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  • A&P Falmouth Bags Wave Energy Contract (UK)

    5 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    A&P Falmouth has been awarded a landmark contract by leading wave energy firm Seatricity to build a wave energy device to be deployed at Wave Hub, the offshore renewable energy test facility. The company, which has a growing reputation in the marine renewable energy sector, will manufacture, fabricate and assemble the wave energy converting device, […]

  • Coastline Surveys Ends Wave Hub Survey (UK)

    19 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Wave Hub is a grid-connected offshore facility in South West England for the large scale testing of technologies that generate electricity from the power of the waves. It is about 10 nautical miles offshore and is designed to help companies developing new wave energy devices. Coastline Surveys was delighted to be awarded the contract to carry […]

  • Subsea 7 Releases 2Q 2013 Results (UK)

    14 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Subsea 7 S.A. announced today results for the second quarter and first half 2013 which ended on 30 June 2013. Unless otherwise stated, the comparative period is the six months ended 30 June 2012.  Jean Cahuzac, Chief Executive Officer, said: ‘While I am disappointed with the $300 million loss provision on the Guará-Lula NE project […]

  • Caley Takes Part in Deepwater Installation JIP (UK)

    12 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Offshore handling equipment specialist, Caley Ocean Systems is taking part in a Joint Industry Project (JIP) into the Requirements for Certification of fibre rope-based, Deepwater Installation Systems that will ultimately be incorporated in a new standard for Offshore Deployment and Recovery Systems. Managed by Det Norske Veritas (DNV), Phase 1 of the JIP identified generic […]

  • UK: BMT, Partners Work to Improve Metocean Services

    13 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    BMT ARGOSS, a subsidiary of BMT Group, has announced its latest research project in partnership with Reading University and OceanExpert Ltd. The 18 month project which is co-funded by the Technology Strategy Board, the UK’s national innovation agency, will look at developing, trialling and implementing commercial decision support systems for offshore operations. Such systems will […]

  • Safe Scandinavia to Move to UK North Sea in 2013

    31 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Prosafe, a Cyprus-based owner of semi-submersible accommodation/service rigs has been awarded a contract by an undisclosed client for the provision of the Safe Scandinavia accommodation support rig at a project in the British sector of the North Sea. The firm period of the contract is 187 days with on-site operations planned to commence April 2013. […]

  • Chiyoda, Xodus Unite in Energy Development Projects (UK)

    4 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Chiyoda Corporation and Xodus Group Limited announce that they have formed a strategic capital alliance, with Chiyoda having acquired the majority of shares in Xodus Group from the previous investors, Sunrise Xodus B.V. and Simmons Parallel Private L.P. The increase in global demand for oil & gas has served to accelerate energy development projects all […]

  • EPC Offshore to Increase Workforce by 50 Pct (UK)

    6 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Specialist oil and gas project management company EPC Offshore Limited has appointment a new head of HR to help meet its ambitious goal of growing employee numbers by 50% in the next 12 months. A Fellow of the Charted Institute of Personal Development, Morag Ormiston will advance the company’s formal recruitment procedures to ensure EPC […]

  • UK: KNOC Acquires 29.5% Stake in Dana Petroleum

    17 September 2010
    Business & Finance

    KNOC has bought a 29.5% stake in Aberdeen-based oil company Dana Petroleum at the same price as last month’s hostile bid.   [mappress] Source: UKfinanceyahoo,September 17, 2010,

  • Glacier Energy buys Professional Testing Services (UK)

    5 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Glacier Energy Services confirmed its fifth acquisition with the multi-million pound purchase of Professional Testing Services (PTS), the provider of non-destructive testing and inspection services to the oil and gas and offshore renewable sectors. Headquartered in Aberdeen, Glacier’s Offshore division provides specialist technical services in support of inspection, repair and maintenance activities on existing assets, […]

  • UK: Milford Haven Port Sees Growth in 2011

    23 January 2012

    Newly released shipping figures for Milford Haven Port show steady growth and an increase in efficiency throughout last year. With just over 71 million gross tons coming into the port during 2011, this is up almost nine per cent on the previous year, assisted by the cold weather experienced in the first quarter of 2011 […]

  • Wood Group PSN Wins Golden Eagle Contract (UK)

    17 January 2013

    Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has secured a US$50 million contract with Nexen Petroleum UK Limited to carry out the hook-up and commissioning of the Golden Eagle Area Development (GEAD) project in the UK North Sea. The Golden Eagle field will be developed using two platforms – a wellhead platform and a production, utility and living […]

