Chrysaor-Premier Oil deal could be ‘harbinger of things to come’
Private equity firms that piled into oil-production assets in the past few years now find themselves stuck, and forced to contemplate novel ways to make an exit.
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Offshore Achievement Awards go virtual for 2020 ceremony
The Offshore Achievement Awards (OAA) is gearing up for its first ever virtual awards ceremony, allowing finalists and winners to be celebrated by industry on Friday 14 August, 2020.
New technology platform to help fill void left by exhibitions wipeout
Scottish and Dutch oil business and technology development experts are joining forces to create a new online catalogue to help fill the void left by the Covid-induced obliteration of the exhibitions circuit.
Visit will inspire youngsters into the final frontier
A former astronaut and engineer from Nasa is coming to Aberdeen in March.
Oil price and energy transition challenge digital transformation
Our industry is facing a period of renewed challenge and change, a balance between traditional focus and emerging sustainable energy solutions according to the chair of ENGenious 2020, the sister event to SPE Offshore Europe.
SPE Aberdeen: Inspiring the next generation
Now more than ever, it is important we work to attract the next generation into the industry.
Visitor numbers increase by 3,000 for Offshore Europe 2019
More than 38,000 people visited Offshore Europe last week, an increase of 3,000 on the 2017 event.
Industry must adapt or go the way of the dinosaurs, Total CEO tells Offshore Europe
The oil and gas industry has been warned by French energy giant Total that it must adapt or go the way of the dinosaurs
How safe is your asset?
In response to a lower oil price environment, the industry has collectively turned to digitisation to operate more efficiently. The data which already exists, together with new information continually being collected is a gold mine for unlocking further efficiencies.
Event shines spotlight on new data innovation
New to Aberdeen, Scottish Enterprise along with supporting partners EIC, SPE, OGIC and Skills Development Scotland, will host a free one-day thought-leadership event on March 13 as part of Scotland’s two-week festival of data innovation, known as DataFest.
Well intervention key to delivering millions of barrels from shut-in wells, OGA says
UK North Sea operators can deliver hundreds of millions more barrels of oil by ramping up their spending on well intervention, a petroleum engineer has said.
Time for oil industry to move up a gear in tech race, ENGenious event hears
An oilfield technology expert has urged the industry to find a “higher productive gear” at an inaugural event in Aberdeen.
UK has “systemic problem” getting young women into engineering, says head of SPE Aberdeen
“The UK has got a problem where there is almost a systemic lack of information and encouragement for capable young women to consider, not just engineering, but broadly the science and technology careers.”
SPE’s president Janeen Judah on the North Sea, electric cars and women in industry
Aberdeen is still the “unchallenged” number two to the US city of Houston in global oil and gas markets despite recent woes, a visiting industry chief said yesterday.
Opinion: You don’t have to be mad to set up a new oil business…
Starting up a new business in the current VUCA, (Volatile, Uncertain, Ambiguous and Complex) oil and gas industry may, at first glance, appear an act of some madness - but bear with me.
#OG2050: Young professionals on what inspired their job choice
Energy Voice sat down with three young SPE Aberdeen (Society of Petroleum Engineers) graduates and interns working within the oil and gas industry. The interviewees,Ross Taylor and Lalit Bhamare ,spoke ahead of Energy Voice's groundbreaking event on Wednesday, September 2 at the Tivoli in Aberdeen. They answered a range of questions about how to inspire the next generation of industry leaders.
New boss at the helm of Optasense
Technology company Optasense has appointed Jamie Pollard as its new chief executive.
Experts urged to share knowledge with industry peers
Experts in well intervention are being called upon to submit an abstract on the topic and share the latest developments with their peers. The findings will be shared at the annual SPEICoTA European Well Intervention Conference which takes place at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre in November. A range of topics will be covered over two days, with a focus on new technology and innovative solutions, subsea fields, mature fields and challenging environments.