Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK) back issues from July 2007:
C&m out to capture mini-hydro market
Jul 02, 2007 ... With a new wave of small hydro-power schemes likely to be builtacross Scotland over the next few years, Aberdeen-based C&M -Engineering Services has launched a new service focused on capturingbusiness in this subset of the renewable energy market. The company is part of the C&M ...
Stormy times ahead as German operators do battle over wind
Jul 02, 2007 ... A New legal issue has arisen for windfarm developers - thepotential theft of wind. The legal rights to the "wind" are currentlybeing argued over in a German court involving a dispute between theoperators of two wind turbine facilities, according to Scottish lawfirm Shepherd & ...
High-flier bristow invests as demand predicted to soar
Jul 02, 2007 ... Over the past several years, Bristow has been working to bringitself out of the recession triggered by the late-1990s oil-priceslump and the impact of majority ownership since 1996 by Americancompany Offshore Logistics (OLOG) of Louisiana, writes JeremyCresswell. From director, ...
Worked for a major? That's a passport to a bright future
Jul 02, 2007 ... The idea of a career for life in a single company or organisationhas, to all intents and purposes, long since passed. While it maywork out that way for a minority among us, it is not a wiseexpectation for, nor necessarily in the best interests of, either anindividual or a company in an ...
Don't underestimate the power of the modern apprentice
Jul 02, 2007 ... I Don't know about you but I'm beginning to feel very old aseverywhere I go everyone in the industry is talking about youngpeople. How do we attract young people into this industry? Where areour young engineers going to come from? Pages in Energy for youngpeople; events targeted at young ...
Fugro mexico-bound
Jul 02, 2007 ... Fugro has been awarded a 3D seismic acquisition contract to becarried out offshore Mexico for Pemex. The European group will carryout the acquisition and processing of ...
Irish licences
Jul 02, 2007 ... Hess is taking a 42% interest in two Slyne-Erris Trough licencesoffshore Donegal, Ireland, which are held by Statoil with Shell. The much delayed Corrib gas development is at the heart of the twolicences. In the plans is acquisition of ...
Gold off Cuba
Jul 02, 2007 ... Gold Oil has secured approval from Cuba's Oficina Nacional deRecursos Minerales (ONRM) to serve as operator for oil and gasexploration operations onshore and offshore Cuba in water depths to100m. This qualification represents the successful completion of theinitial phase of the ...
New Scottish Executive - fresh approach
Jul 02, 2007 ... By The time this appears in print, Jim Mather, Scotland's newenergy minister, will have held his first seminar to discuss thecontribution that the energy industry can make to Scotland and toseek ways of optimising it in the Scottish context. Mather aims to reach a consensus on what ...
Aberdeen firm first with environmental e-learning courses for oil&gas
Jul 02, 2007 ... Aberdeen e-learning company Atlas Interactive has teamed up withAurora Environmental to develop a series of environmental e-learningcourses for the oil&gas industry. Already being piloted with Chevron, BP and CNR International, thecourses are in the development stages with ...
Companies a credit to UK
Jul 02, 2007 ... British oil&gas supply companies are a credit to themselves andtheir host country, according to the UK's just former amabssador toAzerbaijan. Dr Laurie Bristow, now posted to Moscow, has seen Azerbaijanthrough significant changes and has particular regard for the effortsby ...
It's steady as we go for amec's new caspian boss
Jul 02, 2007 ... He Has logged 10 years with Amec to date, having joined as agraduate mechanical engineer, and over that time Richard Rippon-Swaine has developed a particular knowledge of the energy sector inRussia and the CIS (former Soviet satellites), and relationship withBP. However, ...
Government by press release - what next?
Jul 02, 2007 ... Scotland is undergoing a period of government by press release inwhich not a lot is happening but a steady flow of issues are beingpromoted on which divisions can be secured between Scotland and therest of the UK or, as the First Minister prefers to call it,"London". In other ...
Fancy a career in energy? Then offshore Europe '07 is a must
Jul 02, 2007 ... If You are a senior or middle-school pupil and are even vaguelythinking about going into engineering or something that could lead toa job in the energy industry then Education Day at this year'sOffshore Europe show in Aberdeen is surely a must. A huge effort is being made by the ...
J is for joule
Jul 02, 2007 ... A Joule is a metric unit for measuring work and energy, namedafter James Joule. It is equal to the work done when one ampere ofelectric current is passed through a resistance of one ohm for onesecond. That's the technical bit and anyone old enough to want to delvemore deeply can ...
