This week, MPs visit Aberdeen to hear evidence on helicopter safety, a report warns about the future of exploration drilling and Shell's profits take a hit.

This week, Westminster's Transport Select Committee plans a visit to Aberdeen to hear evidence on helicopter safety, the AAIB release their latest update on their investigation into August's SuperPuma crash off Shetland and talks between unions and management continue at the construction site of a new gas terminal.

This week a rise in the number of people working in renewable energy, researchers using drones to help map out the remaining resources in the North Sea and the Scottish Government urged to overturn a major decision for a proposed Aberdeenshire wind project.

This week, we're back after the Christmas and New Year break with.... - A fatal accident inquiry getting under way into a Super Puma crash in 2009... - A major deal signed in the North Sea.... - And Shell begin public exhibitions for carbon capture proposals in Peterhead.

This week, a date was finally announced for the Fatal Accident Inquiry into the 2009 Superpuma disaster, the UK Government turned its back on onshore windfarms, and we learned the oil and gas sector was attracting more migrants to Aberdeen than anywhere else in Scotland.