Denholm Valvecare, a provider of valves to the global oil and gas industry, has announced a strategic partnership which will add design and manufacturing capabilities to its existing sales and service offering. The Aberdeen-headquartered business…

Scottish Business News Network (SBNN) has added five sector specific weekly newsletters to complement its six geographic newsletters that currently go out daily to a readership of over 7,500. The sectors being covered are Legal,…

John Crane Asset Management Solutions has secured a three-year £3million contract to provide condition based maintenance services with a major operator in the UK North Sea. The work covers rotating equipment across 12 assets and…

The UK’s Oil and Gas industry is gearing up for growth as cautious optimism returns to the sector, new research reveals today. The sixth annual Bank of Scotland Oil & Gas Report, which gathers views…

Oilfield services company Expro, has secured a $10million well services contract extension with Apache North Sea. The contract covers a range of well services including slickline, cased hole services and pumping services, as well as…

The Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF) is launching a series of tech talk events to support and promote the developer community and increase interaction with oil & gas operators. The organisation’s Innovation Network Tech Talk events…

Oilfield services must reset their business if they are to survive

A new report from PwC is urging oilfield services firms to grasp the nettle and reset their businesses to deal with the operational, financial and strategic challenges reflected in the new operating environment. It warns…

Siccar Point Energy has consolidated its operation to H1 at the Hill of Rubislaw from Berry Street. The North Sea exploration and production company moved in to the city centre premises in May and occupies…

Cresent, Control of Work and Health and Safety specialists, and Reece Safety, Lock Out Tag Out experts, have announce a new collaboration agreement. Cresent is passionate about Making Work Safe and is dedicated to making…

Wood Group shareholders overwhelmingly approved Wood Group’s recommended all-share offer for Amec Foster Wheeler. The deal remains subject to relevant clearances from competition authorities in certain countries where both companies operate, but when concluded the…

Online Electronics Group, a specialist in the design and manufacture of pipeline pig monitoring equipment and high-tech pipeline data communication systems, has taken an 11,800 sq ft unit in Blackburn Industrial Estate on a five…

International activity from Scotland’s oil and gas supply chain continued to account for just over half of its total sales during 2015/16, at 50.9 per cent, demonstrating the continued strong demand across the globe for…

Improvements in oil and gas contractor confidence both in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) and internationally suggests some businesses are seeing signs of recovery and are focused on the future, according to an industry report…

Pirie & Smith, marine consultants and surveyors to the marine and energy sectors, has appointed industry expert Russell Hodge to head up its new Dynamic Positioning (DP) Engineering and Assurance Division. Russell, who has more…

Opportunities for oil and gas supply chain companies to apply their expertise in the growing wave and tidal power market will be highlighted in Aberdeen this week, at a workshop organised by private sector economic…

Wood Group has been awarded two new contracts by Statoil to deliver concept and feasibility studies to their Norwegian North Sea assets. Effective immediately, the company will deliver a topside concept study evaluating the tie…

International Medical Management (IMM) has secured a significant volume of new business, appointed a leading medical advisor to the offshore industry and achieved accreditation from the Royal College of Physicians’ national occupational health body. The…

Mesh Global has opened a new £85,000 IPC training centre in Aberdeen encompassing both practical and theory work space. Scott Harper, commercial director, said: “It has been a significant investment to start the school in…

Hiretech Limited has made significant key appointments as it continues to strengthen its business operations. The company, an independent equipment rental, sales, service and maintenance company offering pumping spreads, powered umbilical reels, hydraulic power packs…

Instrumentation and Control System company RCP has been appointed Scottish agents for Hoffer Flow Controls of North Carolina, USA. Hoffer Flow Controls manufactures high precision turbine flowmeters, not only for the Cryogenic industry but is…

Tendeka has appointed Jim Nixon and Bill Wright to its board of directors Joining the board in the role of Chairman and Non-Executive Director is Jim Nixon. Jim is the current CEO and Chairman of…

Excavation specialist James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE) has launched the innovative new MultiROV system to satisfy additional client requirements. The MultiROV brings new levels of controllability and productivity for excavation requirements in the offshore oil…

Wood Group has been awarded a new industrial services contract by BAE Systems Submarines. The two-year contract is to provide insulation installation services to the UK Royal Navy’s Astute class submarines based in Barrow-in-Furness, and…

Specialist pipework set-up and measurement software developer, mltech, is celebrating the completion of several contract wins, totalling six figures, for the provision of its pioneering automet technology and the associated training. Automet enables direct transfer…

Oil and gas innovation spend in Scotland almost trebled last year. Funding of £15.9m from Scottish Enterprise supported 82 companies to deliver 111 innovation projects with a combined value of £43 million to develop and…