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  • Subsea Innovation CPS retrofit for UK offshore wind farm

    10 February 2021
    Equipment, Infrastructure, Safety

    Subsea Innovation has delivered a first of kind retrofit cable protection system (CPS) to a UK offshore wind farm. According to the parent company Tekmar, the delivery was part of cable protection remedial works. It also included installation tooling and offshore installation support. In addition, the scope of work is part of Subsea Innovations’ largest […]

  • Shell Says Gannet Oil Leak Under Control (UK)

    15 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Shell U.K. Limited confirmed the oil leak in a flow line to Gannet Alpha platform is under control. The subsea well was shut in on Wednesday and the flowline on the seabed is now isolated and depressurized. Leakage of oil has been considerably reduced. “Shell takes all spills seriously, regardless of size and we have […]

  • UK/Scotland: ‘Friends of Floating Offshore Wind’ Group Formed

    18 May 2016

    No less than 10 technology developers and associations gathered to found “Friends of Floating Offshore Wind”, a group which will promote the interests of floating offshore wind in Scotland and UK. The group, comprising Pilot Offshore Renewables, Hexicon, RES Offshore, IDEOL, Floating Power Plant, Glosten PelaStar, Principle Power Inc, Atkins, ACS Cobra and GICON, aims at creating favourable conditions for further development of the sector. Global […]

  • UK: Premier Oil plc Nears 75,000 boepd Target

    16 November 2010
    Business & Finance

    Premier’s 2010 Preliminary Results will be announced on Thursday 24th March 2011. A Trading and Operations Update is planned for Thursday 13th January 2011. HIGHLIGHTS * 2010 production guidance maintained at around 44 kboepd (2009: 44kboepd); we reiterate our targets of 75 kboepd in 2012 rising thereafter to 100 kboepd from existing reserves and resources […]

  • UK: Tideland Signal to Supply LED Lights for West Franklin

    16 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Tideland Signal will supply Saipem with Syncrolan LED light stations and fog signals as temporary marks for the jacket that it is currently fabricating for Total E&P UK’s West Franklin phase two project in the North Sea. To warn nearby shipping, the new wellhead platform will be marked by a Tideland Syncrolan LED light station […]

  • Decom North Sea to Host Lunch and Learn in Aberdeen, UK

    11 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Decom North Sea (DNS), the oil and gas decommissioning forum, will host a lunch and learn event to give supply chain companies the opportunity to learn more about a variety of pertinent topics; from crisis communications, to the new developments at Aberdeen harbour. The event will take place on Tuesday, June 24, at the Doubletree […]

  • New man at the top wants to raise profile of UK shipping

    29 March 2010

    The new chairman of the UK Chamber of Shipping has vowed to increase government and industry understanding of the importance of the sector to the economy and the critical needs of the country. Jan Kopernicki, a director of Shell International Trading and Shipping Co, said he would focus on raising awareness in three key areas: […]

  • 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 […]

  • Remote Monitors Track Nar River Restoration Success (UK)

    9 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The Norfolk Rivers Trust has installed a remote river monitoring station that has been tracking water quality and flow before and after river restoration work at an area of ecological importance on the River Nar. Rising in chalk hills to the east of the village of Tittleshall, the river flows south for 2.5 km until […]

  • UK: Inmarsat Appoints AND as Distribution Partner for Its FleetBroadband services

    9 September 2011

    AND Group plc, an internationally recognized provider of communication services to the marine and offshore sectors, today announces that it has been appointed as a distribution partner for Inmarsat’s FleetBroadband service. AND Group can now distribute the full range of FleetBroadband services: from FB150 for smaller vessels needing voice communications and lower data speeds, through […]

  • UK Tidal Stream Industry Petitions for Government Revenue Support

    3 October 2019
    Authorities & Government, Technology

    A petition has been set up calling for UK Government to commercialise the UK tidal stream industry by providing revenue support. The petition has been created by ‘UK Tidal Energy’, a body created by the Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC) to generate public awareness of marine energy through the #turnthetideontidal campaign. The goal is to […]

  • UK: Tidal Transit Celebrates 20,000 Safe Passenger Transfers

    16 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    On 10th December 2013 Tidal Transit celebrated the completion of 20,000 safe passenger transfers from its three personnel transfer vessels (PTVs) to wind turbines situated in the North Sea. Announcing this notable achievement, Tidal Transit Commercial Director Leo Hambro said: “I suspect that very few people realise the scale of offshore wind farm operations that […]

  • Ørsted Breezes Past 3GW Operational Offshore Wind Mark in UK

    12 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    Following the official opening of the Race Bank, Ørsted will own and partly own 10 operational offshore wind farms in the UK with a combined capacity of over 3,000MW.

