2324 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

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  • BP Extends LWI Contract with Island Offshore

    22 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    Island Offshore, a leading name in global Light Well Intervention (“LWI”) activities, has been awarded a major contract extension with BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd. The two-year contract extension, covering 2014 and 2015, has been awarded to Island Offshore and the North Sea RLWI Alliance, which operates three monohull vessels specially designed for well intervention […]

  • Great Tidal Power Potential in Orkney (UK)

    15 March 2011

    The 20,000 people on the rugged islands of Orkney in Scotland’s extreme north are vastly outnumbered by sheep. But out to sea, beyond the… (hydroworld) [mappress] Source: hydroworld, March 15, 2011

  • Cat Island Project Receives Chief’s Award

    27 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    The USACE Detroit District and its employees were recognized by the 2014 Chief of Engineers Awards of Excellence Program, with the Environmental Merit Award, for the Cat Island Dredged Material Disposal Facility (DMDF) project. “It has been a privilege to be part of a team that has provided a quality product in a timely manner […]

  • UK study maps out complex tidal flows around ‘world’s most powerful tidal turbine’

    1 October 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Vision

    A team of scientists from the Marine Biological Association, the University of Plymouth, and the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) Shetland have analyzed how Orbital Marine Power’s O2 turbine interacts with Orkney’s powerful currents, providing insights into the optimal placement of tidal stream turbines, and highlighting the need of site-specific assessments. According to […]

  • Renewables could drive Scottish islands’ economic growth

    7 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, Technology

    Scotland’s island economies could benefit from up to £725 million over the next 25 years from renewable energy projects, according to the most recent report. The report ‘Economic Opportunities of Renewable Energy for Scottish Island Communities‘, commissioned by the Scottish government and published by Baringa, provides analysis of the scale of the economic opportunities available […]

  • Ithaca Hosts Cayuga Inlet Dredge Material Presentation (USA)

    1 December 2011

    A program on results of research showing how Cayuga Inlet wetlands might be restored was presented yesterday by the Tompkins County Environmental Management Council. “Cayuga Inlet Dredge Material: Opportunities for Restoring Ecosystem Functions and Services” took place at 7 to 9 p.m. yesterday in the Borg Warner Room of the Tompkins County Public Library, 101 […]

  • Bids Opened for Whiskey Island Scheme

    4 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority opened bids two days ago for the construction of the NRDA Caillou Lake Headlands restoration project. The apparent low bidder as read is Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC with a bid of $103,176,805. The project includes restoring the barrier shoreline along the entire length of Whiskey Island through beach and dune […]

  • Australia: Apache, Woodside, Chevron, Santos Shut Production Ahead of Cyclone Lua

    16 March 2012

    Oil field operators in Western Australia have started shutting down production, and they have been evacuating non-essential workers ahead of the Severe Tropical Cyclone Lua. Chevron told Reuters yesterday that it was clearing the area at Barrow Island on which the company is constructing the Gorgon LNG project. Apache and Woodside had, on Wednesday, shut […]

  • Orkney builds up ‘green hydrogen’ delivery system

    3 May 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    Orkney Islands have further increased the transportation capabilities for locally produced ‘green hydrogen’ with the delivery of two hydrogen tube trailers from Calvera.

  • ‘Terrible maritime chapter’ closes as Fugro locates 80-year-old WW2 shipwreck

    1 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Safety, Vessels

    Fugro has taken part in a mission to locate the wreck of a World War II ship 81 years after sinking, reported as one of the worst international maritime disasters in history. Fugro started the search for the Montevideo Maru transport ship on 6 April onboard the hydrographic survey vessel Fugro Equator. Deploying an autonomous […]

  • In focus: Industry working to realise hydrogen and CCS markets potential via cross-sector collaboration

    18 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Certification & Classification, Collaboration, Environment, Innovation, Ports & Logistics, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology, Transition, Vessels

    The interest in hydrogen and CCS value chains has been picking up, evident through various projects and collaborations revealed this week.

