2325 results found for 'Shetland Islands'

2325 results found for 'Shetland Islands'
Order results by

A list of search results

  • Ocean Infinity to perform geotechnical survey for UK’s fifth subsea electricity superhighway

    12 November 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition, Vision

    Marine robotics company Ocean Infinity is set to begin a geotechnical survey later this month for Eastern Green Link (EGL5), the UK’s fifth subsea electricity superhighway that would connect Scotland and England. The marine survey activities for the 2 GW EGL5 are expected to commence on November 23 in English waters, working north, and are expected […]

  • Siccar Point spuds delayed Lyon wildcat

    20 May 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Siccar Point Energy has started drilling at its Lyon prospect located north of the Shetland Islands, using a Diamond Offshore-owned semi-submersible rig

  • Equinor takes over Chevron’s Rosebank share

    11 January 2019

    Equinor and Chevron have completed their transaction whereby Equinor has acquired Chevron’s 40% operated interest in the Rosebank project in the West of Shetland region of the UK Continental Shelf.

  • Hess Sells UK Offshore Assets to Shell

    30 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Hess Corporation today announced it had reached agreement with Royal Dutch Shell to sell its 15.67 percent interest in the BP-operated Schiehallion field, its associated share in the Schiehallion Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO) and the West of Shetland pipeline system. The sale is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to complete […]

  • Subsea 7 Lands Penguins Job

    11 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Shell for the Penguins redevelopment project, located approximately 150 miles north-east of the Shetland Islands. The engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract incorporates the fabrication of two pipeline bundles containing pipe-in-pipe production flowlines, gas lift flowlines and control systems. Additionally, this award includes the fabrication of […]

  • First Oil Flows from TAQA’s Cladhan Field

    29 December 2015
    Operations & Maintenance

    Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) announced first oil from the Cladhan field development in the UK North Sea. The field is developed as a subsea tie-back to the TAQA-operated Tern Alpha platform. Peter Jones, TAQA’s UK managing director, said: “Cladhan is the third field developed by TAQA and the largest to date. First […]

  • Petrofac extends Bibby Stockholm coastel charter

    25 June 2014

    Petrofac have exercised their option to extend the charter of Bibby Stockholm accommodation vessel until the end of September 2014.

  • John Lawrie re-opens Shetland recycling facility to support decom sector

    12 February 2018
    Business & Finance

    Metal reprocessing, tubular supply and decommissioning company, John Lawrie Group, on Monday re-opened its new Shetland recycling facility for business. 

  • Production Starts from Laggan and Tormore Fields

    8 February 2016
    Operations & Maintenance

    Total has started-up production from the Laggan and Tormore gas and condensate fields, located in 600 meters of water in the West of Shetland area. The fields will produce 90,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d). “Laggan-Tormore is a key component of our production growth in 2016 and beyond. The innovative subsea-to-shore development concept, […]

  • Prosafe bags Mariner extension for ‘Safe Boreas’

    16 August 2019
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Equinor has exercised the fourth of six one-month options to extend Prosafe’s Safe Boreas flotel at the Mariner project in the UK sector of the North Sea.

  • Total Fires Up Edradour and Glenlivet Fields Off UK

    30 August 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    Total has started-up production from the Edradour & Glenlivet gas and condensate fields, located in about 300 to 435 meters of water in the West of Shetland area. The Edradour and Glenlivet development will bring additional production capacity of up to 56,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day (boe/d), the company said. “The start-up of […]

  • Total Sells North Sea Pipelines for USD 905 Mln

    27 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    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 (around $905 million). “The sale of these midstream transportation assets is another example of Total’s strategy of active portfolio management and the strong […]

  • Worker evacuated from Cormorant Alpha after injury

    27 November 2014
    Exploration & Production

    Shetland Coastguard has flown an injured worker from the North Cormorant platform in the UK North Sea. According to Evening Express, a daily newspaper in Aberdeen, the 58 years old man was taken to the Lerwick hospital by helicopter last night. No further details into the nature and the gravity of the injuries were reported. The […]

  • Kraken FPSO reaches offshore location

    17 February 2017
    Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    Delivery of first oil in Q2 2017 is on track, EnQuest said in an operational update on Friday.

