28 July 2026Quick Hits
Sir Ian Wood, who built Wood Group into a North Sea giant, dies at 84
Wood turned his father's fishing business into an energy services group worth billions and later gave away much of his fortune through the Wood Foundation, including funding Aberdeen's regeneration. His death closes the chapter on the generation of Scottish oil pioneers who built the North Sea industry from nothing in the 1970s.
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