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  • Shell to slash more jobs

    25 May 2016

    LNG giant Royal Dutch Shell said it will increase the number of job cuts by at least 2,200 to ensure the company is competitive in a ‘lower for longer’ oil price environment. This would bring the total number of staff and direct contractor roles leaving Shell from the start of 2015 to the end of 2016 […]

  • Waveram concludes tank tests for streamlined wave energy device

    19 September 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development, Technology

    The Waveram project consortium, led by Ireland-based company Waveram, has recently completed a tank testing campaign at FloWave as part of the first phase of the EuropeWave program.

  • Ireland: Marubeni and Mainstream Agree EUR 100 Million Equity Investment

    5 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Global wind and solar developer, Mainstream Renewable Power and Japanese Trading Company Marubeni Corporation today agreed a €100 million equity investment deal which sees Marubeni gaining a circa 25% holding in Mainstream. The deal, which is subject to shareholder approval, represents the largest single equity investment in the company’s five and a half year history. […]

  • Top News of 2017 – Editors’ Picks

    2 January 2018

    The Offshore WIND editorial team brings you a list of what, in our opinion, were the most significant developments in the offshore wind industry in 2017. Germany Accepts First Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Auction Bid Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur has selected three offshore wind projects by DONG Energy and one project by EnBW in the first auction for […]

  • Mid-Barataria Permitting Process Reduced

    20 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    The Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council (Permitting Council) has successfully reduced the permitting timetable by 22 months on the proposed Mid Barataria Sediment Diversion Project (Mid Barataria Project), allowing all permit decisions to be finalized by 2020. As the General Services Administration (GSA) announced yesterday, this expedited timeline should allow the State of Louisiana to […]

  • UK: Crown Estate Posts Profit of GBP 252.6 Million

    27 June 2013

    The Crown Estate announced another record financial result, posting a profit of £252.6 million which they pay entirely to the UK Treasury for the benefit of the nation’s finances. Profit for the year was up by 5.2 per cent on last year and capital value rose by over 7 per cent to more than £8.6 […]

  • CCC: Queensland Government Removes Environmental Protection (Australia)

    6 July 2012

    Environmentally concerned citizens and landholders are disgusted with the cavalier attitude of the Queensland Government which has chopped the funding for Environmental Defenders Office (EDO), an independent community environmental legal service. EDO has a great reputation for the quality and relevance of its casework, law reform and educational work and fills a much needed gap […]

  • Providence: Drombeg Could Hold 872 MMBO (Ireland)

    12 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company, provides a technical and resource update on Licensing Option 11/9 (“Drombeg”). Providence (80%, Operator) and Sosina Exploration (20%) were awarded Licensing Option 11/9 (“Drombeg”) as part of the 2011 Irish Atlantic Margin Licensing Round. The Drombeg prospect lies in c. 2,500 metre water […]

  • Providence Completes Seismic Inversion Study on Drombeg Prospect (Ireland)

    12 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company, provides a technical and resource update on Licensing Option 11/9 (“Drombeg”). Providence (80%, Operator) and Sosina Exploration (20%) were awarded Licensing Option 11/9 (“Drombeg”) as part of the 2011 Irish Atlantic Margin Licensing Round. The Drombeg prospect lies in c. 2,500 metre water […]

  • Dredging Today Conference: Climate Change Is Real, Better Be Prepared

    2 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    Climate change is real, so better be prepared. Everybody, personally and also as an industry, should make a contribution in fighting climate change.  That was the final thought of our first Dredging Today Conference, beautifully put by Mr Mark van Zanten, Senior Project Manager Water, Royal HaskoningDHV. At the conference, held in Amsterdam on October […]

  • Ala Wai Project Designs Presented

    18 October 2018

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District, recently completed a three-day Ala Wai Flood Risk Mitigation Project Design Charrette in Honolulu. USACE together with stakeholders from the governor’s office, mayor’s office, State of Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources discussed proposals for the construction of this $345 million project. “An opportunity to execute […]

  • Top news, May 23 – 29, 2016

    29 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from May 23 – 29, 2016.

