2316 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

2316 results found for 'Shetland Islands'
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  • Shell flows first gas from North Sea field

    1 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Shell has kicked off production from a gas field in the North Sea, which is expected to help maintain domestically produced gas for Britain’s homes, businesses, and power generation.

  • Equinor renews Wood’s contract for UK oilfield support services

    2 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    UK engineering and consulting company Wood has secured a contract extension to provide operations, maintenance, modifications, and support services (OMMS) on the assets located on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) operated by the Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor.

  • $25.6M acquisition expanding Serica’s North Sea footprint

    30 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    The UK-based upstream oil and gas player Serica Energy has signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire 100% of the issued share capital of Prax Upstream from Prax Exploration & Production.

  • Statkraft seals land deal for its hydrogen project in Shetland

    6 August 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development

    Statkraft has secured a lease from the Shetland Islands Council to develop its Shetland Hydrogen Project 2, moving the plan into its next phase.

  • Scotland eyes global leadership in marine science and technology

    3 September 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost marine and coastal research, innovation, and technology development across Scotland’s Highlands and Islands. According to HIE, the deal, signed at the European Marine Science Park (EMSP) on August 28, aims to reinforce Scotland’s […]

  • ABB to power CMAL’s 7 new all-electric ferries

    28 October 2025
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Swiss technology company ABB has won an order with Poland-based shipbuilder Remontowa Shipbuilding to supply power distribution and propulsion systems for seven all-electric double-ended ferries ordered by Scotland’s maritime player Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL).

  • Ocean Infinity set for geophysical survey at UK’s subsea electricity superhighway

    6 January 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vessels, Vision

    Marine robotics company Ocean Infinity is expected to begin a geophysical survey for Eastern Green Link (EGL5), the UK’s fifth subsea electricity superhighway that would connect Scotland and England, in about one week. The marine survey activities are planned to commence on January 12 and to be completed by the end of February. Ocean Infinity will […]

  • First demo to unite tidal power, battery storage and hydrogen completes in Scotland

    11 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Storage, Technology, Transition, Vision

    A demonstration combining tidal power, battery storage, and hydrogen production has been completed in Scotland, marking what is said to be the first time these three technologies have been integrated into a single energy system. The demonstration integrated Orbital Marine Power’s O2 tidal turbine, vanadium flow batteries supplied by Invinity Energy Systems, and an ITM […]

  • Ocean Infinity to perform geotechnical survey for UK’s fifth subsea electricity superhighway

    12 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vision

    Marine robotics company Ocean Infinity is set to begin a geotechnical survey later this month for Eastern Green Link (EGL5), the UK’s fifth subsea electricity superhighway that would connect Scotland and England. The marine survey activities for the 2 GW EGL5 are expected to commence on November 23 in English waters, working north, and are expected […]

  • North Sea oil & gas pair comes up on CHC’s flight radar with multi-year chopper deal

    18 July 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Equinor has hired CHC Helicopter, a Texas-based helicopter services provider, on a long-term assignment at two oil and gas projects in the UK sector of the North Sea.

  • From Poland to Netherlands: Hull of N-Sea’s new cable layer launched (Gallery)

    3 February 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Vessels, Vision

    Dutch shipbuilder and designer Neptune Marine has launched the hull of the dual-fuel cable installation and repair vessel destined for compatriot N-Sea Group. The hull of the 100-meter-long cable-laying vessel (CLV) Altera hit the water last weekend, starting its journey from the shipyard in Poland to the Netherlands. The Polish-built vessel is expected in the […]

  • Legal setback for US LNG arena: Court nixes $11 billion Gulf Coast project’s permit

    20 October 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    A wave of planned U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects is perceived to be under scrutiny in the aftermath of a recent court ruling, which revoked a permit for an LNG export terminal over alleged climate harms. This decision is anticipated to halt the project’s construction activities on the west bank of the Calcasieu Ship Channel at the mouth of the Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico) near Cameron Parish in Louisiana, United States.

