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  • Aker Solutions Provides Maintenance Services to Perenco UK

    23 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Aker Solutions has secured a three year contract extension worth £18million (GBP) to provide onshore and offshore operations and maintenance services to Perenco UK. Aker Solutions secures contract with Perenco UKThe agreement includes provision of operations, maintenance and technical support personnel for Perenco at its on and offshore assets in the southern North Sea. More […]

  • UK: Marine Energy Park to Boost Economy Progress

    2 March 2012

    The Government is considering a bonfire of red-tape to tackle delays holding back the Westcountry’s marine power industry. Energy Minister Greg Barker agreed to an emergency summit against fears that gold-plated regulations are stopping wave energy developers getting into the water. The sector is vital to transforming the economy of the South West, which was […]

  • Narec Awards Geophysical Survey Contract to EGS (UK)

    15 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    National Renewable Energy Centre Limited (“Narec”) Awarded Geophysical Survey Contract to EGS International Limited. EGS is to undertake a geophysical survey for the Blyth Offshore wind demonstrator project. EGS will: Provide vessels and equipment suitable for undertaking geophysical survey at site, in the anticipated water depths and metocean conditions: Provide vessels that meet appropriate UK […]

  • Ashtead to Launch Smallest Electric Dredge Pump (UK)

    8 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Leading subsea equipment solutions specialist, Ashtead Technology, is to launch the subsea market’s smallest electric dredge pump this week at the Ocean Business 2013 exhibition in Southampton, UK. The pump will be available to rent exclusively from Ashtead Technology through an agreement with the manufacturer, Vortex International. The electric pump is targeted at the 2½” […]

  • Oil & Gas UK hails Catcher project approval

    13 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Oil & Gas UK, the industry body representing the oil and gas industry in the UK, welcomes the £1.5bn Catcher Project approval.

  • UK: Government’s Budget 2014 Is Good News for Shipping

    20 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    International accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens said that the UK government’s Budget 2014, issued on 19 March 2014, is good news for UK shipping as it ensures the continuation of a stable UK tax regime for shipping, as has been the case for the past few years. Moore Stephens tax partner Sue Bill says, […]

  • TAQA Working to Restart North Cormorant Production (UK)

    27 November 2012

    TAQA Bratani has reported that production on North Cormorant, Tern and Eider is in the process of being restarted. The company on Sunday evacuated 92 workers from the North Cormorant platform in the UK North Sea due to a gas leak on the facility. “TAQA will begin re-manning of North Cormorant as soon as logistically […]

  • ICE Releases Discussion Paper on Biodiversity Offsetting (UK)

    24 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    ICE’s Maritime Expert Panel released a discussion paper entitled The Role of Coastal Engineers in the Delivery of No Net Loss through Biodiversity Offsetting. A working group of the Maritime Expert Panel, led by Jan Brooke, delivered the paper which explores the concept of biodiversity offsetting, the opportunities for its application in coastal areas of […]

  • UK Reaches 6GW of Installed Wind Power Capacity

    19 January 2012

    RenewableUK, the trade association representing the renewable energy industries, has announced that the country’s wind sector has reached a landmark 6 gigawatts of installed capacity – enough to supply electricity to 3,354,893 homes. The 6GW threshold was reached by the Ormonde offshore wind farm, off the coast of Cumbria, which now has 120 megawatts (MW) […]

  • EMEC unlocks access to UK research funding

    17 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    The Orkney-based European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has secured independent research organization (IRO) status from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), a public sector organization that supports the research and innovation system.  This status enables EMEC to compete for research grants from the UK’s seven research councils, including the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) […]

  • Dolphin Geophysical Continues UK Quads 3D Survey

    13 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Dolphin Geophysical’s high-end 3D seismic vessel the Polar Duke will shortly commence acquisition of their remaining UK Quads 29 & 30 SHarp BroadBand High-Resolution 3D Multi-Client survey. It is estimated that it will take approximately 5 months to complete the current planned survey coverage which was partially acquired last year. Dolphin’s ‘sister vessel’ the Polar […]

  • Talisman Contracts EnerMech for Offshore Cranes Management (UK)

    8 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Mechanical engineering group EnerMech has been awarded a multi-million pound contract to manage the UK North Sea offshore crane assets of Talisman Energy (UK) Limited. The five-year contract, with two additional one year options, is the Aberdeen-based mechanical engineering group’s largest single contract award and includes the operation, maintenance, engineering and inspection of more than […]

  • UK: Bond Offshore Helicopters’ Crew Safe

    11 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Bond Offshore Helicopters Ltd, one of the UK’s leading providers of energy support services reports that at 12.13h yesterday an Eurocopter EC225 helicopter (registration G-REDW) outbound from Aberdeen going to the Ensco102 Maersk Resilient platform made a controlled descent 24 nautical miles off-shore. The Captain and Co-pilot made the controlled descent and landed on the […]

