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  • UK: SPE’s European Forum to Highlight Importance of Sand Management

    19 March 2012
    Business & Finance

      Aberdeen will see industry professionals gather later this month at the 5th European Sand Management Forum, with Peter Fowler of Chevron and Mike Hannan of the Department of Energy and Climate Change billed as keynote speakers. The conference and exhibition, organised by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and the Sand Management Network, takes […]

  • UK: Former Expro, Petrofac Men Join Stats Group

    19 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Pipeline isolation specialist, STATS Group, has appointed two new directors as it gears up for major international expansion following a £7.8 million equity investment.  Former Expro executive chairman, Graeme Coutts, takes on a non-executive role in what is his first appointment since retiring from the global oilfield services company last year. In a 21 year […]

  • Society of Petroleum Engineers Hosts Offshore Achievement Award (UK)

    5 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Following a successful re-launch last year, the Society of Petroleum Engineers Aberdeen Section is again hosting the Offshore Achievement Awards with the support of main sponsor TAQA Bratani. This year will see the ceremony move to the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre to meet the huge demand for spaces at the event in March 2012. […]

  • Atlantic Petroleum Acquires Stake in Orlando and Kells Fields, UK

    16 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    P/F Atlantic Petroleum (“Atlantic”) announces that it, through its fully owned subsidiary Volantis Exploration Limited, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 25% non-operated working interest from Iona Energy Company (UK) Limited (“Iona”) in the Orlando and Kells fields. Atlantic Petroleum has agreed to pay Iona a USD$3.4 million deposit immediately and a […]

  • UK’s National Audit Office Scrutinizes Renewable Energy Contracts

    27 June 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    UK’s National Audit Office (NAO) issued a report Early Contracts for Renewable Electricity today. The NAO said that it is not convinced that the Government sufficiently protected consumers’ interests by awarding without competition £16.6 billion worth of early contracts to eight renewable generation projects at risk of investment delay. This decision may provide higher returns to contractors than […]

  • BP, Partners to Develop Third Phase of Clair Field (UK)

    28 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    BP and its co-venturers Shell, ConocoPhillips and Chevron announced today their decision to proceed with a two-year appraisal programme to look at the possibility of developing a third phase of the giant Clair field, west of the Shetland Islands. The initial commitment involves a two year programme to drill five appraisal wells. This could increase […]

  • UK: FHC Wins South West Green Energy Award

    22 November 2012

    Falmouth Harbour Commissioners (FHC) has won a coveted South West Green Energy Award for the groundbreaking FabTest marine energy test site in Falmouth Bay. The pioneering project scooped the Best Business Innovation category in the Regen South West Green Energy Awards 2012, which were presented at a gala dinner in Bath last night. [Nov 20] […]

  • BP, Partners to Proceed with Clair Field Appraisal Programme (UK)

    28 March 2013

    BP and its co-venturers Shell, ConocoPhillips and Chevron announced their decision to proceed with a two-year appraisal programme to look at the possibility of developing a third phase of the giant Clair field, west of the Shetland Islands. The initial commitment involves a two year programme to drill five appraisal wells. This could increase to […]

  • SRTP to Develop Commercial Tidal Energy Demonstrator Project (UK)

    16 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Scotrenewables Tidal Power Limited, founded and based in Stromness, was this week awarded an ‘Agreement for Lease’ from the Crown Estate for a commercial tidal energy demonstrator project to be located at Lashy Sound between the islands of Eday and Sanday in Orkney. The award from Crown Estate, the body that holds the rights to […]

  • 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 […]

  • Forum UK Beefs Up Its Hyperbaric Testing Facility

    18 December 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Forum Energy Technologies has completed a three-month upgrade to its hyperbaric testing facility, which, according to the company, will result in an operational time saving to client of more than 35 per cent. Located at the company’s Kirkbymoorside base in North Yorkshire, UK, the pressure test tank is said to be one of the largest […]

  • Wood Group wins $500M contract from Talisman Sinopec (UK)

    25 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has been awarded its first major contract in the UK in 2014. The five year contract extension from Talisman Sinopec Energy UK is valued at $500 million USD and includes an option for two additional, two year extensions. Under the scope, WGPSN will provide engineering & modifications services to Talisman Sinopec […]

