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  • UK: BG Delivered 197 LNG Cargoes in 2012

    5 February 2013

    BG Group of UK said its LNG Shipping & Marketing total operating profit for 2012  increased by 13% to $2 577 million despite 11 fewer cargo deliveries, reflecting favourable market conditions and strong demand, particularly from Japan. The tightening of the LNG market, which overall benefits the LNG Shipping & Marketing business, also resulted in […]

  • Narec Successful in Bid for Regional Growth Fund (UK)

    1 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    Andrew Mill, CEO, The National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec):  “With the support received from the Regional Growth Fund, Narec will help to sustain the UK’s leading position in the offshore wind sector by driving the commercial development of seven new innovative products or services.  Narec will manage the £11 million R&D programme, which includes match […]

  • WFW Advises Technip UK on Deep Discoverer Financing

    5 February 2019

    Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has advised Technip UK on a £70.5 million financing agreement arranged by Crédit Industriel et Commercial (CIC) and BNP Paribas for the newbuild diving support vessel ‘Deep Discoverer’. The vessel, built by the Vard Group in Norway, was acquired by a CIC-owned company. The financing comprised a French lease of the vessel from […]

  • Sustainable Marine Energy Arrives at Trinity Wharf (UK)

    31 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Isle of Wight MP Andrew Turner has run up the flag to celebrate the arrival of innovative technology company Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) at its new offices and workshops at Trinity Wharf, East Cowes. The company has relocated from London because it believes the Isle of Wight has the right support and businesses to enable […]

  • UK: Peterhead Energy Hub Extremely Important for the Region

    7 March 2011
    Business & Finance

      Two leading North-east-headquartered organisations have joined forces to promote Peterhead Port and the facilities available in the town, within key target markets. Peterhead Port Authority (PPA) and international oil and gas logistics company, ASCO Group, have linked up to establish Peterhead Energy Hub, which aims to sustain and increase port activity through capitalising on […]

  • Two UK Offshore Wind Projects Win CfDs

    26 February 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) published the outcome of the first allocation round of Contracts for Difference (CfD) this morning, at the same time the National Gid notified applicants of the outcome. Among 27 awarded projects, two offshore wind farms have been selected as winner projects of this CfD round: phase one of […]

  • UK: Modus Forms Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Division

    26 March 2013

    Modus Seabed Intervention continues to demonstrate its commitment to be at the forefront of subsea technologies with the creation of a new Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) division. The North East England-based company has begun an investment programme into a planned fleet of AUV units; utilised for survey and inspection across the offshore field development life […]

  • HR Wallingford Acquires UK-Based DRL Software

    7 December 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    HR Wallingford, the international hydraulic and environmental engineering consultancy, has acquired UK-based DRL Software. DRL Software develops environmental monitoring software with coastal, offshore and estuary applications. Their DRL-Sediview application is used by dredging companies, environmental engineers and scientists, and research institutions worldwide. Sediview is used to analyse raw data from acoustic doppler current profilers (ADCPs). […]

  • UK: Xsens Showcases MTi Technology at Ocean Business

    27 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Xsens, the leading innovator in 3D motion tracking technology and products, will show the entire range of its next generation MTi® technology for the first time at Ocean Business in Southampton. Xsens recently finalized its new product portfolio with a high-performance Inertial Navigation System (GPS/INS), the MTi-G-700. The new Xsens MTi portfolio consists of 7 […]

  • Tentec Training Appoints New Technical Supervisor (UK)

    24 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Tentec Training, an ECITB Approved Provider of training and competence assurance programmes in the assembly and tightening of bolted connections announced the appointment of Glenn Dixon as Technical Supervisor. Well known throughout the oil and petrochemical industries, Glenn brings with him over 30 years of bolting expertise and has worked with Tentec since October 2012 […]

  • Reef Subsea Completes First Contract for Q1000 (UK)

    28 January 2013

    Reef Subsea today announced that its subsidiary company, Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical Ltd., with offices in Stockton on Tees and Aberdeen, has completed its first contract for the recently launched Q1000 Trenching ROV. The contract, for Lincs Offshore Wind Ltd. – a joint venture between UK energy company Centrica Energy, DONG Energy and Siemens […]

  • Flexlife Uses FlexGuard on Chevron’s Captain Field in UK

    5 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Flexlife, a specialist provider of flexible pipe technologies and engineering services, has successfully used its new integrity monitoring technology at Chevron’s Captain field in the UK North Sea. FlexGuard is an early detection system for possible riser integrity issues, designed to provide continuous real-time data on the condition of flexible risers. With more than 3000 […]

