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BP Becomes Accredited UK Living Wage Employer

BP Becomes Accredited UK Living Wage Employer   The Living Wage Foundation (LWF) confirmed Thursday that it has formally accredited BP as a UK Living Wage Employer. The organization highlighted that BP was the first major energy and convenience retail employer to receive the accreditation. BP was accredited following its introduction of what the LWF calls the real living wage through...

Another £1 million fleet addition for McLachlan Marine Aberdeen

Another £1 million fleet addition for McLachlan Marine Aberdeen   A leading operator of inshore workboats based in the North East of Scotland has invested a further £1 million in a unique addition to its growing fleet. McLachlan Marine recently unveiled the 19-metre, Multicat “Ocean Supporter” as a significant addition which will be fundamental in capitalising on opportunities in emerging sectors including renewables and marine construction.  The only v...

The Royal Society of Chemistry’s Emerging Technologies Competition 2020 reveals finalists

The Royal Society of Chemistry’s Emerging Technologies Competition 2020 reveals finalists   The Royal Society of Chemistry has announced its 24-strong shortlist for its Emerging Technologies Competition 2020. Now in its eighth year, the competition is a programme identifying some of the most novel, innovative and promising chemistry across its core categories of Energy & Environment, Enabling Technologies, Food & Drink and Heath. This year’s competition attra...

Saudi Aramco appoints new chief for $500m investment division

Saudi Aramco appoints new chief for $500m investment division   Saudi Aramco appointed a new CEO to run its $500 million venture capital and investments arm. Mahdi Aladel, who formerly led the state energy producer's base oils and lubricants division, will take over as CEO of Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures. A LinkedIn page appearing to belong to Aladel said he'd started the new role this month. Majid Mufti ran the business for the last four years. Aramco is the world's...

BW Energy improves its result from the first quarter

BW Energy improves its result from the first quarter   BW Energy was among several companies that presented figures on Wednesday morning, and the oil company was able to report an operating profit before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of 21.8 million dollars. This was up from $ 14.8 million in the first quarter, and the increase is related to increased oil sales and higher realized prices. EBITDA thus came in both above the consensus of 19.4 million dollars and the expec...

Supply Chain focus boosted as OGUK creates new integrated directorate

Supply Chain focus boosted as OGUK creates new integrated directorate   The leading representative body for the UK offshore oil and gas industry is driving its supply chain agenda forward by appointing Katy Heidenreich, director responsible for leading its supply chain and operations activities. Currently spearheading OGUK’s Recovery Group’s work with industry, Government and regulators to stimulate investment in the basin, Katy will focus on supply chain activities whi...

New owners at the Drilling Waste EcoCentre, Peterhead

New owners at the Drilling Waste EcoCentre, Peterhead   Augean North Sea Services (ANSS) the pre-eminent provider of waste and decommissioning services to the North Sea, is delighted to announce the acquisition of the EcoCentre at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. The acquisition both compliments and enhances the range of services ANSS offers the market including the ability to recycling and re-use a wider spectrum of waste materials. ANSS assists the treatment, recycling and re-use of was...

Film-Ocean invests in designing and manufacturing a compact ROV Launch and Recovery System

Film-Ocean invests in designing and manufacturing a compact ROV Launch and Recovery System   Film-Ocean, an ROV specialist for the oil, gas and offshore renewables sectors, has recently invested a six-figure sum in the design and manufacture of its latest compact ROV launch and recovery system (LARS).  The LARS system is a versatile deployment solution for platform-based ROV operations.  Film-Ocean’s compact LARS system has a smaller footprint than the more traditi...

Directorate Change & Appointment of CEO Designate

Directorate Change & Appointment of CEO Designate   Hurricane Energy plc, the UK based oil and gas company focused on hydrocarbon resources in naturally fractured basement reservoirs, announces the appointment of Mr Antony Maris as an executive director of the Company and Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") designate. Mr Maris brings 35 years of wide-ranging oil and gas sector technical and business leadership experience to Hurricane. Most recently, he spent 15 years with...

Team of Oil & Gas Professionals take on 146-mile charity cycle

Team of Oil & Gas Professionals take on 146-mile charity cycle   Fortress Energy has announced that an ambitious team of 40 riders will cycle a gruelling 146 miles in 48 hours in aid of the Amelia-Mae Foundation in September. The global service provider which specialises in the provision of pipeline, process, and engineering services is based in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, and has organised the fundraising event in aid of their charity of choice, the Amelia-Mae Foundation. The...

