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Jee Enhances Online Training Platform

Aug 11, 2014

Jee Ltd has upgraded its state-of-the-art online training site to enhance its online and blended learning offering to the oil, gas and renewables industries. Jenny Matthew, Head of Courses at Jee said: “The oil and gas industry is calling…

Germany's Bilfinger Cuts Costs after CEO Exit

Aug 11, 2014

Q2 group adjusted EBITA 65 mln euros vs 93 mln last year. Power division EBITA drops to 9 mln euros; shares up 4.9 pct, top performer on MDAX. German industrial services group Bilfinger, whose chief executive resigned last week after two profit warnings…

EnerMech Set for Growth in Middle East and Caspian

Aug 08, 2014

Halliburton Veteran Takes Up Key Director Role.EnerMech’s focus on strengthening its Middle East and Caspian business has been underlined with the appointment of oil and gas industry veteran Dave McLeod as Regional Director.The mechanical…

Saipem: Barbieri Resigns From the Board of Directors

Aug 08, 2014

Saipem announces that Fabrizio Barbieri has resigned from his position as a director of Saipem’s Board.Fabrizio Barbieri, a non-executive and non-independent Board member, was not part of any internal committee, and was drawn from the list…

Suez Canal: Better Service to the Shipping Industry

Aug 08, 2014

According to the U.S. Energy Information Agency, one of the world’s oil transit choke-points is the Suez Canal, the Panama Canal being another. However, the recently announced Suez Canal expansion plans are more likely to cater for containership transits…

Modelling to Unlock the Potential of Wave Energy Farms

Aug 08, 2014

ARENA today announced $770,000 funding for Swinburne University of Technology to develop modelling on the performance of wave energy farms.The wave energy industry is emerging world-wide and there are few multiple device installations operating today…

Eni Cutbacks Bring Relief to Europe's Refiners

Aug 08, 2014

Eni to cut over 50 pct of refining capacity; could cut excess Europe capacity by a quarter. Unions fear eventual job losses.Plans by Italian oil major Eni to slash its refining business by more than half could squeeze out a quarter of Europe's refining overcapacity…

BOEM & S. Carolina Agree to Evaluate Sand Resources

Aug 07, 2014

As a part of President Obama’s continuing commitment to help coastal communities recover from Hurricane Sandy and promote resilient coastal systems, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the South Carolina Department of Natural…

Dynamic Monitoring Brings Energy Surveys to Life

Aug 06, 2014

Many shipping companies use independent experts to conduct comprehensive ship energy surveys which are then used by owners, operators and managers to make better maintenance and operations decisions and improve energy and fuel efficiency. These…

Maersk Drilling Names First Female Director

Aug 06, 2014

Maersk Drilling has appointed Moira Ming Ying Li as unit director for the Maersk Deliverer rig working for Chevron offshore Angola. She will assume her new role August 15, 2014. Moira is the first female unit director in Maersk Drilling.…

Two New Contracts for Optimus Seventh Generation

Aug 06, 2014

Optimus Seventh Generation Ltd., an Aberdeen headquartered behavioral change consultancy, recently secured two contracts to provide safety leadership training to clients including Bibby Ship Management in the North Sea, and a new Asia-based client…

New Service Offers Advice to O&G Contractors

Aug 06, 2014

Johnston Carmichael, one of Scotland’s Chartered Accountancy and business advisory firms, is launching a service designed to help contractors unlock cash in their limited companies, which launches today, August 6.Contractor MVLs has been designed around a Members Voluntary Liquidation (MVL)…

Caterpillar Invests $11m for Africa’s Prosperity

Aug 05, 2014

The Caterpillar Foundation, supported by Caterpillar Inc. , continues working to alleviate poverty worldwide, including on the African continent, through a series of investments. Since 2010 alone, corporate social innovation has driven the…

Fisher Offshore Appoints Davidson Operations Director

Aug 04, 2014

Energy industry service company Fisher Offshore, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has underlined its commitment to continued growth with the appointment of a new managing director.Jack Davidson has been promoted from the role of operations…

New Chief Economist at BP

Aug 04, 2014

Former Bank of England chief economist Spencer Dale is leaving the central bank, just two months after being moved to a new role, to become chief economist at oil major BP, the BoE said on Monday.Dale spent six years as the central bank's chief economist…

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