  • Top news, Nov 27 – Dec 3, 2017

    3 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from November 27 until December 3, 2017.

  • ‘Critical milestone’ for Scotland’s floating LNG import terminal as British firm wins engineering design job

    26 July 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Crown LNG Holdings has picked a partner for the design and engineering of its planned FSRU import terminal in Scotland’s Firth of Forth.

  • UK: Crown Estate Posts Profit of GBP 252.6 Million

    27 June 2013

    The Crown Estate announced another record financial result, posting a profit of £252.6 million which they pay entirely to the UK Treasury for the benefit of the nation’s finances. Profit for the year was up by 5.2 per cent on last year and capital value rose by over 7 per cent to more than £8.6 […]

  • Santos to drill up to 12 wells in Bedout basin

    14 April 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety

    Australia’s Santos has submitted an environment plan to the country’s regulator NOPSEMA ahead of drilling 12 wells in the Bedout Basin.

  • Santos’ Bedout basin 12 well plan under assessment

    14 June 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Australian offshore regulator NOPSEMA has started an assessment of Santos’ recently submitted environmental plan for the drilling of up to 12 wells in the Bedout basin located offshore Australia.

  • Wood allies with Transitus on decarbonization in United Kingdom

    28 June 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Transition

    Consulting and engineering company Wood has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with energy transition company Transitus Energy to explore opportunities for onshore and offshore decarbonization projects across the United Kingdom (U.K.) energy industry. According to Wood, the two companies will collaborate to develop a fit-for-purpose duty-holder model to support future infrastructure investments, and position […]

  • USACE: FY15 Budget Focuses on Improving Nation’s Economic Growth

    6 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The U.S. President Obama’s Budget for fiscal year 2015 has been released and included $825 million in funding for the civil works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley Division. “The fiscal 2015 civil works budget for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reflects the Administration’s priorities of supporting and improving the […]

  • Scotland’s Fisher Offshore opens Singapore base

    10 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Scottish energy industry specialist Fisher Offshore has expanded into Singapore as the firm embraces growing demand for its integrated services. The Aberdeenshire-based company has invested significantly in its lifting, deck machinery, subsea tooling and fluid solutions divisions. With equipment and personnel already mobilised worldwide, the creation of a new facility in Asia is designed to […]

  • Update on GBP 1.2 Billion Offshore Wind Farm Progress (UK)

    28 July 2011
    Authorities & Government

    Community councillors in Dunbar have been updated on the progress of a proposed £1.2 billion offshore wind farm in the outer Forth estuary. Mainstream Renewable Power plans to start construction on the Neart na Gaoithe (Gaelic for ‘strength of the wind’) wind farm about 30 kilometres north of Torness by 2015. having been granted exclusive […]

  • UK: Tritech Conducts Field Testing of Gemini SeaTec

    23 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Gemini SeaTec provides an early warning of the presence of marine mammals in the vicinity of marine current turbine structures. The Gemini SeaTec system has been successfully field tested on the Marine Current Turbine (MCT) SeaGen installation in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland, overseen and tested by the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) Ltd. Launched at […]

  • New UK Wave and Tidal Zones Unlocked

    8 July 2014
    Authorities & Government

    Manager of the UK seabed, The Crown Estate,  agreed seabed rights for six new wave and tidal current demonstration zones, which for the first time will enable locally-based organisations to manage and sub-let parts of the seabed to a range of wave and tidal stream developers, and for five new wave and tidal current sites, […]

  • Penguin to spend winter in UK as tow hits delay

    13 November 2020
    Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The towing of Wello’s Penguin wave energy converter from the United Kingdom to Spain has come to a stop, and is now rescheduled for early spring in 2021.

  • Top news, September 4 – 10, 2017

    10 September 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Tidal Energy Today has compiled the top news from tidal and wave energy industry from September 4 – 10, 2017.