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  • Aker Solutions Wins Five Year MMO Frame Agreement in UK

    14 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Aker Solutions has secured an important five year frame agreement for the execution of contracts across Talisman Sinopec Energy UK Ltd’s brownfield projects on the UK continental shelf. Although the contract contains no firm spending commitment, the anticipated multi-million pound agreement cements the long standing relationship between the two organisations. Mike Forbes, UK managing director […]

  • Ithaca takes interest in two UK North Sea discoveries

    2 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    Ithaca Energy has expanded its position in the Greater Stella Area (GSA) with four agreements entered into for the acquisition of additional interests in the Vorlich discovery and an operated interest in the Austen discovery, in the UK North Sea.  Les Thomas, Chief Executive Officer, commented: “This is in line with our “hub and spoke” strategy […]

  • Gravitas Offshore to Develop Innovative Turbine Foundation Design (UK)

    16 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Gravitas Offshore Limited is the latest UK company to secure innovation funding from a DECC and Technology Strategy Board (TSB) innovation scheme to support the development of next generation offshore wind technology. Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker said: “The Coalition is committed to driving green growth and spurring on low carbon innovation. This […]

  • UK Consumers Annually Pay Only GBP 10 for Wind Power

    4 April 2013
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    While debate in the media rages on whether the UK’s green energy policies will raise electricity bills or not, Ed Davey, UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, has said that onshore and offshore wind power together cost householders only £10 a year in total, according to a Guardian article. Moreover, Davey said […]

  • UK operators to produce 2.8 billion boe more than expected

    2 March 2018

    UK’s oil and gas production over the period 2016–2050 is now projected to total 11.7 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) according to new projections from the UK’s Oil and Gas Authority.

  • UK: Claxton Engineering Appoints New Vice President of Operations

    18 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Claxton Engineering, an Acteon company, has appointed Richard Jenkins as Vice President of Operations. Jenkins’s role will be to guide the integration of Claxton Engineering’s technical, project, procurement and commercial teams to support the company’s strategic growth plans. Reporting to Laura Claxton, Managing Director, Jenkins will strengthen the company’s management team in its drive to […]

  • UK: Patrol Ship HMS Protector Sails on Maiden Voyage

    25 November 2011

    The Royal Navy’s new ice patrol ship HMS Protector sails on her maiden voyage under the White Ensign on Monday to begin eight months surveying and patrolling the frozen continent. The 5,000-tonne icebreaker has just completed an intensive period of sea trials and training prior to deploying to the Antarctic region. She has three ‘work […]

  • Tender seeks survey services for France-UK electricity links

    25 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    French transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has issued a tender seeking a provider of a survey campaign for two interconnector projects. As part of the awarded framework contract, the selected party will be in charge of carrying out maintenance survey work along the length of the IFA2000 and IFA2 interconnections between France […]

  • UK Helps Rescue Crew of Sunken Tanker off Yemen

    27 June 2017

    The UK Coastguard have coordinated a long range rescue after an oil tanker sank 240 miles off the coast of Yemen in the early morning hours on June 26. The coastguard received reports of a mayday distress call issued by the oil tanker, which is registered under a Panamanian flag, reporting that it was sinking. The […]

  • Shell takes Regalia flotel for UK North Sea platform

    27 August 2015
    Business & Finance

    Prosafe has signed a contract with Shell U.K. Limited (Shell) for the provision of the Regalia semi-submersible accommodation vessel at the Brent C platform in the UK sector of the North Sea. Prosafe says that the short duration contract starting in the second quarter of 2016 will provide Dynamically Positioned (DP) gangway connection for the […]

  • UK: OSBIT Power’s MaXccess System Gets Innovation Award

    11 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    NOF Energy, the business support organisation for oil, gas, nuclear and offshore renewables, has named OSBIT Power (OP) as the winner of its Innovation & Technology Award 2012. The award comes in recognition of OP’s development and commercial introduction of its MaXccess offshore access system, an innovative and exceptional product providing safer, more weather tolerant, […]

  • CMS-Geotech Sets Up New Base in Lowestoft (UK)

    1 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    CMS-Geotech Ltd has launched its new operations base in Lowestoft, Suffolk, providing specialist marine geotechnical support to a wide variety of marine sectors in both offshore & coastal waters. It is envisaged that CMS-Geotech will build on their traditional links with the marine aggregate and port & harbour dredging sectors and subsea cable work whilst […]

