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  • Bibby Offshore Moves Its Business to New Facility (UK)

    4 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore is to move into a new purpose-built HQ as the business continues to grow. The company has outgrown its current offices at Waterloo Quay and is moving to accommodate an increase in staff numbers and services as it expands operations both in the UK and internationally. The new 52,000sqft […]

  • Corallian spins drill bit on Colter well offshore UK

    6 February 2019
    Exploration & Production

    UK-based Corallian Energy has begun drilling operations on the Colter appraisal well using one of Ensco’s jack-up drilling rigs.

  • EPC Offshore Names New Head of Business Development (UK)

    11 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Specialist oil and gas project management company EPC Offshore has appointed a new head of business development to expand the firm’s customer base across the North Sea and internationally. Jonathan White’s appointment is the latest in a series of new senior management positions amid strategic restructuring at EPC Offshore as it embarks on the next […]

  • UK: Plexus CEO Wins Entrepreneur of the Year 2013 Award

    1 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, announces that its CEO and founder, Ben Van Bilderbeek has been awarded the ‘Entrepreneur of the Year 2013’ award at the annual Grant Thornton Quoted Company Awards, presented on 30 January 2013 […]

  • IBISWorld Updates Its Report on UK Renewable Energy Industry

    31 August 2012
    Research & Development

    The world’s energy crisis has necessitated a radical shift among policy makers and industry participants. Increased awareness surrounding the impacts of climate change has driven an aggressive decarbonising strategy, spearheaded by the Renewable Energy industry. The United Kingdom currently supplies 8.6% of its total electricity from renewable sources, representing a significant increase from 1.5% in […]

  • Revised Funding to Help Offshore Wind Businesses in Humber, UK

    26 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    New funding levels for renewables technology will support the Humber’s ambitions to be a world-class centre for green energy, according to an industry leader. Sam Pick, of the Renewables Network, has broadly welcomed the Government’s long-awaited announcement on clean energy subsidy levels. For the Humber region, Mr. Pick said the revised funding – which includes […]

  • UK: Board of AVEVA Group Names New Deputy Chairman

    3 May 2012

    The Board AVEVA Group plc announced that Philip Aiken has been appointed to the Board on 1 May 2012 as Deputy Chairman and, subject to election by shareholders, will succeed Nick Prest as Chairman after the Annual General Meeting, scheduled for 12 July 2012. Philip Aiken has extensive international business experience primarily in the energy […]

  • UK: Snam, Fluxys Buy Stake in Interconnector for USD 162 mln

    17 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Snam and Fluxys have reached an agreement to acquire E.ON’s 15.09% stake in Interconnector (UK), owner and operator of the subsea pipeline between the UK (Bacton) and Belgium (Zeebrugge) providing a strategic bi-directional link between the UK and the continental gas trading places. Last January, Snam and Fluxys entered into a strategic alliance aimed at […]

  • BG Group: First Production from Everest East (UK)

    18 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    BG Group today announced first production from its Everest East expansion project in the UK North Sea. This significant milestone is the second of seven projects BG Group plans to bring onstream in 2013 as outlined at BG Group’s annual results in February. The Everest East expansion comprises two subsea wells tied back to the […]

  • UK firm lands a hand to Saipem at European gas project

    12 April 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Equipment, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Maritime Developments Limited (MDL) has taken part in an LNG project in Europe, assisting Saipem with a FSRU project in Greece.

  • Two New Categories Added for Offshore Achievement Awards (UK)

    9 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Society of Petroleum Engineers Aberdeen Section has announced two new categories for this year’s Offshore Achievement Awards, which launch on 1 October. The awards, which are supported by principal sponsor TAQA, have a 27-year history of celebrating outstanding success and innovations in the oil and gas industry. The new categories have been introduced to […]

  • UK: Maersk Training Turns Unemployed into Offshore Wind Technicians

    18 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Human Capital

    Local unemployed people are benefiting from new Careers in the Offshore Wind industry following their successful completion of a newly developed qualification offered by Maersk Training in Newcastle, designed to help them take advantage of job opportunities in the thriving UK offshore wind energy sector. Following the success of a pilot Diploma course earlier this […]

