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  • WGPSN Secures Contract Extension from Chevron UK

    5 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has secured a one year contract extension from Chevron North Sea Limited to deliver engineering and construction services to its assets in the Alba and Captain fields in the UK North Sea. Effective immediately, the extension marks the continuation of a previous contract awarded to WGPSN in 2009. Under this contract […]

  • UK: London to Host Meteocean Awareness Course

    30 September 2012

    The effects of meteorology and oceanography (metocean) have a major impact on design and operations for all offshore industries – marine renewables, and offshore oil and gas. If users of metocean information are not aware of the implications that the weather, waves, currents and water levels can have on their operations or design work, then […]

  • S3 Wins New Enterprise Award at Subsea UK

    10 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Specialist Subsea Services (S3) celebrated success at last night’s Subsea UK awards after being named winners of the prestigious New Enterprise award. S3, the only company to reach the final in more than one category, was recognised for its vision in business development and its contribution to the subsea sector, both in the UK and […]

  • Belgium, UK Businesses Eye Belgian OWFs Together

    31 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    More than 40 UK offshore wind supply chain companies and the key Belgian offshore wind players met on 25 January in Brussels to discuss opportunities for collaborating in the framework of three future Belgian projects: Mermaid, Seastar and Northwester 2.

  • UK: ORECAT Chief Executive Visits EMEC

    15 April 2013

    Andrew Jamieson, Chief Executive of the newly established Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORECAT), visited EMEC earlier this week along with his colleagues David Currie and David Arnold. Whilst in Orkney they met with representatives of EMEC, Orkney Renewable Energy Forum (OREF), and Orkney Islands Council, visited the EMEC Billia Croo wave test site, and were […]

  • Improvement Work Starts on the Dawlish Seawall (UK)

    30 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Construction has begun on a £8 million project to increase the resilience of the sea wall in Dawlish, UK. Mott MacDonald is providing project and commercial management on the project, which will also see the lower coastal walkway replaced at high level, on behalf of Network Rail. In February 2014, the path and railway line […]

  • UK: Fugro Opens Soils Testing Laboratory

    7 October 2013

    Today marks the official opening of Fugro’s expanded soils testing laboratory at the Group’s UK headquarters in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, by The Mayor of Wallingford, Councillor Bernard Stone. An investment of over £1 million has been made in increasing the capacity and in state-of-the-art equipment, as a direct result of the significant increase in the number […]

  • Wind power taking bigger share of UK electricity

    4 August 2010
    Research & Development

    Wind power is leading the surge of renewable energy as it generates an increasing share of UK electricity. Energy statistics published by… (bettergeneration) [mappress] Source: bettergeneration, August 04, 2010; Wind power is leading the surge of renewable energy as it generates an increasing share of UK electricity. Energy statistics published by the Department of Environment […]

  • UK project brings AI to subsea inspections

    3 July 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, IT & Software, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Research & Development, Technology

    The UK’s National Subsea Centre (NSC) and Robert Gordon University (RGU) are collaborating on a data project to add artificial intelligence technology to subsea inspection operations. The Subsea AI Body of Knowledge (SAIBOK) project is using AI and machine learning technologies to accurately train algorithms to detect and interpret anomalies within a group of subsea inspection images. […]

  • UK Schools Set for Subsea STEM Challenge Final

    4 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    The final of a new initiative aimed at encouraging school pupils, aged 13 to 14 to consider a career in the subsea sector will take place in Aberdeen later this month. The STEM Challenge, led by Subsea UK and supported by The Smallpeice Trust, has seen teams of year nine students compete in a design-and-make […]

  • UK Chamber of Shipping Responds to Outcome of SMarT Review

    23 January 2012

    Today the Department for Transport (DfT) have announced that Government will provide a budget of £12million per year for the support for maritime training (SMarT) scheme for the remainder of this Parliament. The UK Chamber of Shipping has welcomed the news and issued the following response from Mark Brownrigg, Director General of the Chamber: “The […]

  • UK: ABPmer Outlines Habitat Creation Scheme

    15 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    ABPmer has recently prepared a habitat creation design for the Army Sailing Association, Thorney Island. The proposed scheme is intended to offset intertidal habitat lost or disturbed by the construction of a new pontoon proposed as part of the works for an upgraded Army inshore sailing training centre that will enable injured service men and […]

  • FoundOcean Receives Large Project Award (UK)

