Since then, drilling for oil and gas has been one of Aberdeen's biggest industries. People operate oil and gas rigs, huge platforms out at sea that drill into reservoirs deep underground.

Steve Beedie, a mental health advocate based in Aberdeen, worked on offshore rigs across the world for fifteen years after serving in the armed forces, and now shares the challenges he faced in a bid ...

He completed several years of training before heading off to work on offshore oil rigs. Mitchell saved enough ... a while but then returned home near Aberdeen, Scotland, and got his job back ...

Thousands of North Sea workers face an uncertain future after a major Aberdeen employer dropped a bombshell on Friday. Oil services giant Wood announced plans for hefty cost cuts and asset sales ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. An oil and gas engineering heavyweight has announced plans to axe jobs in Scotland as it complained that North Sea tax hikes have taken a ...