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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鈥檚 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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29 minutes

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Thu 8 Aug 2013 03:32GMT

Contributors to this programme

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,听 Chief Economist ASET International Oil and Gas Training Academy, Aberdeen

Chris Bain,听 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,听 Nexen UK

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  • Sat 3 Aug 2013 01:32GMT
  • Sat 3 Aug 2013 07:32GMT
  • Sun 4 Aug 2013 18:32GMT
  • Wed 7 Aug 2013 14:32GMT
  • Wed 7 Aug 2013 23:32GMT
  • Thu 8 Aug 2013 03:32GMT

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