  • Safety in UK offshore oil & gas sector improving, report says

    27 July 2017

    The latest annual health and safety data published for the UK offshore oil and gas industry signals a continued trend of improving performance despite 2016 being a challenging year, Oil & Gas UK has said.  The sector’s trade body on Thursday, July 27 published its Health & Safety Report 2017 – capturing the significant trends, […]

  • Total, Dong Start Up Edradour Gas Field (UK)

    3 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Total, together with its partner DONG, has decided to launch the development of the Edradour gas field in the West of Shetland area, and has in addition acquired a 60% interest in the neighboring Glenlivet discovery. The tie backs of Edradour and Glenlivet to Laggan-Tormore are expected to add reserves of more than 65 million […]

  • Global Wave & Tidal Event Confirms UK’s Leading Position

    16 September 2015

    The UK is to host the International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE) for the first time. The event, now in its tenth year, will come to Edinburgh from February 23-25, 2016, and will be designed by an international committee of experts and industry organisations. Previous ICOE events have been held in Spain, Nova Scotia, France, […]

  • Oil & Gas UK: The Industry Has Confidence in the Future of the North Sea

    13 January 2014

    Business confidence in the UK oil and gas industry remained positive in the third quarter of last year according to Oil & Gas UK’s business sentiment index published Wednesday, January 8, 2014. The third quarter of 2013 saw a drop of six points from 21 to 15 but the mood of the industry remained firmly […]

  • UK: EnCore Oil plc Completes Testing of Catcher Well

    16 June 2010

    EnCore Oil plc announces that well testing operations on the EnCore operated ‘Catcher’ oil discovery located in UK Central North Sea block 28/9 have been completed. EnCore and its co-venturers now plan to side-track the well to the Catcher East area. The fluid sampling programme was successfully performed with bottom hole and surface samples all […]

  • UK: Marine industry calls for ‘right support’ post Swansea ruling

    26 June 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    The representative organizations for the UK marine energy sector, as well as their European counterpart Ocean Energy Europe, have expressed their disappointment on the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon rejection and called the UK government to chart clear and viable route to market for tidal and wave industries in the country.

  • Minesto looking for marine equipment installation services in France and UK

    25 October 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders

    Minesto has issued a tender seeking a marine contractor to design, procure equipment and carry out marine operations in Paimpol-Brèhat, France and Holyhead Deep, the United Kingdom.

  • ROVOP Managing Director UK’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2014

    7 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    The managing director of a subsea specialist ROVOP on October 2 received prestigious industry recognition after being named as the UK’s EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 for international business growth.   ROVOP says that judges singled out Steven Gray from a shortlist of the nation’s most successful and innovative business leaders, for his outstanding […]

  • UK: Stork Wins OCA Challenge Award for Innovation 2012

    29 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Stork Technical Services won the ‘Innovation’ accolade at the OCA (Offshore Contractors Association) Challenge Awards for its industry-first hot bolt clamp technology. The Challenge Award for Innovation 2012 honours those who have contributed to business success through innovative practices, products or industry initiatives. Stork was presented with the award by Fergus Ewing MSP, Minister for […]

  • UK: Seacat Services Deepens European Offshore Wind Deployment

    5 August 2013

    Seacat Services, the class leading offshore wind transfer vessel operator, has successfully completed workboat charters and crew transfer contracts while operating in three European flag states. The milestone marks the first time that a UK charter firm that solely operates DNV-class certified vessels, has under taken work in three different European nations. A feat that […]

  • FSB urges UK government to approve Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon

    27 October 2017
    Authorities & Government

    The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Wales has called for the UK Government to address the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon in the budget and to end the uncertainty hanging over the project. Janet Jones, FSB Wales Policy Chair, said: “With the Autumn Budget coming up next month, it is critical that the Chancellor commit to […]

  • UK’s Wind and Marine Energy Sector to Create 88,000 Jobs by 2021

    11 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    RenewableUK and Energy & Utility Skills have published a new report demonstrating the employment potential of the UK’s wind and marine energy sector by 2021. The study, “Working for a Green Britain Vol 2”, outlines three possible market development scenarios (high growth, medium and low) in the wind, wave and tidal energy industries – if […]

  • VIDEO: GROW:OffshoreWind’s Funding Advisor Speaks about UK’s Supply Chain

    26 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    GROW:OffshoreWind, which recently provided a GBP 3 million funding for UK’s offshore wind operations and maintenance sector, provides intelligence and live data to target real offshore wind component manufacturing and maintenance opportunities.  In the following video, Richard Ousey, Funding Advisor at GROW:OffshoreWind, speaks about GROW’s funding solutions, its help with securing contracts within the offshore wind […]