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  • UK: Sima Charters Orders Second Truk 20T Catamaran

    25 June 2013

    Ruud Lievaart, owner of Netherlands-based Sima Charters, has inked the agreement for a second CTruk 20T multi-purpose catamaran during Seawork International in Southampton this week. For CTruk this important signing means that every client it works with has taken a second CTruk vessel. The new 18.5m composite workboat, to be named SC Falcon, is expected […]

  • UK: New Report Seeks Marine Energy Sector Boost

    22 August 2019
    Authorities & Government, Technology

    RenewableUK is urging the government to adopt key recommendations in a report published by the cross-party House of Commons Science and Technology Committee on reaching net zero emissions at the lowest cost for consumers. The new report, “Clean Growth: Technologies for meeting the UK’s emissions reduction targets”, notes that although onshore wind is low cost […]

  • UK: Patrol Ship HMS Protector Sails on Maiden Voyage

    25 November 2011

    The Royal Navy’s new ice patrol ship HMS Protector sails on her maiden voyage under the White Ensign on Monday to begin eight months surveying and patrolling the frozen continent. The 5,000-tonne icebreaker has just completed an intensive period of sea trials and training prior to deploying to the Antarctic region. She has three ‘work […]

  • Orbital Marine set for tidal power delivery across UK

    15 December 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Innovation, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Technology

    Scottish tidal energy company Orbital Marine Power has unveiled plans to qualify multiple applications for submission into the UK Government’s newly opened renewable energy auction round.

  • UK: Turbine Transfers Secures Major Contract from RWE

    26 July 2012

    Turbine Transfers Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Holyhead Towing Company, has been awarded a multi-million-pound contract by RWE npower renewables to provide six crew transfer vessels for the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm. In addition, the company will provide two more vessels for the German Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm, the Daily Post […]

  • Seajacks Managing Director Gives Full Credit to Employees (UK)

    12 October 2011
    Business & Finance

      Seajacks Managing Director, Blair Ainslie – who has successfully steered the company from a start-up to a £65m business which owns and operates purpose-built self-propelled jack-up vessels out of Great Yarmouth – was named this Year’s (EDP) Director of the year. His vessels are used to install and maintain offshore wind turbines, as well […]

  • AGR to Undertake UK Drilling Campaign Using WilPhoenix Rig

    18 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      AGR Petroleum Services, Aberdeen, U.K., has reported it will undertake a multi-well, multiclient drilling campaign valued at £3 million on behalf of three international operators, utilizing the semisubmersible drilling rig WilPhoenix. The largest independent well management firm will drill four wells across the UK Central North Sea and West of Shetland having first pioneered […]

  • Flexlife Finishes Installation of Pipeline Bundle on Bacchus Field (UK)

    9 May 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    An important milestone in Apache’s UK North Sea Bacchus field development was reached recently with the installation of a 6.7km pipeline bundle. The job was overseen by Flexlife. In 2009, Apache awarded Flexlife a subsea engineering and pipeline operational support contract to oversee the management of Forties subsea projects and routine maintenance of subsea pipelines […]

  • Optimism is returning to UK North Sea industry, report says

    1 December 2017

    Optimism is returning in the UK Continental Shelf, and the bottom has been called on the oil industry downturn

  • Huntington Field Sets Iona’s New Production Record (UK)

    19 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Iona Energy Inc. provides an update related to its Huntington Oil Field located in the UK North Sea, as well as a total production update for the Company. Current production from the Huntington Oil Field is approximately 24,500 boepd gross (21,700 bopd of oil and 16.9 MMscf/d of natural gas). Net to Iona, production is […]

  • Iona Reaches New Production Record at Huntington Field, UK

    19 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Iona Energy Inc. provides an update related to its Huntington Oil Field located in the UK North Sea, as well as a total production update for the Company. Current production from the Huntington Oil Field is approximately 24,500 boepd gross (21,700 bopd of oil and 16.9 MMscf/d of natural gas). Net to Iona, production is […]

  • Two Pelamis P2e Machines Complete Tank Testing (UK)

    23 September 2013
    Research & Development, Technology

    Tank testing of scale models to develop the next generation of Pelamis Wave Power’s wave energy converter (WEC) machines have now been successfully completed. The tank testing process forms a key part of a £1.4m project commissioned and funded by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) which is looking to boost the cost-effectiveness of large-scale WEC […]

  • First Ship at London Gateway Brings Christmas Gift (UK)

