OGIC Invests in New UK Projects
Setting out to help cut operational costs and improve efficiency in the oil and gas industry, the Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) has invested more than £300,000 into three new projects. The first project will see Blue Gentoo work with the University of Aberdeen to develop an Intelligent Hydrate Tool (IHT).
Offshore Achievement Award winners Announced
Winners of the 2018 Offshore Achievement Awards were announced last night {22 March} in a celebration of industry talent, innovation and enthusiasm. The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Section revealed the 11 winners to an audience of more than 450 people, with categories covering technology innovation…
Offshore Achievement Awards: Young Professional Finalists Revealed
Four young offshore industry professionals have been recognised for their career achievements after securing places on the shortlist for the 2018 Offshore Achievement Awards (OAAs), sponsored by TAQA. Chris Stewart, engineer at Expro, Laura Steedman, graduate mechanical engineer at BP, Lyndsey Thomas…
$1.2 mln Funding to Encourage O&G Innovation
The Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF) and the Oil & Gas Innovation Center (OGIC) have joined forces to fund and support the development of innovations which could reduce costs, raise production efficiency, and improve safety and environmental performance. OGIC has made $1.2 million available…
SPE Lecturer Series Agenda, Speakers Finalized
The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Section has secured three international oil and gas industry experts to give a series of presentations over the next three months. Each year, as part of its mission to collect, disseminate and exchange technical knowledge, the Society of Petroleum…
SPE Aberdeen Invests £ 0.2 mi to support Next Generation
With almost daily reports highlighting the skills gap in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) subjects in the UK, the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ (SPE) Aberdeen Section has reported investing almost £200,000 over the last five years to support initiatives designed around these subjects.
Trophies for Industry Awards to be produced by RGU Student
Third year Gray’s School of Art student, Lauren McKenzie has won a competition to design and produce the trophies for the 2017 Offshore Achievement Awards (OAAs), taking place in March. Host of the awards, the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Section, set students studying 3-D Design…
Focus on Statoil’s Mariner Project at Joint Industry Event
In a low oil price environment it is more important than ever for collaboration between disciplines to deliver value, as well as inspiring the next generation of geoscientists and engineers. Members of Statoil’s Aberdeen team are set to discuss exactly how important this is at a presentation jointly…
O&G Center Reports High Demand
The newly established Oil & Gas Innovation Center (OGIC) is already having an impact on accelerating new technologies to support the North Sea oil and gas Industry, the center said. At its official launch hosted by Hydro Group plc in Aberdeen Monday, November 10, OGIC revealed that it now has its…
Phillips to Address SPE ICoTA Conference
Ian Phillips, chief executive of the Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC), will highlight how the pace of innovation in the oil and gas industry is significantly lower than in comparable industries at the 20th SPE ICoTA Well Intervention Conference in Aberdeen this week. Mr. Phillips will give the keynote address on Wednesday…
New Category for 2015 Offshore Achievement Awards
The 2015 Offshore Achievement Awards have opened for entries today, with a new category added which will recognise investment into the future talent of the energy industry. The prestigious awards, which are organised and hosted by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Section with the support of principal sponsor TAQA…