  • UK company unveils quick connection system for floating structures

    16 July 2024
    Business Developments & Projects, Research & Development, Technology

    UK-based Blackfish Engineering has unveiled a mooring system, called C-Dart, which eliminates the direct handling of heavy mooring lines by operational personnel. The system is designed to rapidly connect various floating structures and assets, including wave and tidal energy converters, offshore wind, floating solar platforms, aquaculture, and more, according to the company. By utilizing the […]

  • UK firm lends a hand to DOF Subsea offshore Gabon

    27 March 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Project & Tenders

    UK’s Maritime Developments Ltd (MDL) has supported DOF Subsea on a field redevelopment project offshore Gabon, which included the replacement of an FPSO with an FSO. MDL delivered a flex-lay spread, consisting of a horizontal lay system (HLS) with the TTS-4/140 Series tensioner, and a Generation 3 Reel Drive System, which was mobilized on the […]

  • Partners wanted for UK-developed oil pipeline repair robot

    17 August 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    UK engineering firm Forth is looking for assistance to bring the working prototype of a friction stir welding robotic crawler for oil pipeline repair to the commercial stage. The FSWBot is being developed to travel hundreds of miles down an oil pipeline to scan for defects and carry out subsequent repairs all while oil continues […]

  • SeaRoc to Supply Two Meteorological Towers for Dogger Bank (UK)

    24 October 2011
    Technology

    SeaRoc, part of the Natural Power group, has been selected to project manage the supply, installation and commissioning of two lattice meteorological towers in accordance with a specification provided by Forewind – the consortium responsible for developing UK Round 3 offshore wind farm site Dogger Bank. The announcement is part of a wider offering by […]

  • UK: Hydratight Forms Strategic Partnership with Professional Diving Academy

    23 December 2011
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

      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 […]

  • UK: Crown Estate Posts Profit of GBP 252.6 Million

    27 June 2013

    The Crown Estate announced another record financial result, posting a profit of £252.6 million which they pay entirely to the UK Treasury for the benefit of the nation’s finances. Profit for the year was up by 5.2 per cent on last year and capital value rose by over 7 per cent to more than £8.6 […]

  • Norway-UK interconnector hits a snag with license application refusal

    16 March 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has rejected the license application for the construction and operation of a 1.4 GW overseas interconnector between Norway and the UK. The ministry reported on 16 March that after an overall assessment, it had come to the conclusion that there is no basis for granting a license to […]

  • PWC: Tax cuts to keep wolves from the door for now (UK)

    19 March 2015

    Against a backdrop of maturing oil fields, high production costs, an extremely complex tax regime and low oil prices, the eyes of the oil and gas sector were firmly on the UK Chancellor to stimulate investment and halt decline. Alan McCrae, head of energy tax at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), says: “George Osborne has responded to the […]

  • OEUK: Calls for UK windfall tax on oil & gas player’s global profits ‘deliberately misleading’

    7 February 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) has warned that the calls for new windfall taxes on energy producers’ global profits are misleading.

  • Able Marine Energy Park Decision Deadline Extended (UK)

    3 September 2013
    Authorities & Government

    In a written statement to the Parliament, UK Minister of Transport Norman Baker has announced that the deadline for the decision on Able Marine Energy Park is extended to 18 December 2013: I refer to the application made by Able Humber Ports Limited on 16 December 2011 under section 37 of the Planning Act 2008 […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Generation Increases by 46.7 Pct in Q2

    27 September 2012
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development

    Energy Trends and Quarterly Energy Prices publications are published today 27 September 2012 by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Energy Trends covers statistics on energy production and consumption, in total and by fuel, and provides an analysis of the year on year changes, and now includes a section on renewables. Quarterly Energy Prices […]

  • 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.

  • Total: Plans on Stopping Elgin Gas Leak Progressing (UK)

    20 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    The two technical solutions to stop the gas leak on well G4 of the Elgin platform are progressing according to plan. As announced, drilling of the G4 relief well (G4-K1) commenced while in parallel experts continued with key tasks in preparation for the well control operation to stop the leak on the Elgin platform. The […]