  • Swedish wave energy firm on the hunt for financial head

    4 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Human Capital, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Vision

    Following strategic backing as part of its Series B funding round, as well as a grant from the European Union (EU), Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean is on the lookout for a chief financial officer (CFO). Since its start in 2012, CorPower has raised around €115 million in funding in an effort to scale […]

  • Orbital Marine Power gets €8M investment boost for tidal energy development

    10 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Scottish renewable energy company Orbital Marine Power has secured a £7 million (around €8 million) investment to support its international commercial tidal stream projects, following new tidal energy licenses in Canada. Venture-focused investment firm PXN Ventures, the combined VC arm of Praetura Ventures and Par Equity, has joined existing shareholders, including Scottish Enterprise, to invest in […]

  • New UK tidal energy capacity – What we know so far

    12 February 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    Inyanga Marine Energy Group’s HydroWing Tidal Energy Projects has secured a contract for an additional 10 MW of capacity in the UK government’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 7 (AR7) for what will, once fully developed, become the world’s largest tidal energy project. Of note, the UK government awarded a record 14.7 GW of […]

  • Orkney-based firm expands subsea offering with wrap-up of local purchase

    13 August 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology, Vision

    Green Marine (UK), founded in 2012 in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, has strengthened its renewables-focused offshore subsea service offering with the acquisition of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), survey equipment, vessel, personnel and contract agreements from Orkney-based Roving Eye Enterprises. The acquired assets include a range of ROVs and specialised survey equipment, as well as the […]

  • UK government to channel more than $1.49B into maritime industry growth

    15 September 2025
    Authorities & Government, Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics, Transition

    The United Kingdom (UK) government has decided to allocate over £1.1 billion (approximately $1.49 billion) in joint government and industry investments for the maritime sector, seeking to expand growth and boost innovation in engineering, green technology and construction sectors. Per the nation’s Department for Transport, the funding encompasses a private investment amounting to £700 million, […]

  • Morlais tidal energy project scales up as Cydnerth construction begins

    31 July 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Construction has started on the Cydnerth infrastructure project in Holyhead to increase grid capacity for the Morlais tidal energy scheme from 18 MW to 240 MW, according to Menter Môn. Initial work at Parc Cybi involves laying underground cables to connect the Morlais substation at Ynys Lawd (South Stack) with the national grid. The £16 […]

  • AI-powered safety tool fortifies EnQuest’s operated energy portfolio in UK waters

    4 June 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, IT & Software, Project & Tenders, Technology

    Aberdeen-based Fennex has won a multi-year contract with EnQuest which enables the Scottish company to deploy its AI-powered safety management solution across the latter’s operated UK offshore assets and its oil and gas terminal in the Shetland Islands, Scotland.

  • TAQA enters 700 MW Northern Ireland-Scotland interconnector, route surveys on schedule

    29 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    UK expert submarine cable and survey services provider A-2-Sea Solutions has been appointed to carry out route surveys for a new HVDC subsea electricity interconnector that will link the Belfast region in Northern Ireland and the Ayrshire region in Scotland. The LirIC interconnector project will have a total cable route length of around 142 kilometers […]

  • Data-driven cable monitoring extended at world’s largest tidal array

    10 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology

    UK-based climate tech start-up Indeximate has secured a three-year extension to provide cable condition monitoring for SAE Renewables’ MeyGen tidal array in Caithness, Scotland.  The contract, active since March 2024, includes an annual subscription to the company’s Scattersphere system, used to monitor cable and environmental conditions across all four turbines. It also covers the storage […]

  • First steps being taken to bring UK’s fifth subsea electricity superhighway to life

    20 May 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition, Vision

    The UK National Grid and SSEN Transmission have set into motion the first steps for the development of Eastern Green Link (EGL5), the UK’s fifth subsea electricity superhighway that would connect Scotland and England, by launching a public consultation. The partners opened a stage 1 (non-statutory) consultation on May 13, set to close on June […]

  • Quiet debut: All-electric Artemis hydrofoil vessel reaches Orkney waters

    19 May 2025
    Collaboration, Innovation, Technology, Vessels

    Northern Ireland-based maritime design and applied technologies company Artemis Technologies, together with Scottish maritime transportation player Orkney Ferries and the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), has marked the handover of Zevi 1, a fully electric hydrofoil vessel. As disclosed, the Belfast-built Artemis EF-12 Workboat XL arrived in Orkney, an archipelago off the northeastern coast of […]

  • GALLERY: Clair Ridge Jackets Installed Offshore Shetland Islands

    13 August 2013

    BP and its co-venturers, ConocoPhillips, Chevron and Shell, have announced the safe installation of the Clair Ridge platform jackets, a major milestone in the Clair Ridge project. Clair Ridge is a £4.5billion investment in the second phase of development on the Clair field which lies 75km to the west of the Shetland Islands. The project […]

  • UK: Shetland Islands Council Calls for Aberdeen Harbour Dredging

    10 November 2010

    The operators of Aberdeen Harbour should dredge the entrance and consider a better breakwater to help ships in bad weather, it has been… (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, November 11, 2010;