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  • UK universities to share £7.5 million to advance wave energy

    24 March 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), has awarded funding to eight projects looking to develop and test new cutting-edge wave energy technologies.

  • UK: One third of cargo removed from grounded Kaami

    15 April 2020
    Infrastructure, Regulation & Policy, Safety, Vessels

    Around one third of cargo is estimated to have been removed from the grounded Norwegian ship Kaami off the coast of Scotland.

  • PA Resources gets two blocks in UK 28th round

    13 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    PA Resources has been provisionally awarded Blocks 22/18c and 22/19d, located in the North Sea Central Area, in the UK’s 28th Seaward Licensing Round.  PA Resources has been awarded these blocks as part of a group comprising of PA Resources (25 percent), E.On (40 percent), Cairn Energy’s wholly-owned subsidiary Nautical Petroleum (25 percent) and First Oil […]

  • Secretary of State for Scotland Visits Technip Offshore Wind (UK)

    19 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    As part of a February tour, The Secretary of State for Scotland, Michael Moore visited Technip Offshore Wind’s Aberdeen headquarters to hear about current and upcoming Technip Projects and how the Company has adapted its Oil & Gas heritage to the development of award-winning, cutting-edge technology geared to providing safe, effective project delivery in the […]

  • Gasrec of UK Adds Kuehne + Nagel to Its Client List

    21 October 2013

    Leading UK bio-fuel supplier Gasrec has added another global company to its lengthening client list – this time to support global logistics giant Kuehne + Nagel’s emission-reduction contract with Whitbread, the UK’s largest hospitality business. Gasrec is providing its state-of-the-art refuelling facility at Daventry for Kuehne + Nagel’s dedicated fleet of five dual-fuel-converted Mercedes Actros […]

  • BP Sells Interest in Sean Gas Field to SSE (UK)

    17 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    BP announced that, as part of its decision to market its stakes in non-operated North Sea assets, it has agreed to sell its interest in the Sean gas field in the UK North Sea to SSE plc for $288 million in cash. The sale comprises BP’s non-operated 50 per cent stake in Sean. Completion of […]

  • 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 […]

  • RenewableUK: Dudgeon Proves UK Offshore Wind Is Attractive to Investors

    13 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    RenewableUK says the announcement by Statkraft, Statoil and Masdar that a GBP 1.3 billion agreement has been reached to achieve financial close on the Dudgeon offshore wind farm project shows that investor confidence in the UK’s offshore wind market remains high. RenewableUK’s Deputy Chief Executive Maf Smith said: “This announcement proves that the UK is the go-to destination […]

  • Buckie Shipyard Enters Agreement to Build Teknicraft WFSVs (UK)

    24 November 2011
    Technology

    Scottish boatbuilder, Buckie Shipyard on the Moray Firth have entered an agreement with Veecraft Marine of Capetown SA to be the UK builder of the Teknicraft design of Wind Farm Service Vessels. The design is a foil assisted catamaran using the proven hull form by Nic de Waal of the New Zealand firm Teknicraft Design, […]

  • Buckie Shipyard Enters Agreement to Build Teknicraft WFSVs (UK)

    24 November 2011
    Technology

    Scottish boatbuilder, Buckie Shipyard on the Moray Firth have entered an agreement with Veecraft Marine of Capetown SA to be the UK builder of the Teknicraft design of Wind Farm Service Vessels. The design is a foil assisted catamaran using the proven hull form by Nic de Waal of the New Zealand firm Teknicraft Design, […]

  • Following UK market entry, MOL ties in with five companies

    28 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Oil and gas company MOL Energy UK has completed its collaborative partnership process – an approach backed by its Managing Director Chris Bird – following the company’s entry into the UK market last year. To remind, MOL Group, an integrated oil and gas company with headquartered in Hungary, completed a deal in March 2014 to acquire 14 […]

  • Eni fails to find hydrocarbons at Rowallan well offshore UK

    4 April 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Eni has failed to find hydrocarbons after drilling the Rowallan prospect located in the UK sector of the North Sea.

