Training on way

Global oilfield production-chemical company Champion Technologies is to launch a new training academy to address the skills shortage in the Full Article

SCI sailing across Atlantic

Marine safety specialist Survival Craft Inspectorate (SCI) said yesterday it was to open two offices in North America as part... Full Article

Investing in career progression

A job for life was once a saying that was heard often. Today, though, it is becoming less so, partly... Full Article

Kongsberg to boost staffing at new base

Global marine technology company Kongsberg Maritime announced plans yesterday to expand its workforce when it relocates to larger premises in... Full Article

Axis opens satellite office

Aberdeen company Axis Well Technology said yesterday it had opened a new office at nearby Westhill to accommodate its growth.... Full Article

Our fantastic Energy Alphabet Competition

Welcome to the first instalment of our A to Z of Energy – a monthly tour through the broad and... Full Article

Graduates: Life-blood of the energy industry

Graduates are part of the life-blood of the energy industry, not least in the subsea sector, be it in renewables... Full Article

Statoil ramps up R&D budget to £250m

Statoil has singled out four business critical technologies as key to achieving the company’s growth ambitions. Also, the semi-state company... Full Article

Future subsea stars?

More than 1,000 primary school pupils around “Surf City” have been taking part in a four-week hands-on project involving subsea... Full Article

Award is platform for student’s OIM ambitions

College student Fergus Stewart from Falkirk is top of the class after winning a coveted oil and gas industry award... Full Article

Science festival heading north

National Science and Engineering Week arrives in Aberdeen next month. The March 9-18 festival will see dozens of events for... Full Article

Apache teams with Gradcrackers

Two companies hoping to promote careers in oil and gas to university students worked together to provide a real taste... Full Article

ITF boosts Middle East membership

ITF, the technology facilitator for the global oil and gas industry, has boosted its Middle East membership. Petroleum Development Oman... Full Article

Students sample a career on the rigs

With the end of their university programmes on the near-horizon, many engineering students are already seeking employment opportunities in the... Full Article

Reality TV for graduates

Two companies with a vested interest in promoting careers in oil and gas to university students have worked together to... Full Article

Children getting technical

BUDDING young engineers from schools across the UK are to take up the task of researching, designing and building solutions... Full Article

Total E&P man named new chairman of SPE Aberdeen

THE Aberdeen Section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) has appointed Masud Javaid as chairman. He has taken over... Full Article

Opito promoting industry to next generation

OIL and gas skills and training body Opito is on the hunt for people from the industry to help to... Full Article

Labour market primary challenge for North Sea

AT the start of this year the predictions were that the North Sea was entering a new era of investment.... Full Article

Students scoop top awards

STUDENTS have been recognised for their contribution to energy industry business at the annual Year in Industry awards. The overall... Full Article

Student secures top scholarship

ABERDEEN University student Nurkenay Bulekbayeva has been awarded the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) prestigious SPE STAR Scholarship for the... Full Article

Competition success for Aberdeen students

A GROUP of Aberdeen University students is celebrating success on a world-famous racetrack with a car they built from scratch.... Full Article

Eco-friendly car aids the road to career success

BUILDING and driving an eco-friendly car – complete with an MP3 dock – may not seem the traditional route to... Full Article

Schools engineer fantastical future

SOME 15 schools from across the Highlands and islands took part in the Scottish Council for Development and Industry’s annual celebration of science and engineering at Glasgow Science Centre.... Full Article

Maersk seeking 20% of Aberdeen survival training market

THE north-east’s traditionally narrow training market is proving more competitive this year.... Full Article

Safety not just about compliance

A FAMOUS military and political leader once said: “Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.”... Full Article

Schools gearing up for international challenge

YOUNGSTERS from schools across the UK have donned virtual hard-hats to take part in a competition to be successful oil and gas barons.... Full Article

Strathclyde setting up offshore wind centre

A NEW centre to develop and test offshore wind condition monitoring technologies is being set up at Strathclyde University.... Full Article

Heriot Watt offers multi-level renewable energy engineering diet

AMONG the UK universities now offering bread and butter programmes in renewable energy engineering is Heriot-Watt, with offers a three tier MSc/diploma/certificate approach.... Full Article

Germany’s Siemens Group starts UK talent trawl

German group Siemens has launched its 2011 energy sector rotational graduate programme in the UK.... Full Article

Opito to underline need for standards

ABERDEEN-BASED oil and gas skill-development body Opito will emphasise the need for global safety standards at a seminar in the Middle East next week.... Full Article

Statoil and Sintef in $185.4million research pact

Statoil and the Norwegian institute Sintef have signed a fresh, four-year research framework agreement. Norway’s semi-state oil company said the... Full Article

Opito to reward high safety standards

OPITO International has launched a worldwide search for employers and training providers who can show the best commitment to creating... Full Article

New MBA Renewables on offer in Berlin

IN OCTOBER, the Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin, in co-operation with the Renewables Academy AG (RENAC), will start a... Full Article

IOM3 award for top Shell graduate programme

Shell's Aberdeen-based graduate engineer development programme for well engineering and materials & corrosion disciplines has been accredited by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3).... Full Article

NCS hires 25th graduate

Regarded as a high growth company, north-east offshore survey firm NCS says it places heavy emphasis on recruitment and that it has always recognised the value that graduates represent.... Full Article

High-performance e-bikes hit the track

A group of engineers at Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) has developed a prototype of a high-performance electric motorcycle, which has recently participated in the first electric motorcycle world championship.... Full Article

Getting to grips with energy

Bridges with business and industry now being strengthened... Full Article

Subsea firm lines up tenders

AN Aberdeen subsea firm has lined up work with the potential to generate millions of pounds after launching a new... Full Article

Appeal by marine power developers

A £20million boost for marine power projects is welcome but developers need “consistent encourage over the long term”, a renewables body said yesterday.... Full Article

Sand specialists set up top consultancy

SMS – Sand Monitoring Systems of Aberdeen – has set up a new unit within its integrated project engineering department... Full Article