Black Law windfarm in South Lanarkshire

Britain gaining ground as an attractive destination for renewables investment

The latest Ernst & Young Country Attractiveness Index, which tracks and scores global investment in renewable energy, ranks the UK fourth equal with Spain in its league of countries attracting investment in renewable energy.

Published: 05/05/2008

Graduating students celebrate at Aberdeen University’s King’s College in 2006. But did the energy industry capture any of them?

Talking a new talk to tempt ‘Gen Y’

Quite rightly, I would argue, I have and will continue to harp on about the skills issues that not only the energy sector but that most others are facing.

Published: 05/05/2008

Tullow Oil drilling in Uganda

Riding the waves of change – safely

With the theme, Waves of Change, OTC 08 organisers are seeking to “reflect the industry’s transition as project scopes and parameters are stretched to fulfil ever-increasing demand”.

Published: 05/05/2008

It’s a North Sea icon, but what makes Wood Group tick?

Wood Group is an icon of the North Sea success story and an Aberdeen company that blazed a trail internationally, to boot, initially led by its founder and chairman, Sir Ian Wood and now CEO Allister Langlands.
Published: 05/05/2008

A multi-cultural, global people company

“THINK global, act local” – that was the motto of Percy Barnevik, who once led the Swedish-Swiss engineering group, ABB.
Published: 05/05/2008

UK initiative with a global reach

Technological advances and project innovations are expanding the reach of the energy industry and raising new opportunities.
Published: 05/05/2008

Future UKCS a very different basin

The UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) has an impressive four decades and 37billion barrels of oil and gas production under its belt, but as Oil & Gas UK frequently points out, there are still up to 25billion barrels remaining to be extracted.
Published: 05/05/2008

Shifts – they can shorten your life

If you are reading this article, that chances are that you are one of the 3.6million people in the UK who regularly work shifts. That includes the North Sea offshore industry.
Published: 05/05/2008

Competition compliance a wake-up call

As you read this, OTC will be in full swing – which reminds me of one of the more unexpected events at last year’s Offshore Technology Conference in Houston.
Published: 05/05/2008

Does your company have FPAL ‘data flag’?

IS YOUR company one of the FPAL suppliers with a “data flag” attached to its registration? If so, you will be aware that this shows purchasers viewing your record that the information stored has not been updated for 18 months or more.
Published: 05/05/2008

A Dutchman, a Scot and a Korean

It came out of left field – I mean the £500million conditional deal between Lunar Energy and the Koreans to manufacture and deploy tidal (marine current) turbine technology developed by Aberdeen offshore oilfield company Rotech Engineering.
Published: 05/04/2008

London still global centre for inbound oil&gas IPOs

Despite the ongoing operating challenges for oil & gas companies in today’s global economic markets, the sector remains active and continues to provide opportunities for investors.
Published: 06/04/2008

Corporate manslaughter act HSE milestone

Our oil industry is high value, high risk. When the UK’s Corporate Manslaughter Act 2007 comes into force next month, it is expected to herald the start of a new era in the world of health and safety prosecutions.
Published: 05/04/2008

Performance feedback training with FPAL

Due to the success of the supplier training sessions, supply-chain gateway FPAL has decided to expand its training programme by offering performance feedback workshops.
Published: 06/04/2008

Generations need warp drive to cross parallel universes

In today’s “new world of work” , new rules apply. Generation Y is throwing its weight about and resistance is futile. Older colleagues are catching on and shrewd employers are taking note.
Published: 06/04/2008

Iraq: five years on from allied invasion

Five years have passed since US and UK forces invaded Iraq and overthrew Saddam Hussein. There would be few people who expected the problems there to have lasted so long, with little sign of solutions in the foreseeable future.
Published: 05/04/2008

Sweet taste of independence

Caledyne was set up by three individuals, each of whom had tasted life with a fast-moving, forward-thinking Aberdeen oilfield engineering company that had been eaten up by one of the US big brands.
Published: 06/04/2008

Creating value before becoming someone’s snack

THE problem is, Caledyne could soon get to a size and possess the skills that make it eminently suitable as a snack for a larger service company.
Published: 06/04/2008

Building street cred key to prosperity

YEAR one at Caledyne was described as “OK”, with a “slight loss” recorded.
Published: 06/04/2008