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  • Production Resumes from Elgin/Franklin Area (UK)

    11 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    French oil major Total announces the restart of production on the Elgin/Franklin area in the UK North Sea on 9 March 2013, following the approval of the safety case by the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Production resumes gradually and should soon reach close to 70,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed; approximately […]

  • ETI Highlights UK’s Possible Low Carbon Options

    4 March 2015
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has publishes two potential scenarios depicting the UK’s low carbon energy system transition. The “Options, Choices, Actions” Report displays how the UK can implement an affordable 35 year transition to a low carbon energy system by 2050, but there are different ways of getting there. It concentrates on two potential scenarios […]

  • ConocoPhillips sells UK business to Chrysaor for $2.7 billion

    18 April 2019
    Business & Finance

    Oil major ConocoPhillips has entered into an agreement to sell two ConocoPhillips United Kingdom subsidiaries to Chrysaor for $2.675 billion, plus interest and customary adjustments.

  • Oil & Gas UK Publishes Well Examination Guidelines

    29 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Oil & Gas UK has published the first two in a series of several guidelines to help well-operators better understand and achieve the goals set by the Health and Safety Executive’s regulations regarding well operations on the UKCS. The ‘Guidelines for well-operators on well examination’ and the ‘Guidelines for well-operators on competency of well-examiners’ have […]

  • Stork Dive Trainee Programme Launched (UK)

    7 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Scotland’s first graduate training programme for divers has been launched by diver training facility The Underwater Centre and Stork Technical Services (Stork), a global provider of knowledge-based integrity services for the oil and gas, chemical and power sectors. The Stork Dive Trainee Programme is a three-year work-based training initiative, which will offer a number of […]

  • UK Maritime Sector Responds to Brexit ‘Breakthrough’ Deal

    8 December 2017

    UK maritime sector welcomes the end of the political drama, as next stage of talks on trading relations approaches.

  • BAS Scientists Involved in NASA Mission (UK)

    30 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), the first twin-spacecraft mission designed to explore the Earth’s radiation belts, launched into the predawn skies on Thursday 30 August 2012 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. As NASA’s UK Co-investigator the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is involved in the particle instrument part of the mission. Professor Richard […]

  • UK: EV Rebrands and Launches New Website

    22 November 2010
    Business & Finance

    EV Offshore is head-quartered in Norwich but recognising the changing nature of their geographical presence EV has changed its name, dropping the Offshore, and from now on will be known solely as EV. In addition to the new corporate identity they have re-branded their main product from Evoleye to Optis™ again choosing to work with […]

  • Oil & Gas UK names new chief executive

    27 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Board of Oil & Gas UK, a trade association for the UK offshore oil and gas industry, has announced the appointment of Deirdre Michie as the organisation’s new Chief Executive, following a search led by The Curzon Partnership. Deirdre Michie will take up her position from May 1, 2015, replacing the current Chief Executive […]

  • Subsea UK Appoints New Members to Its Board

    22 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    Subsea UK has unveiled its new Board, following a members’ ballot at the industry body’s Annual General Meeting. Subsea UK informed that two new Board members were appointed and seven members re-elected. Cameron Mitchell, technical disciplines assurance manager for Shell UK, and Mark Richardson, projects group manager for Apache North Sea, join the board of Subsea […]

  • Qatargas, Petronas Sign UK LNG Supply Deal

    18 September 2013
    Project & Tenders

    Qatargas and Petronas LNG (UK) signed a five-year Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) for an annual LNG volume of 1.14 million tones, effective January 2014. The LNG will be supplied from Qatargas 4 (Train 7), a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and Shell which started production in January 2011, and will be delivered onboard Q-Flex […]

  • Oil & Gas UK Awards: Deadline for nominations extended

    15 August 2014

    Potential entrants for the Oil & Gas UK Awards 2014 have an extra week to submit their nominations. Oil & Gas UK has granted an extension to the deadline for nominations – which will now close at 5pm on Friday 22 August – allowing more time for entrants to share their stories. The eighth annual […]

  • NAREC Awards £45m Deal to Shepherd Construction (UK)

    30 December 2010

    Shepherd Construction has earned a place at the forefront of wind farm development in the UK after signing a four-year deal to build several… Aaron Morby (constructionenquirer) [mappress] Source: constructionenquirer, December 30, 2010

