2327 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

2327 results found for 'Shetland Islands'
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  • NAFC Marine Centre Releases Tidal Energy Guidelines (UK)

    21 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    NAFC Marine Centre Marine Spatial Planning team has published a new report ‘Regional Locational Guidance for wave and tidal energy in the Shetland Islands’. It provides guidance to the marine renewables industry on the siting of wave and tidal devices. The report details the methodology used to integrate environmental, social and economic considerations into the […]

  • Bluewater Bags Rosebank FPSO Deal

    7 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Bluewater Energy Services B.V. has been awarded a contract from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the engineering, procurement, construction and integration (EPCI) of a major Turret and Mooring System for the Rosebank Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel. The Rosebank FPSO will be located approximately 175 kilometres northwest of the Shetland Islands, with a water […]

  • CNR restarts Ninian production after fire

    27 June 2016

    CNR International has resumed production from its Ninian South platform, located in the UK sector of the North Sea, after a shutdown last week. The spokesperson for CNR told Offshore Energy Today that the company restarted output from the Ninian South platform on Sunday morning. Production from the offshore platform was shut down as a […]

  • Vattenfall Pulls out of Scottish Waves

    9 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Scottish marine renewables sector was dealth another blow after Swedish utility decided to exit a project off the Shetland Islands. On Friday, Vattenfall announced it has appointed Resolve Group as liquidators for Aegir Wave Power Ltd (AWP), a joint venture with Pelamis Wave Power, which currently had no employees. AWP was behind a 10MW wave […]

  • UK: Aegir Wave Farm to Benefit from Viking Wind Farm

    5 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has granted consent for the 370MW Viking wind farm on Shetland. The wind farm will allow the construction of an interconnector cable between the Shetland Isles and the Scottish mainland, allowing the export of electricity to the national grid. This interconnector is vital for the Aegir wave farm being developed off […]

  • Bluewater to build turret and mooring system for Rosebank FPSO

    7 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Bluewater Energy Services B.V. has announced the award of a contract from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the engineering, procurement, construction and integration (EPCI) of a turret and mooring system for the Rosebank Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel. According to Bluewater, this turret and mooring system will be a key component of the […]

  • Shell sanctions redevelopment of Penguins field

    15 January 2018

    The Hague-based Shell has sanctioned the redevelopment of the Penguins oil and gas field in the UK’s Northern Sea.

  • Video: Enabling Future Arrays in Tidal project

    27 October 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    EU Horizon 2020-launched ‘Enabling Future Arrays in Tidal’ (EnFAIT) project carries out a demonstration of a grid-connected tidal energy array with the aim to provide a step change in the lifetime cost of energy for tidal power. The project involves a consortium of nine leading industrial, academic and research organisations, and is led by the […]

  • Photo: Clair Ridge QUID module ready to set sail to Clair field (UK)

    25 March 2015
    Equipment, Exploration & Production

    Heerema Marine Contractors has informed through its social media page that the Clair Ridge QUID module has been lifted onto Dockwise’s Black Marlin vessel. Topside modules for the Clair Ridge development are being built in HHI fabrication facility in Ulsan, Korea. According to Heerema, the vessel is now ready to sail to the Clair field […]

  • GALLERY: Heerema’s Sleipnir vessel in record-breaking jacket lift for Shell

    12 August 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Heavy lifting, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Heerema’s giant semi-submersible crane vessel Sleipnir has removed Shell’s 10100 mT Brent Alpha jacket, which was located in the UK North Sea.

  • UK: Ocean Installer Wins Contract to Perform Offshore Survey Operations

    25 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Premier Oil plc (Premier) has awarded Ocean Installer a contract to perform offshore survey operations in support of the development of the Solan oil field. “We are very pleased to have been awarded our first offshore contract with Premier. Adding to our growing client base, this contract illustrates that Ocean Installer is capable of providing […]

  • CSV Normand Clipper to Support Development of Solan Oil Field (UK)

    25 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Premier Oil plc (Premier) has awarded Ocean Installer a contract to perform offshore survey operations in support of the development of the Solan oil field. “We are very pleased to have been awarded our first offshore contract with Premier. Adding to our growing client base, this contract illustrates that Ocean Installer is capable of providing […]

