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  • UK: Port of Wells Dredging Scheduled for Next Week

    7 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The Port of Wells dredging scheme will resume next week, on August 11, 2014. The port’s dredger “Kari Hege” will be engaged in dredging operations in the main channel north of number 4 buoy, between buoys 4 and  2. All material dredged from these areas will be placed on the berm which is marked by […]

  • UK: Boston Flood Defence Repairs Near End

    28 March 2014

    The Environment Agency has completed most of the repairs to flood defences in Boston after they were damaged by December’s tidal surge. More than £1-million has been spent restoring defences in the town to bring them back up to the standard they were before the flooding. The Environment Agency did initial emergency works in December […]

  • UK: Financial Boost for Isles of Scilly Sea Links

    13 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has today announced a £10 million package to improve sea links between Scilly and Cornwall and upgrade roads on St Mary’s. The Minister is visiting the islands today. This new funding involves £7.3 million towards the £12.8 million scheme to improve harbor infrastructure at both St Mary’s and Penzance and £1.8 million […]

  • UK: Boskalis Westminster Wins Cowes Breakwater Contract

    4 March 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Cowes Harbour Commission (CHC) appointed Boskalis Westminster to undertake construction of the new £7 million detached breakwater for Cowes on the Isle of Wight. The construction of the new breakwater will be carried out in two phases, with the first phase, creating the core structure of the breakwater, commencing in spring 2014. This initial construction […]

  • OSIL’s Giant Piston Corer Gains Interest, UK

    27 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    OSIL are reporting widespread high levels of interest in relation to their Giant Piston Corer, which provides the only way to retrieve core samples up to 30m in length from sediments at full ocean depth. The Giant Piston Corer is capable of achieving varying core lengths of up to 30m in soft, cohesive sediments and […]

  • UK: Schlumberger Launches IsoMetrix Marine Seismic Technology

    5 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Schlumberger announces the launch of IsoMetrix marine isometric seismic technology and the IsoMetrix family of marine seismic products. This breakthrough technology outputs isometrically sampled point-receiver data in both crossline and inline directions—capturing the returning wavefield in three dimensions and providing the most accurate images of the subsurface ever recorded. The IsoMetrix system uses calibrated, multisensor […]

  • Nautronix Scoop Innovation & Technology Award at Subsea UK

    16 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

      Nautronix are delighted to have won the Innovation and Technology Award, sponsored by Simmons & Company International for their NASeBOP (Nautronix Emergency BOP Acoustic Control) System at the Annual Subsea 2012 Business Awards. This prestigious award is a major achievement in recognition for the advancements made through this development; the company has invested $1.5 […]

  • Theon Limited Opens New Office in London, UK

    8 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Aberdeen based engineering consultancy Theon Limited has marked a successful first year in business with the opening of a new office in London, a year ahead of schedule. Steve Rowbottom, Managing Director at Theon, said: “We have had an extremely successful year of trading and the new office in Chiswick Park will play a vital […]

  • REA Welcomes Government’s Wave and Tidal Funding, UK

    6 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The Renewable Energy Association (REA) welcomes the news that several marine renewables projects are set to progress having been successful in securing funding. MeyGen Ltd and Sea Generation Wales Ltd have won £10 million each under the Government’s Marine Energy Array Demonstrator scheme (MEAD), which will progress their tidal stream projects at Pentland Firth and […]

  • UK: Weatherford Uses CorDEX’s Camera in Offshore Operations

    9 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    International oilfield services company Weatherford is capturing photographs in challenging environments without the need for a ‘hot permit’. Always on the look-out for ways to improve offshore working processes, Weatherford was eager to find out more about CorDEX Instrument’s ToughPIX 2300 XP Series of cameras as they can be used safely in hazardous areas, where […]

  • UK: Technip Takes Part in Causeway Field Development

    24 October 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Technip was awarded by Valiant Causeway Limited a lump sum contract, worth approximately €33 million, for the Causeway field development. This field is located about 450 kilometers North-east of Aberdeen, Scotland at a water depth of 150 metres. This contract covers engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning of rigid and flexible pipelines, subsea equipment as well […]

  • UK: Encore Encounters Oil at Tudor Rose Well

    20 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    EnCore Oil plc announces that the Tudor Rose well 14/30a-5 in Central North Sea Block 14/30a has reached Total Measured Depth of 3,590 feet. The well encountered an oil column within the target Beauly Formation and Oil Water Contact at 3,236 feet Total Vertical Depth Subsea. Wireline sampling and pressure testing of the hydrocarbon bearing […]

