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  • Craig Group Reports ‘Healthy’ 2012 Results (UK)

    15 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Aberdeen head-quartered global shipping and energy services firm, Craig Group, has announced results for the year ending April 2012. The privately owned, family-run business has reported turnover of £123.3 million with operating profits of £14.8 million. This is an increase on their 2011 turnover of £11.4 million and a £1.7 million increase on operating profit […]

  • UK: GEV Offshore Signs Sheringham Shoal Contract

    18 December 2012

    Scira Offshore Energy has awarded a new contract for the provision of a range of support services for its £1bn Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of North Norfolk, to a local energy services company GEV Offshore Limited. From its base in Great Yarmouth, GEV Offshore will provide rope access led fabric maintenance […]

  • Lerwick Harbour Services Major Gas Developments (UK)

    26 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Various contractors are using Lerwick’s comprehensive services and facilities, including extensive laydown areas and deep-water quays and anchorages, to support subsea installation work on the Laggan-Tormore fields, West of Shetland, and construction of the associated Shetland Gas Plant next to the Sullom Voe oil terminal, being undertaken by Total E&P UK Limited and its joint […]

  • First July LNG delivery for UK’s South Hook

    26 June 2015
    Vessels

    LNG carrier Al Karaana, with the capacity of 210,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive at the UK’s South Hook terminal from Qatar on July 3. This will be the first July shipment of Qatari LNG to the 15.6 mtpa import facility located in Milford haven, according to port data. The Q-Max carrier Al Karaana has about […]

  • UK: Baron Oil to earn stake in Colter prospect

    6 March 2018
    Business & Finance

    Baron Oil has entered into a farm-out agreement with Corallian Energy for a five percent working interest in the UKCS License P1918.

  • UK: Able preparing for Shell’s Brent Delta arrival

    24 April 2017
    Project & Tenders

    Able UK, a specialist for decommissioning and disposal of offshore oil and gas structures, has said that the receipt of the Shell Brent Delta topside at Able Seaton Port is imminent.  The company said on Monday that it anticipates the arrival will take place in early May but this is subject to a number of variables, including tide […]

  • UK energy minister praises EEEGR contribution to economy

    10 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    The East of England’s crucial role in helping meet the UK’s future energy needs won praise from Energy Minister Michael Fallon at the SNS2014 Conference gala dinner at Norfolk Showground, Norwich last week. Fallon said it was important for Government and industry to work together to maximise benefits from vast energy potential in the region […]

  • Siemens Freezing New UK Investments and Turbine Exports

    30 June 2016

    Uncertainty triggered by the UK’s decision to leave the European Union has made Siemens, one of the biggest offshore wind players, rethink its strategy and put all new wind energy investments in the country on ice, according to The Guardian. The wind turbine maker is also halting long-term export plans at its UK-based blade factory in Hull, Bloomberg reports. The […]

  • UK: Swansea Drydocks to Recycle Former ‘HMS Cornwall’

    5 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Despite competition from other UK based ship recyclers, Swansea Drydocks has won the MOD competition to recycle the former HMS Cornwall, a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy. The vessel was built in 1985 by Yarrow Shipbuilders in Glasgow, commissioned at Falmouth in 1988 and decommissioned in 2011 following a six-month deployment conducting counter-piracy […]

  • Survey on schedule for first UK-Germany energy link

    17 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    A geophysical and UXO survey is set to begin at the end of this month for an interconnector that will link the UK and Germany for the first time. Geociencias y Exploraciones Marítimas (GEM) will perform a survey of the route for the installation of the NeuConnect Interconnector, nominally 705 kilometers, on behalf of the […]

  • Assembly of HMS Queen Elizabeth Starts in Rosyth,UK

    22 September 2011

      Preparations for the assembly of the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers got off to a flying start today as Goliath, one of Europe’s largest cranes, swung into action under the watchful eye of Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology Peter Luff. The event, held at Babcock’s shipyard in Rosyth, marked the official start […]

  • New Managing Director at RWE Dea UK Helm

    1 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    As of today, Hans-Joachim Polk is the new Managing Director of RWE Dea UK. Polk joined RWE Dea AG as early as late 1991, immediately after earning his Master’s degree in crude oil and natural gas exploration and production technology at Clausthal-Zellerfeld University. In the course of his professional career, Polk spent three and a […]

  • Odfjell Drilling scores ‘Deepsea Stavanger’ job in UK

    18 January 2016
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian drilling company Odfjell Drilling has won a contract for its Deepsea Stavanger semi-submersible drilling rig.  The contract is with JX Nippon Exploration and Production (U.K.) Limited (“JX Nippon”) for one exploration well located West of Shetland on the UK Continental Shelf. “The contract with JX Nippon secures interim utilisation of Deepsea Stavanger before start-up of the […]

