Throughout 2024, we’ve seen continued geopolitical insecurity, economic uncertainty and political change across the world, all of which impacts something fundamental to how we live our lives, energy.
Hydrogen has faced challenges but clearly has a role to play in tackling hard-to-abate sectors. Responding to this need, OPITO has launched a new hydrogen training course, the company’s Lucie Booth explained on the sidelines of Adipec. Listen on your podcast platform of choice.
Viewed from a challenging UK environment, the Middle East - with its enormous natural resources and supportive regimes - can seem like a utopia. The reality is different.
As the energy sector continues to expand and roll out new technologies, training standards must keep pace to ensure that workers are adequately equipped to handle the environments they find themselves in.
The UK can position itself as a global leader in energy safety and competence with a renewed focus on skills and training, according to industry body OPITO.
A Labour government would create an offshore skills passport to allow workers to move between fossil fuels and renewables.
As a high-risk industry, safety has been a priority across the energy sector. Following the adverse incidents we have seen we must never forget the lives lost in such incidents.
Training and skills organisation OPITO has launched a new training standard which aims to reduce incidents in the safety zones around offshore installations.
You don’t need to work in the energy sector to understand the scale of the climate change challenge and therefore the enormity of what it will take to address it.
Future North Sea event hears optimistic vision of the energy sector's future, but significant challenges remain.
OPITO has announced that Stephen Marcos Jones will become its new chief executive when he joins the not-for-profit skills organisation in “late March.”
From wood to coal, to oil and nuclear, all our industrial revolutions, all our energy transitions, have been driven by people, writes OPITO chief operating officer Alex Spencer.
Backed with up to £5m from the Scottish Government, the delayed skills passport is not expected until well into the new year.
A huge energy transition opportunity awaits, meantime Aberdeen needs to retain its oil and gas skills base.
The safety and skills body, OPITO, has announced its support for a new development programme to support women working in the energy industry.
The chief executive of safety and skills body OPITO, John McDonald, is to step down later this year after more than a decade with the organisation.
For the Energy Voice team, and many others besides, May has been the month of conferences.
We live in interesting times in the energy industry. I’ve just returned from EEEGR’s flagship Southern North Sea 2023 conference, where Vision 2030 has been billed a ‘celebration of energy.’
Union bosses call on Global Wind Organisation (GWO) to change tack, lest government is asked to intervene.
OPITO has named ex-gymnastics coach, Colin Ross, its apprentice of the year following his work in the North Sea with BP (Lon: BP).
As we enter a new year, the need to move at pace towards a more integrated energy system and workforce is of huge importance if we are to turn the ambition of decarbonisation and the green economy into a reality.
As we approach the festive season and the end of an eventful 2022, it’s not only a time to reflect on our successes and learnings but an opportunity to look to the future.
Energy Skills Alliance members, OPITO and ECITB are set to fund the UK Offshore Energy Skills Intelligence Hub.
3t Energy Group has been chosen to help deliver a digital solution that will enable workers to move between sectors more easily.
OPITO, the global safety and skills body for the energy industry has launched an innovative suite of strategic energy transition qualifications.