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  • UK: Liverpool 2 to Get Contractor Soon

    17 September 2012

    According to insidermedia.com, a principal contractor will be named this week on a major redevelopment project at Port Seaforth in Liverpool. This project, called the Liverpool 2, will consist of the construction of an in-river container terminal to handle post panamax vessels and is due to be completed mid-2015. Insidermedia.com reports that the Liverpool 2 […]

  • UK Wind Power to Rival Gas Plants

    27 September 2011

    A rapid rise in British wind power capacity will gradually cut returns for operators of gas … (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, September 27, 2011

  • UK: Plexus Inks Contract Extension with Transocean

    30 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

      Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, has signed a further two year frame work agreement with Applied Drilling Technology International (‘ADTI’), the turnkey drilling division of Transocean Drilling U.K. Limited, the world’s largest offshore drilling contractor, to […]

  • Hurricane Energy spuds Halifax well (UK)

    16 January 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Hurricane Energy plc has spudded the Halifax well, in the North Sea, offshore UK, using the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling rig. The well, formally known as well 205/23-A well, is located in the recently recently awarded P2308 license (“Halifax”), for which Hurricane believes is contiguous to and extends northeast from its existing Lancaster license. The recently drilled Lancaster Pilot […]

  • Van Oord Strengthens Its Position in UK

    11 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Van Oord, a leading international contractor specialising in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects, has reached an agreement in principle on the acquisition of UK specialist marine civil contractor J.T. Mackley & Co Ltd. This acquisition will strengthen Van Oord’s leading position on the UK flood defence and coastal construction market. J.T. Mackley & Co. […]

  • MESL to Undertake Regional Seabed Monitoring (UK)

    22 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd (MESL) has been appointed to undertake regional seabed monitoring, consisting of over 2,500 samples, on behalf of eight marine aggregate operators with licensed interests in the southern North Sea through a contract being coordinated by the British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA). MESL were identified as the preferred consultancy to collect, […]

  • Global Marine Group expands UK footprint

    4 September 2017

    The Global Marine Group (GMG), a provider of offshore engineering services to the renewables, oil & gas, and telecommunications industries, has expanded its operations base in the UK to include the Port of Blyth, Northumberland. According to GMG’s statement from last week, Blyth is a major support base for UK offshore energy projects. Operating from […]

  • Dredging at Able Seaton Port Completed (UK)

    30 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    A major dredging operation by Able UK means greatly improved access to its Able Seaton Port facility on the Tees. The operation, which took 12 days to complete at a cost of over a quarter of a million pounds, saw two vessels dredge the Seaton Channel providing access to Able Seaton Port – the 126 […]

  • Acteon Acquires NCS Survey Limited (UK)

    25 May 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Subsea services group Acteon has acquired Aberdeen-based NCS Survey Limited. The acquisition adds to Acteon’s capability in the rig-positioning market and provides an additional suite of survey services to clients that operate rigs and vessels. NCS Survey provides high-precision rig-positioning, construction-support and subsea-visualisation services to the global offshore market, including upstream oil and gas and […]

  • Reftrade UK Names New General Manager

    12 August 2013
    Equipment

    Aberdeen based, Reftrade UK, a market leading specialist in the supply of cold storage solutions to the global offshore energy industry, has announced the appointment of a new general manager. Alex Cruickshank joins the company with many years of experience in the oil and gas sector, and brings over 5 years of dedicated management experience […]

  • UK: Fendercare Marine Acquires IMCA Accreditation

    4 December 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    Fendercare Marine announces that it has received Full Membership accreditation from the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) following a recent audit. IMCA is the international trade association representing offshore, marine and underwater engineering companies. It is a respected voice around the world promoting good practice, particularly in the areas of health, safety and environmental standards, […]

  • Ordtek Launches Mine Map for UK EEZ

    14 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Suffolk-based unexploded ordnance (UXO) specialist Ordtek has introduced an online map designed to aid the developers of offshore energy projects to determine the location of unexploded mines and bombs around the UK coastline. The Mine Map shares data about areas mined by the British and Germans during the wars, plus UXO from military armament training and […]

  • UK: SPE Aberdeen Welcomes New Chairman

    20 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Section has appointed Anthony Onukwu as Chairman. Mr Onukwu takes over the role from Masud Javaid and undertakes the role from August 2012- July 2013. With 12 years of experience in the energy industry, Anthony is currently a senior technology analyst for ITF and is SPE Aberdeen Chairman […]