  • HR Wallingford to Enhance HAMMER Noise Modelling Tool, UK

    5 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    HR Wallingford’s tool to investigate the impact of underwater noise on animals, the Hydro-Acoustic Model for Mitigation and Ecological Response (HAMMER), will soon have increased data to model the behaviour of animals. The Natural Environment Research Council in the UK is funding a four month project to collect data on the behaviour of European sea […]

  • FPSO ‘Voyageur Spirit’ on Its Way to Huntington Field (UK)

    1 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Sevan Marine ASA has announced that the tow of the FPSO “Voyageur Spirit” from the Nymo upgrade yard at Eydehavn, Arendal to the Huntington Field in the UK sector of the North Sea has now commenced. The “Voyageur Spirit” let go of the moorings at 07:50 hrs Sunday morning, September 30, and is estimated to […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Sector Charts Out Innovation Roadmaps

    1 June 2018
    Human Capital, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Research & Development, Technology

    The Offshore Wind Innovation Hub (OWIH) has launched a guide to the future priorities and opportunities for innovation that will help the sector achieve the goal of having 30GW of offshore wind capacity in the UK by 2030.

  • UK: Strainstall Undertakes Offshore Wind Vessel Monitoring Trial

    3 January 2013
    Technology

    Strainstall Marine have undertaken a vessel motion monitoring trial on a transfer vessel operating at an offshore wind-farm off the UK’s east coast. Strainstall’s new Vessel Motion Monitoring System™ (VMMS™) provides accurate motion monitoring for wind turbine transfer vessels to improve safety during transfer operations, as well as impact load measurement combined with a data […]

  • Oil & Gas UK updates guidance on offshore fire & explosion design

    29 March 2018
    Equipment, Exploration & Production

    Oil & Gas UK on Thursday released an updated information setting out good practice in designing against fire and explosions on offshore installations Revisions to the document, developed by industry experts, will provide companies in the UK Continental Shelf with the most up to date good practice and guidance, Oil & Gas UK said in […]

  • ode Supports RWE Dea UK’s North Sea Operations

    25 September 2013

    International engineering and operations support services contractor, Offshore Design Engineering (ode), has won a five-year contract for the provision of operations support services to the Southern North Sea operations of energy company RWE Dea UK Limited. The £40m contract marks the start of another phase in an eight-year relationship with RWE Dea UK which has […]

  • UK Lawyer Discusses Legal Implications of Overweight Offshore Workers

    7 August 2014
    Authorities & Government

    Kirk Tudhope, employment lawyer and partner with the UK North East law firm Ledingham Chalmers, said that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is currently considering whether being substantially overweight is a “protected characteristic” under EU and therefore UK employment legislation. He said: “If the answer is yes from the ECJ then employees who are […]

  • EnQuest Plans to Extend Alma/Galia Field Life, UK

    4 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    EnQuest announced that its Board has approved an increase in the scope and specification of the Alma/Galia project with the objective of extending the field life, optimising operating costs and enabling a potential second phase development. These changes, which are subject to the normal partner approval process, are expected to extend the FPSO vessel life […]

  • Aubin Launches GLS for Installation of Offshore Renewables Infrastructure (UK)

    18 May 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

      Aubin, a leading independent supplier of specialist chemicals to the energy industry, has launched a game-changing new product that could save millions of pounds when installing offshore renewables infrastructure. The Gel Lift System (GLS), which can be seen in action at stand AB31 in the Aberdeen City & Shire Pavilion at All Energy 2011, […]

  • Atlantis Resources in Talks to Construct Marine Energy Farm (UK)

    22 February 2012
    Research & Development, Technology

    Atlantis Resources is undergoing talks for constructing a new marine energy farm that would be producing both wind and tidal power. The company is conducting talks with suppliers of transmission components to discuss cabling and converters including a feasibility study for creating the project from the very beginning or adding its own tidal turbines onto […]

  • UK: South Hook books another Qatari LNG cargo

    5 February 2016
    Vessels

    The UK’s South Hook LNG terminal is scheduled to receive its third cargo of Qatari liquefied natural gas for the month of February. The 210,157 cbm Q-Flex carrier Umm Al Amad set off from the port of Ras Laffan in Qatar, and is scheduled to dock at the South Hook terminal on February 12, port data […]

  • UK: New Approach Needed to Harness Severn Tidal Energy

    17 June 2013
    Authorities & Government

    Barrage really has been “studied to death”, but Select Committee backs alternative approach and calls on the Government to establish a new public governance to proactively manage Severn energy resources. In a damning report the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee has killed off any chance that a Severn Barrage will be built across the […]

  • 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 […]