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  • New Berth Welcomes HMS Bristol in Portsmouth Harbour (UK)

    21 February 2013

    After a three-month absence, HMS Bristol is back where she belongs – at the foot of Whale Island – after being moved to a new berth. Tugs moved the veteran destroyer to her new berth, created to allow larger vessels to use the nearby international port. Shielding their eyes against the bright February sun, workers […]

  • Jumbo Wins FPSO Mooring Contract in UK North Sea

    6 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Jumbo has been awarded a FPSO mooring, installation and hook-up contract by EnQuest. EnQuest is redeveloping the Ardmore and Duncan fields as Alma and Galia respectively. The project scope is the mooring spread installation and FPSO tow out and hook up. This will be the first offshore project in which Jumbo acts as the main […]

  • RenewableUK: UK Offshore Wind Close to 50% Domestic Content Mark

    8 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    A new report delivered by RenewableUK has revealed that a high number of UK companies are involved in the development, construction and operation of offshore wind farms in Britain.

  • Shell Extends Contract for KS Energy’s Accommodation Unit (UK)

    8 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Singapore’s KS Energy Limited has announced that its subsidiary, Atlantic Rotterdam Limited, will continue its existing bareboat charter contract worth up to EUR 3 million for its jack-up offshore accommodation rig Atlantic Rotterdam for another 6 months. This is an extension to the contract signed with Shell in June 2011 for the Atlantic Rotterdam (formerly […]

  • RBG, STS Exhibiting Together at Offshore Europe 2011, UK

    5 September 2011
    Business & Finance

    RBG and Stork Technical Services (STS) will highlight the benefits of its combined service and technology offering at Offshore Europe as the companies exhibit together for the first time at booth 26C0. In advance of the exhibition, RBG and STS have launched an Offshore Europe microsite, www.assessinspectrepair.com, that provides information on the assess, inspect and […]

  • Pulsant Supports Pelamis Wave Power in Technology Development (UK)

    13 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Cloud, connectivity and hosting provider, Pulsant, is supporting Pelamis Wave Power by helping to manage, backup and store data vital to the development of its world-leading wave energy technology. With operations in Edinburgh and Orkney supporting two Pelamis wave machines being demonstrated at the European Marine Energy Centre off the coast of Orkney, Pelamis Wave […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • Offshore Substation Installed at West of Duddon Sands OWF, UK

    21 May 2013

    Offshore construction at the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm, a 50/50 joint venture between DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables, is officially underway following the successful installation of the project’s offshore substation on site in the east Irish Sea. The entire project will consist of 108 wind turbines with a total installed capacity of […]

  • UK: ABPmer Contributes to CEDA’s Position Paper on Underwater Sound

    29 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    A position paper on “Underwater Sound in Relation to Dredging” to which ABPmer contributed has been published by the Central Dredging Association (CEDA). The purpose of the paper is to inform those parties concerned about sounds produced by dredgers. The paper was prepared by the CEDA Working Group on Underwater Sound under the remit of […]

  • UK: BP Suspends Production from Rhum Gas Field

    18 November 2010
    Business & Finance

    BP confirmed that, pending clarification from the UK Government on certain aspects of the new EU Regulations concerning restrictive measures against Iran, production from the Rhum gas field in the central North Sea has been suspended. This action has been taken in order to comply with the notification requirements in the Regulations. Trevor Garlick, Regional […]

  • Sumitomo Gallops Towards Co-Owning UK 336MW OWF

    9 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    The deal on Sumitomo Corporation’s indirect acquisition of 12.5% share of the 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm is closing this month, according to SgurrEnergy, who provided independent technical advisory services to Sumitomo Corporation. The services provided by SgurrEnergy included an assessment of the project’s permitting situation, contracting status and structure, construction timescales, capital and operating cost estimates […]

