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  • Oil & Gas UK launches updated well abandonment guidelines

    21 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Oil & Gas UK has Tuesday (July 21, 2015) released updated guidelines for the abandonment of wells together with accompanying guidance on generating cost estimates to support this activity.  Oil and gas representing body for the UK offshore oil and gas industry said that this was done in order to improve cross industry understanding of well-related issues […]

  • Corallian to use Ensco jack-up for UK well duo

    15 May 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Corallian Energy has entered into a letter of intent with drilling contractor Ensco for the provision of a jack-up drilling rig to drill its Colter and Wick wells offshore the UK.

  • New Managing Director for TAQA UK Oil and Gas Business

    2 July 2013

    TAQA, the global energy company based in Abu Dhabi, yesterday announced that Pete Jones has formally joined TAQA to succeed Leo Koot as managing director of TAQA’s UK oil and gas business. Jones joins TAQA from Marathon Oil Corp. where he held the position of Regional Vice president – Wyoming. During his career at Marathon, […]

  • Report on effectiveness of UK wave energy policy set for launch

    1 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The International Public Policy Institute at the University of Strathclyde will host a launch event for the new report which examines the effectiveness of support for UK wave energy innovation since 2000.

  • UK Embassy in Manila Extends Priority Visa Service for Seafarers

    1 February 2013

    All business visitors and seafarers, plus an enlarged group of general and family visitors are now eligible to use the priority visa service in the Philippines with an estimated turnaround time 3 working days or less for applicants applying at UK Visa Application Centres in Manila and Cebu. These premium services are part of a […]

  • SR: Wave and tidal to drive UK’s renewable energy future

    17 February 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Scottish Renewables has identified six key innovation areas and called the UK government to work with industry to help guide investment to deliver a low-carbon, low-cost energy sector. Government innovation spending could deliver a world-leading energy system if £500 million of allocated funds are targeted correctly, a new paper from industry body Scottish Renewables states. […]

  • UK Names Five Sites as Centre for Offshore Renewable Engineering

    1 December 2011

    The UK government named five sites as a national Centre for Offshore Renewable Engineering (CORE). Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft where among them. New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership earlier submitted application to the government for these two locations. It is hoped that the new status will attract thousands of new jobs to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft. […]

  • DONG Names New Manager in Its UK Renewables Business

    2 March 2012

    DONG Energy has employed Benj Sykes in its London office as the new Operations Director and Deputy Country Manager in DONG Energy’s UK Renewables Business. Benj joins the team from the Carbon Trust and started work on Monday 20 February. He will have overall responsibility for the operational performance of DONG Energy’s portfolio of UK […]

  • Maersk Oil Discovers Significant Hydrocarbon Accumulation Offshore UK

    10 March 2011
    Business & Finance

      Maersk Oil announced today that the appraisal well 22/25a-10z in the high pressure high temperature (HPHT) Culzean discovery has confirmed the presence of a significant hydrocarbon accumulation. The Maersk Oil operated well was drilled in the UK sector of the Central North Sea approximately 145 kilometres East of Aberdeen to verify the extension of […]

  • UK: CAA approves improved EBS for offshore helicopter passengers

    11 July 2014
    Equipment

    The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the UK’s specialist aviation regulator, yesterday announced the approval of a new enhanced emergency breathing system that will deliver improved levels of safety for offshore helicopter passengers. The move follows a series of measures announced in February to increase the safety of offshore helicopter flights. These were the outcomes […]

  • Atlantis Appoints John Neill as Non-Executive Chairman (UK)

    7 January 2014
    Business & Finance

    Atlantis Resources, the vertically integrated turbine supplier and project owner in the tidal power industry, has announced the appointment of John Neill CBE as Non-Executive Chairman, with immediate effect. Tim Cornelius, CEO of Atlantis Resources, said: “To have recruited a Chairman of John’s calibre, experience and profile is a tremendous boost for Atlantis Resources and […]

  • Aveillant’s OW Radar System Successfully Operates at Kent, UK

    21 February 2014
    Research & Development, Technology

    Aveillant, the UK developer of 3D Holographic Radar™, has successfully installed a trial system in north Kent, England, to demonstrate its ability to mitigate wind turbine clutter from an offshore wind farm. The system was delivered to site, installed and put to operation within just eight hours. The Holographic Radar™ not only successfully identified and […]

