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  • UK firm flows first oil from North Sea field

    13 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    UK-based oil and gas company Tailwind Energy has started production from its field in the UK Central North Sea ahead of schedule.

  • New Deep-water Container Terminal at Port of Liverpool, UK

    5 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Peel Ports today announced it has commenced the procurement phase for the construction of its new deep-water container terminal at the Port of Liverpool. It was also revealed that the landmark terminal, which will bring some of the world’s largest container ships to the Mersey, will be branded Liverpool 2 – and will be open […]

  • 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 […]

  • UK MOD Seeks Innovative Ways to Improve Maritime Security

    29 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Ministry of Defence is looking for ways to strengthen the security of maritime operations so that it can be more effective at combating illegal activities such as gun-running, people-smuggling and piracy. The Royal Navy provides the main defence of the UK’s seas and overseas territories and ensures safe navigation, transport and trade in national […]

  • UK: Foster Wheeler Receives RoSPA’s Order of Distinction Award

    31 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      Foster Wheeler AG  announced today that the UK subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded, for the fourth year running, the prestigious Order of Distinction Award for Occupational Health and Safety by the UK’s Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), and also its eighteenth consecutive RoSPA Gold Award […]

  • Proserv Wins Award at EY UK Entrepreneur of the Year 2013

    9 October 2013

    The chief executive of rapidly growing energy technology services company Proserv has scooped the award for Private Equity Backed Business in the EY UK Entrepreneur of the Year 2013 awards.  David Lamont was praised for the company’s impressive acquisition strategy, its geographical reach and the opportunities for further expansion. During his two years at Proserv, […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • AGR Employee Becomes Finalist in Prestigious Subsea UK Awards

    4 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    Aberdeen-based Project Engineer Sadie Jo Koller, part of Seabed Intervention team, was unveiled by Subsea UK as a finalist in their prestigious Business Awards under the Emerging New Talent category. The awards were handed out during the annual Subsea 2012 conference, held early February in Aberdeen and hosting more than 3,000 visitors and 130 exhibitors. […]

  • Greenpeace Makes Legal Move Against UK Offshore Drilling

    12 November 2010

    Greenpeace has launched legal action in a bid to stop UK offshore drilling in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.   By Independent.co.uk [mappress] Source: Independent, November  12, 2010;

  • 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 […]

  • Serica Offered Traditional Licence in UK 27th Licensing Round

    3 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Serica Energy plc announces that it has been offered a Traditional Licence in the latest stage of the 27th Offshore Licensing Round, announced by the Department of Energy and Climate Change on Friday 29 November.   Block 113/22 in the East Irish Sea has been offered to a group in which Serica has a 35% interest […]

  • UK: Two Firms to Manage Ambitious Peterhead Harbour Expansion

    17 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Peterhead Port Authority (PPA) has announced the awarding of two key contracts for the design and management of its ambitious £40 million investment into the town’s harbour. Following an extensive and highly competitive procurement process, civil engineering consultancy, RPS, and architectural firm, Arch Henderson, have secured the work, which will develop the facility into a […]

  • UK: Foreign Secretary Hails Shah Deniz 2 Deal

    17 December 2013

    New gas development increases diversity of energy supply to Europe and underlines UK and BP’s commitment to future of Azerbaijan. UK Foreign Secretary William Hague visited Baku today to witness the signing of the final investment decision on a new gas development led by BP, which consolidates the UK’s position as the largest foreign investor […]

  • 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 regulator rejects Shell’s plan for North Sea gas project

    6 October 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    UK petroleum regulator has not approved Shell’s proposed plan for an ultra-high pressure/high-temperature gas field in the UK North Sea.

  • UK Prime Minister Pledges Offshore Wind Target Increase

    14 November 2019
    Authorities & Government

    UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged to increase the UK’s 2030 offshore wind target from the current 30GW to 40GW if his Conservative party wins the general election. UK’s current target to have 30GW of connected offshore wind capacity by 2030 was set with the launch of a new joint government-industry Offshore Wind Sector […]

  • HR Wallingford to Extend Its Froude Modelling Hall (UK)

    19 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    A £3 million project is underway to extend HR Wallingford’s Froude Modelling Hall at the company’s site in Oxfordshire, UK. This enhancement will deliver a purpose-built ship simulation centre, a large wave-current-sediment flume and dedicated manufacturing space for specialist hydraulic laboratory equipment. The HR Wallingford development will extend the Froude Modelling Hall by 1600 sq. […]

  • UK: Shell Tables USD 1.56 bln Bid for Cove

    22 February 2012

    Shell’s subsidiary, Shell Bidco has placed a bid £992.4 million (USD 1.56 billion) to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of UK headquartered Cove Energy. The bid comes one month after the decision announced by Cove to conduct a formal sale process for the company. Shell Bidco is a participant in the […]

  • Cathie Boosts UK Team with New Cables Lead

    4 March 2020
    Business & Finance

    Offshore geoscience and geotechnical engineering consultancy Cathie has recently appointed a senior engineer and cables lead Gareth Ellis to its Newcastle team. Following two years of record growth, Cathie has recently significantly expanded its business based in Newcastle upon Tyne and continues to grow its London based team. Taking over a new, bespoke office space, […]

  • Tidal Transit Inks First UK WaveCraft Charter

    15 September 2015

    Statkraft has entered into an initial six month charter agreement with Tidal Transit to use the WaveCraft to transport its O&M turbine technicians into its Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm field. The 317MW Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm is located from 9-17 miles off the coast of North Norfolk in the southern North Sea, and […]

  • OMM Bags Four Year Contract with TenneT (UK)

    10 November 2011
    Storage

    Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has won a four year contract with TenneT, the electricity grid operator based in Germany, to provide support for their offshore wind farm connection work. OMM will provide project management and strategic consultancy, as well as client representative support and guard vessels. OMM was successful in following a highly competitive EU […]

  • Offshore Wind Plans Potentially Transformational for Hull (UK)

    25 April 2011
    Business & Finance

    The development of the offshore wind farm industry in Hull could lead to a spectacular revival of the city’s economy in the same way that… (yorkshirepost) [mappress] Source: yorkshirepost, April 25, 2011;

  • Clegg’s pledge for UK to produce more wind turbines

    11 February 2010

    Nick Clegg will pledge to turn disused shipyards into wind turbine production centres, should the Lib Dems win power. The party says 57,000 jobs could be created in cities hit by unemployment with renewable energy also boosted.