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  • Mystery operator puts Sparrows in charge of inspection on UK assets

    11 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Sparrows Group has secured a five-year contract with “a major UK Continental Shelf operator” to provide inspection services across its assets in the region.

  • Bond to Provide Helicopter Support to Greater Gabbard OWF (UK)

    9 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Bond Air Services (Bond) will provide helicopter support to deliver maintenance technicians by hoist to the Greater Gabbard’s 140 turbines – the first helicopter operation of its kind in the UK. The wind farm has a generation capacity of around 500MW, enough to power approximately 530,000 homes. The service will use a Eurocopter EC135T2i aircraft, […]

  • UK: Rolls-Royce to Power Wind Farm Support Vessels

    23 May 2012

    Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has secured a contract to supply water jets for four new wind farm support vessels to be built by South Boats for offshore company MPI. The 19 metre long catamarans will be used to transfer people and cargo to the growing number of offshore wind farms around the coast […]

  • UK: Ellis Holds London Array Wind Farm Cables

    28 May 2012
    Storage

    Emperor cable cleats from Yorkshire-based manufacturer, Ellis are being installed on a wind farm project that when complete will power over 470,000 homes. The cleats, which were specified by JDR Cable Systems, are being used on the London Array Offshore Wind Farm, which is currently being built 20km off the Kent and Essex coast in […]

  • UK: Ithaca’s Stella field start-up expected in November

    6 October 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Ithaca Energy’s Stella field in the UK North Sea is still expected to start production in November 2016. Providing an operational update Ithaca on Thursday said that the hook-up and commissioning operations of the production facility FPF-1 were progressing to plan. To remind, the FPF-1 set sail from a yard in Poland in August, and […]

  • Harbour Energy hires Havila vessel for ops offshore UK

    27 December 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Havila Shipping has secured a new contract for one of its platform supply vessels (PSVs) with Harbour Energy for operations in the UK.

  • UK launches competition to bring electrification a step closer to reality

    23 September 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Exploration & Production, Innovation, Transition

    UK’s oil and gas regulator has launched a decarbonisation competition for the electrification of offshore oil and gas installations.

  • UK subsea firm eyes growth with new majority shareholder

    10 December 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Technology, Vision

    UK-headquartered Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) has entered into an investment deal with STAR Capital Partnership as part of its growth strategy. STAR Capital Partnership has become STR’s new majority shareholder, with the investment set to enable the UK firm to further evolve its equipment and service offering through organic and acquisition-led growth. The investment will […]

  • Corallian’s Wick well off UK comes up dry

    16 January 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Corallian Energy has failed to find hydrocarbons at its Wick exploration well located off the UK.

  • UK: HiDef Achieves 99 Pct Bird Identification Success

    30 September 2013
    Environment

    Following a major investment, HiDef aerial surveying can now provide developers with bird identification rates of up to 99%. Average ID rates across all surveys in past 12 months are over 95%. This success has been achieved through new camera technology and the creation of HiDef’s own in house team of 25 leading UK ornithologists. […]

  • UK: Tyne and Wear Marine Conducts Survey with Tritech’s StarFish

    12 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Subsea UK reports that Tyne and Wear Marine (TWM) Ltd., a marine and engineering company, used Tritech’s StarFish 990F for the dock wall survey on the Tyne River, Newcastle. The technology was used during port survey and inspection project, and has the latest in advanced CHIRP (Compressed High Intensity Radar Pulse) acoustic technology and digital-signal-processing […]

  • MCA Plays Important Role in UK’s Offshore Wind Industry

    26 April 2011

    Quietly operating in the background, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) plays an important role in the UK’s offshore wind industry. As an executive agency of the UK government’s Department for Transport, it is involved in the consents process and safety of navigation, and as HM Coastguard in liaison for search and rescue. In addition, […]

  • Industry Backs New UK East Coast Training Centre

    18 May 2018
    Human Capital

    A group of UK-based companies has launched a training centre to provide a skilled workforce for wind farms located offshore the UK east coast, with developers, operators and supply chain companies supporting the training places.