  • UK: TAQA Discovers Oil in Northern North Sea Darwin Field

    18 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) has discovered oil in the new Darwin oil field in the Northern North Sea area near the Shetland Islands in Scotland. Leo Koot, the managing director at TAQA’s UK oil and gas business, said: “This discovery proves that the North Sea still has great potential and that it […]

  • GALLERY: ‘Pioneering Spirit’ sets world record with Brent Delta lift

    1 May 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Allseas-owned dynamically positioned single-lift installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel Pioneering Spirit has removed Shell’s 24,000 t Brent Delta platform topsides from the UK North Sea setting what the company claimed was the world record in lifting.  Following its arrival to the Brent field on Thursday, the vessel performed the lift on Friday, April 28, 2017. The Shell-operated […]

  • John Lawrie expands into Shetland with new site buy

    19 December 2017

    John Lawrie Group has expanded its activities and service offering by acquiring the assets of 60 North Recycling in Shetland.

  • UK: Ocean Installer Supports Development of Premier’s Solan Oil Field

    25 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Premier Oil plc (Premier) has awarded Ocean Installer a contract to perform offshore survey operations in support of the development of the Solan oil field. “We are very pleased to have been awarded our first offshore contract with Premier. Adding to our growing client base, this contract illustrates that Ocean Installer is capable of providing […]

  • UK: Sterling Contracts Rig for South Cladhan Drilling

    21 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Sterling Resources Ltd. has hired the Transocean Sedco 704 semi-submersible drilling rig to drill an exploration well in the South Cladhan area in UK North Sea Block 210/29c. The rig is expected to arrive on location, east of Shetland Islands in March with the timing dependant on its current work program for Premier Oil. This […]

  • Siccar, BHGE pen Cambo development deal

    1 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    BHGE will as the exclusive supplier support the appraisal and early production phases of Cambo, with the ability to extend into the full field development.

  • Total sells UK gas assests

    28 August 2015

    French gas and oil giant Total has signed an agreement to sell all of its interests in the FUKA and SIRGE gas pipelines and the St. Fergus gas terminal to North Sea Midstream Partners for £585 million ($905 million). The Total-operated Frigg UK Pipeline (FUKA) is a 362-kilometer pipeline delivering gas from some 20 fields […]

  • ACE Winches Moors Iron Lady Barge for Brent Delta Decom Work

    12 May 2017
    Equipment

    ACE Winches has mobilized a six point mooring system to anchor the ‘Iron Lady’ barge being used on the Brent decommissioning project.  The equipment, designed and manufactured by ACE Winches at their global headquarters in Aberdeenshire is now in situ and being supported by a team of ACE Winches offshore personnel. As part of the Brent […]

  • Worker Injured on Technip’s North Sea Atlantic Vessel

    23 July 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    Following media reports about the accident on board Technip-run multi-purpose construction vessel, the North Sea Atlantic, Technip has confirmed that one offshore worker has been injured. Following treatment on board, the injured crewman was transferred to Gilbert Bain Hospital in Lerwick by helicopter for further treatment. He has now been transferred to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary […]

  • BP working to restore power at Clair platform after outage

    20 March 2017

    British oil major BP is working on restoring power at its North Sea platform following an outage over the weekend. A BP spokesperson confirmed to Offshore Energy Today that there was a power outage on the Clair platform at approximately 5.45am on Saturday. This resulted in a partial down man of non-essential staff. “Power is […]

  • ‘Polarcus Naila’ done with UKCS survey with TGS

    20 August 2014

    Polarcus, a UAE-based seismic survey company, has said that its vessel ‘Polarcus Naila’ has continued to deliver superior performance since her propulsion upgrade in April this year.   The modern 3D seismic vessel has recently completed a two month program for TGS-NOPEC towing a large 12 streamer spread offshore of the UK Shetland Islands. The program […]

  • Chevron Terminates Rosebank FPSO Order

    14 December 2016

    US oil major Chevron has canceled floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel order for the Rosebank oil and gas project. Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), who in April 2013 secured the contract for the design verification, detailed design and full engineering, procurement and construction of the FPSO, informed that it has received a termination notice from […]

  • Nova Innovation cheers selection of Yell for Carbon Neutral Islands project

    18 May 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Tidal energy pioneer Nova Innovation has welcomed the Scottish Government’s move to select Yell in Shetland as one of six islands included in its Carbon Neutral Islands (CNI) project.