American superconductor research may unlock the door to quiet, clean, electric flying machine
Jul 02, 2007 ... An All-electric aircraft could soon appear over the horizon ifresearch currently under way in the US delivers a practical result. The new type of aircraft, currently on the drawing board, could befar more efficient than conventional aircraft, produce lessgreenhouse emissions and be ...
Busy times on the Norwegian oil patch
Jul 02, 2007 ... Pertra has stated that phase two of the work programme scheduledfor Norwegian production licence 321 will kick off with the drillingof two exploration wells in the area east of the giant Ormen Langegas field. The company said that the licence area encompasses threeblocks, 6306/2, 6306/3 ...
Turning heat into electricity - a neat trick with purpose
Jul 02, 2007 ... Scientists at an American university have developed small devicesthat turn heat into sound and then into electricity. The technologyholds promise for changing waste heat into electricity, harnessingsolar energy and cooling computers and radars. "We are converting waste heat to ...
Talisman gets big thumbs-up from students
Jul 02, 2007 ... Emily Kay: course - BSc Geology with Physics at AberdeenUniversity "AT SCHOOL, I found it hard to make up my mind about aspirationsfor the future. I had always done well so I had plenty of optionsopen to me," says Kay. "When I was younger, my interests lay mainly in art and ...
Fpal mirrors eBay success
Jul 02, 2007 ... Ebay, the online marketplace, and perhaps the biggest successstory of our times, enables people anywhere in the world to dobusiness with one another. But how can we have the confidence to do business with people,especially when we don't know them and will never meet them? The ...
Scholarships powerful catalyst to revived interest in engineering
Jul 02, 2007 ... Talisman's pounds800,000 over 10 years scholarship scheme withAberdeen and The Robert Gordon universities is having a dramaticimpact on the appeal their petroleum engineering and related degreeprogrammes, particularly to school leavers. While each university takes a different ...
Three decades of energy law and policy at Dundee
Jul 02, 2007 ... A Couple of weeks ago, CMS Cameron McKenna hosted a seminar inLondon to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Centre for Energy,Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy at Dundee University. Some regular readers of Energy may know that I have worked withthe centre for over 15 years as ...
Dramatic fall in the number of kestrels in Scotland's skies The once-common kestrel is vanishing from Scottish skies, according to a new report.
Jul 02, 2007 ... The once-common kestrel is vanishing from Scottish skies,according to a new report. Kestrel numbers have fallen by 65% since the national BreedingBird Survey began in 1994. But the humble house sparrow is thriving north of the border.Their numbers have risen by 31% in ...
Music fans face loss of hearing
Jul 02, 2007 ... The Uk faces a hearing loss timebomb due to the noise levels musiclovers are exposing themselves to, a charity warned yesterday. RNID, which campaigns for deaf and hard of hearing people, says ina new report that 90% of young people experience signs of hearingdamage after a night ...
Weekend of weather extremes marks Scottish traditional boat festival
Jul 02, 2007 ... The biggest maritime festival in the north-east turned into aweekend of weather extremes - with warm sunshine on Saturday andpersistent rain yesterday. Huge crowds flocked to the Scottish Traditional Boat Festival inPortsoy on the opening day to take advantage of a rare warm spell ...
Final approval for pounds90m flood scheme to protect town A major step forward in protecting Elgin from its recurring nightmare of devastating floods will be taken this week - 10 years and a day since the town suffered the first of its two biggest-ever flooding incidents.
Jul 02, 2007 ... A major step forward in protecting Elgin from its recurringnightmare of devastating floods will be taken this week - 10 yearsand a day since the town suffered the first of its two biggest-everflooding incidents. Councillors will be asked on Wednesday to approve final amendmentsto ...
Spirited farmer finds new use for rhubarb
Jul 02, 2007 ... A Scots farmer has come up with a novel way of using his excessorganic rhubarb crop - by turning it into a festival tipple. Andrew Lyle, 42, of Aldourie Farm, Dores, Inverness-shire, triedout his rhubarb vodka on thousands of revellers who flocked to theRock Ness music festival ...
Plea for museum to return treasure
Jul 02, 2007 ... A Letter calling for a historic collection of silver to bereturned to its island home was handed over to museum chiefs onSaturday. Shetland MSP Tavish Scott joined with other members of 2007Lerwick Up Helly Aa Jarl squad to deliver the letter to the NationalMuseums Scotland in ...
