2327 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

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  • Rystad Energy: Top wildcat wells to watch this year

    19 February 2019

    Several wildcat wells planned for 2019 have the potential to be “elephant” finds, according to Norwegian oil and gas intelligence firm Rystad Energy.

  • Op-ed: Different rules, same game – Thinking differently about UK’s energy future

    28 October 2024
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    Terry Allan, CEO of Aberdeen-headquartered nexos, delves into the intricate complexities of the energy industry’s version of a high-stakes poker game in the United Kingdom (UK).

  • Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland team up for ocean energy

    2 September 2016

    The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), Invest Northern Ireland and Scottish Enterprise launched a collaborative network aiming to intensify ocean energy development at an inaugural meeting held yesterday in Dublin.

  • Multi-billion investment on the horizon, as UK greenlights giant Rosebank oil field

    27 September 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    The North Sea Transition Authority has now given its blessing for the development of the controversial Rosebank field on the UKCS.

  • Equinor files key document ahead of plans to invest billions in UK oil and gas project

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

    Equinor has filed an ES related to the development of its Rosebank oil field located West of Shetland to the UK authorities

  • UK, Scotland Energy Authorities Work on Connecting Scottish Islands to Mainland

    27 June 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Storage

    Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing and UK Energy Secretary Ed Davey have jointly chaired a meeting of the Scottish Island Renewables Delivery Forum. Key decision makers met yesterday to agree a timetable for practical action to connect Scotland’s islands to the mainland transmission grid and unlock their huge potential to generate clean energy.   Mr Ewing […]

  • Best of 2014

    1 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea World News brings you the most popular articles from the previous year (January 01 – December 31). The Best of 2014 represents the readers’ choice, based on the monthly statistics and general interest in the articles.           January: Stork Sells Its Subsea Division to N-Sea Group Stork Technical Services, the […]

  • UK, Scotland Energy Authorities Work on Connecting Scottish Islands to Mainland

    27 June 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Storage

    Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing and UK Energy Secretary Ed Davey have jointly chaired a meeting of the Scottish Island Renewables Delivery Forum. Key decision makers met yesterday to agree a timetable for practical action to connect Scotland’s islands to the mainland transmission grid and unlock their huge potential to generate clean energy.   Mr Ewing […]

  • Ocean Kinetics and Green Marine wrap up OpenHydro tidal platform decommissioning

    19 December 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Two Scottish companies, Ocean Kinetics and Green Marine, have completed the decommissioning of OpenHydro’s tidal energy platform at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. According to Ocean Kinetics, the decommissioning project managed under a contract with EMEC, involved dismantling the platform’s steel superstructure and pile foundations. In April, Ocean Kinetics and Green Marine […]

  • Rhode Island CRMC Introduces SLAMM Report

    29 April 2015
    Business & Finance

    The RI Coastal Resources Management Council and its project partners have released the Rhode Island Sea Level Affecting Marsh Migration (SLAMM) project summary report that details the findings and results of an evaluation of the response of the state’s coastal wetlands to sea level rise scenarios of one, three and five feet. Coastal wetlands, especially […]

  • Total, Dong sanction Edradour field development

    3 July 2014

    French Total, together with its Danish partner DONG, has decided to launch the development of the Edradour gas field in the West of Shetland area, and has in addition acquired a 60% interest in the neighboring Glenlivet discovery. The tie backs of Edradour and Glenlivet to Laggan-Tormore are expected to add reserves of more than […]

  • Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland Eye Joint Subsea Network Development

    10 June 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Scottish Government, acting on behalf of itself and its project partners the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in Ireland, is commissioning a Business Plan to inform and encourage potential future development of a sub-sea electricity network, which would specifically facilitate the […]

  • The Crown Estate Responds to News on Empowering Scottish Islands

    17 June 2014
    Authorities & Government

    Scottish First Minister yesterday made a speech in Kirkwall outlining his proposals to empower the Islands – Orkney, Shetland, the Western Isles – if Scotland becomes independent.  The section on harnessing islands resources includes proposals relating to The Crown Estate such as devolving foreshore to the Islands and a proportion of leasing revenue going to the local […]

