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Boskalis inks Aberdeen wind farm contract

Jul 22, 2016

Dutch contractor Boskalis has been awarded the offshore balance of plant contract by Vattenfall for the construction of Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, also known as the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre. Following the announcement…

Contractors selected for Aberdeen Bay wind farm

Jul 15, 2016

The partners behind the pioneering European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), also known as Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm, have revealed the first of the key suppliers for the project, representing a major step forward for the 11-turbine scheme off Aberdeen Bay…

Chevron appoints new Europe MD

Jul 11, 2016

Chevron North Sea has appointed Greta Lydecker as managing director of Chevron Upstream Europe, based in Aberdeen, starting today. Lydecker succeeds Craig May, who was recently appointed to the role of vice president, Upstream Capability…

Wood Group acquires fabrication business

Jun 17, 2016

Wood Group has acquired the trade and assets of Enterprise Engineering Service Limited’s (EESL) Aberdeen based fabrication and manufacturing business; following EESL's fall into administration in May. Wood Group says the acquisition enhances its asset integrity management capabilities…

TV star lined up for OAA

Feb 10, 2016

TV presenter and maths expert Rachel Riley is set to return as host for this year’s OE-supported Offshore Achievement Awards after winning over the crowd at last year’s ceremony. After graduating from Oxford with a mathematics degree…

Aberdeen to get £250 million funding

Jan 28, 2016

UK Prime Minister David Cameron is visiting oil city Aberdeen today to announce an injection of cash to help the ailing city as the industry struggles to deal with low oil prices. Cameron will sign a new 'UK City Deal' fund of up to £250 million (US$358…

Ampelmann opens Aberdeen office

Jan 21, 2016

Ampelmann, provider in motion compensation access solutions, opened an office in central Aberdeen as the next step in the continued expansion of the company. Ampelmann has an extensive track record in supporting walk to work campaigns in the North Sea…

Cameron opens new facility in Aberdeen

Sep 11, 2015

Oil & Gas UK chief executive Deirdre Michie formally opened the new Aberdeen base for Cameron Flow Control Technology (UK) Ltd.
on 10 September 2015. Cameron's Aberdeen facility. Image from Cameron…

OE15: SPE to poll graduates

Aug 11, 2015

The Society of Petroleum Engineers Aberdeen's Young Professional Committee has launched an online survey to gather the opinions of students, graduates and young professionals about their preconceived ideas about the industry. The results…

Permasense opens Aberdeen office

Jul 14, 2015

Permasense has opened an Aberdeen office to demonstrate its commitment to upstream clients. This follows the recent launch of ET210 – Permasense’s product for the real-time monitoring of corrosion and erosion at upstream oil and gas assets…

Aqualis announces Aberdeen office

Jun 01, 2015

International marine and offshore engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore established an office in Aberdeen, Scotland. “We know that job cuts currently is a common theme in the oil industry, but we are taking a long-term approach…

UTEC, NCS join forces

May 18, 2015

UTEC Survey announced the merger of NCS Survey, with its Aberdeen-based operations UTEC Survey Construction to form one organization in EMEA – UTEC NCS Survey.   UTEC and NCS are both part of the Acteon group of companies which specializes in subsea services…

Semco Maritime undergoes management changes

Apr 09, 2015

Semco Maritime restructured part of its Aberdeen team with three new appointments. Brian Donaldson has been appointed business development manager, while Colin Stewart and Gustav Ferrao have been appointed assistant accountant and senior systems engineer…

New SPE Aberdeen chairman

Apr 01, 2015

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…

Jill Reid leads MMS Aberdeen team

Mar 30, 2015

Maclay Murray & Spens (MMS), the UK wide commercial law firm, has appointed Jill Reid, the former general counsel and company secretary of Dana Petroleum, as a partner to lead its oil and gas team in Aberdeen. Reid has worked her entire career in the oil and gas industry…

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