oilfield

Stricken with grief, he drifted for a while, finding work in the Californian oilfields - before travelling to Paris and Florence, where he studied art.

The Piper oilfield lies about halfway between Scotland the west coast of Norway.

The Aberdeen-based group, which provides oilfield and engineering services, warned in April that it had to restate its accounts from previous years.

Hassen was previously chief finance officer for Basin Holdings, “a global diversified oilfield/industrial supply and services company,” according to his LinkedIn page.

Assets like oilfields were already factored in under the rules - last updated in 2008.