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  • UK trade body calls on govt to prioritise domestic energy production

    15 August 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Environment, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Transition

    As sanctions lead to supply and price shocks, Offshore Energies UK has urged the UK government to prioritise domestic energy production.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • UK: Ashtead Technology Launches New Electric Dredge Pump

    17 April 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Leading subsea equipment solutions specialist, Ashtead Technology, launched the subsea market’s smallest electric dredge pump this month at the Ocean Business 2013 exhibition in Southampton, UK. The pump is available to rent exclusively from Ashtead Technology through an agreement with the manufacturer, Vortex International. The electric pump is targeted at the 2½” to 3” dredge […]

  • Offshore Wind Developers Reaffirm Their UK Projects with Crown Estate

    7 August 2015
    Authorities & Government

    The Crown Estate has announced today the first series of agreements reached with offshore wind developers, including EDF Energy Renewables, Eneco Wind UK Limited (Eneco) and Forewind Limited, to replace their previous zone development agreements with project specific agreements. Since the award of zone agreements in 2009, developers have had exclusive rights to areas of UK […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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: 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.

  • 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: 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 […]

  • Converter station suppliers selected for UK subsea electricity superhighway

    13 September 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) and SP Energy Networks have selected preferred grid suppliers for HVDC converter stations for the 2 GW Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1) subsea electricity superhighway. The 525kV, £2.5 billion HVDC link will connect Torness in East Lothian, Scotland, to Hawthorn Pit in County Durham, England, enabling the transmission of renewable […]

  • Allseas Wins Removal Contracts for Shell’s Brent Platform, UK

    15 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

      Shell U.K. Ltd has awarded the Swiss-based Allseas Group S.A. the contract for the removal, transportation and load-in to shore of the topsides of three of its Brent platforms, with an option to do the same with the fourth platform. The contract also includes the removal of Brent Alpha’s steel jacket. The Brent field […]

  • UK: Ocean Installer Invests in VLS and Carousel for Normand Clipper

    23 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Ocean Installer has started building a VLS and carousel for the laying of umbilicals and flexible flowlines. The lay spread will be installed on the long-term chartered subsea construction vessel (SCV) “Normand Clipper” and be operational in Q1 2013. “This investment is in line with our strategy of providing our clients with first rate assets […]

  • UK: Leading Companies to Gather in London at EIC Connect LNG

    25 January 2012

    The LNG supply chain will be gathering in London this March for EIC Connect LNG, part of the highly successful EIC Connect series of supply chain networking events bringing together the world’s leading operators and contractors from across global energy projects. The event will be hosted by the EIC, the leading trade association for companies […]

  • Next Geosolutions to Survey UK-Norway North Sea Link

    22 March 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Next Geosolutions has been awarded two survey contracts for the North Sea Link (NSL) project, the first electricity link between UK and Norway. The first contract, due to start in April, will see Next Geosolutions provide cable protection survey work for Statnett, the Norwegian transmission system operator. The two week work scope will involve cable […]

  • UK: Greater Gabbard Offshore Winds and Fluor Reach Agreement

    15 May 2013

    Greater Gabbard Offshore Winds Ltd (GGOWL), which is 50% owned by SSE, and Fluor Ltd have reached agreement on all of the outstanding claims relating to the construction of the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm. The main claim related to the quality of up to 52 upper foundations (transition pieces) supporting turbines and the quality […]

  • 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 […]