  • Two Mare Island Wetland Sites Selected for Restoration Project (USA)

    24 November 2010

    Some Mare Island property that has technically qualified as wetlands may soon be enhanced to more properly fit the definition. The Vallejo… By Jessica A. York (timesheraldonline) [mappress] Source: timesheraldonline, November 25, 2010;

  • NKT sets date for Shetland link boulder relocation

    3 November 2021
    Operations & Maintenance

    NKT is set to undertake boulder relocation along the Shetland HVDC link cable route between Noss Head, North of Wick, and the landfall in Weisdale Voe in Scotland.

  • Celtic Norse Cable Branches to Scotland and Iceland

    1 November 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Celtic Norse fibre optic cable between Norway and Ireland will be partnered by Vodafone Iceland to develop a branch into Iceland. It is also investigating the opportunity to develop a branch into Scotland, initially with the government’s infrastructure body, the Scottish Futures Trust and Host in Scotland, the datacenter umbrella body which it sponsors. Celtic […]

  • Moray First Marine Completes Recovery Work Off Island of Canna, Scotland

    20 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Moray First Marine, a workboat and ROV operations company based in Lossiemouth on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland, completed an impressive feat recently as they recovered a Marine Scotland current meter from a depth of 170m with their free swimming Sub Atlantic Mojave ROV. Working from the NLV Polestar, the Moray First Marine team […]

  • Highlands and Islands MSP seeks review into island interconnectors

    15 May 2015
    Authorities & Government

    Scottish MSP representing the Highlands and Islands, Mike MacKenzie, has written to the new UK Energy Secretary, Amber Rudd, calling for an urgent review into island interconnectors for Orkney, Shetland and Westerns Isles to keep Scotland’s leading position in marine renewable energy.  “We are ten years ahead of the rest of the world in wave and tidal power research and […]

  • Rebuilding Poplar Island with Clean Dredged Material

    29 July 2019
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    For the past 25 years, the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island has built island habitat in the Chesapeake Bay.  Since 1994, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, and its partners have been working to restore remote island habitat in the Chesapeake Bay by beneficially using dredged material at Poplar […]

  • New ultra-deep port to unlock Scotland’s decommissioning potential

    11 September 2018

    Dales Voe in Shetland has been identified as the optimal location for an ultra-deepwater port following an extensive feasibility study.

  • Scottish Government Supports Shetland Harbour Project

    17 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Alex Salmond announced a £10 million package to support plans for a deep-water quay facility in Shetland to secure decommissioning work on major offshore structures from the Northern North Sea. Following a meeting in Oslo on Tuesday with senior executives of AF Group and Lerwick Port Authority, the First Minister today said the Scottish Government […]

  • Scotland to Join Forces with Ireland for Renewable Energy Progress

    21 December 2011

    The focus is offshore when it comes to renewable energy in Scotland, but the Scots figure that to really get the most out of the wind… By Pete Danko ( earthtechling ) [mappress] Source: earthtechling, December 21, 2011

  • Fatal accident inquiry planned for 2013 offshore helicopter crash

    12 June 2019

    A fatal accident inquiry into a 2013 Super Puma deadly offshore helicopter crash in the UK is to be held, BBC has reported, citing a statement by the Crown Office.

  • Scottish energy chief welcomes Shetland tidal-storage scheme

    31 October 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    Scotland’s Energy Minister, Paul Wheelhouse, has praised Nova Innovation’s milestone of delivering baseload power to the grid by combining tidal energy generation with Tesla energy storage system.

  • Top news, August 29 – September 4, 2016

    4 September 2016

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from August 29 – September 4, 2016. World’s largest tidal turbine preparing for installation at EMEC Scotrenewables Tidal Power is performing final commissioning checks on the SR2000 floating tidal turbine before connecting the device to its mooring system at EMEC’s Fall […]