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  • Elgin Incident: Flare Extinguished. No Explosion Threat (UK)

    1 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    French oil giant Total, which has been fighting to stop a natural gas leak at its Elgin Field,located in the UK North Sea approximately 240 km east of Aberdeen, yesterday announced that the flare on the Elgin platform extinguished itself. „We received the first indication that the flare may be out at 13.07 (French time) […]

  • UK: Port of Tyne Achieves World Class Standard

    17 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Port of Tyne has picked up another accolade – this time for its Marine Pilotage Service. By achieving the International Standard for Maritime Pilot Organisations (ISPO), the Port of Tyne is one of only three pilotage authorities in the UK to have attained the standard and the 12th organisation worldwide to be accredited. For […]

  • Parkmead increases stake in Athena oil field (UK)

    10 April 2014

    Parkmead has completed the previously announced acquisition of an additional 20 per cent. interest in UK production licence P.1293 (Block 14/18b ALL), containing the Athena oil field, from EWE VERTRIEB GmbH (“EWE”). Through Parkmead’s acquisition of Lochard Energy Group PLC, completed in July 2013, the Company already holds a 10 per cent. interest in the […]

  • EA Urges Businesses to Prepare for Future Flooding (UK)

    25 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    One year on from some of the worst flooding in 2012, latest research by the Environment Agency reveals that last year’s record-breaking wet year in England could have cost the UK economy close to £600million. The overall financial cost to businesses of the extreme weather was up to £200m as total commercial property and contents […]

  • UK: Sembcorp Marine Buys SLP Engineering Limited

    17 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Sembcorp Marine through its wholly-owned subsidiary SMOE Pte Ltd (SMOE) has acquired from Smulders Group the entire share capital in its wholly-owned subsidiary of SLP Engineering Limited (SLP). SLP, based in Lowestoft Suffolk, United Kingdom (UK), will be renamed Sembmarine SLP Limited (Sembmarine SLP) and will be held through newly incorporated company Sembmarine North Sea […]

  • Wartsila to Power Technologically Advanced UK Research Vessel

    13 December 2010
    Vessels

    Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, has been awarded the contract to supply the propulsion equipment for a new, state-of-the-art, research vessel. The vessel will be operated by the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and is to be built at the C.N.P. Freire S.A. shipyard in Spain. The NERC is the UK’s main […]

  • Wartsila to Power Technologically Advanced UK Research Vessel

    13 December 2010
    Business & Finance

    Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, has been awarded the contract to supply the propulsion equipment for a new, state-of-the-art, research vessel. The vessel will be operated by the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and is to be built at the C.N.P. Freire S.A. shipyard in Spain. The NERC is the UK’s main […]

  • Drilling Starts at Orchid Prospect in UK North Sea

    8 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    P/F Atlantic Petroleum announces the commencement of operations on the 29/1c-9 Orchid exploration well on UK Licence P.1556 in the Central North Sea. The well is being drilled with the Sedco 711 semi-submersible rig in a water depth of about 290 ft, near to the producing Bittern and Kyle fields. The well will target a […]

  • New decom gig in UK for marine consultancy firm

    24 August 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    ABL Group has been enlisted by Centrica’s subsidiary Spirit Energy for decommissioning support on three oil and gas platforms in the UK.

  • UK: E.ON Awards BBUS with Offshore Cabling Contract

    26 April 2012
    Storage

    E.ON has today announced that Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions (BBUS) has been awarded the contract to install the cable on its Humber Gateway offshore wind farm. The contract, worth circa £19 million, will involve the design and installation of a 30km section of underground 132kV cable which will be used to connect the Humber Gateway […]

  • UK: Hornsea Project One Application Accepted for Examination

    23 August 2013
    Authorities & Government

    The application for Hornsea Project One, the first offshore wind farm that SMart Wind Ltd is developing in the Round 3 Hornsea Zone, has been accepted for examination by the UK Planning Inspectorate. The Planning Inspectorate has approximately three months to prepare for the examination. During this stage, the public will be able to register […]

  • UK: Hornsea Project One Application Accepted for Examination

    23 August 2013
    Authorities & Government

    The application for Hornsea Project One, the first offshore wind farm that SMart Wind Ltd is developing in the Round 3 Hornsea Zone, has been accepted for examination by the UK Planning Inspectorate. The Planning Inspectorate has approximately three months to prepare for the examination. During this stage, the public will be able to register […]