  • Cuadrilla of UK Plans More Shale Gas Drilling

    5 July 2013

    Cuadrilla of UK has announced that it intends to apply for planning consent to hydraulically fracture and test the shale at its existing exploration well at Grange Hill. It has also announced that it intends over time to apply for consent to drill, hydraulically fracture and test the gas flow at up to six new […]

  • NERC: New Discovery Could Save Millions (UK)

    3 April 2013

    New research tracking the movement of dredged sediment around Liverpool Bay could save millions of pounds, according to scientists. Each year, sediment has to be dredged from the port and deposited elsewhere to maintain access for commercial vessels. But according to the new study, the dredged material appears back in the port again within just […]

  • BPA examines barriers to shore power in UK ports

    29 May 2020
    Ports & Logistics

    Following a new research into the barriers to shore power in UK ports, the British Ports Association believes a Green Maritime Fund would be critical to making the initiative a reality. Shore power, also known as cold ironing, is the provision of shore-based electricity to ships at berth, allowing them to turn off their auxiliary […]

  • Expro Wins Safety Leadership Award at Subsea UK

    9 February 2012
    Business & Finance

      Leading international oilfield services company Expro has won a coveted safety leadership award at a prestigious awards dinner in Aberdeen last night. Expro won the award from Subsea UK in recognition of its outstanding safety record. The safety leadership award is given to companies who can demonstrate outstanding safety management and performance. This is […]

  • CEDA: Visit to London Gateway Port Approaches (UK)

    3 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    CEDA’s Site Visit to the London Gateway Port is scheduled for 6th December 2012. The London Gateway Port project is the most significant Port infrastructure development in the UK. It is located in Essex, on the north bank of the Thames. The final Port will provide nearly 2.7km of deep water berth. The Port is […]

  • UK: Narec Hosts Workshop on Renewables for STEM Teachers

    8 July 2013
    Human Capital

    On Friday 5th July, Narec, in conjunction with Northumberland Education Business Partnership, hosted a renewable energy education workshop for around 30 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics subject (STEM) teachers and careers professionals. Learners were treated to a number of presentations to provide them with a better understanding of the role of Narec as well as […]

  • UK: SMD CEO Named Business Executive of the Year

    19 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    SMD CEO, Andrew Hodgson has been named The Journal’s business executive of the year for 2012. Hodgson, picked up the top honour at the North East Business Executive of the Year awards, sponsored by Brewin Dolphin, after one of the most successful years in the Wallsend firm’s history. Since the former BAE Systems strategy director […]

  • Teledyne Impulse-PDM Receive IPC Accreditation (UK)

    18 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    IPC/WHMA-A-620 is the first industry consensus standard that describes acceptability criteria for crimped, mechanically secured and soldered interconnections and the corresponding lacing/restraining criteria associated with cable and harness assemblies. This credential is recognised and valued throughout the Electronics Industry. For many years, the Teledyne Impulse-PDM Wiring Department have based internal standards and staff training on […]

  • Total Joins Plexus’ Joint Industry Project (UK)

    20 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® method of wellhead engineering, announces that the major worldwide French oil and gas operator has through Total E&P Recherche Developpement SAS (‘Total’) signed up as an additional consulting partner to Plexus’ Joint Industry Project (‘JIP’) to develop […]

  • UK: Endeavour to Use WilHunter Rig for Rochelle Drilling

    6 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    Awilco Drilling PLC has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Endeavour Energy UK Ltd for the provision of WilHunter for their Rochelle development program. The contract duration is estimated to be about 150 days with a contract value of approximately USD 37 million. The contract is expected to commence late Q1 2012. WilHunter is […]

  • UK: Local Government Minister Visits London Gateway

    13 March 2013

    The Department for Communities and Local Government Minister, Brandon Lewis MP, visited London Gateway this week to see how building work is progressing at the super-port. During his visit, Mr Lewis was able to see for himself the scale of the UK’s new container port and logistics park and watch the 138m-high quay cranes, which […]

  • Apache Finalizes Acquisition of UK North Sea Assets

    3 January 2012

    Apache Corporation said today that its subsidiary Apache North Sea Limited has completed its previously announced acquisition of Exxon Mobil Corporation’s Mobil North Sea Limited assets including the Beryl field and related properties. Apache has assumed operations of the Beryl, Nevis, Ness, Nevis South, Skene and Buckland fields, the Beryl/Brae gas pipeline and the SAGE […]