Bond lands North Sea flights award
Bond Offshore Helicopters said yesterday it had signed its fourth North Sea contract in as many months.
Bond Offshore Helicopters said yesterday it had signed its fourth North Sea contract in as many months.
Bond Offshore Helicopters said yesterday it had won a £16million contract for work in the North Sea.
Aberdeen engineering services firm Aiken Group said yesterday it had won deals worth £9million over the last six months and hoped to add substantially to its workforce.
Helicopter operator Bristow said yesterday it had enjoyed a successful year after reporting a rise in turnover.
Aberdeen-based Mintra Training Portal said yesterday it had signed a string of contracts worth £8million in recent weeks.
UK Energy Minister John Hayes has praised good training and safety standards for averting a "disaster" after the helicopter ditching.
Offshore workers are "frustrated" at a lack of information on what caused a Super Puma helicopter to ditch in the North Sea, union officials said yesterday.
Petrofac said it had become the first North Sea oil and gas services provider to develop and introduce an e-learning training programme for offshore workers.
North-east marine and subsea services provider Geoships said yesterday it wanted to recruit 40 people after taking on a new vessel.
Describing how he wants to see his business performing this time next year, Malcolm Paine taps the table and murmurs "touch wood".
Skills, training and workforce safety are at the heart of the oil and gas industry, no matter which role you play or country you work in.
Helicopters transport offshore workers to and from oil and gas installations every day, and the industry constantly works to improve helicopter safety.
A company which provides safe breathing equipment to offshore workers has opened a base in Aberdeen.
Offshore workers are to gather for a union conference amid continuing concerns over safety and pay.
Bond Offshore has resumed helicopter flights which had been suspended after one of its Super Pumas ditched in the North Sea.
The owner of a helicopter which ditched in the North Sea last week has grounded its entire Aberdeen fleet after an early investigation revealed a crack in the gearbox.
A Bond director last night moved to reassure offshore workers and North Sea oil and gas firms that safety was the operator's "primary and first priority".
Oil and gas union leaders have called for all platforms within a five-mile radius to be evacuated after fears the gas cloud may be travelling in their direction.
UK-based offshore workers employed across the globe have won the right to be protected by British employment law.
North Sea offshore workers have met union leaders to discuss potential strike action in the fight for paid holidays.
The managing director of Highlands and Islands Airports (Hial) said yesterday he believed the energy sector's growing importance in the north would open up opportunities for the company's terminals.
North-east oil and gas firms and workers who operate in Dutch waters could start paying millions of pounds more in tax after changes to the country's social security regime.
A UNION leader for offshore workers has welcomed a report into safety and environmental regulation in the UK oil and gas industry.
North Sea offshore workers could launch a wave of industrial action for the first time in two decades if the UK Supreme Court rules against their claims for paid holidays today.
OFFSHORE workers in the North Sea oil and gas industry will be praised today for powering Britain's economy and keeping the lights on.