Sonsโ tribute to Bill Edgar CBE, former Subsea UK and Wood Group director
Former Wood Group director and giant of Aberdeenโs subsea oil and gas sector, William โBillโ Edgar, has died aged 84.
Former Wood Group director and giant of Aberdeenโs subsea oil and gas sector, William โBillโ Edgar, has died aged 84.
Wood (LON:WG) has secured an award for front-end engineering design (FEED) for a new green hydrogen production facility in Mosjรธen in northern Norway.
Wood has been appointed as capital delivery partner for Esseco UKโs chemical production facility in Wakefield.
The outgoing CEO of Wood, Robin Watson, believes the energy services giant is on course for a โphenomenally positiveโ future as he prepares to step down.
Oil giants should spend their billions of windfall profits on transition, not shareholder returns, according to the former CEO of Wood Group.
Oil and gas services firms are under increasing pressure to cut links with Russia, in a bid to ratchet up economic pressure in the wake of Russiaโs invasion of Ukraine.
Shares in energy services giant Wood have dipped after the company projected a revenue drop in the first half of the year.
Construction on what will be the worldโs first floating offshore wind farm to power offshore oil and gas platforms has got underway.
Sir Ian Wood has said diversifying into areas out of oil and gas is โabsolutely what companies should be doingโ.
Oil and gas veteran Brian Nixon was among those recognised for their contributions to the decommissioning sector during the 2020 Decom North Sea (DNS) Awards yesterday.
Aberdeen-headquartered energy services firm Wood has announced targets to reduce its direct and indirect emissions by 40% by 2030.
A trade union boss has said offshore contractorsโ plans to scrap a blanket deal covering thousands of workers went against โevery principleโ championed by North Sea industry.
A deal has been struck to protect hundreds, and potentially thousands, of North Sea jobs during the coronavirus outbreak.
One of the north-eastโs most renowned business figures has gained international recognition for his philanthropy.
Scottish Enterprise chairman and former Wood Group chief executive Bob Keiller was yesterday unveiled as Scotlandโs โicon of the yearโ in the Barclays Entrepreneur Awards.
Wood chief executive Robin Watson said the groupโs service offering remained โvery focusedโ despite expanding into more sectors.
International Trade Secretary Liam Fox has reassured oil executives he can avoid a ยฃ500million Brexit bill while on a visit to Aberdeen.
A north-east MP has warned of an impending oil and gas skills shortage, blaming a drop in those pursuing vocational qualifications.
In the stifling early morning heat, hundreds of tea farmers work to pick leaves in Rwandaโs northern province.
MHWirth has won a contract to provide a range of drilling services for a major oilfield development of Canada's east coast.
The newly formed Wood has won its first deal, after its ยฃ2.2billion takeover completed.
Wood Group has today completed its ยฃ2.2billion takeover of Amec Foster Wheeler.
Wood Group has today completed its ยฃ2.2billion takeover of Amec Foster Wheeler.
Wood Group has spent the past two years de-branding itself, shedding its layers like an onion.
Wood Group said today that all clearance conditions for its ยฃ2.2billion takeover of Amec Foster Wheeler (AFW) had been satisfied.