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  • TotalEnergies picks Shearwater for surveys offshore UK

    12 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    French major TotalEnergies has awarded Norway’s Shearwater GeoServices with a contract to carry out surveys over its gas fields located west of Shetland, offshore the UK. Under the contract, Shearwater will carry out two 4D surveys over the Laggan, Tormore, and Edradour fields, with an option to extend to the Glenlivet field. The surveys are […]

  • Ocean Installer Charters Vessel for UK Operations

    16 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    Ocean Installer signed short term charter for the OCV/ROV Grand Canyon in order to meet project requirements. Due to an increasing order book Ocean Installer is experiencing high utilisation of its current fleet and recognises the need for increased vessel capacity in the UK. Ocean Installer has agreed a charter party with Canyon Offshore for […]

  • Njord Offshore’s Vessels Head to Lowestoft (UK)

    14 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Offshore windfarm crew transfer vessels Njord Avocet and Njord Kittiwake arrived to Rotterdam two days ago from Singapore. The vessels were shipped together on the deck of a heavy lift vessel MV Wiebke. They are intending to sail for Lowestoft today but given the forecast (force 7-8) they may head to a marina in the […]

  • Ensco, Rowan get UK clearance for merger

    18 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Offshore drilling company Ensco and its rival Rowan Companies have received approval from the UK competition authorities for their imminent merger.

  • UK: OGN Completes River Tyne Dredging

    15 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    OGN Group, the North East-England offshore engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) specialist, has secured a multi-million pound contract with independent UK oil and gas development and production company EnQuest, which will lead to the creation of 600 new project jobs at its Tyneside facility. OGN will provide its specialist fabrication services to undertake finishing and […]

  • UK: Cuadrilla Completes Balcombe Drilling Operations

    24 September 2013

    Cuadrilla said that the Balcombe exploration drilling operations have been successfully completed. The company has commenced the removal of its drilling equipment from the site and expects to have removed all equipment by 28th September. On-site operations involved the drilling of a vertical exploration well to an approximate depth of 2,700ft, collecting 294ft of rock […]

  • UK: Ways to Lower OW Energy Costs

    3 July 2013

    Current wind farm projects have indicated that costs have stabilised at around £140 / €160 per MWh and regulators have put forward a challenge that offshore wind should reach a LCOE of £100 / €120 MWh by 2020, in order to maximise the size of the industry. Opportunities for savings across Offshore Wind finance, technology […]

  • UK, Scottish Politicians Champion Renewable Energy

    31 October 2012
    Authorities & Government

    The new UK Energy Minister John Hayes and the First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond have highlighted the enormous economic and environmental benefits of renewable energy, in speeches at RenewableUK’s annual conference in Glasgow. Mr Salmond announced a new target of generating the equivalent of 50% of Scotland’s electricity from renewable sources by 2015, on […]

  • Another Qatari LNG Cargo on Way to UK

    12 June 2013
    Vessels

    The Shagra LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal on June 18, port data shows. This is the second cargo that is scheduled to arrive at the South Hook terminal in the next seven days and they are both sailing from Ras Laffan […]

  • ABPmer Adds to Marine Renewables Atlas (UK)

    2 August 2011
    Research & Development

      ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) has released a further freely available tidal layer as part of a strategy to add value to the Atlas of UK Marine Renewable Resources. This new layer represents the percentage of time for which a current speed of 1m/s is exceeded over the course of a typical year. […]

  • Dong Energy ‘satisfied’ with awarded UK acreage

    11 November 2014

    Danish energy company DONG Energy has been awarded two new licenses in the 28th Licencing Round in the UK.   In one of the biggest licensing rounds for five decades, two new licenses were awarded to DONG Energy and partners in the West of Shetlands. Jon Parry, Exploration Manager in DONG Energy UK, said: “I am […]

  • Petroplan Opens New Office in London, UK

    6 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Petroplan, the global recruiter for the oil and gas industry, has opened a new London office in addition to its existing UK offices in Guildford and Aberdeen. Simon Bell, previously managing director at major recruitment firm Michael Page, has been brought in to head up both the London and Guildford offices. Simon Bell will be […]