  • UK: MCS Pampero Joins Maritime Craft Services’ Fleet

    22 November 2012

    A Scottish maritime company has taken delivery of a second Twin Axe Design offshore wind farm support vessel. MCS Pampero, sister vessel to MCS Sirocco which joined the fleet in June, was handed over to Maritime Craft Services in Singapore and will go straight to work in NW Europe from mid-December. They join crew transfer […]

  • Shell in talks to buy BG Group for $70 billion (UK)

    8 April 2015

    Oil major Royal Dutch Shell is in talks to buy BG Group, a UK-based oil and gas company, for £47 billion ($69.8 billion) in shares and cash combined. The combination will result in BG Shareholders owning approximately 19% of the combined group. In their joint statement issued today, BG Group and Shell have said the companies have reached […]

  • 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, […]

  • UK: Trapoil Announces Acquisition of Reach Oil & Gas Limited

    4 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    Trapoil  announces the acquisition of Reach Oil & Gas Limited (“Reach”) for a total consideration of approximately £30 million (£20 million in cash and approximately £10 million in new ordinary shares to be issued at a deemed price of 43 pence per share). Reach’s two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Reach Exploration (UK) Limited (“Reach UK”) and Reach […]

  • UK: New Session on Agenda for Annual Offshore Decommissioning Conference

    26 September 2012

    A brand new session covering the importance of preparing for decommissioning projects has been added to the topical line up of issues to be discussed at the annual Offshore Decommissioning Conference, which is co-organised by Decom North Sea (DNS) and Oil & Gas UK. The session, entitled ‘Late Life Operations and Preparation for Decommissioning’, is […]

  • UK: Technip Celebrates Official Launch of Offshore Wind Business

    1 August 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

      To celebrate the official launch of Technip’s Offshore Wind business an event has been held today, on Monday 1st August, in the presence of the Rt. Hon. Alex Salmond, MSP, First Minister of Scotland and Thierry Pilenko, Chairman and CEO of Technip. This event took place at Technip’s Offshore Wind headquarters located on the […]

  • UK: 19m ASD Tug TSM ALBATRE Starts Trials

    14 December 2012

    The 19m ASD tug – “TSM ALBATRE” commenced trials from the Padmos Shipyard, the Netherlands. The vessel is equipped for towing from both the bow and stern in addition to plough dredging, Macduff Ship Design Ltd, the designer of the vessel announced. The French-flagged tug covers 19 meters in length with 8 meters breadth and […]

  • VIDEO: Alstom’s Imma Foix Discusses OW Opportunities for UK Manufacturers

    13 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    In an interview with GROW:OffshoreWind, Imma Foix, Global Sourcing Director at Alstom Wind, spoke about the opportunities available for manufacturers to supply the UK offshore wind market. The UK offshore wind market, estimated to be worth more than £100bn over the next 20 years, offers manufacturers a significant, sustained growth opportunity. With 30,000 jobs expected to be […]

  • Sinopec Buys 49 Pct of Talisman’s UK North Sea Business

    18 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Talisman Energy Inc. today announced the completion of its joint venture transaction with Addax Petroleum UK Limited (APUK), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec Group) following receipt of government and regulatory approval. “We are very pleased to be partnering with Sinopec in the UK North Sea,” said Hal Kvisle, President and CEO […]

  • NAFC Marine Centre Releases Tidal Energy Guidelines (UK)

    21 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    NAFC Marine Centre Marine Spatial Planning team has published a new report ‘Regional Locational Guidance for wave and tidal energy in the Shetland Islands’. It provides guidance to the marine renewables industry on the siting of wave and tidal devices. The report details the methodology used to integrate environmental, social and economic considerations into the […]

  • Technip (France) awarded with new pipeline contract in the UK North

    28 January 2010

    Technip has been awarded a lump sum contract, worth approximately €21 million, by Lundin Britain Limited for an augmentation pipeline at the Broom field in the UK North Sea. This field, which is located 320 kilometres North-East of Aberdeen, Scotland, is tied back to the Heather Alpha platform. The new augmentation pipeline will extend the […]