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  • Trident Energy Announces New Appointments (UK)

    26 October 2011
    Business & Finance

      WAVE power developer Trident Energy yesterday beefed up its presence in Glasgow by appointing industry veteran Jonathan Armstrong as is firs… By Peter Ranscombe  (scotsman) [mappress] Source: scotsman, October 26, 2011;

  • UK port investment surpasses £1B mark in 2021

    4 January 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics

    UK port investment topped £1 billion (around $1.3 billion) in 2021 despite continuing pandemic volatility, new research published by the British Ports Association (BPA) shows.

  • UK Approves Chrysaor’s MacCulloch Subsea Decommissioning Programme

    6 November 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    UK oil and gas authorities have approved Chrysaor’s MacCulloch subsea installations decommissioning programme in the North Sea. The selected option for the facilities is to remove, dismantle and dispose of them, ensuring a high level of material recycling. The MacCulloch field, located in UK Central North Sea Block 15/24b, was developed in 1996/97 with the […]

  • UK: Wood Group Sees Growth in 2012

    15 December 2011

    Wood Group, the international energy services company, issues the following pre-close trading update for the year to 31 December 2011. Full year results for the year will be announced on 6 March 2012. Overall, the Group expects to deliver good growth, with performance for the year in line with expectations. Conditions in oil & gas […]

  • UK: BP’s green hydrogen project gains ground

    14 October 2022
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    British energy company BP has submitted a bid for its proposed large-scale green hydrogen production facility, HyGreen Teesside, and secured new deals with potential off-takers in the Teesside area. The aim of the HyGreen Teesside project is to be one of the biggest green hydrogen facilities in the UK, targeting production by 2025 with an […]

  • UK Unveils Industry Code of Practice for Autonomous Vessels

    16 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Rules & Regulation

    UK’s maritime sector body Maritime UK has launched a new Industry Code of Practice for the design, construction and operation of autonomous maritime systems. Seeking to provide practical guidance for autonomous and semi-autonomous vessels less than 24 metres long, the Industry Code of Practice will provide guidelines while the more detailed regulatory framework for autonomous systems is […]

  • Statoil Awarded 7 Exploration Licences Offshore UK

    26 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Statoil has been awarded shares in 7 exploration licences on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS). The company is operator for 2 of these, and expects this number to increase when the blocks pending environmental assessment are awarded. The licences which were awarded by the UK authorities are part of the UK 27th Offshore Oil […]

  • Statoil Awarded 7 Exploration Licences Offshore UK

    28 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Statoil has been awarded shares in 7 exploration licences on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS). The company is operator for 2 of these, and expects this number to increase when the blocks pending environmental assessment are awarded. The licences which were awarded by the UK authorities are part of the UK 27th Offshore Oil […]

  • Trapoil: Drilling Ops Start at Scotney Prospect (UK)

    18 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Trapoil, the independent oil and gas exploration, appraisal and production company focused on the UK Continental Shelf (“UKCS”) region of the North Sea, has announced that operations have commenced on the Scotney (Lence P.1658, Block 20/5b) exploration prospect. Tweedsmuir sands as the reservoir objective and best estimate gross prospective resources for the entire prospect of […]

  • UK unveils £20M fund to propel green shipbuilding

    22 March 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    The UK government launched today a £20 million (about $27.7 million) competition to make innovative green maritime ideas a reality.