Artist back in frame as studio reopens
Jul 02, 2007 ... A Studio housing works by Montrose's best-known artist andsculptor reopened yesterday after a pounds5,000 refurbishment. The Market Street studio was formerly William Lamb's workingstudio and still contains much of his life's work. Lamb worked in the town from the early 1900s ...
Local hero has Scots target Aberdeenshire stole a march on their promotion rivals in cricket's National League Division One on Saturday when they demolished the puny challenge of Arbroath United.
Jul 02, 2007 ... Aberdeenshire stole a march on their promotion rivals in cricket'sNational League Division One on Saturday when they demolished thepuny challenge of Arbroath United. Nearest challengers Watsonians, Freuchie and Penicuik had tosettle for three points after their games were ...
Unwell Adam pips rival
Jul 02, 2007 ... Stirlingshire driver Gary Adam continued his dominance of theCounty Saab Scottish rally championship on a wet RSAC Scottish Rallycourse with the narrowest of wins ahead of champion Dave Weston. Driving a Subaru Impreza, Dollar-based Adam pipped hisAberdeenshire rival by only three ...
Federer walks into quarter-final Defending champion Roger Federer has been handed a bye to the quarter- finals of Wimbledon when fourth round opponent Tommy Haas was forced to pull out through injury.
Jul 02, 2007 ... Defending champion Roger Federer has been handed a bye to thequarter-finals of Wimbledon when fourth round opponent Tommy Haas wasforced to pull out through injury. Haas, the injury-plagued 13th seed, suffered a torn abdominalmuscle in his four-set victory against Russian Dmitry ...
Serena aims to be number one again Former Wimbledon champion Serena Williams is convinced she can put her injury nightmare behind her and regain her number one status.
Jul 02, 2007 ... Former Wimbledon champion Serena Williams is convinced she can puther injury nightmare behind her and regain her number one status. The 25-year-old American dropped to 140th in the world last Julyafter a succession of knee and ankle problems took their toll, butstarted the climb ...
Crowds brave the wet weather for countryside fair at scone palace
Jul 02, 2007 ... About 10,000 people braved the elements to visit a countrysidefair in Perthshire yesterday. While many visitors to the Game Conservancy Scottish Fair wereprepared for the unpredictable weather, others headed for the tradestands to buy waterproofs. They enjoyed entertainment ...
Kennedy finishes clear of field
Jul 02, 2007 ... Jamie Kennedy sped home ahead of a large field to win the mountainbike division of the Corrieyairack Pass race on Saturday. The Stirling Bike Club member, who was third last year, completedthe mountainous 43-mile route between Fort Augustus and Kincraig in3hr 5min 22sec to finish ...
Howard determined to prove himself at Saints
Jul 02, 2007 ... New St Mirren goalkeeper Mark Howard is desperate to make a namefor himself in Scotland after a disappointing spell at Cardiff. The former Arsenal youngster has signed a two-year deal at thePremier League club following one season in Wales. The 20-year-old played just one game ...
Games go by form book
Jul 02, 2007 ... It Was a day of few real surprises in Grade 1 on Saturday asCults, Bon Accord, Ellon, Stonehaven and Kintore all recorded easywins against teams from the lower half of the table. Bon Accord's win at Rubislaw pushed the home side closer torelegation. In Grade 2 both 2nd Cults ...
Hamilton happy to finish third Ferrari fired a warning shot to Lewis Hamilton who now heads into Sunday's British Grand Prix savouring one of the greatest feelings of his career.
Jul 02, 2007 ... Ferrari fired a warning shot to Lewis Hamilton who now heads intoSunday's British Grand Prix savouring one of the greatest feelings ofhis career. Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa scored Ferrari's first one-two for15 grand prix races as the Maranello duo led home the field ...
Highland will meet Ross County in KO cup final
Jul 02, 2007 ... Highland and Ross County will meet in the final of the KnockoutCup following their semi-final away victories on Saturday. Batting first Highland scored 110 for eight and Counties' battingcollapsed against the bowling of Stuart Catto (four for 8) and RobNixon (three for 12) and ...
Fortune comes good in Ireland
Jul 02, 2007 ... Soldier of Fortune led home another Aidan O'Brien big race one-two-three with his nine-length victory in the Irish Derby at a rain-soaked Curragh yesterday. The Vodafone Derby fifth travelled like a dream for SeamusHeffernan and kicked clear at the two-furlong pole for a ...
