Massive increase in Sullom Voe workforce - urgent need for engineers

BP announces "new lease of life" for Sullom Voe oil terminal - doubling of workforce as Clair and Schiehallion work escalates.

Terminal manager Arthur Spence states that experienced oil and gas people are needed in Shetland, especially trained engineers.

“Shetland has some, but not enough with the skills and experience that we need,” he said.

Full story at The Shetland News

Numbers working offshore keep growing - and Shetland is essential in the transportation process

Offshore Worker Numbers Continue to Grow in UK Oil and Gas - and Shetland is crucial

The UK’s core offshore workforce - those who spend over 100 nights a year offshore - grew in 2012 to 25,760, the largest since 2006. Almost 57,000 people travelled offshore in total, nine per cent more than in 2011. Oil & Gas UK’s 2013 Offshore Demographics Report was published today (26 June). It shows that of those who travelled offshore in 2012: the average age is 41.1 years, similar to previous years the number of people aged under 30 years grew by 14 per cent compared with 2011 over 80 per cent is of British nationality three and half times more people work for non-operators than operators 4 per cent were female Shetland is crucial in the safe, effective, reliable and economical transportation of workers offshore via its airport facilities at Sumburgh, Scatsta, Tingwall and Baltasound in Unst, which is being considered by Chevron as a possible base . For more information on doing business in Shetland's energy sector click here

Totally cooking on gas!

It's going to be Shetland's biggest hotel, with 100 rooms. And it's guaranteed to be a success.

The Moorfield Hotel in Brae, near the Sullom Voe Oil Terminal, Scatsta Airport and the new Total gas plant, hub of the massive Laggan-Tormore pipeline development, will open in August with all the accommodation booked by Total for 12 months. And for the following six years, 80 per cent of the rooms will also be reserved for the French firm's employees.

Local folk and tourists will be welcome to eat and drink at the 48,000 sq ft Moorfield - and up to 40 jobs will be created, say developers and management company Redefine BDL Ltd.

At the moment, two accommodation barges moored in Lerwick, another in Scalloway plus a temporary accomodation unit at Sella Ness, are being used to accommodate workers.

Shetland is buzzing with hydrocarbon activity at the moment, both on and offshore.

- Laggan-Tormore: On completion the Shetland gas plant will  process up to 500 million standard cubic feet of gas per day, employing 70 people. The entire project is expected to cost around £2.5bn. 

Latest News: York firm wins contract for blast-proof substations

- Viking Energy: Plans for one of the biggest land-based windfarms in Europe are progressing. It is expected to begin exporting green energy in 2018.

- BP: redevelopment of the Schiehallion field west of Shetland and in the North Sea, the Clair Ridge and Clair South-west developments

-Decommissioning - major developments along the Lerwick waterfront by Lerwick Port Authority and Peterson SBS, among others.

-Aegir wave farm project - a joint venture between Pelamis and Vattenfall

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