  • UK: EMEC Celebrates Its 10th Birthday

    23 May 2013

    The European Marine Energy Centre – the world’s first and only test centre for wave and tidal energy devices – celebrates its tenth anniversary this month, with the pioneering Orkney based facility planning a host of events to mark its milestone year. The centre, which started off with just four wave test berths at Billia […]

  • UK: Ship Owners Prosecuted for Pollution in Solent

    8 December 2011
    Business & Finance

      At a hearing today at Southampton Magistrates Court, the owners of a tanker were found guilty under UK maritime pollution legislation. The fine and costs amounted to a total of £95,000. Overnight on the 10th and 11th January 2011, yellow waxy balls of an unknown material washed ashore on the beaches of East and […]

  • UK: Strategic Marine Delivers Njord Curlew

    26 February 2013

    Strategic Marine, the leading specialist shipbuilder operating in Singapore and Vietnam, delivered the Njord Curlew, a high-grade crew transfer and service vessel for Njord Offshore, the UK fleet operator specialising in supply services for the growing offshore windfarm sector. Today’s delivery is the third in a series of eight vessels for Njord Offshore, underscoring Strategic’s […]

  • UK: Maersk Launches New Training Programme

    13 November 2013
    Human Capital

    Maersk Training launched a new training programme aimed at minimising incidents through human error in marine environments. The course is designed to help offshore workers understand the impact of the human error in marine incidents, and enhance their leadership and management skills in order to prevent them. This course meets the latest mandatory requirements for […]

  • Ørsted to Power Air Products’ UK Sites

    25 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    Ørsted has entered into a partnership with Air Products to provide renewable electricity to the company’s production sites in the UK. Under the agreement, Ørsted will supply electricity from 11 of its offshore wind farms to all the Air Products’ UK production sites which supply merchant customers with industrial gases. In addition, the Danish company will provide Renewable […]

  • Soaring oil prices cost UK firms

    14 June 2006

    Soaring oil prices have cost UK businesses

  • SgurrEnergy Plans to Expand HQ in Glasgow, UK

    10 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    SgurrEnergy has announced plans this week to double its workforce as part of a three-year expansion plan, adding to its 10th anniversary celebrations. Having worked on over 65,000MW of renewables projects across 40 countries, plans are afoot to double the size of the company’s headquarters on Bath Street in Glasgow to 14,500 square feet. The […]

  • Alicat Boat 9 Nearing Completion (UK)

    13 February 2012

    From the first Alicat appearing at Seaworks 2010, Alicat Workboats have gone from strength to strength with boat number 9 nearing completion and boat 14 going into production. The state of the art luxury crew transfer vessel produced by Alicat Workboats are now working around the UK Coast and are well received by contractors, the […]

  • Alicat Boat 9 Nearing Completion (UK)

    13 February 2012

    From the first Alicat appearing at Seaworks 2010, Alicat Workboats have gone from strength to strength with boat number 9 nearing completion and boat 14 going into production. The state of the art luxury crew transfer vessel produced by Alicat Workboats are now working around the UK Coast and are well received by contractors, the […]

  • Namaka Subsea appoints operations director UK

    14 April 2020
    Business & Finance

    Namaka Subsea has appointed Alan Melia as operations director UK. Alan has worked in the diving industry for many years. In his new position, Alan will play a key role to help take the company forward supporting and overseeing projects both locally and globally. “We wish Alan all the very best of success in his new position […]

  • UK: BG Names Simon Lowth as CFO

    15 July 2013

    BG Group announced that, with effect from November 2013, Simon Lowth has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and as an Executive Director.  Simon is currently the CFO of AstraZeneca PLC and an Executive Director on its Board. He joined the biopharmaceutical company in November 2007 and is responsible for Finance, Investor Relations, and […]

  • UK: Brian Gilvary New BP CFO

    25 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    The board of BP plc today announced that Brian Gilvary will join the board and become the company’s chief financial officer (CFO) with effect from 1 January 2012. Byron Grote, the current CFO, will take up a new role as executive vice president, corporate business activities, on the same date. Dr Grote will also continue […]

  • 2H Offshore Announces New Appointments (UK)

    7 September 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      2H Offshore has moved to strengthen its global management team with the appointment of Tim Eyles as its managing director and David Walters as a principal director. The appointments have been made as one of 2H’s founders Steve Hatton leaves Acteon in search of new challenges. Steve was hugely influential at 2H and his […]