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  • 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: New High-Flying Wind Career for Former Soldier

    25 November 2012
    Human Capital

    As thousands of soldiers gear up to face redundancy in the New Year, one former serviceman is celebrating after scooping a job in the rapidly growing wind sector. Jamie Isbister, 41, from North Shields has become a wind instructor at Maersk Training Newcastle, training people who want a new career in the wind industry or […]

  • UK: Wood Group to Install Two Weather Monitoring Stations

    30 October 2012

    Wood Group has been awarded a £17 million management contract to fabricate, install, commission, operate and maintain two weather monitoring stations in one of the UK’s largest offshore wind farm developments off the Norfolk and Suffolk coast. The project will be delivered by the Wood Group Kenny business unit, including leading renewable energy consultancy SgurrEnergy. […]

  • UK: GE Receives Massive Order for Golden Eagle Development

    30 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    GE Subsea Systems has been selected for the Nexen Golden Eagle Area Development project in the United Kingdom’s central North Sea. Contracts with the project operator, Nexen Petroleum U.K. Limited, could total more than $170 million over the life of the development, GE reported at the 2012 GE Oil & Gas Annual Meeting being held Jan. […]

  • UK: Ithaca Energy Reaches Major Milestones for Athena Project

    11 October 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      Ithaca Energy Inc.  announces that it has met major scheduled milestones for the Athena project and on site subsea installation work and rig based operations are on schedule. The Company will present the Athena project today at 9.30 a.m. in London; the presentation is available on the Company’s website. Key milestones achieved: • The […]

  • Flaring in UK North Sea falls to lowest level on OGA records

    11 March 2021
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation, Safety, Transition

    UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has reported that flaring in the North Sea has been reduced to the lowest level on the UK Continental Shelf on OGA records.

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

    31 August 2011

    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 […]

  • UK: CWind Recognised for Vessel Performance on London Array OWF

    2 April 2013

    CWind announced that CWind Alliance, a CTruk 20T workboat, has been recognised by Siemens for its outstanding vessel performance on London Array Offshore Wind Farm. The Alliance was the first CWind vessel deployed on London Array Offshore Wind Farm 17 months ago and has completed more than 6000 hours of service there. Chris Randle Senior […]

  • UK: Teesside Offshore Wind Farm Generates First Power

    29 April 2013

    The North East’s first large scale offshore wind farm has now started to produce electricity as work continues towards completion of the project. The first three wind turbine generators at the EDF Energy Renewables Teesside offshore wind farm have now been fully commissioned and are supplying electricity to the National Grid. When complete the 27 […]

  • Ensco Gets Newbuild Jackup Rig ENSCO 120 (UK)

    4 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Ensco plc has taken delivery of ENSCO 120, the first in its series of three ultra-premium harsh environment jackup rigs. The rig is contracted to work for Nexen in the North Sea beginning in the fourth quarter at a day rate of approximately $230,000 plus cost adjustments. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Dan Rabun […]

  • UK: Oil Transfer from Genmar Companion Successfully Completed

    9 January 2012

      The successful transfer of 54,305 tonnes of vacuum gas oil from the vessel Genmar Companion to the BW Seine in Belfast Lough is now complete. The Genmar Companion had been sheltering off the Copeland Islands since reporting a crack on its deck on 16 December. In order for repairs to take place in Belfast […]

  • Report: UK OW Workforce Demand to More Than Triple by 2032

    1 November 2018
    Human Capital, Research & Development

    The requirement for workers in the UK offshore wind market is expected to increase from the current 10,000 to 36,000 by 2032, according to the Skills and Labour Requirements of the UK Offshore Wind Industry 2018 to 2032 report by Aura Wind Energy and partners. 

  • Siem Spearfish going to the UK after Gulf of Mexico job

    8 April 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Norway’s Siem Offshore has entered into a contract with an undisclosed client for its offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV) Siem Spearfish for work in the UK sector. The scope of work consists of walk-to-work (W2W) operations for accommodation support during a maintenance campaign. The contract will commence in direct continuation of the vessel’s current commitment, […]

  • UK firm on the lookout for new partner in North Sea CCS project

    11 February 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    As Harbour Energy plans to head for the exit, the AIM-listed Synergia Energy is going on the hunt for another partner that will join its carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the UK sector of the North Sea.