  • UK: Maersk Training Turns Unemployed into Offshore Wind Technicians

    18 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Human Capital

    Local unemployed people are benefiting from new Careers in the Offshore Wind industry following their successful completion of a newly developed qualification offered by Maersk Training in Newcastle, designed to help them take advantage of job opportunities in the thriving UK offshore wind energy sector. Following the success of a pilot Diploma course earlier this […]

  • Forewind Appoints Former UK Energy Minister as New Chairman

    4 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Forewind has today announced the appointment of former Energy Minister Charles Hendry MP as its new chairman. With the Government committed to an ambitious target of 15% renewable energy consumption by 2020, Forewind intends to secure all the necessary consents required for the construction and development of the Dogger Bank wind farm, 125 km off […]

  • Mechanical Issues Shut Production from Breagh Field (UK)

    13 November 2013

    Sterling Resources Ltd. announces that the operator of the Breagh gas field, RWE Dea, has advised that production has been temporarily shut-in in order to resolve a number of mechanical issues.   The mechanical issues requiring repair have occurred subsequent to field start at the inlet area of the Teesside Gas Processing Plant (TGPP). These issues were experienced during routine pigging […]

  • 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”). […]

  • UK: RWE Npower Renewables Reduces Atlantic Array’s Size

    20 March 2013

    RWE npower renewables have given an update on the proposed Atlantic Array Wind Farm located in the Bristol Channel. The company today announced the 2013 project refinements. Through the consultation and assessment undertaken, RWE npower renewables has been working to develop the most appropriate offshore wind farm for the Bristol Channel. The latest revisions to […]

  • FoundOcean Completes Substation Foundation Grouting for Walney 2 (UK)

    1 September 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    FoundOcean, contracted to Volker Staal en Funderingen BV (VSF), has completed the offshore grouting operations for Walney Offshore Wind Farm (OWF) Phase 2 substation installation. The substation jacket is a four-legged steel structure with one pile sleeve per leg. The jacket was secured to the seabed by injecting grout into the annuli between the pile […]

  • Finder Energy buys two more UK North Sea licences

    21 May 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Finder Energy has completed the acquisition of two highly prospective UK North Sea operated licences, P2502 and P2524, from Azinor.

  • Thumbs Up for GBP 89m Technology and Innovation Centre (UK)

    22 February 2012

    The Technology and Innovation Centre will bring together academics and partners from industry and business – from across the international scene – to develop solutions to challenges which are central to economic regeneration and to address key technological challenges faced by society. It is due to be open for business in 2014. Professor Jim McDonald, […]

  • Hibiscus to acquire UK North Sea license for $5 million

    8 October 2019

    Malaysian operator Hibiscus Petroleum has entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement to acquire License P2366, from United Oil & Gas and Swift Exploration Limited.

  • AREG’s Response to Samsung Plans for Fife Wind Farm (UK)

    1 February 2012

    First Minister Alex Salmond yesterday announced that Samsung is to base its first European offshore wind project in Fife in an inward venture worth up to £100m that is expected to create more than 500 jobs in Scotland. The announcement came at the Scottish Offshore Wind and Supply Chain Conference in Aberdeen. Morag McCorkindale, chief […]

  • UK firm broadens US presence with deepwater assets buy

    2 April 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    London-based INEOS Energy has completed the acquisition of the U.S. Gulf business previously held by CNOOC Energy Holdings U.S.A. Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) International. According to INEOS Energy, the deal increases its production globally to over 90,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, bringing its capital spend on […]

  • Trafigura to bring UK’s Teeside LNG facility back to life

    8 February 2017

    Trafigura, one of the world’s largest commodities trading firms, plans to reopen the UK’s Teeside LNG import facility which was closed in 2015. The trading house is investing about $30 million in the LNG import terminal and aims to start operations at the facility in the middle of next year, a Trafigura spokeswoman confirmed to LNG World […]

  • Crown Estate Publishes UK Offshore Wind Speed Data

    9 June 2015

    The Crown Estate has released new new offshore wind speed and direction data on its online Marine Data Exchange (MDE). The data added to the MDE has been collated from several meteorological masts, buoys and LiDAR (remote sensing technology) around the UK, including The Wash, Thames Estuary and the Irish Sea, covering a period from […]