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  • New Report Released on Future of UK Tidal and Wave Power

    19 March 2019
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development, Technology

    The potential of the UK’s tidal and wave power sectors is laid out in a new report which has been delivered by the UK Marine Energy Council and Scottish Renewables. It also sets out an economic blueprint for the sectors, which remain “effectively locked out of the UK energy market”. Sue Barr, Chair of the Marine […]

  • EOG Resources INC UK Hires Ocean Surf PSV

    5 April 2013

    EOG Recourses INC UK has awarded Ocean Surf a 7 well firm contract with start up end April/ early May 2013. The contract is expected to last approximately 300 days. Ocean Surf is trading the Spot market in UK sector.It is a Platform Supply Vessel, which has been converted to low NOx emission. EOG Resources, Inc. […]

  • Aker Solutions to Create 1300 New Jobs in UK by 2015

    7 June 2012
    Business & Finance

     Aker Solutions aims to build up a 1 700-strong London engineering hub – thereby creating 1 300 new jobs – by 2015, as growth in global oil and gas markets drives demand for the company’s technologies and services. Øyvind Eriksen, executive chairman of Aker Solutions, shared this ambition with Prime Minister David Cameron and his […]

  • UK: Assembly to Begin on HMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier

    17 August 2011

      An 8,000-tonne section of the Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier begins a 600 mile journey from Glasgow to a shipyard in the north of Scotland to be assembled. The mid-section of hull, known as “lower block 03″, is the first part of the £2.6bn HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier to go into […]

  • UK: Dana Petroleum Successfully Appraises Blackbird Oil Field

    14 July 2010

    Dana Petroleum announces the successful appraisal of the Blackbird oil field in the UK Central North Sea. The 20/2a-9 well, operated by Nexen, was drilled in a water depth of approximately 367 feet to a total measured depth of 12,000 feet, targeting a high quality Upper Jurassic oil discovery. The well encountered approximately 330 vertical […]

  • Nexen Connects Blackbird Umbilical to Aoka Mizu FPSO (UK)

    24 February 2012

    Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd. has completed the tie-back of an umbilical connector from the Blackbird field to the nearby Ettrick field’s FPSO Aoka Mizu located in the UK central North Sea First Subsea conducted a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study to assess the ease of retrofitting an Oceaneering Multiflex power umbilical to the underside […]

  • UK: New Teesport Container Terminal Wins Prestige Award

    29 May 2012

    PD Ports’ container terminal facility at Teesport, Middlesbrough has won the ‘Over £4m Project’ category at the annual Robert Stephenson Awards. These prestigious awards are presented by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) North East to recognise the excellent engineering projects being undertaken in the North East of the UK. The contractor was Hall Construction […]

  • Forties Pipeline Sale ‘Bad for Scotland and UK’, Unite Says

    3 April 2017
    Equipment

    UK’s largest union, Unite, has called for the Scottish and Westminster parliaments to carry out urgent inquiries into the sale of the Forties Pipeline System (FPS) from BP to Ineos.  BP confirmed on Monday the sale of FPS assets including the main Forties offshore and onshore pipelines and other associated pipeline interests and facilities to Ineos for a […]

  • Challenge Capital asks support for offshore wind industry (UK)

    1 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    Following the green light for the UK’s first major offshore wind manufacturing facility on Teesside last week, Challenge Capital, who led the deal, is calling for developers to back the UK offshore wind supply chain. Says Sean McLaughlin a partner at Challenge Capital LLP who led the transaction “TAG and their new funders have put […]

  • Huntington Field to Produce First Oil By March End (UK)

    21 March 2013

    Noreco, a Norwegian company with a stake in Huntington field in the Southern North Sea, offshore UK, has announced that all risers are connected to the subsea facilities, and consequently the entire Huntington system is fully connected from the wells to the FPSO Voyageur Spirit. The final subsea preparations for first oil and pre-commissioning are […]

  • Magallanes Tidal Device Powers Up UK Grid

    6 March 2019
    Research & Development, Technology

    Spanish tidal energy developer Magallanes Renovables has generated its first electricity into the UK national grid following connection at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC). The ATIR tidal energy converter (TEC) was installed at EMEC’s Fall of Warness tidal energy test site in Orkney, Scotland last month by Orkney-based Leask Marine, as part of the […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Generation on the Rise in 2017 Q2

    29 September 2017

    In the second quarter of 2017, offshore wind generation in the United Kingdom increased by 22 percent or 0.7TWh to 4.0TWh in comparison to the same period in 2016.

