2327 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

2327 results found for 'Shetland Islands'
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  • BMT Appoints New Regional Sales Manager (UK)

    4 May 2011
    Business & Finance

    In a bid to further strengthen its sales force BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy,  announces the appointment of Louise Ledgard. Louise will take up the position of Regional Sales Manager (Europe) providing vital support for all of the subsidiaries that operate within the Energy and Environment sector. […]

  • Transocean rig spins the drill bit at TotalEnergies’ UK prospect

    29 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    TotalEnergies has started drilling a prospect off the coast of the United Kingdom (UK), using one of Transocean’s semi-submersible rigs.

  • Crondall to support Siccar Point’s Cambo development

    17 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Infrastructure

    Crondall Energy has secured a frame agreement contract with Siccar Point Energy to provide support on the Cambo field, West of Shetland.

  • Project for implementing Scotland-Rotterdam hydrogen export route moves forward

    1 December 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Research & Development

    The consortium behind the LOHC for Hydrogen Transport from Scotland (LHyTS) project, which aims to establish a hydrogen export route from Scotland to Rotterdam via liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC), has conducted engineering studies targeted at developing a pilot project as a precursor to large-scale export.  The LHyTS project was launched at the end of […]

  • Horizon 2020 picks Nova Innovation to lead €20M tidal arrays project

    6 July 2017
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    European Union’s Horizon 2020 has selected Nova Innovation to lead the project that aims to increase the commercial viability of tidal power through tidal arrays optimization.

  • Scotland’s FM Presents Package of Powers for Island Communities

    17 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Scotland’s island communities will have greater control over their local economies, natural environment and be represented at the heart of government in an independent Scotland, First Minister Alex Salmond said. ‪Launching the island prospectus, Empowering Scotland’s Island Communities, in Kirkwall, the First Minister outlined the most comprehensive package of powers for the island communities and […]

  • Global Energy hands over Schiehallion manifold to BP

    12 July 2019
    Equipment

    Global Energy Group’s North Fabrication division has completed the work on BP’s Schiehallion Central Production Manifold M1P.

  • Siccar Point Energy sells North Sea field stake

    6 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Siccar Point Energy has entered into an agreement to divest its equity interest across three production licenses covering the Jackdaw discovery in the North Sea.

  • Green light to Shell for decommissioning of Brent pipelines

    16 March 2020
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Shell has received approval from the UK authorities for its decommissioning plan for the Brent field pipelines located in the UK North Sea. 

  • VIDEO: Connecting Equinor’s giant UK platform

    18 September 2018

    Equinor has launched a video of the hook-up and commissioning operations on its Mariner platform in the UK North Sea.

  • Oil & Gas UK: Kraken Proves North Sea Has a Lot to Offer

    18 November 2013

    Oil & Gas UK has welcomed the announcement that EnQuest’s Kraken development is to go ahead, a project set to recover around 140 million barrels of oil from the North Sea, secure thousands of jobs and generate billions of pounds of revenue for the Treasury over the next 25 years. The project, EnQuest’s sixth production […]

  • UK: Hamworthy Wins Offshore Inert Gas Contract at HHI

    17 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Hamworthy announced today that it has won a contract from South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries to supply its inert gas generator (IGG) package for the QUAD 204 FPSO project. The BP-operated The Quad 204 project involves replacing the existing Schiehallion Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel with a new FPSO which is scheduled to […]

  • Ofgem to Host Consultations on Shetland Subsea Power Link

    9 August 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Ofgem, regulator of the UK energy industry, is hosting consultations this month in Shetland to gather the public’s views on plans to service the isles’ energy needs through a subsea cable from the Scottish mainland. Lerwick Power station is reaching the end of its operating life. Ofgem, regulator of the energy industry, asked SSEN, operating […]

  • ‘Polarstern’ on Antarctic Research Campaign

    15 December 2014
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    A group of IMARES staff sails on board the German Research Icebreaker ‘Polarstern’ for investigations in the sea-ice areas of the Weddell Sea. The expedition sails from Cape Town (2 Dec 2014) to the German Neumayer Station (Christmas), through the centre of the Weddell Sea to Punta Arenas in Chile (1 Feb 2015). The largest […]

  • Seven new UK offshore blocks await TotalEnergies and Kistos in West of Shetland oil & gas producing area

    22 August 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    TotalEnergies and Kistos have been presented with seven new blocks or part blocks in an area that contains producing oil and gas assets located West of Shetlands off the coast of the UK.

  • UK: Fairfield Farms-Out Darwin to Taqa

    14 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Fairfield Energy Limited, the North Sea focused independent oil and gas exploration, development and production group, has agreed to farm-out a 50% interest in licences P184, P474 and P1634 to TAQA Bratani Limited. In consideration for the farm-in to the licences, which are collectively known as Darwin, TAQA will fund a work programme and make […]

  • DeepOcean and Enpro deliver attic oil recovery project for Shell

    15 October 2020
    Environment, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Subsea contractor DeepOcean has completed the attic oil recovery project for Shell in the North Sea. According to DeepOcean, the recent campaign on Brent Bravo concrete structure wrapped up with no safety incidents, ahead of schedule and within budget. The project management occurred between the DeepOcean offices in Haugesund and Aberdeen throughout the challenges of […]

  • UK: Hamworthy to Supply IGG Package for Quad 204 FPSO

    17 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Hamworthy announced today that it has won a contract from South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries to supply its inert gas generator (IGG) package for the QUAD 204 FPSO project. The BP-operated The Quad 204 project involves replacing the existing Schiehallion Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel with a new FPSO which is scheduled to […]

  • Offshore workers stage strike on Statoil’s Mariner platform

    9 April 2018

    Offshore workers on Statoil-operated Mariner platform located in the UK sector of the North Sea staged an unofficial strike over the weekend.

  • GALLERY: Giant Pioneering Spirit vessel removes another Brent platform for Shell

    22 June 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Heavy lifting, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Allseas’ heavy lift vessel Pioneering Spirit has completed its first decommissioning job of this summer, the single-lift removal of Shell’s Brent Alpha platform from the North Sea.

  • CNR’s decom plan for Ninian Northern platform approved

    2 July 2019
    Project & Tenders

    CNR International (U.K.) Limited’s decommissioning program for its Ninian Northern platform, which is located in the UK sector of the North Sea, has been approved by UK authorities.

  • UK: Largest Contract in Odfjell Drilling’s History

    11 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Odfjell Drilling has been awarded a significant pre-contract award with BP for the provision of a new build, semi-submersible drilling unit for use in the UK’s West of Shetland region. The contract value is approximately $1.2 billion, excluding options, and represents the largest contract in Odfjell Drilling’s 40 year history. The new unit will be […]

  • Siccar Point to start drilling on delayed UK project next year

    7 June 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Rules & Regulation

    Siccar Point Energy is moving forward with its Cambo field development project, located West of Shetland, which was delayed last year.

  • Clair oil spill dispersed and not visible on sea surface, BP says

    5 October 2016

    British oil major BP has informed that the oil spill near the Clair platform west of Shetland has dispersed and can no longer be seen at the sea surface. To remind, oil in water was released to the sea from the Clair platform, 75 kilometers west of Shetland Islands, on Sunday morning. BP shut the production […]

  • Hurricane finds oil at Lincoln well

    19 December 2016
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    UK-based oil and gas company Hurricane Energy has completed the drilling and logging phase of the Lincoln well, located west of the Shetland Islands, after making an oil discovery.  Hurricane started drilling the Lincoln well on November 8, 2016, with the Transocean Spitsbergen semi-sub drilling rig. Following the completion of the 205/26b-A well, the company on Monday […]