  • Chevron’s Rosebank Offshore Project Enters FEED Phase (UK)

    9 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Chevron Corporation has entered front-end engineering and design (FEED) on the Rosebank oil and gas project in the West of Shetland region. “The Rosebank project is another important step forward in our strategy to grow profitably in core areas of our upstream business,” said George Kirkland, Chevron’s vice chairman. “Chevron has extensive deepwater capabilities, and […]

  • Offshore Renewables Developers Should Pay More Attention to Island Communities’ Needs

    24 March 2016
    Research & Development

    A research by the University of Cape Town and Plymouth University suggests there is an appetite for renewable energy projects within island communities, but public and private sector bodies could face opposition if they fail to take local distinctiveness into account at the beginning of the planning process. The study, published in the International Journal of Marine […]

  • Cape: BP deal to secure 170 jobs in UK

    3 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Cape plc, a UK-based energy services company, has won a contract extension worth £9.8million ($15.27M) on oil major BP’s Clair Ridge project, located 75 kilometers to the west of the Shetland Islands. The company said that the contract extension would help secure 170 jobs. According to Cape, the contract will see further phases added to its current work over […]

  • Scotland: Bredero Shaw to Provide Coat Pipeline Coatings For Laggan Tormore Project

    19 May 2010
    Business & Finance

    ShawCor Ltd.announced its pipe coating division, Bredero Shaw, has received a contract with a value in excess of US$90 million from Corus UK Limited to provide pipeline coatings for the Total E&P UK Ltd. Laggan-Tormore project. Laggan-Tormore is an offshore gas field which lies 125 km north-west of the Shetland Islands in water depths of […]

  • Equinor extends ‘Safe Boreas’ contract at Mariner

    21 August 2018
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Equinor has exercised the second of six one-month options to extend the charter of the Safe Boreas accommodation rig.

  • With replacement work underway, restart of TotalEnergies’ UK gas plant anticipated in fortnight’s time

    12 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    TotalEnergies is continuing its investigation into the failure of a heating system section at a gas plant on the north coast of the main island of the Shetland Isles.

  • Offshore Renewables Developers Should Pay More Attention to Island Communities’ Needs

    24 March 2016
    Research & Development

    A research by the University of Cape Town and Plymouth University suggests there is an appetite for renewable energy projects within island communities, but public and private sector bodies could face opposition if they fail to take local distinctiveness into account at the beginning of the planning process. The study, published in the International Journal of Marine […]

  • Nova Innovation Launches £500K Crowdfunding Campaign

    6 November 2019
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Tidal energy player Nova Innovation is looking to crowdfund £500,000 on investment platform Seedrs to fast-track its technology and accelerate growth across Europe and North America. In 2016, Nova installed the world’s first offshore tidal array. Located in the Shetland Islands, Scotland, the turbines have been generating electricity and exporting to the grid for over […]

  • Helicopter Crashes Into Sea Offshore Shetland. Four Dead

    24 August 2013

    An oil rig helicopter carrying 18 workers crashed last night into the North Sea, about two nautical miles west of Sumburgh, on Shetland Island in the U.K.  Four passengers died and 14 others were rescued. Police Scotland informed that one passenger is yet to be recovered: ” Police Scotland can confirm that the bodies of three […]

  • CIS Delivers Piling for Subsea 7

    1 July 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Conductor Installation Services (CIS), an Acteon company that provides hammer services to install conductors and drive piles, has successfully completed a subsea piling operation for Subsea 7 in the UK North Sea. The operation was executed as part of the Cladhan field development, located approximately 100 km northeast of the Shetland Islands. The development will […]

  • GALLERY: Clair Ridge Jacket Leaves Kvaerner’s Verdal Yard (Norway)

    5 June 2013
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

      The Clair Ridge Drilling & Production jacket of 23 000 tonnes – the biggest jacket ever built by the Norwegian Kvaerner yard yesterday left Verdal and is now on tow to its location west of the Shetland Islands. The jacket’s footprint on the seabed is  85 x 68 metres. With the delivery of the […]