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  • Industry Fears “the Devil in the Detail” of Offshore Wind Policy

    21 December 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Energy Secretary Amber Rudd might have given the nod that offshore wind would be in favour for this parliament but the industry is still in the dark about the detail, director of the East of England Energy Zone (EEEZ) James Gray told the Offshore Wind Vessels conference in London. The industry needed to step up […]

  • Industry Fears “the Devil in the Detail” of Offshore Wind Policy

    21 December 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Energy Secretary Amber Rudd might have given the nod that offshore wind would be in favour for this parliament but the industry is still in the dark about the detail, director of the East of England Energy Zone (EEEZ) James Gray told the Offshore Wind Vessels conference in London. The industry needed to step up […]

  • Scots Want Renewables-Oriented Government

    30 March 2015
    Authorities & Government

    Almost four in five Scottish adults (79%) believe the next UK Government should implement policies to continue to develop renewable energy, according to a YouGov poll ahead of the General Election. That’s compared to just 26% who back fracking for shale gas, 45% who support new nuclear power stations and 49% in favour of the […]

  • Jumbo’s Fairplayer Getting Ready for EnQuest’s North Sea Project

    3 May 2013

    One of Jumbo’s heavy lift & installation vessels, the Fairplayer, is in Rotterdam preparing for a subsea installation project. Jumbo’s Fairplayer will be executing the installation of the mooring spread for the EnQuest Producer FPSO. This FPSO will be operating at the Alma and Galia fields, located in Blocks 30/24, 30/25 and 30/29, 310km south-east […]

  • Dredging Paper Award Goes To ‘Building with Nature’ (UK)

    19 May 2010
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Stefan Aarninkhof (Royal Boskalis Westminster) and his colleagues at EcosShape | Building with Nature, Jan van Dalfsen and Jan Mulder (both Deltares) and Daan Rijks (DHV Consultants, now Royal Boskalis Westminster) won the Award for their paper entitled “Sustainable Development of Nourished Shorelines. Innovations in Project Design and Realization”. The CEDA Environment Commission’Best Paper Award […]

  • France Halts Delivery of Mistrals to Russia

    4 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    France has finally succumbed to the pressure of its NATO allies and, according to a statement issued Wednesday by the Office of the French President Francois Hollande, has decided to suspend delivery of Mistral ships to Russia. The 1.2 billion euro deal for the two ships, also known as helicopter carriers, for the Russian Navy was […]

  • OGN Recevies FPSO Contract from EnQuest (UK)

    15 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    OGN Group, the North East-England offshore engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) specialist, has secured a multi-million pound contract with independent UK oil and gas development and production company EnQuest, which will lead to the creation of 600 new project jobs at its Tyneside facility. OGN will provide its specialist fabrication services to undertake finishing and […]

  • CorPower Ocean set to catch investment wave at Sweden Sustaintech Venture Day

    16 March 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology

    Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean has been selected from 600 companies to appear at the forthcoming Sweden Sustaintech Venture Day, established to support the scale-up of sustainable businesses.

  • OGN Group Awarded EnQuest Producer FPSO Contract

    15 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    OGN Group, the North East-England offshore engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) specialist, has secured a multi-million pound contract with independent UK oil and gas development and production company EnQuest, which will lead to the creation of 600 new project jobs at its Tyneside facility. OGN will provide its specialist fabrication services to undertake finishing and […]

  • Oil Activity in Arctic Requires New Technologies for Oil Spill Prevention

    15 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      The oil activity in Arctic regions will require new technologies for oil spill prevention. “This summer, we will offer this innovative challenge to 10 creative students in the fields of engineering, economy or other disciplines,” says Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen, DNV’s Vice President for Norway, Russia and Finland. In recent years, DNV’s summer project has focused […]

  • South Korea, Norway to Establish New Arctic Shipping Routes

    12 September 2012

    South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is visiting Norway with an aim of establishing new shipping routes over the Arctic which might cut in half the current travelling times and upsurge trade exchange between Europe and Asia, Barents Observer informs. More detailed political discussions are scheduled for today when the South Korean President will meet with […]

  • USA: Senators Seek Answers on Administration’s Offshore Wind Lease in Atlantic

    9 November 2012
    Authorities & Government

    U.S. Sens. David Vitter (R-La.) and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) sent a letter to U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar asking him to explain the administration’s economic reasoning in allowing an offshore lease sale for wind energy in the Atlantic Ocean. The senators’ letter notes that that the agency will not allow offshore oil and […]