The benefits of an ISO management system and how they can help with tenders

The benefits of an ISO management system and how they can help with tenders   In these uncertain times, we are all looking for ways of maintaining and even growing our business, so, how helpful would it be, if when that tender documentation comes through the door you can tick the box that says “Yes, my management systems are certified to ISO standards”. QHSE Aberdeen have been providing ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, ISO 45001, ISO 22000 specialist knowledge to businesses...

Wood Group profits more than halved amid Covid-19 crisis

Wood Group profits more than halved amid Covid-19 crisis   Half-year profits at engineering firm Wood Group more than halved as it scrapped the dividend on the back of oil prices battered by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Aberdeen-based company reported operating profits of $66m, down from $139m a year ago. Revenue for the six months to June 30 fell 14.7% to $4bn. Wood's order book stood was 16.4% lower at $7bn on a like for like basis, with $3.1bn due to be delivered in the sec...

Sparrows Group wins prestigious industry award for its skills development programmes

Sparrows Group wins prestigious industry award for its skills development programmes   Sparrows Group has won the SPE’s Outstanding Skills Development Award at the Offshore Achievement Awards (OAAs) 2020, which was held as a virtual ceremony for the first time, hosted by TV presenter Rachel Riley. Now in its 34th year, the OAAs is the biggest and longest established oil, gas and renewables industry awards for the UK offshore energy sector, covering all aspects from supply to...

Maintenance and Integrity Experts Sign Partnership Agreement to Deliver Critical Maintenance Savings

Maintenance and Integrity Experts Sign Partnership Agreement to Deliver Critical Maintenance Savings   Plant and asset owners are being given the ability to justify safely delaying maintenance and inspection work that would usually be completed during a shutdown or turnaround (TAR), following a new partnership agreement between Add Energy’s Asset and Integrity Management division and inspection and technology firm, LifeTech Engineering Ltd. The two companies have partnered to...

Emerson Invests in inmation Software

Emerson Invests in inmation Software   Emerson has announced it has made an equity investment in inmation Software GmbH, a global software platform developer that further deepens Emerson’s data management and integration capabilities, helping customers in process, discrete and hybrid industries advance their digital transformation programmes to achieve Top Quartile performance. The investment will increase data visibility and provide unified, actionable information to empower fa...

Aberdeen-based Businesses Join Forces to Launch Specialist Sales Recruitment JV

Aberdeen-based Businesses Join Forces to Launch Specialist Sales Recruitment JV   Two North-East firms, Doqaru Ltd and Real Talent Matters Ltd, have launched, Doqaru Search, a joint venture that offers specialist sales recruitment. Sarah Downs, Co-Founding Director at Doqaru said “After working with over 50 businesses across the energy and technology sectors, we found a gap in the marketplace for a specific sales search offering. Using our processes, we can cut 96% of the mis...

FWM adds suspended well to its operatorship portfolio

FWM adds suspended well to its operatorship portfolio   Fraser Well Management (FWM), the well engineering and project management specialist, have been contracted by NEO Energy, the full-cycle UKCS-focused energy platform, to operate the Victoria well, a shut-in gas condensate well located off the Lincolnshire coast in the southern North Sea. FWM launched a new turnkey well operatorship division earlier this year, providing end-to-end well operator support for the entire lifecycle...

Union Jack Oil counts down to new drilling at West Newton

Union Jack Oil counts down to new drilling at West Newton   Union Jack Oil PLC has told investors that drilling is due to kick off in “the next few weeks” at the West Newton project, where an appraisal well will follow up last year’s successful discovery. The plan also includes the combined testing of the new well, West Newton B-1 (WNB-1), and the existing West Newton A-2 (WNA-2) discovery well. The base-case estimates for the project see some 146.4mln barrels...

Fugro performs first fully remote platform inspection on UK continental shelf

Fugro performs first fully remote platform inspection on UK continental shelf   Fugro has delivered the first fully remote inspection of an oil and gas platform in UK waters, 250 km east of Scotland, using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and Fugro’s state-of-the art remote operations centre (ROC) in Aberdeen. In a first for the UK sector, the platform’s entire jacket structure was inspected remotely, demonstrating Fugro’s proficiency in remote operations capabiliti...

BP to cut fossil fuels output by 40% by 2030

BP to cut fossil fuels output by 40% by 2030   Energy group BP will increase its low-carbon spending to $5 billion (3.82 billion pounds) a year by 2030 and boost its renewable power generation to 50 gigawatts (GW) while shrinking oil and gas output by 40% compared with 2019, it said on Tuesday. The portfolio it plans to build would include renewables, bioenergy and early positions in hydrogen and carbon capture and storage technology, with the bulk of the budget to be spent by 2025...
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