  • Siemens to build wind turbine production plant in the UK

    29 March 2010
    Technology

    Siemens Energy is to build a new production plant for offshore wind turbines in the UK. With the new plant Siemens wants to meet the growing demand for wind turbines for British offshore projects. As world market leader in the offshore sector Siemens has already successfully implemented eleven projects with a combined capacity in excess […]

  • Oil & Gas UK Releases Decommissioning Market Insights

    3 October 2013
    Research & Development

    Oil & Gas UK  published a suite of documents which highlight the need for the industry to prepare for forthcoming decommissioning projects and increase the efficiency of related processes. The publications feature information gathered on the scale of decommissioning activity to come on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), experiences of and lessons from pipeline decommissioning […]

  • UK Green Investment Bank Officially Opens for Business

    28 November 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Business Secretary Vince Cable has declared the UK Green Investment Bank plc (UK GIB) officially open for business and announced two new investments. The ground breaking institution has been funded with £3 billion of Government money and will mobilise additional private capital to make a significant contribution to the development of a green economy. Speaking […]

  • Installing Huge Wind Turbines Offshore (UK)

    17 August 2011

      The BBC’s science and environment page yesterday features an interactive graphic on how an offshore wind farm is constructed. It starts with a navigable photo of the Harland and Wolff’s docks in Belfast where the turbines for a new offshore wind farm in the waters off Cumbria, UK are being assembled. Then you can […]

  • Shell Increases Stake in Schiehallion Field (UK)

    14 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Shell announced today the signing of separate agreements for the acquisition of Murphy Schiehallion Limited 5.9% stake in the Schiehallion field west of Shetlands and for the sale of Shell’s interest in the Seal area within the Peace River oil sands of Alberta, Canada to Murphy Oil Company Ltd. The additional equity in the Schiehallion […]

  • UK to Lead Two Panel Discussions at AWEA 2012

    5 June 2012

    The United Kingdom’s track record of expertise and leadership in the wind energy industry is demonstrated this week during WINDPOWER 2012, the world’s largest annual gathering of wind power professionals. The UK – the world leader in offshore wind power capacity – will lead two panel discussions, while a number of British wind companies will […]

  • TAQA Gets Approval for Cormorant East Development (UK)

    22 November 2012

    Antrim today announced that a Field Development Plan (“FDP”) has been approved for the Cormorant East Field in UK Northern North Sea Block 211/22a Contender Area (the “Contender Block”, Antrim interest 8.4%). As previously announced (October 22, 2012), Antrim and partners successfully drilled well 211/21-N94 (the “Contender Well”) and penetrated a thick section of oil-bearing […]

  • UK: MCA Outlines Its Support for Shipping Industry

    31 October 2012
    Business & Finance

      The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has been outlining its support for the shipping industry, which is estimated to be worth £5 billion to the UK economy. Sir Alan Massey, Chief Executive of the MCA, has been setting out how the Agency is striving to become the best maritime safety organisation in the world, […]

  • UK’s new subsea protection ship to be ready by summer

    20 January 2023
    Authorities & Government, Regulation & Policy

    The first of two subsea protection ships dedicated to safeguarding UK’s oil and gas pipelines, as well as seabed telecommunications cables, has arrived in Merseyside.

  • UK: NorSea Group Invests in Scrabster Harbour

    24 April 2013

    NorSea Group and the Scrabster Harbour Trust in Caithness have just signed an agreement which will result in major investment and new job prospects for the local economy. Under the agreement NorSea Group will work with the Trust to bring in new business and develop Scotland’s most northerly mainland port as a one-stop supply base […]

  • UK: South Boats Expands to Venture Quays

    15 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announce their immediate expansion to Venture Quays in East Cowes. Following significant new orders from key players in the offshore wind industry, the company has leased a number of units within the former Columbine works, one of the most recognisible shipyards in Britain.  The Venture Quays site allows South Boats […]

  • DONG Energy on a Hiring Spree in Grimsby, UK

    16 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy is recruiting offshore wind workers for various working positions related to its Westermost Rough offshore wind project. The company is looking for people qualified to fill the following positions: Assistant Operations Manager, High Voltage Engineer, HSE Manager, Offshore Coordinator, Site Assistant, Warehouse Coordinator, and Wind Turbine technicians. Details on the recruitment and job […]