  • Columbia ports agree on dredging mitigation plan

    1 August 2008

    VANCOUVER, Wash. — Lower Columbia River ports plan to create 128 acres of wetlands on Cottonwood Island to compensate for ecological damage caused by dredging. The plan was announced Wednesday by six ports in Washington and Oregon and the Corps of Engineers. The wetlands will mitigate damage from the dredging under way to deepen the […]

  • Coastal Restoration Agreement Inked

    11 June 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is helping to restore one of Louisiana’s key barrier islands. An agreement signed between the state and BOEM will allow the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana to use Federal offshore sand to restore the beach, dunes and marsh habitats at Caillou Lake Headlands, also known as […]

  • Princess Bay Coastal Project Set for Next Month (New Zealand)

    22 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Work is due to start next month on a concrete retaining wall to protect The Esplanade at Princess Bay from erosion caused by big seas in southerly storms. One section of footpath collapsed in February 2013 and more of the pathway was damaged in the severe southerly storm that hit Wellington last June. A total […]

  • Poplar Island Growing Bigger Every Day

    21 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, is leading an interagency project to help restore the ecosystem at Poplar Island in the Chesapeake Bay. The Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island is a $1.4-billion sustainability project to provide habitat for diamondback terrapins, over 160 bird species, crabs, rockfish and killifish, all […]

  • Governor Ivey Announces NFWF Projects in Alabama

    8 April 2020
    Business & Finance

    Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has announced that the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) recently awarded nearly $24 million from its Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund (GEBF) to four new projects in the state of Alabama. The projects, developed in consultation with state and federal resource agencies, are designed to remedy harm and reduce the risk […]

  • Multi-billion projects at stake: Another blow for UK’s largest untapped oil & gas duo but Shell, Equinor, and Ithaca remain upbeat

    3 February 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Which side will come on top is not yet clear, but it is unlikely that either will throw in the towel at this late stage in the UK’s oil and gas saga without a fight.

  • Island Drilling firms up North Sea deal with Cairn

    6 November 2019
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Island Drilling Company has signed a contract with Capricorn Norge, a subsidiary of Cairn Energy, for operations in the North Sea offshore Norway.

  • WES selects Cruz Atcheson as wave projects advisor

    28 July 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has appointed Cruz Atcheson Consulting Engineers as an independent advisor for its novel wave energy converter (NWEC) stage 2 projects.

  • UK, Scotland to secure grid access for marine technologies

    19 January 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development

    Goverments of Scotland and UK have reached an agreement for funding proposal that would enable grid access for marine technologies on Orkney Island, it is stated in the Scottish Government’s press release. At the Scottish Island Renewables Delivery Forum, the UK and Scottish Governments reaffirmed their continued support and joint effort towards delivering the huge […]

  • Wave Energy Scotland Gets Financial Boost

    25 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Wave Energy Scotland will receive a total of £14.3 million over the next thirteen months, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing announced today. ‘Wave Energy Scotland’ awarded its first contract to a group of 12 former Pelamis employees, led by former Chief Executive of Pelamis Wave Power Richard Yemm, to capture the knowledge of the Pelamis technology […]

  • Video: WES releases WEC materials call webinar

    29 July 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has released a video of the recently held webinar dedicated to its latest competitive funding call.

  • Scotland Could Benefit from Decommissioning, New Study Shows

    5 February 2018
    Research & Development

    A new study into decommissioning opportunities in the oil and gas sector has been published on Monday. Energy ports and supply chain companies across Scotland are expected to benefit from the study, Highlands and Island Enterprise (HIE) said. The study focuses primarily on oil and gas floating assets including FPSO platforms, MODUs and semi-submersible platforms, which could […]

  • Wave energy materials get ‘concrete’ government support

    19 July 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has awarded contracts with a total value of £1.4 million to three innovation projects designed to support further investigation of promising structural materials and manufacturing concepts to be used in the construction of wave energy devices.

  • Marine spatial plan being drafted for Pentland Firth

    28 November 2014
    Authorities & Government, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters area has been identified as one with significant renewable energy resources, as well as being an important asset to both national and local economies. There is a need to examine how future marine energy developments can be taken forward in this area in a manner that avoids conflicts with […]