  • UK: First Wind Turbine at Gwynt y Môr OWF

    17 May 2013

    THE FIRST of 160 wind turbines has been installed at the flagship North Wales Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, the largest renewables project under construction by RWE npower renewables. It marks a major milestone in the construction of the €2billion windfarm which, once fully operational, will be capable of generating enough energy from the […]

  • UK: Surrey Company Fined Over Bulldozer Driver Death

    15 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    A Surrey company has been sentenced for safety failings after a contractor was crushed to death at the London Gateway Port construction site in Essex. Robert Noel Mayne, known as Noel, 59, from Tichfield in Hampshire, died as he and colleagues tried to retrieve a bulldozer that was bogged down in mud at the Stanford-le-Hope […]

  • UK Marine Energy Council Seeks Public Affairs Director

    2 December 2019

    UK Marine Energy Council is looking for an experienced public affairs director to work to further develop the sector across the UK. The ‘Marine Energy Council’ (MEC) is the national-level representation of the UK marine energy sector. The MEC has so far operated as a network of companies and people and is now seeking to […]

  • UK Nuclear Submarine Collides with Merchant Vessel off Gibraltar

    21 July 2016

    The UK Royal Navy’s nuclear-powered submarine, HMS Ambush, collided with a merchant vessel off Gibraltar on July 20 at 13:30 local time while conducting a training exercise, the country’s ministry of defense said in a statement.  The Royal Navy said the Astute-class submarine was involved “in a glancing collision” while submerged. “The submarine suffered some external damage […]

  • First UK-Germany energy link reaches financial close

    21 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    The €2.8 billion NeuConnect project, the first ever energy link between the UK and Germany, has reached financial close, allowing work to begin later this year.

  • UK: Total Confirms Success of Well Intervention on Elgin Platform

    21 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Following 5 days of close monitoring, Total is now able to confirm the success of the intervention conducted on May 15th on the leaking G4 well on the Elgin complex, 240 kilometers from Aberdeen in the UK North Sea. To regain control of the well, heavy mud was pumped into G4 well from the semi-submersible […]

  • UK: The Shipowners’ Club Publishes ‘Fishing Vessel Safety’ Handbook

    26 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Mutual insurance provider The Shipowners’ Club, has produced a comprehensive handbook ‘Fishing vessel safety’ highlighting areas in which crew members can become more safety aware, while assisting crew and owners alike to recognise potential dangers and operating hazards. Fishing is the most dangerous job in the world. The International Labour Organisation estimated in 1999 that […]

  • Trap Oil Farms Into Trent East Terrace Area (UK)

    8 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Trapoil, the independent oil and gas exploration, appraisal and production company focused on the UK Continental Shelf (“UKCS”) region of the North Sea, has announced details of its farm-in to the Trent East Terrace area and provide an operational update, principally in respect of certain of its planned exploration wells. Trent East Terrace Farm-in On […]

  • Viper Subsea Triumphs at Subsea UK Business Awards 2011

    17 February 2011

      Viper Subsea, the Bristol based developer of class leading controls and distribution solutions and supplier of expert consultancy for the subsea oil and gas industries, is celebrating today after winning The New Enterprise Award at the prestigious Subsea UK Business Awards 2011. The awards, now in their fifth year, are sponsored by Forum Energy […]

  • UK: Mabey Bridge Secures First Offshore Renewables Contract

    7 March 2012

    Mabey Bridge – which opened its £38m wind turbine tower factory in May 2011 – has sealed its first offshore renewables contract. The deal – with Fugro Seacore – will see a 46m-long, 2.5m-diameter, 170-tonne monopile manufactured and delivered to E.ON. It will to be used as the foundation for a met mast for the […]

  • UK: Scira Offshore Renews Charter of ‘Eden Rose’

    2 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Tidal Transit’s personnel transfer vessel, Eden Rose, has been on charter to Scira Offshore Energy since May 2012. Initially it was transporting construction workers building the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm to site, and since this 88 turbine power plant was completed late last year, it has been taking maintenance technicians to the wind farm […]

  • UK: Dredging to Bring Bigger Ships to Port of Tyne

    1 June 2011

    Ships and boats bigger and heavier than ever will soon be able to travel up the River Tyne… (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, June 1, 2011;

  • UK: Atlantic Array Exhibitions Attract 294 People

    6 August 2012

    A series of public exhibitions, which were organized in South Wales, have attracted 294 people who wanted to know more about the Atlantic Array offshore wind farm, says The Wave news site. Visitors had an opportunity to learn details on the results of the environmental assessments, as well as the changes that have been made […]