  • UK: Valiant to Submit Fionn Field FDP in 1H 2012

    24 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Antrim, an international oil and gas exploration and production company headquartered in Calgary, Canada, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Valiant Petroleum plc to proceed with early installation of subsea facilities for the development of the Fionn Field in the UK Northern North Sea block 211/22a South East Area (the “Fionn Agreement”). […]

  • DONG Energy’s UK Asset Manager Introduces His Responsibilities

    20 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    DONG Energy has been publishing a series of articles on the different jobs and experts that it has in the UK. The following is an interview with Mads Skovgaard-Andersen, who is based in the London office and is the Asset Portfolio Director for a portfolio of UK wind farms and has just been voted one […]

  • Fabio de Oliveira Barbosa Joins BG Group (UK)

    21 December 2010

    BG Group today announced that Ashley Almanza will stand down from the Board and leave his role as Chief Financial Officer on 31 March 2011. This follows an earlier indication from Mr Almanza of his desire to leave BG Group within the next two years. After 31 March 2011, Mr Almanza will continue to work […]

  • 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 […]

  • Shepherd Construction to Build Turbine Testing Facility for Narec (UK)

    30 November 2011

    The National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) has signed a £14.8m contract with Shepherd Construction to deliver a 3,000m² building that will become the world’s largest facility for testing entire offshore wind turbine nacelles of up to 15MW capacity.  Tony Quinn, Director of Major Assets and Projects at Narec, said: “This is the third new building […]

  • UK: Vos Prodect to Exhibit at Global Offshore Wind Event

    4 June 2012

    Vos Prodect Innovations is going to be represented at Renewable UK’s 11th annual Global Offshore Wind event which will be held on 13th – 14th of June 2012, in London. Global Offshore Wind is a dedicated event to share ideas, network, make global connections and do business with sector leaders. In addition to the well-known […]

  • Piper Alpha survivor to manage UK’s offshore safety body

    15 May 2019
    Business & Finance

    UK’s offshore oil and gas safety body Step Change in Safety has appointed Steve Rae, a Piper Alpha accident survivor, as its new Executive Director.

  • TUC Man Wins Outstanding Contribution Award at Subsea UK

    12 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    Alf Leadbitter, Diver Training Authority at The Underwater Centre in Fort William, has received the award for Outstanding Contribution to the Subsea Industry at the annual Subsea UK Awards in Aberdeen. The award is in recognition of the impact made by an individual to the subsea sector over the course of their career. Leadbitter’s long and […]

  • Electro-Tech Set for Ambitious Growth in Enterprise Zone (UK)

    20 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    This week, Electro-tech, a specialist source and supply company servicing the energy sector, is moving into the Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft Enterprise Zone, created by the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership. Electro-tech offers UK and global clients a simple and cost effective way to purchase goods from one supplier. Items range from audio cables to […]

  • Trident Energy Secures Funding for PowerPod Sea Trials (UK)

    2 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Technology

    Trident Energy, the independent developer of generator solutions for the offshore renewable energy industry, today announces the close of a funding round with new investors and existing shareholders. The new investment comes from the Low Carbon Innovation Fund (LCIF) and members of the London Business Angels network. Trident Energy’s low cost, highly controllable linear generator […]

  • 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: Hydratight, PDA Offer Specialized Courses to Industrial Divers

    23 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Hydratight has formed a strategic partnership with one of the world’s leading commercial diver training schools.  Hydratight and the UK-based Professional Diving Academy will collaborate on specialist courses aimed at improving both subsea joint integrity and skills, as well as diver safety. The partnership aims to fill a gap in the current training provision for […]

  • ‘HMS Protector’ Survey Vessel Prepares for Maiden Mission (UK)

    2 September 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      Looking more like one of Her Majesty’s Ships by the day – and less like an oil rig support vessel – is new Antarctic survey vessel HMS Protector, which has spent the summer being readied for her inaugural deployment. The Portsmouth-based ship now boasts miniguns (Gatling guns) and General Purpose Machine-Guns to protect herself, […]