North Sea Oil
Aberdeen in Scotland is where Britain's energy revolution began almost 40 years ago, under the North Sea. It is now a global centre of oil engineering.
In this week’s Global Business, Peter Day reports from Aberdeen in Scotland, which for 40 years has thrived and flourished on North Sea oil and gas. When they started pumping the oil almost four decades ago, most experts expected it to run out by the end of the 1990s. But North Sea energy production is still in business, and Aberdeen has become a global centre of oil engineering.
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Malcolm Webb, Chief Executive of Oil and Gas UK
Alex Kemp, Professor of Petroleum Economics, Aberdeen University
Tim Bradbury, Deputy General Manager, Enquest
Trevor Garlick, Regional President for BP North Sea
Atholl Menzies, Chief Economist ASET International Oil and Gas Training Academy, Aberdeen
Chris Bain, External Relations Director for Aberdeen Harbour
Sir Ian Wood, Founder and Former Chairman of the John Wood Group
Bill Morrice, Managing Director Technip UK
Andrew McCallum, Director External Affairs, Dana Petroleum
Archie Kennedy, Managing Director, Nexen UK
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