  • Marine Current Turbines CEO Wins CBE in 2012 (UK)

    6 January 2012

    Dr Andrew Tyler, the Chief Executive Officer of tidal energy company Marine Current Turbines, has been awarded a CBE in the 2012 New Year’s Honours List, for his services to Britain’s defence as Chief Operating Officer of MOD’s Defence Equipment & Support organisation. Dr Tyler held this role at the MOD before his appointment as […]

  • Nautronix, KTP to Further Innovate Acoustic Product Capabilities (UK)

    11 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Nautronix announced the joint investment of over £180k funding in a two year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with the University of Aberdeen to further innovate Nautronix’s acoustic product capabilities, building on the strength of the established NASNet® system. This partnership received financial support from the Knowledge Transfer Partnership programme (KTP). KTP aims to help businesses […]

  • UK: Xodus Inks USD 16.4 Million Investment Deal

    8 June 2011
    Business & Finance

    Energy consultancy Xodus Group has signed a £10 million investment deal to focus on further growth in the UK and internationally. The major cash boost from Dutch based Sunrise Energy Group and Simmons Parallel Energy Fund signals a period of significant expansion. Xodus, which was launched by chief executive Colin Manson and chief operating officer […]

  • Ministry of Defence Unveils Latest Future Warship Design (UK)

    21 August 2012

    The latest design of the Royal Navy’s Type 26 Global Combat Ship (T26 GCS), the next generation of warships, has been unveiled. The Ministry of Defence has released images showing the basic specification of the T26 GCS, which is a significant milestone in the development of this programme. The creation of the vessel will sustain […]

  • Azinor Catalyst approached for stake in three upcoming UK wells

    10 December 2018

    Azinor Catalyst has received a Letter of Intent for the acquisition of material non-operated interests in three exploration wells planned for 2019 on its Boaz, Goose and Hinson prospects.

  • UK: Plaid Cymru Backs Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon

    16 May 2013

    Tidal Lagoon Power has welcomed comments by Leanne Wood, leader of Plaid Cymru that the pro-posed Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon has a vital role to play in developing the Welsh economy. Explaining her latest thinking on developing the Welsh Economy, Leanne Wood says: “Wales needs to become early adopters and developers of improved technologies. Denmark […]

  • UK: BP Places Order for 4 Platform Supply Vessels

    17 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    The purpose built and highly specified vessels have been designed to provide long term support to BP’s North Sea business and will provide the capabilities BP requires to deliver its strategy more efficiently and safely.

  • James Fisher Supports Balfour Beatty’s UK OFTO Assets

    11 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Storage

    James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS), part of James Fisher and Sons plc, announces the signing of a strategic agreement with Balfour Beatty to become the exclusive integrated marine service provider for its OFTO asset portfolio in offshore wind farms around the UK. The agreement will see James Fisher provide a fully managed service for the […]

  • UK: Colpitts Formes Renewable Energy Travel Support Team

    16 May 2012

    Colpitts World Travel announces its newly formed Renewable Energy travel support team, operating from their UK and European Headquarters in Edinburgh.   The team is able to draw on over 30 years of experience from the Oil and Gas division in Aberdeen, utilising a number of transferable skills as well as offering concessionary airfares that many sectors […]

  • UK: Grimsby’s Offshore Wind Potential Presented to National Audience

    20 March 2012

    GRIMSBY’S potential as a centre for the multi-billion pound offshore wind industry has been highlighted as part of national television coverage about the UK economy. Viewers of the BBC’s Breakfast programme were shown workers leaving the town’s docks on boats bound for offshore wind farm sites. During the broadcast, Sam Pick, business development director of […]

  • Revised Funding to Help Offshore Wind Businesses in Humber, UK

    26 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    New funding levels for renewables technology will support the Humber’s ambitions to be a world-class centre for green energy, according to an industry leader. Sam Pick, of the Renewables Network, has broadly welcomed the Government’s long-awaited announcement on clean energy subsidy levels. For the Humber region, Mr. Pick said the revised funding – which includes […]

  • Subsea UK annual conference to discuss advances in ROV industry

    19 September 2016

    Subsea UK’s 2016 Underwater Vehicles Conference in Aberdeen will discuss various topics including advances in Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), autonomous inspection technology, and the challenges caused by a sustained low oil price. Subsea UK said on Monday that the conference, formally known as the Subsea UK ROV Conference, will include the country’s growing underwater robotics […]

  • BPA: Gov’t investing in UK ports should be top priority

    25 September 2020
    Infrastructure, Ports & Logistics

    Decarbonisation, innovation, infrastructure, freeports and properly functioning and resourced regulators are key asks for future government spending, set out in a letter to the UK Chancellor from the ports industry on 24 September, the British Ports Association (BPA) said.