2320 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

2320 results found for 'Shetland Islands'
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  • BP puts UK field in rearview mirror as DeepOcean’s vessel pulls largest SSIV out of North Sea (Gallery)

    2 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Heavy lifting

    DeepOcean has tucked a new decommissioning milestone under its belt by removing what has been deemed to be the largest subsea isolation valve (SSIV) in the North Sea.

  • Equinor buying Suncor’s UK assets for $850 million

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

    Equinor has inked an agreement to acquire Suncor Energy UK Limited, a subsidiary of Canada’s Suncor, for a total consideration of $850 million.

  • Lerwick Harbour Smashing Records

    29 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    The arrival of the cruise ship Norwegian Star at Lerwick Harbour on Thursday, September 25, marked the end of the Shetland port’s best season yet, with two records achieved, the Lerwick Harbour Port Authority reports. Passenger numbers reached a new high at 43,056, topping the previous record of 37,572 set in 2012, with the vessel tonnage figure […]

  • WATCH: Activists board Boskalis vessel carrying Shell’s North Sea-bound FPSO

    1 February 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Equipment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Vessels

    Environmental activists have boarded Boskalis vessel, which is transporting a circular FPSO destined for Shell’s oil & gas project off the UK.

  • UK prospect nears spud date, while sanctioning of another West of Shetland project gets delayed

    19 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    A rig has been hired for the drilling of a prospect in the UK later this year, but a FID for another project has been postponed.

  • Best of Videos

    26 December 2014
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Subsea World News brings you an interesting collection of the most viewed videos for this year. Maersk Oil ‘Dan Bravo’ Deep Dive Dan Bravo Rationalisation, a challenging three-year project that has reached its midway point, is an example of the complex subsurface and diving work regularly carried out by Maersk Oil’s Danish Business Unit. The […]

  • Two legal challenges loom over UK’s giant undeveloped oil field

    18 December 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Legal trouble brews on the horizon for the UK government and one of the largest undeveloped oil fields in the UK over climate concerns.

  • Ofgem greenlights Shetland subsea link

    23 April 2020
    Business Developments & Projects

    Ofgem has approved a proposal by SSEN to build a 600MW subsea link from Shetland to mainland Scotland. The link would allow new wind farms on Shetland to export electricity to and also ensure supply on the islands. Ofgem’s approval is also subject to approval of 457MW Viking Energy Wind Farm. Ofgem regulates network companies […]

  • Corallian files plan for West of Shetland gas discovery

    23 December 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Rules & Regulation

    Corallian Energy has filed its draft Field Development Plan for the Victory gas discovery off the Shetland Islands to the UK’s authorities.

  • More court action brews on the horizon for giant Bay du Nord oil project

    17 July 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    The legal challenges over the project’s approval do not seem to be over, as the appeal process regarding a lawsuit is waiting in the wings.

  • Legal storm to hit Rosebank as UK’s historic ruling brings emissions from burning oil & gas into play

    20 June 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    The ink is not even dry yet on a recent court ruling but it has sparked excitement about resuming a legal battle against Rosebank, said to be the largest undeveloped oil field in British waters.

  • Shell goes ahead with seismic survey off South Africa but faces new court hearing

    16 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Environment, Transition

    Shell has kicked off its controversial seismic survey activities off South Africa despite growing opposition from environmentalists.

  • UK firm emerges from Chapter 11 with FPSO deal for giant oil & gas project as ‘one of the key drivers’

    9 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    UK-based energy services provider Altera Infrastructure has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a few months after filing for it. 

  • Diamond Offshore’s CEO designates 2023 as ‘transformational year’ with multi-million-dollar rig deals in the bag

    28 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Diamond Offshore is looking forward to reaping the benefits of higher day rates once its rigs move to their new contracts that poured in during 2023.

  • Greenpeace activists board Shell’s North Sea platforms

    14 October 2019

    Greenpeace activists from the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark boarded two oil platforms in Shell’s Brent field on Monday.

  • Shetland Bidding to Become Global Leader in Decommissioning

    20 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Shetland is bidding to become a global leader in a multi-billion pound industry as a result of over £20million of investment announced by Cabinet Secretary John Swinney. A set of multi-million pound investments by Lerwick Port Authority and international energy logistics company Peterson aims to create a decommissioning centre of excellence around Lerwick. Lerwick Port […]

  • Shetland to become leading decom hub in Northern North Sea?

    20 August 2014

    £20m investment in Shetland to secure its place as a global decommissioning centre of excellence.

  • USA: Chevron’s Second Quarter Profit Drops

    27 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Chevron Corporation reported earnings of $7.2 billion ($3.66 per share – diluted) for the second quarter 2012, compared with $7.7 billion ($3.85 per share – diluted) in the 2011 second quarter. Sales and other operating revenues in the second quarter 2012 were $60 billion, compared to $67 billion in the year-ago period. “Our second quarter […]

  • New Dredging Projects for More than 1 Billion Euros Awarded to Jan De Nul Group

    4 February 2011

      Over the last couple of months, a total of more than 1 billion euros projects have been added to the order book. These awards bring the total value of current commitments for Jan De Nul Group to 3.1 billion euros. New work was secured in all corners of the world, from South America and […]

  • New Dredging Projects for More Than 1 Billion Euros Awarded to Jan De Nul Group

    6 February 2011
    Project & Tenders

    Over the last couple of months, a total of more than 1 billion euros projects have been added to the order book. These awards bring the total value of current commitments for Jan De Nul Group to 3.1 billion euros. New work was secured in all corners of the world, from South America and the […]

  • Most read articles of 2017

    1 January 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Tidal Energy Today is bringing you the list of the articles you read the most in 2017.

  • UK govt to speed up new energy projects, including five oil & gas developments

    26 September 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    UK government plans to accelerate various energy projects, including five oil and gas as well as several CCS, hydrogen, and offshore wind projects.

  • FMC Technologies, Total pen subsea systems deal

    16 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    FMC Technologies, Inc. has received an order from Total to supply subsea systems for its Edradour and Glenlivet fields offshore in the West of Shetland area. FMC Technologies’ scope of supply consists of subsea equipment including manifolds and associated connections and controls equipment, wellhead systems, subsea tie back connection equipment and a subsea production tree. […]

  • NKT begins installing Shetland link onshore cable

    16 July 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    NKT has begun the installation of the 10-kilometer onshore cable for the 600 MW Shetland HVDC project in Scotland. The onshore cable will run from the converter station at Kergord in Shetland and the Switching Station at Noss Head in Caithness to the subsea cable landfall points. NKT has also started work on the manufacture […]

  • Will the UK’s huge new oil & gas project overcome the hurdles in its path?

    5 December 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Rosebank, located West of Shetland, is now facing additional obstacles that may hinder its progress and delay the sanctioning yet again.