French oil and gas company Total said yesterday a new gas project off Scotland would help it overtake BP as the UK's largest oil and gas producer by 2015.
Energy giant SSE said yesterday it wanted to recruit hundreds of people in the north in the coming years after agreeing a partnership with the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI).
SBM Offshore has been contracted by Noble Energy for the provision, lease and operation of a production ship (FPSO) for the Aseng field on block I offshore Equatorial Guinea in waters about 1,000m (3,300ft) in depth.