  • UK: MPI Workboats Continues with Fleet Expansion

    14 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    The MPI Workboats fleet continues to expand, with the arrival of MPI Lucinda, MPI Sampson, MPI Napoleon and MPI Snowball. All four windfarm-support vessels will service the windfarm industry in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. MPI Lucinda and MPI Sampson have been built at the South Boats Shipyard on the Isle of Wight, UK. […]

  • Prysmian to Link UK and France for €350 Million

    7 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Prysmian has secured a contract worth around €350 million with a joint venture between National Grid UK and RTE of France for the turn-key design, manufacture and installation of a submarine and land power cable link to connect Tourbe in France to Chilling in Hampshire, UK. “This is a prestigious project for Prysmian, and we […]

  • MMT UK Nets MCA Contract Extension

    1 June 2016
    Project & Tenders

    MMT UK has been awarded a two-year hydrographic survey contract extension with the Maritime & Coastguard Agency’s Civil Hydrographic Programme (CHP). This is the second time MMT UK has been awarded an extension following the first three years, the company said. The company will continue to provide hydrographic surveys for the CHP until 2018. Martin Godfrey, project […]

  • Subsea UK: Subsea Industry in for Major Challenges

    11 February 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    The fast-growing UK subsea sector, which supports 60,000 jobs, is in for two years of tough times and will only weather the storm if it embraces innovation and new technology, says industry body. On the opening day of Subsea Expo, Europe’s largest subsea event, the chief executive of Subsea UK told delegates that the industry […]

  • Clive Fagg invited to talk about offshore wind power at Renewable UK conference next month (UK)

    14 October 2010
    Research & Development

    An environmental planning expert from Yorkshire has been invited to address over 3,000 delegates at the RenewableUK national conference next… (yorkshireeveningpost) [mappress] Source: yorkshireeveningpost,October 14, 2010;

  • UK: London Gateway’s Latest Developments Presented

    3 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Despite 270 flood warnings in place across the UK on Monday night, 400 shippers, cargo owners and carriers made it to London Gateway’s offices on Tuesday morning to view the latest developments at Britain’s new port and Europe’s largest logistics Park, which opens next year on the Thames. At the ‘Insight to London Gateway’ event, […]

  • BP to Divest Package of UK Upstream Assets

    22 February 2011
    Business & Finance

      BP announced today the intention of selling its interests in a number of operated oil and gas fields in the UK. The assets involved are the Wytch Farm onshore oilfield in Dorset and all of BP’s operated gas fields in the Southern North Sea, including associated pipeline infrastructure and the Dimlington terminal. BP anticipates […]

  • UK: A&P Falmouth to Repair SS Shieldhall

    18 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    A&P Falmouth, the internationally-renowned ship repair company and part of A&P Group, has won a major contract with the historic steamship SS Shieldhall, based in Southampton. The contract was won against stiff competition from other shipyards and cements A&P’s reputation for excellence and efficiency. It also highlights the company’s long-term partnering relationship with the SS […]

  • UK: 3sun Group Takes on 20 Apprentices

    31 October 2012

    3sun Group, a leading provider of products and services to the energy industry in the UK and internationally, has announced that it has taken on a record 20 apprentices. It is a major achievement for the company as it continues its efforts to train the workforce of tomorrow. The company is exhibiting at stand 189 […]

  • Energy Secretary Tours OGN’s Facilities (UK)

    29 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Offshore Group Newcastle (OGN) one of the UK’s leading EPC service providers to the offshore oil & gas and wind energy sectors welcomed the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change – Ed Davey onto the Hadrian Yard facility in Wallsend on Wednesday 27th March. Davey was given an opportunity to see the Hadrian […]

  • China to Invest Big-Time in UK’s Energy Sector

    28 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Chinese investment in the UK energy sector could exceed £43 billion in the next decade, reveals a report published today by legal firm Pinsent Masons and the Centre of Economic and Business Research (Cebr). The report, ‘China Invests West: Can Chinese investment be a game-changer for UK infrastructure?’ indicates China is set to invest £105 […]

  • UK: Sheringham Shoal Opens with Great Celebration

    28 September 2012

    Norfolk’s majestic Holkham Hall was the setting for yesterday’s official opening of the 317MW Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm by His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway. The Crown Prince arrived via helicopter with representatives from the wind farm’s owner companies, Statoil and Statkraft, and Norwegian and British Ministers and Ambassadors. He was greeted […]