NorSea Group (UK) has established a new executive team to lead the company’s growth in Scotland. Walter Robertson has been appointed managing director while Mike Munro becomes the company’s first operations director. Walter has 30…
The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Section has appointed Shankar Bhukya as its new chairman, taking over from Ross Lowdon who has stepped down due to re-location to Houston. Beginning his career as regional applications engineer at Smith Services in Aberdeen…
2H Offshore appointed Phil Ward as a director in its Aberdeen office. Ward. From 2H Offshore. This new role reflects Ward’s experience, knowledge and commitment to 2H, and is a promotion from his current role as principal engineer…
Inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) specialists N-Sea has launched its third diving support daughter craft. The Edradour represents a £1.5 million investment for the company and will be immediately used in its IMR operations across the North Sea…
Odfjell Drilling has taken delivery of Deepsea Aberdeen semisubmersible drilling rig from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in Korea. Deepsea Aberdeen, pictured, is a sixth generation ultra deepwater and harsh environment semisubmersible of enhanced GVA 7500 design…
The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Section has appointed Ross Lowdon (pictured) as chairman. Lowdon takes over from Anthony Onukwu and will hold the chairmanship until September 2015. Read more: Anthony Onukwu reflects on 40 years' of SPE Aberdeen…
Anthony Onukwu, SPE Aberdeen chairman. SPE Aberdeen chairman Anthony Onukwu reflects on society’s impact on the North Sea oil and gas industry as the Aberdeen section celebrates its 40th anniversary…
The Society of Petroleum Engineers' (SPE) Aberdeen section is making a milestone this year - it is the group's 40th anniversary - with a black tie dinner at top tier industry speakers from Shell, BP, Statoil, and Schlumberger. The…
The naming ceremony of the semisubmersible rig Deepsea Aberdeen was celebrated at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering yard in Okpo, South Korea 25 June. The sea trials will roll out from July-August. Odfjell Drilling…
Specialist downhole tool provider Peak Well Systems has relocated its European regional headquarters to a newly constructed, office and workshop facility in Aberdeen which will meet the needs of its expanding North Sea business. Peak’s investment…
Aquatic Engineering and Construction, an Acteon company, celebrated its 40-year anniversary of operating in the North Sea with a celebratory event held onboard the Gulden Leeuw, a three-masted tall ship, moored in Aberdeen Harbour on 24 April…
EnQuest will have a new prestigious North Sea base in the Granite City after planning permission was granted for a high-quality office development on the derelict Aberdeen Seafood Park site in the harbour area. The firm, which is the largest UK independent oil producer in the UK North Sea…
To underline its commitment to the energy sector and to support the company’s rapidly growing offshore oil and gas business, Yokogawa announces the opening of new North Sea headquarters in Aberdeen, Scotland. The new 500m2 office is based in Westhill…
As offshore oil & gas operations move into more challenging environments, service providers are employing more sophisticated methods to deliver the goods. Russell McCulley talks to Halliburton's John Vogt about the science and strategy behind the company's logistics…
‘We don’t see ourselves as just the crane people, we want to be seen as a lifting solutions provider.’ So says Doug Sedge, the highly regarded and much travelled chief executive of Sparrows. He talks to Meg Chesshyre.As a company we have a significantly large engineering resource base…
