The University of Aberdeen has established an Oil & Gas Archive to hold records collected as part of the 'Capturing the Energy' programme. The University is at the geographical heart of the industry in the North East, and has strong links with the sector. It has a growing collection of industry-related archive material spanning thirty years. All areas will be represented in our holdings, including major companies, the supply chain and smaller, personal collections. The University acts as a physical repository for deposited material, but also as a virtual hub for information and resources relating to the industry held elsewhere.
Recent projects
FRIGG UK Documentation Project
The first CTE project recording the UK part of the Frigg system, tying in with similar work at the Norwegian Petroleum Museum in Stavanger for the Frigg Field. The project documents 30 years' of innovation and activity, creating an important, comprehensive and unique resource accessible to the public. A wide variety of material has been collected, including engineering drawings, technical manuals, operational records, company journals, photographs, and film and video footage. A selection is, for the first time, available online. Personal memorabilia and interviews with people who worked in the industry captured the personal side.
'Lives in the Oil Industry' Oral History Project:
An oral history project to collect and preserve the first-hand experience of the North Sea Oil and Gas industry from people working in virtually every aspect of the oil and gas industry and close family members in the twentieth century, conducted by the University of Aberdeen, in conjunction with the British Library. It documents the personal side of one of the United Kingdom's most important industries and its impact on the United Kingdom, and the affect on the lives of those connected to it. The 187 interviews total over 700 hours of recordings and were held in the United Kingdom and United States.