  • UK: Marine Data Exchange grows by 20% since 2015

    20 December 2016
    Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Over 500 new surveys have been added to The Crown Estate’s Marine Data Exchange (MDE) since 2015, making 60% of all survey work completed by offshore renewable energy customers freely accessible via the platform.

  • THREE60 ENERGY takes duty holder role at DNO’s UK assets

    27 October 2020
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    THREE60 ENERGY has won a multi-million-pound contract to deliver Duty Holder services for DNO’s two assets in the UK continental shelf.

  • Oil & Gas UK: Budget lays foundation for North Sea regeneration

    18 March 2015

    Oil & Gas UK has welcomed the Chancellor’s decisive move to restructure the North Sea tax regime to promote investment in the nation’s “vital and considerable remaining oil and gas resource”.  The UK will continue to rely on oil and gas for the majority of its energy supply for many decades to come so this […]

  • UK: AI Partners, Red7Marine Launch Unique Shipping Fund

    27 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    London-based investment advisory firm Archipelago Investment Partners (AI Partners) has teamed up with Red7Marine, a UK based marine engineering services firm, to launch a unique shipping fund. The new fund will aim to capitalise on the sustained growth in the oil & gas, renewable energy, mining and emerging economy sectors. The Marine Opportunities Fund will […]

  • World’s largest double-ended hybrid ferry named in UK

    27 July 2023
    Green Marine, Vessels

    P&O Pioneer, the world’s largest double-ended hybrid ferry, was officially named on Wednesday at a ceremony hosted by British ferry operator P&O Cruises in Dover, the UK. China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) delivered the vessel at the end of February. It is the first of two identical purpose-built “Fusion Class” sister-ships ordered for the Dover […]

  • Bibby Offshore Secures IRM Contract with Maersk Oil UK

    28 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore has secured a multi-million pound contract with Maersk Oil UK. The agreement will see Bibby Offshore commit its Diving Support Vessel (DSV), Bibby Sapphire, to support construction and inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) activities on Maersk Oil UK’s North Sea assets for a period of 365 continuous days, starting […]

  • UK: Reef Subsea Completes Seabed Excavation Job for Centrica

    21 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Reef Subsea today announced that its subsidiary company Reef Subsea Power and Umbilical Ltd., with offices in Stockton-on-Tees and Aberdeen, has successfully completed a contract with UK energy company Centrica Energy. The contract saw Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical assist with seabed excavation services at the Chiswick platform on the Kew field development. Reef Subsea […]

  • UK Chamber of Shipping: Corporation Tax Cut Huge Boost for Investment

    9 July 2015

    The global shipping industry will sit up and take notice of cuts to corporation tax, which are expected to be a huge boost for investment, the UK Chamber of Shipping commented following the tax cut announcement. Namely, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer and Second Lord of the Treasury, George Osborne, revealed yesterday in his […]

  • UK Gov’t Approves USD 3.3 Billion Golden Eagle Development

    27 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd., a subsidiary of Nexen Inc., announced today it has received approval from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to proceed with the Golden Eagle area development – a GBP 2 billion (C$3.3 billion) investment (GBP 750 million net to Nexen) that is expected to produce an estimated 140 […]

  • WISTA UK: Smart Ships to Carry Cargoes within a Decade

    24 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    Smart ships are likely to be carrying cargoes within 10 years but all in the logistics chain need to adapt in order to make good use of the new technology and the huge amount of data that will be available as a result, according to the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) UK. Shipping […]

  • UK: Amazonas Class OPV ARAGUARI Starts Sea Trials

    5 April 2013

    The Brazilian Navy’s latest BAE Systems built warship has set sail for the first time to be put through her paces on an extensive programme of sea trials off the UK coast. ARAGUARI, the third Ocean Patrol Vessel in the Amazonas Class, sailed out of Portsmouth this morning with her BAE Systems crew and Brazilian […]