Universities benefit from innovative partnership
Oil giant BP has said it is supporting a new programme for Aberdeen and Robert Gordon Universities worth around ยฃ250,000 in sponsorship over the next three years.
Oil giant BP has said it is supporting a new programme for Aberdeen and Robert Gordon Universities worth around ยฃ250,000 in sponsorship over the next three years.
Two former bosses of troubled oil service firm Cape have received compensation payments totalling more than ยฃ1million.
Oil and gas logistics firm Asco Group has added new directors to its senior management team for Europe.
The north-east head of Scottish Enterprise has been promoted to oversee the development agency's energy work.
North-east underwater technology firm Tritech International has changed hands and come under foreign ownership in a ยฃ21million deal.
The latest BP figures were clearly a disappointment on several fronts.
London's main market made cautious gains today after Spain secured its first bailout payment for its banks and was given extra breathing space to meet fiscal targets.
Aberdeen-based oil and gas service firm Optima Solutions has been sold to US company Tetra Technologies for at least ยฃ40million.
Aberdeen oil service firm ClerkMaxwell was sold to international engineering and construction group Costain yesterday in a deal which, based on 2010 figures, is worth up to ยฃ7.9million.
A further four senior bosses at Aberdeen oil and gas operator Dana Petroleum have followed in the footsteps of their former chief executive by leaving the company for specialist investment and advisory firm Parkmead Group.
North-east subsea technology and service company Triton Group and four other firms are part of a five-way merger under the umbrella of Forum Energy Technologies (FET).