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Craig International marks 25th anniversary with £1m investment in new global HQ

Craig International marks 25th anniversary with £1m investment in new global HQ   Craig International is marking its 25th anniversary by moving to new global headquarters in Aberdeen which are double the size of its previous premises. The global procurement specialists to the energy industry have invested £1million in acquiring and refurbishing 10,000 square feet of modern, energy efficient offices at Craig House on Tern Place in the city’s Bridge of Don area....

UK North Sea Energy Review

UK North Sea Energy Review   The UK’s energy policy, the investment climate for operators, and news about exploration and drilling plans and farm-outs dominated the UK’s North Sea oil and gas scene over the past month. Before moving to restrict supplies from the North Sea, the UK must first drive down demand for oil and gas, Offshore Energies UK’s chief executive David Whitehouse said in a keynote speech at the end of March. “Today, 76% of the UK’s...

Brimmond’s latest acquisition from Charlie House is quite a ‘coo’!

Brimmond’s latest acquisition from Charlie House is quite a ‘coo’!   Leading engineering business, Brimmond, recently unveiled their ‘Charlie Coo’ sculpture, which takes pride of place outside their Kintore HQ. Brimmond successfully bid £28,000 for Charlie in an auction at the Charlie House Ball in November. The charity supports families across the North-east of Scotland, improving the quality of life for babies, children, and young people with l...

Viper Innovations Grows Board of Directors to Support Global Expansion

Viper Innovations Grows Board of Directors to Support Global Expansion Technology SME Viper Innovations is delighted to announce the appointment of James Carnegie on the company’s Board of Directors. James joins existing board members Managing Director Edward Davies, Finance Director Hugo Mansfield, and Founders/Directors Neil Douglas and Max Nodder. This appointment follows other senior appointments at the company over the past few years, all of which have been aimed at strengtheni...

Stena Drilling Redefining Performance

Stena Drilling Redefining Performance   As a leading drilling contractor, Stena Drilling has been a trusted partner for oil and gas operators since 1989, delivering high-quality services to clients around the world. The company's core values - Care, Innovation, and Performance shape the company's approach to every aspect of its business, from caring for its employees, clients, and the environment, to driving innovation and continuously improving operational performance. Thi...

Semco Maritime office relocation in Aberdeen

Semco Maritime office relocation in Aberdeen   Located in Abercrombie Court, Westhill, the new facility will allow for additional growth following more than £500,000 investment to support local operations. With increased demand from existing clients to support Engineering projects across the North Sea and UKCS, the new premises allows for increased headcount whilst the firm continues to add experienced staff to the business. Supporting activity within the oil and gas and r...

STATS Group target Scandinavian energy asset integrity sector with distributor deal

STATS Group target Scandinavian energy asset integrity sector with distributor deal   STATS Group (STATS) is targeting growth in the Scandinavian energy sector with a new distributor arrangement with a leading equipment and services supplier.The UK-based pipeline technology specialist has strengthened ties with Stavanger’s Asset Integrity AS in a partnership to supply a range of Process Plant Solutions to clients in Norway and Sweden. STATS’s tools are well established in...

Xodus and Daymark sign North America offshore wind MOU

Xodus and Daymark sign North America offshore wind MOU   Global energy consultancy Xodus has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Daymark Energy Advisors to collaborate on advancing the development and deployment of projects in the rapidly growing North American offshore wind industry. The partnership is the first of its kind for the offshore wind consultancy market in North America. Daymark brings deep knowledge and an integrated view of onshore energy infrastructure, regulation...

Salus Technical secures £55k training course sign-up from Serica Energy

Salus Technical secures £55k training course sign-up from Serica Energy   Aberdeen-based process safety firm, Salus Technical, has secured a significant training course contract from oil and gas exploration and production company, Serica Energy.  Salus will share the recently launched online process safety course with Serica Energy’s UK workforce, with 250 delegates signed up to complete the course. A small group from Serica Energy completed a successful trial of the...

Don’t look down! AIS Survivex gets rare insight into life onboard a decommissioning rig

Don’t look down! AIS Survivex gets rare insight into life onboard a decommissioning rig   The Well-Safe Defender is a floating city for 110 energy workers and is currently moored quayside at the Port of Cromarty Firth in Invergordon. The AIS Survivex team got a rare opportunity to visit the Well-Safe Defender and see offshore life on a bespoke well plug and abandonment rig up-close thanks to our well decommissioning client, Well-Safe Solutions.Key members of our operations, sale...