  • UK reviewing offshore transmission regime, seeks industry’s input

    25 August 2020
    Authorities & Government, Rules & Regulation

    The UK government has initiated a review of the country’s offshore transmission regime, as it is looking to tweak the existing regime to allow for significantly more offshore wind to be added to the UK’s energy mix in the future. The government, with input from the industry, will look into the way that the offshore […]

  • UK: Safety Technology Reaches New Heights with GWO Approval

    13 January 2013

    Safety Technology Ltd announced they have been awarded GWO accreditation for a multitude of safety courses for working on wind farms worldwide. The first in the UK to be audited by industry standard setters RenewableUK for the following modules of the GWO Basic Safety Training; Work at Height, Manual Handling and First Aid. Safety Technology […]

  • Split Opinion Regarding UK Offshore Wind Finance Gap

    15 June 2012

    The so-called finance gap could be a drag on UK offshore wind deployment, according to a poll conducted at the RenewableUK Global Offshore Wind 2012 Conference in London. The survey, which was conducted by global renewable energy consultant GL Garrad Hassan, revealed that 59% of participants thought that it will have a detrimental effect on […]

  • UK: SMD Wins Prestigious Award for its ROV Design

    21 April 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

      SMD has been honoured with the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the innovation category for the design and manufacturer of Work Class Remotely Operated Vehicles (WROVS). The company, based in Wallsend near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of remote invention equipment, which operates in hazardous environments across the globe. Each […]

  • UK Wind Farms Construction Could Impact Harbour Seals

    20 May 2015

    Offshore wind turbine installation could damage the hearing of UK harbour seals, University of St. Andrews researchers said. The team of scientists used GPS data loggers on 24 harbour seals during the installation of offshore wind turbines in the Wash in 2012. The data loggers collected information on the seals’ locations and their diving behaviour. […]

  • UK: Farstad Shipping Ltd. Acquires Seabed Viking PSV

    15 July 2010

    Farstad Shipping Ltd., a wholly owned UK subsidiary of Farstad Shipping, has entered into an agreement to buy the platform supply vessel Seabed Viking. The vessel is a Havyard 832 CD (4000 DWT) built at Fjellstrand AS and delivered in February 2010. The vessel is a modern and environmentally friendly medium sized PSV suitable for […]

  • 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: IBERDROLA Chairman Calls for Single European Energy Regulator

    19 September 2012

    IBERDROLA chairman Ignacio Galan called for the creation of a single regulator for the European energy sector as part of speeding up moves towards a common energy policy and a European energy market. Speaking at the opening of the FT Global Energy Leaders Summit 2012 in London, Galan said that to achieve a common market […]

  • UK: South Boats IOW Receives Order for Two WFSVs

    3 April 2013

    South Boats IOW Ltd. and Seacat Services Ltd., both of the Isle of Wight, UK announced a two boat order for the construction of a further pair of South Catamaran 24m offshore wind farm crew transfer vessels. These new vessels will be built by South Boats IOW at their Cowes facility and will be delivered […]

  • Able UK gets government funding for offshore wind upgrade

    4 March 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Ports & Logistics

    The UK government has selected Able UK’s Able Marine Energy Park (AMEP) for funding under the Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme, which will ensure the port infrastructure can accommodate next generation offshore wind activities. “The government will make an offer of support, in principle, to the Able Marine Energy Park on Humberside following the conclusion […]

  • Spencer Group Backs Humber Renewables Awards 2012 (UK)

    8 December 2011

    A SPECIALIST engineering group behind a ground-breaking £150 million green energy development is supporting the Humber Renewables Awards 2012. The Spencer Group has been announced as sponsor of the Engaging the Community category in the awards, which take place in March. Nominations are now being taken for the accolades, which will mark the success of […]

  • Polarcus Naila Finalizes 3D Seismic Program for TGS in UK

    20 August 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Polarcus Naila has continued to deliver superior performance since her propulsion upgrade in April this year. The modern 3D seismic vessel has recently completed a two month program for TGS-NOPEC towing a large 12 streamer spread offshore of the UK Shetland Islands. This complex program comprised two individual surveys, each employing a variable depth streamer […]