    3 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    FoundOcean announced it has won the Large Project Award at the inaugural RenewableUK Energy Awards 2012. Together with Offshore Design Engineering Ltd, REpower and Vattenfall, the companies were recognised for their exceptional achievement in constructing the Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm project. RenewableUK is the body representing the wind and renewables industries. “We are extremely proud […]

  • UK: Taskforce Publishes Recommendations for Business Secretary

    16 March 2012

    The Taskforce, chaired by Tim Breedon, CEO of Legal & General plc, was commissioned by the Government to examine a range of alternative and sustainable finance sources, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Bank lending is by far the largest source of external finance currently used by businesses, but the Taskforce believes there is […]

  • UK: NCS Survey Opens New Offices

    24 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    NCS Survey, an Acteon company, is continuing its targeted expansion programme with the opening of a second office block at its headquarters in Aberdeen, UK, and new offices in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Stavanger, Norway. In Westhill, Aberdeen, which has been designated as a Subsea Centre of Excellence, NCS Survey is close to the […]

  • InterMoor Achieves Five-Year Safety Milestone (UK)

    21 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    InterMoor UK Operations, part of Acteon’s foundations and moorings business, has operated for more than five years without a lost time incident (LTI). InterMoor UK Operations includes Acteon companies InterMoor Ltd, InterMoor Marine Services Ltd and ChainCo. This is an extremely significant achievement for a business that has conducted more than 2,000 projects during the […]

  • Report: UK Flag Will Die without Substantial Reforms

    24 July 2015

    The way the UK shipping register is administrated needs urgent reform or the red ensign will die, an industry report has warned. Namely, an independent panel of shipping industry leaders has written a report at the request of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency calls for a new public corporation to administer the UK ship register […]

  • Engie’s Cygnus offshore field starts production (UK)

    15 December 2016
    Project & Tenders

    The Engie-operated Cygnus gas field offshore UK has started production. Engie said on Thursday that Cygnus, located in licence areas P1055 & P1731, is expected to contribute 5% of UK gas production – supplying sufficient gas to heat the equivalent of 1.5 million UK homes.   Ruud Zoon, Managing Director of ENGIE E&P UK Limited […]

  • Fresh UK gig for Stena Drilling rig

    6 February 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has secured a new contract for a semi-submersible rig with Ithaca Energy for operations off the UK.

  • Subsea UK Urges Industry to Embrace ‘New Norm’

    21 December 2016

    With a growing realization that lower oil and gas prices are here to stay, Subsea UK urged the industry to embrace the ‘new norm’ to safeguard the future of the UK’s £9 billion subsea sector. The call was issued as Subsea UK announced the final speaker line-up and programme for its 12th annual conference and […]

  • UK net-zero target looks into tidal power

    9 November 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Transition

    The UK’s Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) will consider the role of tidal energy in the UK’s low-carbon energy mix. This is part of the latest phase of the Technological Innovations and Climate Change inquiry. The technology is at the early stages of development and has not rolled out despite 80 per cent of the UK […]

  • Govt Asked to Increase Funds for UK Maritime Workforce

    12 June 2016

    As the numbers of British seafarers seem to be in decline, the government in Scotland and in Whitehall has been called upon to provide further support the UK maritime sector in order to ensure that jobs and businesses are able to face the challenges presented by current market conditions. President of the UK Chamber of Shipping, […]

  • Scottish Energy Minister Welcomes UK Energy Bill

    22 May 2012
    Authorities & Government

      Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has welcomed the publication of the draft UK Energy Bill, which outlines plans for Energy Market Reform. Mr Ewing said that the Scottish Government supported the strengthening of market support for renewable electricity as well as carbon capture and storage, but warned that any reform must reflect Scotland’s devolved powers, […]

  • UK: 7th LNG Awards Shortlist Announced

    16 September 2011

    The shortlist for the 7th LNG Awards was announced at the Pre-World LNG Summit Leaders’ Cocktail Reception hosted by Gazprom Global LNG and CWC at the Gazprom offices in Central London on 7th September 2011. The categories for 2011 include the coveted CWC / WGI LNG Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Industry, plus two […]

  • UK: Rolls-Royce Names New Chairman

    14 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, announced today that Ian Davis will succeed Sir Simon Robertson as Chairman. He will join the Board as a non-executive Director on 1 March 2013 and take over from Sir Simon at the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting on 2 May 2013. Ian Davis spent more than thirty […]