2325 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

2325 results found for 'Shetland Islands'
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  • Port faces massive cancelled dredging bill

    19 April 2006

    LERWICK Port Authority has been slapped with a huge bill for dredging work it was forced to cancel after Shetland Islands Council took legal action against it last year. Last August the council petitioned the Court of Session in Edinburgh to stop the port spending

  • New Oil Discovery in UK Continental Shelf

    31 January 2008

    BP and its partner, Marathon Petroleum West of Shetlands Ltd, today announced a new oil discovery in Block 204/23, following drilling on the South-West Foinaven prospect, some 190 kilometres west of the Shetland Islands. The exploration well 204/23-2 was drilled using the Paul B Loyd Junior semi-submersible drilling rig.

  • New Oil Discovery in UK Continental Shelf

    1 March 2008

    BP and its partner, Marathon Petroleum West of Shetlands Ltd, today announced a new oil discovery in Block 204/23, following drilling on the South-West Foinaven prospect, some 190 kilometres west of the Shetland Islands. The exploration well 204/23-2 was drilled using the Paul B Loyd Junior semi-submersible drilling rig.

  • Total officially launches Laggan-Tormore project

    16 May 2016

    French energy behemoth Total has officially inaugurated the Laggan-Tormore project in the Shetland Islands, UK. The inauguration ceremony was held on Monday, at the Shetland Gas Plant in the presence of government and industry partners including Amber Rudd MP, the UK Government Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO […]

  • Total hires Stena Don semi-sub for more Shetland drilling

    27 August 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Offshore driller Stena Drilling has secured more work for its Stena Don offshore drilling rig with the French oil giant Total.

  • VIDEO: First Mariner topside module installed

    11 July 2017

    Norwegian oil company Statoil on Saturday, July 8, 2017 installed the first of eight topside modules at the Mariner field, offshore the UK. The 10 000 tonne utility module was lifted into place by Saipem 7000. Seven more modules and a flare will be installed, building the more than 38 000 tonne heavy Mariner topside. […]

  • SIC now sees value in dredging

    9 August 2007

    SHETLAND Islands Council hopes to save more then £2 million by piggy backing a dredging contract they had originally blocked in the Court of Session. The council’s proposal to link a project to dredge Scalloway harbour with much bigger works planned for Lerwick harbour will go before councillors this morning (Thursday).

  • Inpex Wins Three Exploration Blocks Off UK

    29 October 2012

      INPEX announced that it was successful in the 27th Seaward Licensing Round in UK, and won the three offshore Exploration Blocks in the North Sea jointly with Centrica Resources, a subsidiary of Centrica plc, a UK gas and electricity company and Statoil (U.K.), a subsidiary of Statoil ASA, a Norwegian oil company. The three […]

  • SIC can’t afford to dredge Scalloway

    11 January 2008

    Plans to dredge the entrance to Scalloway harbour have been put on hold after the proposed cost of the job rose to more than £4 million. Shetland Islands Council’s harbour board had wanted to deepen the entrance to 9.5 metres to attract oil vessels into the port and priced the job at £2.2 million.

  • UK: Vattenfall Secures Last Berth EMEC

    15 March 2012

    Vattenfall today announced that it had signed up the last remaining berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Scotland’s world leading ocean energy research and development centre on Orkney to test a Pelamis wave energy converter. Vattenfall’s announcement stated that they hope to start testing a Pelamis machine in 2014, and confirmed previous statements […]

  • UK: Vattenfall Signs Final Berth at EMEC to Test Pelamis Wave Energy Converter

    15 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Vattenfall announced that it had signed up the last remaining berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Scotland’s world leading ocean energy research and development centre on Orkney to test a Pelamis wave energy converter. Vattenfall’s announcement stated that they hope to start testing a Pelamis machine in 2014, and confirmed previous statements that […]

  • Inpex Wins Exploration Licence Offshore UK

    24 October 2013

    INPEX announced that it was successful in the 27th Seaward Licensing Round in UK, and was granted an offshore Exploration Licence P2019 in the North Sea, jointly with Centrica Resources Limited, a subsidiary of Centrica plc, a UK-listed energy company and Statoil UK, a subsidiary of Statoil ASA, a Norwegian-listed oil company, in addition to the earlier awarded two licensces in […]

  • Inpex Clinches Stake in Three New Exploration Blocks (UK)

    29 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Japan’s INPEX announced that in the 27th Seaward Licensing Round in UK, the company won three offshore exploration blocks in the North Sea jointly with Centrica Resources Limited (Centrica), a subsidiary of Centrica plc, a UK gas and electricity company and Statoil (U.K.) Limited (Statoil), a subsidiary of Statoil ASA, a Norwegian oil company. The […]