  • UK’s Biggest Flood Management Project Completed

    8 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    UK’s biggest ever coastal realignment scheme at Steart, a joint project between WWT and Environment Agency, has been completed. The construction of Steart Marshes means the Environment Agency can continue its maintenance of flood risk schemes elsewhere in the Severn Estuary that protect 100,000 homes and businesses. Rising sea levels are predicted to result in […]

  • Identifying Need for Improved Flood Defences (UK)

    2 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The Environment Agency, Devon County Council and Exeter City Council are working together to design and build a scheme which will reduce flood risk to the city of Exeter. Exeter has a long history of flooding, going back as far as the 13th century. The current flood defenses were built in the 1960s and 70s […]

  • UK: ICAP Shipping Acquires Island Shipbrokers

    21 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    ICAP Shipping, the shipping arm of ICAP plc, the world’s leading interdealer broker, today announced that it has acquired Island Shipbrokers Pte Ltd, a shipbroking company based in Singapore, from Tim Madley, Allan Spangsberg and Mystic Enterprises Limited. Island Shipbrokers Pte Ltd’s core business is tanker chartering, sale and purchase, new building contracts and shipping […]

  • UK: TAS Wins Safety Innovations Award

    25 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Houlder and BMT Nigel Gee today announced that their jointly developed Turbine Access System (TAS™) has won the Safety Innovations Award at the 27th Offshore Achievement Awards organised by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), Aberdeen Section. The award was presented to Frederic Perderix, Houlder Chief Technical Officer by Walter Thain Vice President, Operations for […]

  • UK: InterManager Calls for Crew and Environment Protection

    17 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Modern corporate social responsibility should include measures to care for crew as well as the environment, says InterManager Secretary General Captain Kuba Szymanski. Discussing corporate social responsibility (CSR) at this year’s InterManager Annual General Meeting, Capt. Szymanski said: “People talk of ‘hugging trees’, I say let’s hug seafarers first!” Urging ship managers to embrace crew […]

  • UK: Race to Explore Deepest Point on Earth

    27 July 2011

    At the southern end of the Mariana Trench, a deep scar that cuts into the bottom of the ocean floor, there is a point known…  (theatlantic) [mappress] Source: theatlantic, July 27, 2011;

  • UK: Lerwick Port to Get New Quay

    18 June 2012

    The Lerwick Port Authority is about to spend £45m on a new quay and site huts, reports Construction Enquirer. They are looking for a contractor that would build a £35m worth facility to handle the decommissioning of giant offshore modules, and a supplier of huts to hold workers worth up to £10m. In order to […]

  • UK: Navitus Bay Could Affect Tourism

    9 September 2013

    Navitus Bay offshore wind farm has faced another instance of opposition. Bournemouth Borough Council thinks that the wind farm would negatively affect tourism in this area because, as they claim, the tourists would not want to come to the Dorset coast, writes BBC. Navitus Bay plans to build up to 218 wind turbines 20 kilometers […]

  • UK: Alnmaritec Completes New Aquaculture Workboat

    3 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Alnmaritec, the specialist aluminium boat builder based in Northumberland, recently announced the completion of ‘Shelagh Jane’ a new aquaculture workboat for service on a fish farm on the West Coast of Scotland. This rugged no nonsense support boat is a development of the highly successful Alnmaritec Wave Worker class. She is designed specifically to have […]

  • Extronics Launches Hazardous Area Camera, UK

    12 March 2013
    Equipment

    Extronics, a leading designer and manufacturer of intrinsically safe and explosion proof equipment, announced the launch of their latest digital camera for hazardous areas – the iCAM502. Building on the outstanding success of the original iCAM501, this latest model has a number of significant new enhancements designed for users with high performance requirements. The new […]

  • UK books another Qatari LNG cargo

    10 November 2014
    Vessels

    The UK’s South Hook import terminal is expected to receive another cargo of liquefied natural gas from Qatar. The Rasheeda LNG tanker, with a capacity of 266,000 cbm, is due to arrive at the terminal on November 17. The South Hook LNG terminal was fully commissioned in 2010 and is among the largest LNG receiving […]

  • Gasol Posts Half Year Results (UK)

    31 December 2012

    Gasol plc, the West African energy development company, announced interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2012. Highlights: Corporate objectives were further developed over the last six months; Board strengthened by the appointment of Cornelia Meyer as Non Executive Chairman; Joint venture and asset management agreement signed with Societe BenGaz S.A, for the […]