Last week, foundation degree Student Jonny Dryden from Newcastle College came in to SMD to test his ROV in the test tank at our i19 ROV Centre Of Excellence facility. The test tank is used for testing and commissioning our work class ROV vehicles before delivery to customers. Dryden is studying to complete the final year […]
A talented trainee on the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry Technician Training Scheme is celebrating after being named OPITO Apprentice of the Year. Scott Stage, 22, beat off competition from students at three colleges across the UK to win the top honour in the North Sea oil and gas industry’s modern apprentice programme. The award […]
A leading subsea trials and training centre has welcomed back a former student who is now a leading industry expert, more than thirty years after he qualified on the saturation closed bell mixed gas course. Derek Beddows, Upstream Diving Technical Authority for BP returned to The Underwater Centre in Fort William during its recent Open […]
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Offshore Middle East has announced the inclusion of the inaugural Student Paper Program at the 2013 event taking place in Doha, Qatar on January 21-23, 2013. The purpose of the program is to showcase regional engineering talent and student development in regional universities. The program also serves to bring together university students with technical experts […]
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Ten teams from the UK, France, Germany and Spain will converge at the Centre from 4-10 July to compete for this year’s Student Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Challenge-Europe (SAUC-E). Each team has designed and built an AUV that they will use to complete a mission in a realistic environment at NURC’s harbour. SAUC-E encourages students […]