Aiming for the sweet spot

Aiming for the sweet spot   Proserv CEO Davis Larssen and VP, Digital Innovation Stuart Harvey tell OGV Energy’s Dan Hyland how the controls technology leader is innovating radical real-time optimisation solutions for offshore wind. When a company establishes a work group to accelerate its digital push into offshore wind which is headed by its CEO, supported by its CTO and driven by its global VPs in digital innovation and renewables, it is safe to say this is a vital growth...

UK Renewable Energy Review – March 2023

UK Renewable Energy Review – March 2023   UK Accelerates Decarbonisation Efforts The UK is pushing to decarbonise industry and install more renewable energy capacity, especially from offshore wind. Renewable power generation is rising and so is support for other clean energy technologies, including hydrogen production and nuclear fusion. The Offshore Wind Prize Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said at the end of January that the Scottish Government would...

Three60 Energy are ready to facilitate the rapid growth of renewable energy

Three60 Energy are ready to facilitate the rapid growth of renewable energy   The expanding energy sector requires know-how and dedication to meet its global goals, writes Scott Roy, Strategic Development Director with energy life-cycle service company THREE60 Energy. The proven experience and pedigree of established energy sector specialists will play a crucial role in meeting renewables targets across Scotland, the UK and globally during the energy transition. Both onshore and of...

NII: the theory of everything NDT?

NII: the theory of everything NDT?   Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) has been widely used as a testing and analysis technique to evaluate the condition of plant and equipment across the energy industry for decades. Having evolved through advancements in technology, Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII) links together Engineering, Integrity Management and NDT Enactment services in one package, which could be described as the equivalent to ‘the theory of everything’ in the NDT world,...

Centralise data into a single point of truth with Tillit

Centralise data into a single point of truth with Tillit   What issues is the energy industry facing with their data? Data quality is one of the main issues encountered by data-driven projects. Data management across multiple data source applications involves a degree of assessment. However, it is only when data is collected and exported for reporting that the quality of data becomes clear. Data-driven projects often trigger the development of new data validation processes that res...

First Minister opens Scottish Renewables’ Offshore Wind Conference

First Minister opens Scottish Renewables’ Offshore Wind Conference More than 800 delegates attend ‘world class’ event   Scotland is a global leader in offshore wind which is at the forefront of our energy transition. With a short-term pipeline of 6.9GW of projects, last year’s staggering ScotWind Leasing results will see a further 28GW of projects added to our offshore timeline which has outlined the scale of things to come. We know that offshore wind...

How Worley is paving the way to net zero thinking

How Worley is paving the way to net zero thinking   We’ve achieved so much and witnessed a great deal of change since the discovery of North Sea oil in 1969. The UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) has produced around 45 billion barrels of oil since production began over half a century ago, and there’s still over 20 billion barrels of oil remaining. Today, producing and extracting oil and gas is responsible for around 3.5 per cent of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. Whi...

Decommissioning planning in the energy transition: key considerations

Decommissioning planning in the energy transition: key considerations   Achieving the UK Government's target to be net zero by 2050 will require a collaborative approach from stakeholders right across the energy industry. With increasing political and social pressures on the oil and gas sector and in light of the revised OGA Strategy, heritage oil and gas companies are re-calibrating their business strategies to reduce their carbon footprint, attract investment and position themse...

OGV Energy's US Energy Review

OGV Energy's US Energy Review   The US Administration has criticised the profits of the supermajors for 2022 it described as “outrageous” and slammed the decisions of the major international oil and gas companies to increase returns to shareholders. At the same time, the US oil and gas industry continues to call on the federal lawmakers to treat the sector as an asset, not a liability, and one that could help bolster the energy security of America and its allies. &l...

OGV Energy's Middle East Energy Review

OGV Energy's Middle East Energy Review   The OPEC+ group, led by the major oil producers in the Middle East and Russia, left in early February their output targets unchanged and signalled they would not hurry to change the policy even after Russia announced a cut in its oil production for March. OPEC, meanwhile, raised slightly its global oil demand forecast, on the back of expectations that a Chinese rebound after the reopening will drive half of this year’s consumption...
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