  • UK: Everything Ready for Major Coastal Defence Work

    21 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    A major £36 million coastal defence scheme from Clacton Pier to Holland Haven is to get underway this week. The first phase of works will begin with demolishing the existing concrete and timber groynes from the radar mast to Brighton Road at Holland-on-Sea and removing them in preparation for the construction works. Once the structures […]

  • UK: Aberdeen Harbour Honoured with Lifetime Achievement Award

    14 October 2011

    Aberdeen Harbour Board has been recognised for its major contribution to the North-east economy as it received the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Northern Star Business Awards. The accolade was presented to Aberdeen Harbour Board chairman, Chris Lloyd and chief executive Colin Parker, by television and radio personality Gaby Roslin, at the ceremony organised […]

  • UK: MPI Resolution Wins GeoSea Charter Party

    24 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    MPI Offshore announced the award of a charter party in respect of MPI Resolution by GeoSea N.V., subsidiary of the Belgian based DEME Group. MPI Resolution is scheduled to commence work on a series of GeoSea projects situated in the North Sea and Baltic Sea area as from the middle of June 2013 for a […]

  • UK: SeaHold GEOSHIPS to Receive New Offshore Vessels

    9 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    SeaHold GEOSHIPS Ltd, specialists in marine and subsea services, has expanded its fleet of multi purpose offshore vessels. The two new vessels ‘Loch Erisort’ and ‘Loch Roag’ brings the Aberdeen-based firm’s fleet up to three, whilst also signifying a US$140 million in additional financial commitment. The new vessels, which are both of Vik & Sandvik […]

  • UK: Alicat Workboats Completes 30th Vessel Lift

    10 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    Yesterday, Alicat Workboats reached a milestone as they successfully completed the 30th vessel lift using their new 200T Wise travel hoist. Only opened 76 days ago, at opening day on 24th April 2013, the lift has now averaged one lift every 2.5 days since it opened. This latest vessel was the Kings Lynn based tug […]

  • Gastech: CoTE Presentations Proved to Be Huge Success (UK)

    12 October 2012

    The Centres of Technical Excellence (CoTE) programme focused on the most pressing issues facing the energy industry and in the future. A crucial showcase for the latest innovations, technologies, products, services and suppliers, it provided a platform for respected organisations, associations and individuals from across the breadth of the gas industry. Highlights included Gas Processing, […]

  • UK: Lloyd’s Register Promotes Safe Boat Transfers

    10 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Lloyd’s Register has issued a new short film entitled Safe Boat Transfers to help provide marine surveyors with comprehensive instructions on how to safely transfer between two vessels at sea. Working over water and, in particular, boat transfers, during which surveyors switch from a transfer vessel to the boat they are surveying, is a very […]

  • UK: GE Energy’s Procrane Solution for Port of Felixstowe

    12 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    GE Energy’s Power Conversion business was the successful tenderer for the supply of the major elements of power, control and automation equipment in the mid-life upgrade of a Morris container handling ship-to-shore crane at the port of Felixstowe. Strategically located in south east England, Felixstowe is the United Kingdom’s largest container port and is among […]

  • Q-Flex heading to UK’s South Hook terminal

    31 March 2016
    Vessels

    The UK’s South Hook LNG terminal is scheduled to receive another cargo of liquefied natural gas from Qatar. According to shipping data, the 210,000 cbm Q-Flex LNG carrier Al Bahiya set off from Qatar’s Ras Laffan port and is scheduled to arrive at South Hook on April 7. This will be the second liquefied natural gas […]

  • UK Tidal Energy Frontrunner, Says Frost & Sullivan

    27 July 2015

    The growing emphasis on renewable and carbon neutral energy generation has pushed tidal energy into the spotlight. Tidal energy being more reliable than wave energy has a few operational plants with substantial capacity across the globe. New, experimental concepts such as dynamic tidal power, which enable production even in low-tide regions, possess the potential to […]

  • India’s Aban Offshore to acquire UK North Sea license

    9 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    Aban Offshore has entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement to acquire a 100% interest in a UKCS production license.

  • Oil & Gas UK Boss: We Are Not Drilling Enough Wells

    30 January 2014

    Deloitte earlier this week issued a report in which it said only 47 exploration and appraisal wells were drilled on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) in 2013, compared with 65 in 2012 Malcolm Webb, chief executive of Oil & Gas UK, an organisation representing the UK offshore oil and gas industry, said that the report by […]

  • UK Seafarers Unprotected from Unfair Competition, Report Shows

    28 January 2015

    A new report from maritime specialists at Cardiff University into UK seafarers has found ineffective enforcement of the National Minimum Wage and a failure to protect UK seafarers and vessels working the coastline from unfair overseas competition, UK’s transport trade union RMT said. The report is being launched alongside a Maritime Manifesto by maritime union […]