    28 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    The UK’s new deep-water port celebrated the arrival of the first ship, which delivered an early Christmas gift of four new automatic stacking cranes. The very first ship to dock at London Gateway was the Wieniawski, which began its journey in China several weeks ago and completed its journey last week. The ship was guided […]

  • UK: Contract Assigned for BT’s Biggest Subsea Engineering Project

    24 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    BT Group, UK-based communications services company, has awarded three firms a £26.9 million (circa USD 44.1 million) contract for an ambitious subsea cabling project which will help deliver fast, fibre broadband to the Highlands and Islands. The selected companies are: Chelmsford-based Global Marine Systems that will conduct detailed marine route surveys and supply the cables; […]

  • Pelamis Wave Power Enters Shortlist for Innovator Award (UK)

    2 February 2012

    Pelamis Wave Power announces that the company has been shortlisted for an Innovator Award in this year’s Offshore Achievement Awards. The Innovator Award is a new category for 2012 and recognises excellence in innovative technological solutions developed in the UK for the offshore energy sector. Pelamis Wave Power has been shortlisted for the Pelamis, an […]

  • Marathon Oil files Brae decommissioning plans to UK authorities

    21 June 2017
    Project & Tenders

    U.S.-based oil company Marathon Oil has submitted a draft decommissioning program for its Brae Area facilities in the UK sector of the North Sea to the authorities.  The Brae Area lies approximately 170 miles (274 km) north-east of Aberdeen in a water depth of approximately 110m. The area consists of three fixed jacket platforms, three […]

  • Oil & Gas UK: Industry desperate for tax regime changes

    13 January 2015

    Seeing Brent crude oil falling below $50 a barrel, Oil & Gas UK, an industry body representing offshore oil and gas companies in the UK, has called for major tax cuts, saying that the industry cannot carry the burden of the current tax levels, at these oil prices.     Malcolm Webb, Oil & Gas […]

  • EMU Limited Bags Prestigious Seabed Survey Contract (UK)

    11 August 2011
    Research & Development

      The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has awarded marine survey specialists EMU Limited (EMU) a multi-million pound hydrographic contract as part of its programme to systematically survey the waters around the UK. Using the latest dual-head high-resolution multibeamechosounders to obtain seabed depth in unprecedented detail, EMU will cover the Shallow Water Lot of the […]

  • UK: NOC Appoints New Director of National Marine Facilities

    16 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Geraint West will take up the new position as NOC’s Director of National Marine Facilities from 1st October 2013. Geraint will be responsible for the facilities and assets which constitute a major part of the UK’s national capability in marine science and are managed by NOC for the whole science community on behalf of the […]

  • Three new board members join Oil & Gas UK

    24 April 2018
    Business & Finance

    Oil & Gas UK, a trade association for the UK offshore oil and gas industry, has added three more members to its board of directors.

  • UK Continental Shelf activities to decrease during next year

    1 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Drilling and deal activity on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) will remain at ‘a steady low’ for at least the next year, suggests a new report from business advisory firm Deloitte. Poor weather and high costs have already had an impact on the amount of exploration and appraisal (E&A) work conducted by operators in the […]

  • BP Upgrades Subsea Facilities on Schiehallion and Loyal Fields (UK)

    13 July 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

      On behalf of its co-venturers BP is pleased to announce an agreement to progress a major re-development of the Schiehallion and Loyal oil fields to the west of the Shetland Islands. Schiehallion and Loyal have produced nearly 400 million barrels of oil since production started in 1998 and an estimated 450 million barrels of […]

  • UK Govt Clearing Path for April CfD Allocation Round

    14 March 2017
    Authorities & Government

    The UK Government is set to open the second Contracts for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round on 3 April, when it will make a total of GBP 290 million available for renewable energy projects, including offshore wind.

  • UK: CWind Recognised for Vessel Performance on London Array OWF

    2 April 2013

    CWind announced that CWind Alliance, a CTruk 20T workboat, has been recognised by Siemens for its outstanding vessel performance on London Array Offshore Wind Farm. The Alliance was the first CWind vessel deployed on London Array Offshore Wind Farm 17 months ago and has completed more than 6000 hours of service there. Chris Randle Senior […]

  • Carbon Trust to Conduct Offshore Wind Cable Study (UK)

    12 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Carbon Trust is planning to conduct the offshore wind cable study. A significant number of UK offshore wind farms have experienced difficulties associated with the installation and burial of intra-array cables. In 2011, the OWA commissioned a study to develop recommendations for optimised cable installation methodologies that could be applied to large wind farms such […]