  • Power Interconnectors to Help Balance UK’s Electricity System

    14 March 2012
    Storage

    Construction of electricity links between Britain and its surrounding markets could be perceived as a solution for exporting excess electricity that is hard to predict and cannot be stored, a manager at National Grid stated according to Reuters. In cases when renewable energy production, such as wind or solar power, exceeds demand levels, interconnectors to […]

  • Unique System UK Orders Sonardyne’s 6G Equipment

    26 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Sonardyne International Limited has received an order for 6G acoustic positioning equipment worth over £1m from hydrographic survey and diving equipment specialists Unique System (UK). The purchase was made on the final day of the Oceanology International 2012 exhibition and conference held in London earlier this month and is Sonardyne’s fourth major order from a […]

  • UK: BP to Order New Ship from HHI

    1 August 2011

    Last month, BP launched a West of Shetland project of huge strategic importance to the UK economy. Project general manager… (energy.pres) [mappress] Source: energy.pres, August 1, 2011

  • UK: MAKE Consulting Opens New London Office

    2 March 2012

    MAKE Consulting – a leading strategic advisor to the wind power industry – expands its global footprint with the establishment of its London based branch office. This office will be managed and led by MAKE’s newly appointed Managing Advisor – Robert Clover – an accomplished expert in the field of clean energy research and finance. […]

  • Tata Boards UK Offshore Wind Expansion Boat

    10 January 2011

    Mumbai based multinational conglomerate Tata Group has become the latest major company to tap into the growing UK offshore wind energy… By Peter Barker (maritimejournal) [mappress] Source: maritimejournal, January 10, 2011

  • UK: BAE Systems Recruits Highest Number of Apprentices

    12 February 2013

    BAE Systems has announced that they plan to recruit 387 engineering and business apprentices across their UK businesses in 2013 – the highest intake since 2008 – and 60 more than the Company recruited in 2012. The announcement comes as Prime Minister David Cameron continues to urge businesses across the country to take on apprentices […]

  • UK: Alstom to Acquire TGL from Rolls-Royce

    25 September 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Alstom has signed an agreement with Rolls-Royce to acquire Tidal Generation Limited (TGL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce Plc, specialised in the design and manufacture of tidal stream turbines. Alstom’s acquisition of TGL is expected to be completed within the next few months, subject to closing conditions. TGL is at the forefront in the […]

  • Reflex Marine Hosts Prestigious Brazilian Delegation (UK)

    16 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Reflex Marine, a global leader in safe marine transfer solutions, hosted a prestigious delegation from Brazil’s burgeoning energy industry. The visit to Woollard and Henry in Aberdeen, which acts as a construction base for the company’s specialist crew transfer equipment, was a great success despite the sub-zero temperatures. The 17-strong party represented global corporations and […]

  • UK National Grid Launches Pylon Design Competition

    23 May 2011

    The UK’s National Grid launched an unusual competition last week – to design the electricity pylons of the future that will carry green electricity from onshore and offshore wind farms, and other power sources, to the consumer. The UK has around 88,000 pylons built in a steel lattice tower using a design that has barely […]

  • UK: Bill of Restriction for Offshore Wind Proposed to Parliament

    16 January 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Mr Christopher Chope, Conservative MP for Christchurch, who recently referred to offshore wind players as “subsidy junkies“, has taken another step in an effort to restrict large-scale offshore wind development off the coasts of the UK by proposing a bill called “Control of Offshore Wind Turbines”.  Mr Chope yesterday proposed a private member’s bill at the House of Commons, […]

  • UK Selects McLaughlin & Harvey for 2nd Phase of Liverpool2

    18 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    The company will deliver the next phase of development at the Liverpool2 deepwater container terminal.

  • UK: Apache confirms Storr discovery in North Sea

    3 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Oil and gas company Apache Corp. has achieved its ‘third consecutive exploration success’ near the Beryl field in the UK sector of the North Sea with a discovery in two separate fault blocks at the recently drilled Storr prospect. Apache said in its 3Q 2016 report on Thursday that results were in line with pre-drill estimates […]

  • UK: Red Spider’s eRed Completes 100 Operations

    25 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Red Spider, the Remote Open Close Technology specialist delivering major savings and reduced risk to the oil & gas industry, has announced completing 100 operations using its ground-breaking eRED tool. The work involving eRED has generated multi-million pound sales for Red Spider and has taken place across 30 fields in the UK, Norway, Australia and […]