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OGUK chief to open Aset academy

ian.forsyth | 22/02/2012

The chief executive of Oil and Gas UK, Malcolm Webb, will open the new Aset International Oil and Gas Training... Full Article

News: Oil & Gas

Consultant ‘on course for stellar year’

keith.findlay | 22/02/2012

Oil and gas engineering consultant Optimus (Aberdeen) said yesterday it was on course for a stellar year after beating all ... Full Article
News: Oil & Gas

Shell signs up Wood for further two years

ian.forsyth | 22/02/2012

Wood Group, of Aberdeen, announced a £ 75million deal yesterday with oil giant Shell which will keep more than 350 people ... Full Article
News: Oil & Gas

Amec’s North Sea success to continue for years to come

ross.davidson | 22/02/2012

International engineering and project-management company Amec said yesterday it expected its recent success in the North Sea to continue for ... Full Article
News: Oil & Gas

Remaining North Sea oil ‘worth £1trillion’

energy.reporter | 22/02/2012

Delegates at an oil and gas conference have been told the economy will be petroleum-driven for decades to come, with ... Full Article
News: Oil & Gas

A good day for: Xodus Group

ian.forsyth | 22/02/2012

International energy consultant Xodus Group has created a new chief technology officer role to lead its integration of surface and ... Full Article
News: Oil & Gas

Market comment: Engineering services in demand as sector remains buoyant

ross.davidson | 22/02/2012

Amec’s full-year results were almost exactly in line with consensus stock market forecasts for revenue, operating profits and earnings per ... Full Article
News: Renewable/Other Energy

Region to fore at show

ian.forsyth | 22/02/2012

Aberdeen City and Shire will underline its commitment to the industry later this year with its largest showcase of renewable-energy ... Full Article
News: Oil & Gas

Red Spider appoints agent to weave a web into west Africa

ian.forsyth | 22/02/2012

Oil and gas industry specialist technology firm Red Spider has appointed an agent in west Africa to support its expansion ... Full Article
News: Oil & Gas

Skills the key to Aberdeen’s long-term future as oil and gas hub

elaine.maslin | 21/02/2012

Aberdeen’s future as a centre of the oil and gas industry in years to come will hinge on a long-term ... Full Article
News: Oil & Gas

Year of activity to boost jobs, pay

keith.findlay | 21/02/2012

The oil and gas industry will have an exciting year in 2012 despite economic woes around the world, according to ... Full Article
News: Oil & Gas

Row with Iran pumps up prices

ryan.crighton | 21/02/2012

Motorists are being warned of further pain at the pumps as simmering tensions between the west and Iran threaten to ... Full Article
News: Oil & Gas

Supply-chain exports up 280%

elaine.maslin | 21/02/2012

Overseas sales by Scottish oil and gas industry supply-chain firms have risen more than 280% in 10 years, a major ... Full Article
News: Oil & Gas

WilHunter repaired but not yet operational

elaine.maslin | 20/02/2012

Drilling rig firm Awilco said yesterday that repair work had been completed on its rig the WilHunter, but that it ... Full Article
News: Oil & Gas

Still on road to recovery

mike.brown | 20/02/2012

When I wrote an article 12 months ago on my predictions for the Scottish mergers and acquisitions market in 2011, ... Full Article
News: Oil & Gas

Risk focus has never been greater

shaun.reynolds | 20/02/2012

Effective risk management is playing an increasingly prominent role in the M& amp A process. Organisations with strong balance sheets are in ... Full Article
News: Health & Safety

Safety report on pipeline was overdue by three years

ross.davidson | 20/02/2012

An inspection report on the safety of a pipeline at the centre of the UK’s biggest oil leak in a ... Full Article
News: Oil & Gas

Take advice and get it right

cameron.millar | 20/02/2012

With global expansion of the Scottish oil and gas industry – often through mergers and acquisitions – comes the need ... Full Article
News: Oil & Gas