  • Stena LNG Transfers Two Tankers to UK Register

    9 September 2013

    Stena LNG, a unit of Stena Group, said it has decided to move two liquefied natural gas carriers to the UK register. The Port of Registry for the ships, Stena Crystal Sky and Stena Clear Sky, will be Stranraer, close to Cairnryan where fellow Stena Group company, Stena Line, which recently completed the construction of […]

  • REF Publishes Study on Wind Turbine Lifespan (UK)

    21 December 2012
    Research & Development

    The Renewable Energy Foundation has published a new study, The Performance of Wind Farms in the United Kingdom and Denmark, showing that the economic life of onshore wind turbines is between 10 and 15 years, not the 20 to 25 years projected by the wind industry itself, and used for government projections.   The work has […]

  • UK Chamber of Shipping’s Ratings Campaign Makes Progress

    3 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    This week saw the 6th Ministerial roundtable event between senior industry figures and Government Ministers, as part of the ‘strategic partnership’ programme. A Maritime UK delegation, including the UK Chamber of Shipping CEO, Head of MNTB and Head of Communications met with Shipping Minister Stephen Hammond, Business Minister Michael Fallon, head of the MCA Sir Alan […]

  • UK approves Maersk Oil’s Culzean field development

    31 August 2015

    UK Oil & Gas Authority has approved the development of what has been described as the largest new field discovered in the UK North Sea, the Culzean. The field, operated by Maersk Oil is expected to produce enough gas to meet 5% of total UK demand at peak production in 2020/21. Culzean is also the […]

  • Subsea UK Set for New Brazil Trade Expedition

    22 January 2018
    Business & Finance

    UK subsea companies are being encouraged to join the sixth edition of the ‘UK Energy in Brazil’ trade mission which takes place in March. The event has been organised by the Department for International Trade (DIT) in association with Subsea UK, along with the Energy Industries Council (EIC), Society of Maritime Industries, East of England […]

  • UK: Largest Contract in Odfjell Drilling’s History

    11 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Odfjell Drilling has been awarded a significant pre-contract award with BP for the provision of a new build, semi-submersible drilling unit for use in the UK’s West of Shetland region. The contract value is approximately $1.2 billion, excluding options, and represents the largest contract in Odfjell Drilling’s 40 year history. The new unit will be […]

  • UK 2017 Offshore Wind Numbers on Upward Path

    4 February 2019
    Business & Finance, Human Capital

    Offshore wind provided 13,500 full-time equivalent jobs in the UK in 2017, a 20.5% increase compared to 11,200 in 2016, according to the Office for National Statistics. Based on the estimates, there were 9,900 jobs in England in 2017, which represents 2,300 more than the 7,600 estimated in 2016. Scotland saw 3,400 jobs provided by […]

  • Maritime Unions Call on UK to Seize Opportunity for Growth

    15 May 2015

    The new government in the UK needs to recognize the importance of the maritime industry and step up its support to the sector, maritime professionals’ union Nautilus said. The call for grater support comes in the wake of a new research that shows that maritime sector is worth almost £10bn a year to the UK economy. […]

  • SSE Urges UK BEIS for More Offshore Wind

    5 July 2019
    Authorities & Government

    SSE has called on the Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Minister Chris Skidmore to increase the 6GW cap on new offshore wind in the UK. According to SSE, the current Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction includes a limited capacity of offshore renewables set before the Committee on Climate Change published its report and the government passed the […]

  • Subsea UK encourages exchange of knowledge at industry event

    22 March 2016

    Subsea UK, industry body representing firms dealing with subsea oil and gas business, will host an event in the south-west of England, aiming to have the local companies discuss the challenges they are facing, “with a view to identifying opportunities and efficiencies through collaboration which will protect jobs and revenues.” The event, to be held […]

  • 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 […]

  • UK to loan $400M to GE for project offshore Ghana

    16 January 2017

    UK Export Finance (UKEF), a European export credit agency, will provide $400 million in support of a GE Oil & Gas contract with Ghana’s Offshore Cape Three Points Project. UKEF is supporting a GE Oil & Gas contract worth $850 million, which will in turn support jobs in the Aberdeen and Bristol areas. The contract for […]

  • Equinor kicks off exploration campaign offshore UK

    7 February 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Equinor has initiated an exploration campaign on the UK continental shelf comprising five wells in 2019, which is a record number for the company.

  • 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.

  • 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.