  • UK: USD 225 Billion for Offshore Wind by 2016

    23 March 2012

    A new report from analysts Douglas-Westwood contends that over $225 billion will be spent on offshore wind power over the next four years. Over $335 billion worth of expenditure is expected over the next five years on offshore operations & maintenance according to a new report, The World Offshore Operations & Maintenance Market Forecast 2012-2016, […]

  • UK, French Mathematicians to Cut Offshore Wind Cost

    11 July 2012
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Mathematicians in the UK and France have won €1.8 million funding to find ways of more efficiently transporting off-shore wind farms, which would make green energy more affordable. Experts in logistics from the Universities of Portsmouth, Le Havre and Plymouth are looking at reducing the cost of setting up and maintaining off-shore wind farms as […]

  • Trapoil to Dispose Interest in Knockinnon and Lybster Prospects, UK

    9 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Trapoil, the independent oil and gas exploration, appraisal and production company focused on the UK Continental Shelf region of the North Sea, announces that it has entered into legally binding Heads of Agreement with Caithness Oil Limited, its parent company, Caithness Petroleum Limited and IGas Energy plc. Under the terms of the Agreement, Trapoil has […]

  • IOG Offered Licence Near Blythe Field (UK)

    2 December 2013

    Independent Oil and Gas plc (“IOG”), the North Sea focussed Oil and Gas Company has been offered a licence award in the UK 27th licensing round of blocks 48/23c and 48/24b with 100% working interest.     The licence area lies approximately 10km to the east of the proposed Blythe development in which IOG has a 50% […]

  • Ithaca completes acquisition of Sumitomo’s UK oil fields

    1 August 2014

    Ithaca Energy Inc. has now completed the acquisition of the three UK producing oil field interests from Sumitomo Corporation. Ithaca has acquired Summit Petroleum Limited (“SPL”), a subsidiary company of Sumitomo, which holds the Cook (20.00%), Pierce (7.48%) and Wytch Farm (7.43%) field interests that have been acquired. The net consideration paid at completion was […]

  • UK: PATCH Hosts Wave and Tidal Energy Workshop

    20 July 2012

    As the Maritime Journal writes, PATCH (Ports Adapting to Change) and Seeports have hosted a one day workshop to explore opportunities in wave and tidal energy sector for small and medium sized ports. Blue Energy Workshop was held at the Port of Ramsgate. Wim Stubbe from the Port of Oostende gave a brief overview of […]

  • UK: MPs Publish Report on Future Maritime Surveillance

    20 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Concerns exist about the MoD’s capacity to manage the risk created by the capability gap in maritime surveillance and about its ability to react to demand in the short and medium term, says the Defence Committee in its report, published yesterday, entitled “Future Maritime Surveillance”. The Committee has serious concerns following the decision in the […]

  • UK marine energy gets £5 million grant

    1 April 2010

    Britain’s burgeoning marine energy industry has been given another boost through the injection of a £5 million grant from the government which will go towards a Marine Renewables business park in the UK Southwest, close to where the new offshore Wave Hub is being built.

  • Wood Group PSN Names New CFO (UK)

    1 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has appointed a new chief financial officer (CFO). David Kemp joins Wood Group’s largest division from Trapoil, an independent E&P company where he was financial director. He replaces Duncan Skinner, who is retiring from the industry. Born in Thurso, in the Scottish Highlands, Kemp is a chartered accountant who started his […]

  • Swedish group buys into UK subsea solutions supplier

    10 May 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy

    Swedish technical solutions group Addtech has entered into an agreement to acquire 90 per cent of the shares outstanding in UK subsea solutions supplier Feritech Global. Feritech is headquartered in Cornwall, UK, and provides the design and manufacture of bespoke technical solutions for the geotechnical subsea sector. The company, which has 21 employees and a […]

  • UK Detains Three Foreign Flagged Ships in July

    9 August 2017

    Three foreign flagged ships were detained in UK ports in July 2017 after they failed Port State Control (PSC) inspection, the country’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said.  The vessels in question are Cap Ferrat, Aristidis and Ocean Vantage. The Cyprus-flagged bulk carrier Cap Ferrat was detained at Immingham on July 21 after an inspection found […]

  • UK: Sembcorp Marine Takes Over SLP Engineering

    17 September 2012

    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 […]

  • Royal HaskoningDHV Involved in 8GW of UK OW Projects

    11 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Following the UK Government’s decision to grant consent for Dogger Bank Teesside A & B, Royal HaskoningDHV reported that it has now provided key input to the environmental impact assessment process for over 8GW of successful offshore wind farm applications in the UK. The company has worked on Dogger Bank projects since 2008 and was involved in […]