  • UK: Cathelco to Equip Polarcus Vessels with its Systems

    31 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Cathelco are supplying hull corrosion protection systems and marine pipework anti-fouling systems for two new Ulstein X-Bow vessels which are being built for Polarcus, the marine geophysical company. The systems will be installed on the newbuilds NB292 and NB293 which are being constructed by Ulstein Verft AS of Norway. This follows the successful installation of […]

  • UK: MPX Exercises Option for Use of WilHunter Rig

    27 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    MPX North Sea Ltd has exercised the option of a second well within its drilling contract with Awilco Drilling PLC and SPD. This well represents the third well of the SPD multi-client, multi-well 2011 drilling programme, and has an estimated contract value of approximately USD 7.3 million. The two wells within the MPX contract are […]

  • UK: Bond Offshore Helicopters’ Passengers and Crew Safe

    11 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Bond Offshore Helicopters Ltd, the UK’s providers of energy support services reports that, yesterday at 12.13h, an Eurocopter EC225 helicopter (registration G-REDW) outbound from Aberdeen going to the Ensco102 Maersk Resilient platform made a controlled descent 24 nautical miles off-shore. The Captain and Co-pilot made the controlled descent and landed on the sea following standard […]

  • Schaeffler Announces Breakthrough in Maritime Condition Monitoring (UK)

    24 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Schaeffler announces new advances that give remote monitoring systems the reliability needed for confident use in the harshest environments. Schaeffler condition monitoring expert Jon Doe said, “We have CM contracts with clients in the industrial, wind turbine, offshore and marine sectors. What our customers need is reliability and that is what these advances provide. The […]

  • UK: Chinese Eye to Invest into London Gateway Port

    19 September 2011

    CHINESE businessmen could be set to invest heavily in the superport being built in south Essex… (echo-news) [mappress] Source: echo-news, September 19, 2011;

  • Design flaws on Dutch and UK’s Offshore wind turbines

    4 May 2010
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    A recent Wall Street Journal article highlighted offshore wind energy projects being constructed in Europe: “By offering generous incentives, the U.K. already has built more offshore wind power than any other nation. Now it is planning a wave of vast new wind farms, in some of Europe’s stormiest waters.” The construction of offshore wind energy […]

  • Aker Solutions Finishes Specification of “AMC Connector” (UK)

    19 January 2011

    Aker Solutions has finished the vessel specifications of ‘AMC Connector’, a future newbuild subsea installation and construction vessel.   (bairdmaritime) [mappress] Source: bairdmaritime, January 19, 2011

  • Aberdeen Scientists Researching New Offshore Technology (UK)

    15 February 2011

    Aberdeen scientists are investigating new technology to support the development of the massive offshore transmission grid planned for the… (rovworld) [mappress] Source: rovworld, February 15, 2011

  • UK: Aberdeen Bay Wind Farm Plans Altered

    7 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    The planed project in the Aberdeen Bay could give a blow to Trump’s anti-wind intentions due to the fact that the development companies have announced great interest of manufacturers in the project, reports Business Green news portal. Namely, Vattenfall, Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) and Technip confirmed they have signed Memoranda of Understanding with six […]

  • DOW Receives Permission for Necton Onshore Substation (UK)

    1 October 2012
    Authorities & Government, Storage

    Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited (DOW), a subsidiary of Warwick Energy Limited, has today received planning permission from Breckland Council to build and operate an onshore substation near Necton, Norfolk, together with an associated buried cable route spur. The substation is needed to connect the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm (Dudgeon) project to the national electrical transmission […]

  • UK: Atlas Services Group Energy Acquires MSOP

    22 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    On Monday the 20th of August 2012, Atlas Services Group Energy Ltd., specialised in supplying professionals to the energy and marine industry worldwide, has reached an agreement with Main Source Offshore People Ltd. (MSOP) and Offshore Marine Management (OMM) as a result of which Atlas Services Group acquired the business and assets of MSOP. Main […]

  • UK: Scira’s O&M Base Almost Complete

    19 October 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    The operations and maintenance base now under construction at Egmere, just south of Wells-next- the-Sea is well on track to be completed by early December. Externally, the environmentally-friendly roof was finished in summer, the block work and brick work is in its final stages, windows are being installed and road works are well underway. Inside […]

  • UK: Aquatic Engineering & Construction, Acteon Join PEH

    24 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Aquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd, an Acteon company, has become one of several businesses that form the new Peterhead Energy Hub (PEH). The port of Peterhead is a major strategic gateway to the North Sea for the oil and gas industry, and various suppliers and contractors have been invited to join the Peterhead Energy Hub […]