdeen-based remote operated vehicle (ROV) specialist has booked a £3.8million hit to its bottom line after its major customer Ceona went into administration last year.
A Norwegian freight firm has shut its offices in Aberdeen and established a partnership with another firm to run the services previously offered.
An offshore worker is suing an oil and gas firm for around £100,000 after he tripped over a hose at work.
A pipe stretching nearly 1.2miles into the ground could deliver heating from the earth to the new Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) and nearby homes, a report has found.
Marc Wiggin is 36 and lives in Newmachar. Until recently, he was a subsea structural engineer contracted to Aker Solutions.
Two candidates in the 2016 Scottish Parliament elections have given their view on a report which said every person would have been £1,800 fiscally worse off in an Independent Scotland as a result of the oil price decline.
Aberdeen marked the 15 month of decline in hotel occupancy rates as the crash in oil and gas prices continued to take its toll on the local hospitality industry.
The developer of Aberdeen’s new £330million convention complex at Bucksburn has said the project is on track to start this year although a final funding deal has yet to be confirmed.
The fourth Aberdeen-Houston Gateway has been hailed as a resounding success as delegates from the US visited the UK for the annual event.
A significant reduction in operating costs helped Parkmead group reduce its post tax loss to £4.8million, compared with £14.9million in 2014.
Industry, legal experts and businesses in Aberdeen have thrown their support behind a call to the UK Government over future OGA appeals processes.