Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Harkand appoints new inspection manager Harkand have strengthened its inspection division by appointing a new inspection manager in their Aberdeen office. Andrew Inglis, brings more than 15 years experience in delivering subsea inspection services in the North Sea region to the role, and has previously held inspection management roles at Subsea 7 and Bibby Offshore Ltd

	Technip scoops Lulu Alto contract Technip has been awarded a contract from Tupi BV for the ongoing development of the Lula Alto field in the Santos Basin pre-salt area, worth more than €500million

	DOF Subsea secures Heerema Marine Contractors contract extension DOF Subsea UK has secured a contract extension with Heerema Marine Contractors. The contract will cover global provision of survey and positioning services on board Heerema Marine Contractor's vessels, including the Hermod, Balder, Thialf, Aegir, support vessels and anchor handlers

	ITF Showcase 2015: Members jointly fund two projects worth over £4million Oil and gas companies have committed to jointly funding two projects worth more than £4million through the Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF). The full details will be announced at the Technology Showcase conference in Aberdeen this week

	Egdon Resources in further Wressle-1 flow test results Egdon Resources said it has recorded further encouraging flow test results from its Wressle-1 oil and gas discovery in England. The company said test operations have been carried out on the first set of perforations in the Penistone Flags reservoir, the last of three hydrocarbon zones identified in the well

	Video: Help offered for oil workers facing job losses Wood Group chief executive Bob Keiller has backed the development of a skills-matching “dating service” for thousands of oil and gas industry workers in the north-east who fear losing their jobs

	ITF Showcase 2015: The next frontier - sensing opportunity in subsea processing The offshore oil and gas industry is reaching an inflection point. As the oil reserves in shallow waters reach the end of their production lives, operators must take the long view and drill in deeper waters to find new recoverable resources

	Russian closes deal to buy North Sea oil and gas assets German utility RWE yesterday closed the sale of oil and gas production arm RWE Dea to Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman, ending months of uncertainty over whether the £3

	Opinion: Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown says North Sea oil is in need of rescue plan Scotland has benefited enormously from the huge oil wealth produced by the people of Aberdeen and the north-east. Over 40 years, 42billion barrels have been taken out of the North Sea by an oil industry that worked out of Aberdeen and Peterhead

	Exxon’s Russia exposure surges as long view outweighs sanctions Exxon Mobil Corp. shook off the chill of sanctions and has continued to snap up oil drilling rights in Russia, giving it larger exploration holdings in Vladimir Putin’s backyard than in the US

	'Misconceptions' about wind power The UK public believes that wind power subsidies paid by consumers are many times higher than they actually are, according to polling for the industry

	BP sued by Ohio for $33.3 million over tank leak cleanup BP Plc double dipped by taking a total of more than $33 million from an Ohio compensation fund and insurers to clean up leaks from underground storage tanks, according to the state’s attorney general

	Intertek revenues and profits decrease Quality testing giant Intertek saw revenues and profits decrease on a drop off in oil and gas project work. But the firm, which has testing facilities in Aberdeen, said it expects “near-term negative headwinds” in its oil and gas business to “ease”

	Opinion: UK explorers must embrace high-impact plays or face further declines UK oil and gas explorers face some very difficult trends that threaten the long term future of the North Sea. Wells are simply not finding enough new resources