  • Total Awarded Three Exploration Licenses

    15 February 2007

    Total announces that it has been awarded the three production licenses it applied for under the 24th Oil and Gas Licensing Round of the United Kingdom’s Department of Trade and Industry. Total will have a 36% interest in Blocks 206/3 and 206/4. Located 80 kilometres West of the Shetland Islands, the two blocks enhance the […]

  • Lerwick dredging to cost SIC £5.25m

    13 December 2007

    Shetland Islands Council (SIC) is being asked to pay more than £5 million towards the biggest harbour dredging contract in the islands’ history after losing a legal battle against the work going ahead. Yesterday (Wednesday) Lerwick Port Authority (LPA) announced they had awarded a contract to Hampshire-based Westminster Dredging Company to remove almost 500,000 cubic […]

  • Inpex Granted New Exploration Licence Offshore Shetland

    24 October 2013

    Japan’s oil company Inpex has announced it was successful in the 27th Seaward Licensing Round in UK, and was granted an offshore Exploration Licence P2019 in the North Sea, jointly with Centrica Resources Limited  Centrica), a subsidiary of Centrica plc, a UK-listed energy company and Statoil (U.K.) Limited (Statoil), a subsidiary of Statoil ASA, a Norwegian-listed oil company, in […]

  • Shell joins Siccar Point in licenses off Shetland

    29 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    UK-based Siccar Point Energy has signed a sale and purchase agreement with Shell under which Shell will acquire a minority interest in Greater Cambo Area licenses offshore the UK. 

  • UK: Total Announces A Significant Gas Condensate Discovery West Of Shetland

    4 September 2007

    Total announces a significant new gas condensate discovery in block 205/5a in approximately 610 metres of water, some 100 kilometres North West of the Sullom Voe Terminal on the Shetland Islands. Total, with a 47.5% interest, is the operator of this block awarded end 2004, alongside partners Eni UK Limited (22.5%), DONG E&P (UK) Limited […]

  • U.K. North Sea: Total announces the Launch of the Development of the Jura Field

    27 March 2007

    Total announces that development of the Jura gas and condensate field has been launched, just four months after it was discovered. The Jura discovery represents more than 170 million barrels of oil equivalent of proved and probable reserves and is located in the Alwyn Area (100% owned and operated by Total) in the UK sector […]

  • Technip Awarded Two Contracts for the Schiehallion Field in the North Sea

    16 December 2009

    Technip has been awarded two contracts by BP for the Schiehallion field development. The field is located in the North Sea, 175 kilometers (110 miles) west of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. The first contract, which was recently completed, was on a lump sum/reimbursable basis and covered the design and manufacture of a 720 meter […]

  • Statoil: Worker injured on Mariner A released from hospital

    19 September 2017

    An offshore worker who was injured this week while working aboard the Statoil-operated Mariner platform in the UK North Sea on Monday, has been released from hospital. A Statoil spokesperson confirmed to Offshore Energy Today on Tuesday that the incident had happened aboard the Mariner A platform, without providing details on the nature of the […]

  • UK: Petrofac Awarded Gas Plant Contract with Total Worth $792 Million

    27 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, has been awarded a contract worth in excess of £500 million (Approximately USD$792.6 million) by Total E&P UK Limited (Total) for the development of a gas processing plant on the Shetland Islands. Work is scheduled to begin in October 2010, with first gas expected from the […]

  • Port authority celebrate court victory

    12 January 2007

    The port authority yesterday hit out at the council saying council officials had misled elected members as well as the Shetland public, and had also tried to mislead port authority officials, a claim that was refuted by Mr Cluness. Shetland Islands Council will now be faced with a massive legal bill as it also has […]

  • UK: Aegir Wave Power Provides Project Information Document

    13 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Aegir Wave Power, in collaboration with the Shetland Islands Council and the Shetland Charitable Trust, have produced a new information document giving an overview of the Aegir Project. The short, ‘Aegir Project Introduction’, is intended as a guide to all interested parties and gives an overview of the project location, Pelamis technology and the project […]

  • Total announces two promising discoveries in the Alwyn area

    7 November 2006

    Total is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Total E&P UK PLC, has made two significant oil and gas discoveries in the Alwyn Area. The Alwyn Area is located in the UK sector of the North Sea, 160 kilometres east of the Shetland Islands and 440 kilometres northeast of Aberdeen. Production from the […]