Increased confidence in market outlook

greg.herrera | 20/02/2012

Strong oil prices resulted in the oil and gas industry remaining buoyant during 2011. In the first quarter of 2012, ... Full Article
News: Oil & Gas

Selecting the right partner

barry.fraser | 20/02/2012

Private equity (PE) interest in oilfield services companies is on the increase. There are a wide range of PE houses ... Full Article
News: Renewable/Other Energy

European cash for Highland wind turbines

energy.reporter | 20/02/2012

Farmers in the Highlands have won funding from Europe's Leader initiative to help them develop wind energy schemes. The Tore-based ... Full Article

Market Info

Wood Group and EnQuest shares among risers but BP fall

Bullish results from housebuilder Galliford Try and recruitment firm Hays helped the FTSE 250 Index outshine its top-tier partner today.
Weatherford hit by errors

Shares in Weatherford International plunged nearly 14% yesterday as it struggled to put major accounting errors behind it. While reporting
Xcite shares jump in early trading after update on Bentley field

Shares in heavy-oil explorer Xcite Energy spiked yesterday after it said its Bentley field could contain 116million barrels of proved
Weir Group Footsie’s biggest riser but Shell stocks fall

Rising oil prices and optimism that Greece will be saved from a calamitous default helped drive London’s leading shares index
Still on road to recovery

When I wrote an article 12 months ago on my predictions for the Scottish mergers and acquisitions market in 2011,
Risk focus has never been greater

Effective risk management is playing an increasingly prominent role in the M&amp amp A process. Organisations with strong balance sheets are in
Take advice and get it right

With global expansion of the Scottish oil and gas industry – often through mergers and acquisitions – comes the need
Increased confidence in market outlook

Strong oil prices resulted in the oil and gas industry remaining buoyant during 2011. In the first quarter of 2012,
Selecting the right partner

Private equity (PE) interest in oilfield services companies is on the increase. There are a wide range of PE houses
Encouraging signs in oil and gas portfolio

Despite the continued uncertainty and volatility in the global economy, the oil and gas industry has remained one of the

Opinion

Protesters air grievances about proposed windfarm

Campaigners against proposals for a windfarm on a Moray moor held a protest outside a consultation meeting yesterday. German company
Oil sanctions: How effective are they?

I have been working in Syria on a gas project but had to leave because of the political situation there,
We told you so, Osborne

So the Treasury has screwed up big-time over its North Sea tax grab or at least that’s how it seems.
It won’t enhance virility or cure baldness but you need this vitamin

What benefits would make you interested in vitamin D? Many of our male readers work offshore and may not be
What is Longannet’s future? Now that’s the question

The biggest question at the heart of Scotland’s future power supply is not about renewables, though that is where the
2012: shaping up to be a busy deals year

The past year has been a rollercoaster ride for oil and gas investors to say the least, with volatility being
Tax and the Debt Crisis

The last few years have undoubtedly been some of the most turbulent in economic history. The tightening of credit conditions
Why we need a UK National Oil Company

You’ll remember that around the New Year when the 30-year-old UK Cabinet papers were released it was revealed why the
Increased spending masks darker tale

No doubt about it: investment in developing UK oil and gas reserves last year was strong, rising by at least
Shale gas - fuel of the future?

The shale gas industry is described as offering the potential for a revolution in the world energy market, which could

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North Sea output to fall again

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UK wind can power more than 3.3m homes

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Hunting says profits likely to exceed City predictions

International oil and gas services group Hunting said yesterday profits for 2011 were likely to have exceeded the City’s predictions Full Article
Scots firm expects £100,000 boost from Ommica launch

Lux Assure, a Scottish research and development (R&amp amp D) company specialising in chemical monitoring technologies for the oil and gas industry, Full Article
Energy minister to open conference

NOF Energy’s March conference will be opened by energy minister Charles Hendry, the organisation has announced. The business development organisation Full Article