Rea puts down marker as he stakes claim to be champion Jonathan Rea underlined his credentials for the Bennetts British superbike crown with a brilliant winning double at the rain-soaked Knockhill circuit yesterday.
Jul 02, 2007 ... Jonathan Rea underlined his credentials for the Bennetts Britishsuperbike crown with a brilliant winning double at the rain-soakedKnockhill circuit yesterday. Irishman Rea moved into second place in the title stakes, 11points down on his HM Plant Honda team-mate Ryuichi ...
Adopt a dolphin idea backed by families
Jul 02, 2007 ... The sun shone on dolphin lovers in Inverness at the weekend as aconservation campaign gathered strength. Youngsters and others from far and near took up an invitation toadopt one of the creatures at a Moray Firth open day at North Kessockfeaturing advice on the marine favourites, ...
Thaksin closes in on city deal
Jul 02, 2007 ... Prospective new Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra has goneon the offensive against the Thai government and its agencies. The former prime minister is furious at what he sees as an ongoingattempt to discredit him and his family. Yesterday his lawyers revealed that various ...
Seamers win it for England
Jul 02, 2007 ... England's new generation of seam bowlers spearheaded acomprehensive victory over West Indies after the failure of theirmiddle order threatened another one-day disappointment. Desperate to start the new era under Peter Moores and PaulCollingwood with a victory, England achieved ...
Macdonald ruled out of cup showdown Fort William midfielder John Macdonald has picked up a four-game suspension which will rule him out of the Camanachd Cup quarter- final with Newtonmore at An Aird on July 14.
Jul 02, 2007 ... Fort William midfielder John Macdonald has picked up a four-gamesuspension which will rule him out of the Camanachd Cup quarter-final with Newtonmore at An Aird on July 14. In addition to an automatic two-game ban for being sent off lastweek, Macdonald has been given a further two ...
Moslem community 'extremely nervous and deeply upset' Race relations across Scotland could deteriorate as a result of the "horrifying and shocking" terrorist attack at Glasgow Airport, a senior Scottish politician predicted last night.
Jul 02, 2007 ... Race relations across Scotland could deteriorate as a result ofthe "horrifying and shocking" terrorist attack at Glasgow Airport, asenior Scottish politician predicted last night. Pakistan-born Mohammad Sarwar, Labour MP for Glasgow Central,warned that Saturday's events could badly ...
Transport networks under tighter security after incident Scotland's transport networks were under tighter security yesterday following the weekend car bomb attack at Glasgow Airport.
Jul 02, 2007 ... Scotland's transport networks were under tighter securityyesterday following the weekend car bomb attack at Glasgow Airport. As the terrorist threat to the UK was heightened to "critical"level, security measures across the country were strengthened. Airports around the UK, ...
Expert warns of long-term bomb threat to Scotland
Jul 02, 2007 ... A Terrorism expert has issued a stark warning that the threatScotland faces from Islamic extremists could last as long as the ColdWar. David Capitanchik, from the Robert Gordon University, in Aberdeen,also said that Scotland may have become too complacent after itavoided the ...
Public must allow more time to get their flights
Jul 02, 2007 ... Airlines yesterday put a brave face on the fact that theirpassengers will be subject to frustration getting to, and through,airports this summer. Airlines said they were sure passengers would show their usualresilience and be determined to take their summer breaks ...
Blair says threat will last for years
Jul 02, 2007 ... International terrorism will remain a threat to British securityfor many years, former prime minister Tony Blair predicted in aninterview being broadcast today. He said the threat from "significant groups of people" would be akey preoccupation not only for Gordon Brown but also for ...
Neighbours tell of shock as doctor's home targeted in cul-de-sac swoop Anti-terror police swooped on what is thought to be the home of a hospital doctor as part of the investigation into the failed car bombings in London and Glasgow, it emerged last night.
Jul 02, 2007 ... Anti-terror police swooped on what is thought to be the home of ahospital doctor as part of the investigation into the failed carbombings in London and Glasgow, it emerged last night. A police cordon and tent were in place at the detached property ina suburban cul-de-sac in north ...
Algerian security forces kill leading Islamic insurgent Security forces killed a man described as the military adviser to the head of an al Qaida affiliate in Algeria in an assault on a mountain hide-out, it was reported yesterday.
Jul 02, 2007 ... Security forces killed a man described as the military adviser tothe head of an al Qaida affiliate in Algeria in an assault on amountain hide-out, it was reported yesterday. Interior Minister Nourredine Yazid Zerhouni, speaking toreporters, did not confirm the report of Wednesday's ...