  • IHC Merwede: Strong Order Book

    9 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    IHC Merwede successfully increased its order book in 2013 across the main sectors of its business: offshore and dredging. The company received almost € 1.8 billion worth of new orders in the past year. At the end of 2013, the order book was valued at over € 1.7 billion, which is the equivalent of a […]

  • Govenment Support Critical for First Arrays in Water, Says RUK

    28 April 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    RenewableUK commented on the release of a new marine energy roadmap from the UK Energy Research Centre and the Energy Technologies Institute. The report, which focusses on cost-cutting, identifies forty technology and deployment issues faced by the wave and tidal energy sector in the UK, and lays out how to tackle these to ensure the […]

  • Interior FY 2018 Energy Revenues for GOMESA Climb to $215M

    26 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary, David Bernhardt, yesterday announced that the Department will disburse nearly $215 million in FY 2018 energy revenues to the four Gulf oil and gas producing states – Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, and their coastal political subdivisions (CPS) – an increase of 14.3 percent over the prior […]

  • Petrofac Lands $300 Mln North Sea Job from EnQuest

    27 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Petrofac has been awarded two contracts, to provide Operations and Maintenance (O&M) services and Duty Holder Support Services to operator EnQuest plc on the Heather, Thistle, Northern Producer and EnQuest Producer assets in the North Sea. The contracts are worth approximately US$300 million and the O&M contract is for up to five years; these replace […]

  • Trump announces withdrawal from Paris Agreement

    2 June 2017
    Authorities & Government

    The U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday announced his intention for the United States to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord.

  • Philippines: DPWH Submits Proposal for MMORS Dredging

    19 March 2012

    The Department of Public Works and Highways have already submitted a proposal on the dredging of the Marilao-Meycauayan-Obanso River System (MMORS). DPWH-Region III director Antonio Molano, Jr. said that they have already submitted a P1.9-billion proposal to dredge the MMORS which would span about 43 kilometers and on a 30-km dike improvement to aid the […]

  • MMMCZCS: Navigating the regulatory traps to drive real change

    15 August 2023
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Green Marine, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    Regulatory measures implemented by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) often set out with the noble goal of curbing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and promoting sustainability within the global shipping industry. Yet, the journey from regulation to actual emission reduction can be marred by intricate technicalities and market-driven adaptations that lead to unintended outcomes. As the […]

  • Oil & Gas UK welcomes Theresa May as Prime Minister

    14 July 2016

    Oil & Gas UK has welcomed the appointment of the Rt Hon Theresa May MP as a leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the UK.  To remind, after the British people voted to leave the EU in June, the country’s PM David Cameron resigned from his position. As a trade association for […]

  • Ocean energy industry presents commercialisation roadmap to EU leaders

    20 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Europe’s ocean energy industry will meet with key political leaders at a summit in Dublin today to present a game plan for commercialising the ocean energy sector, according to Ocean Energy Europe. The summit marks the start of the two day Ocean Energy Europe Conference & Exhibition in Dublin. At the conference, European Commissioner for […]

  • UK Election Candidates to support Renewable Energy Manifesto 2015

    20 April 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Regen SW launched a manifesto on renewable energy that puts local communities at the heart of renewable energy developments, and aims for UK’s south west to lead the world in developing wave and tidal technologies. Regen SW has asked MPS and Parliamentary candidates in the south west to show their support for the development of […]

  • With 20% Cost Overrun, Offshore Wind Performs Well in Germany

    25 May 2015

    With an average cost overrun of 20 per cent, offshore wind parks perform well in comparison to other large-infrastructure projects. The average large-infrastructure project in Germany is 73 per cent more expensive than planned. This was one of the key findings of a study by the Hertie School of Governance, under the leadership of Genia […]

  • With 20% Cost Overrun, Offshore Wind Performs Well in Germany

    25 May 2015

    With an average cost overrun of 20 per cent, offshore wind parks perform well in comparison to other large-infrastructure projects. The average large-infrastructure project in Germany is 73 per cent more expensive than planned. This was one of the key findings of a study by the Hertie School of Governance, under the leadership of Genia […]

  • Portugal to get US LNG cargo

    3 February 2017

    Portugal is set to receive a cargo from Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG export terminal in Louisiana, at least that is what the ship-tracking data currently shows. This would be the second U.S. LNG cargo produced from shale gas to reach Portugal. According to the shipping data by the port of Sines, the 162,000-cbm Golar Kelvin […]