Mods tight-lipped on antired inquiry
Jul 02, 2007 ... Defence officials refused to be drawn yesterday on claims that aboard of inquiry set up to investigate last year's Antired tragedy inAfghanistan had been reconvened. A report claimed the board had been ordered to look more closelyat an unspecified issue in its draft report into ...
Protests Mark Hong Kong's 10th anniversary
Jul 02, 2007 ... Hong Kong yesterday celebrated a decade of Chinese rule with a parade, a display by paratroopers and a mass protest calling fordemocratic reform. Several thousand pro-democracy protesters marched to thegovernment's headquarters from Victoria Park, one of the fewremaining vestiges ...
Floods leave up to 100 dead in Pakistan after cyclone
Jul 02, 2007 ... Floods caused by a cyclone and rain have left as many as 100people dead in south-west Pakistan, a senior relief official saidyesterday as the government appealed for donations of tents toshelter about 1million people left homeless by the flooding. The deaths have occurred in ...
British soldiers die in weekend of Afghan tragedy A British soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan yesterday - the second to die in the troubled country in two days.
Jul 02, 2007 ... A British soldier was killed in southern Afghanistan yesterday -the second to die in the troubled country in two days. The soldier, from 19 Regiment Royal Artillery, was killed ataround 9.30am local time when his vehicle was blown up following anexchange of fire. The Ministry ...
Security stepped up at airports and stations
Jul 02, 2007 ... Commuters and people travelling longer distances by rail and airwill notice changes today as a result of the terror alert whichbegan on Friday. Scotland Yard said people returning to work in the capital afterthe weekend should notice an additional police presence at main-line ...
Activity advice to keep babies healthy
Jul 02, 2007 ... A First birthday present for every child in Moray has beenlaunched with the aim of combating inactivity in early years. The free booklet describes activities that parents can do withtheir youngsters at home and is to be sent to every parent in thearea when their child turns ...
Watchdog raises doubts over need for two schools Councillors who rejected plans to replace Elgin's two secondary schools with a single, so-called super-school have yet to convince the national spending watchdog that it was the right decision.
Jul 02, 2007 ... Councillors who rejected plans to replace Elgin's two secondaryschools with a single, so-called super-school have yet to convincethe national spending watchdog that it was the right decision. They will be told this week that Audit Scotland is demanding moreevidence to support their ...
Fundraising cancer survivor William tells story in hope of helping other sufferers
Jul 02, 2007 ... A Young Highland man who was diagnosed with testicular andabdominal cancer made the difficult decision to speak out about hiscondition in the hope it would help other sufferers. William Hamilton, 22, is now organising a charity raffle andtaking part in a sponsored run to ra ise ...
Venerable robina spreads word at Findhorn
Jul 02, 2007 ... One of the world's most respected Buddhist teachers spread theword at Findhorn over the weekend. Venerable Robina Courtin spoke during a two-day course at theShambala Retreat Centre, which opened last year to help promotetolerance and understanding among people from different ...
Discarded fishing gear taking deadly toll on St Kilda birds
Jul 02, 2007 ... Seabirds on the remote islands of St Kilda - the most importantseabird breeding station in north-west Europe - are dying becauseof discarded fishing gear, the National Trust for Scotland haswarned. In one recent incident, a fulmar discovered by trust ranger, SarahMoney on St ...
New exhibition bears all
Jul 02, 2007 ... Polar bears are set to bring a wintry addition to a summerexhibition in Dundee. Robotically-controlled (animatronic) bears, which are usually seenduring the festive season, are taking an unusual outing to SensationScience ...
Teen trio see launch of debut sci-fi novel
Jul 02, 2007 ... The debut sci-fi novel by three teenage brothers from Wick waslaunched at the weekend. Adam, Calum and Donald Risbridger were in the town's D R Simpson'snewsagent to publicise their work, The Third Millennium: Encounter. The brothers began the project three years ago, working ...
Wait over as storm turns winner Eight years after lifting the British amateur title - and four years after working at a cream cake factory cleaning trays for pounds145 a week - Graeme Storm finally became a European Tour winner yesterday.
Jul 02, 2007 ... Eight years after lifting the British amateur title - and fouryears after working at a cream cake factory cleaning trays forpounds145 a week - Graeme Storm finally became a European Tour winneryesterday. The 29-year-old world number 205 from Hartlepool pulled off yetanother ...