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  • UK: WFS Technologies Appoints Derek Blackwood to its Board

    1 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    WFS Technologies announces the appointment of Derek Blackwood, OBE, President of Wood Group PSN Americas region, to its Board of Directors. Derek began his career as a student apprentice with BP Tanker Company gaining an HND in Marine Engineering. He worked in a variety of roles within the oil & gas industry with John Brown […]

  • UK: FoundOcean Breaks Company Record with 44 Personal Mobilised

    12 December 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    FoundOcean hit a milestone in its 45 year history in November, with a record number of personnel mobilised on offshore projects. “This is a very exciting and busy time for FoundOcean. The success of the company relies on the dedication and skill of our offshore personnel who provide our clients with the high quality, safe […]

  • JFD Secures Contract with UK MOD Salvage and Marine Ops

    24 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    JFD, a James Fisher and Sons company, has been awarded a four-year framework contract, worth up to £10 million, by the UK MOD Salvage & Marine Operations Team for the provision of subsea equipment and support. The Salvage and Marine Operations (S&MO) Team owns and operates subsea equipment to fulfill a variety of tasks including […]

  • Trump to UK Politicians: “Move Scottish Wind Farms Offshore”

    22 November 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The US President-Elect Donald Trump has reportedly advised UK politician Nigel Farage and his team, with whom Trump met on 13 November, to campaign against onshore wind farms in Scotland, suggesting that they should be moved offshore.  “He thinks Scotland is the most beautiful country in the world,” Andy Wigmore, who was at the meeting, said in […]

  • Bristol Channel Shows Enormous Renewable Energy Potential (UK)

    27 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    A new report launched today suggests that a combination of innovative technologies could generate significant low carbon energy, and economic benefits from the Bristol Channel, without the need for a large scale barrage. The report has been issued by renewable energy experts Regen SW and consultancy firm Marine Energy Matters. The discussion document, “Bristol Channel […]

  • UK includes ship, plane emissions in carbon budget for 1st time

    20 April 2021
    Authorities & Government, Environment, Regulation & Policy, Transition

    The UK has decided to include its share of international shipping and aviation emissions in its sixth Carbon Budget – an important part of the government’s decarbonisation efforts that will allow for these emissions to be accounted for consistently.

  • 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: UKHO Delivers Another Successful International Training Course

    18 January 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The UKHO has once again successfully delivered another of its internationally accredited marine cartography courses to six overseas hydrographic officers. The six delegates from Bangladesh, Indonesia, Mexico, Oman, Pakistan and Philippines completed the 15 week marine cartography course in December, delivered in support of the Japan Capacity Building Project and funded by the NIPPON Foundation. […]

  • UK regulator draws attention to competition concerns in Noble-Maersk merger

    22 April 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Rules & Regulation

    The UK’s competition regulator has found that the merger of Noble Corp. and Maersk Drilling could increase operating costs for oil and gas producers in the UK North Sea.

  • UK government sets up safety net for Horizon Europe applicants

    30 November 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    The UK government has established a new financial safety net to provide certainty for successful Horizon Europe applicants as UK’s efforts to associate with the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation continue.

  • Oil & Gas UK: New addition to annual awards line-up

    6 August 2015

    Oil & Gas UK together with Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) Thursday launched a new category for the sector’s ninth annual awards evening. Oil & Gas UK said that, in recognition of the industry’s current drive for new, more efficient ways of working, the new Oil and Gas Authority MER UK Award will recognise those companies […]

  • UK: The Underwater Centre stops trading. 50 jobs at risk

    18 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    The Underwater Centre, a subsea training center in Fort William, Scotland, has been placed under administration.

  • UK: SMD, BORD Team Up for Marine Renewables Development

    9 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Soil Machine Dynamics Limited (SMD) and Blade Offshore Services Limited (BOS) have completed a deal which sees the creation of a joint venture, SMD-BORD, and joint development of a novel technology for the installation of marine renewables devices on the seabed. The unique technology makes use of a sacrificial double-skinned annular drill, which cuts more […]

  • UK: Atlantis Completes Narec Tidal Turbine Testing Programme

    15 October 2012
    Research & Development

    Atlantis Resources Corporation has completed the first ever tidal turbine testing programme at the National Renewable Energy Centre’s 3MW capacity, onshore, turbine drive train testing facility. In two weeks of full testing on its AR1000 turbine, the international marine energy developer has secured performance data equivalent to four months of tidal exchanges.  Working closely with […]

  • UK: Tekmar Wins Dong Energy’s Westermost Rough Contract

    12 September 2013
    Storage

    The world’s leading cable protection company for the offshore wind industry, Tekmar Energy, has been awarded a cable protection contract by DONG Energy for the Westermost Rough Offshore Wind Farm. Situated eight kilometres off the coast of Hull, Westermost Rough windfarm will cover an area of 35 sq km, generating 210MW of electricity – enough […]

  • Houlder Installs Pile Gripper Arms on MPI Discovery (UK)

    16 August 2013

    Houlder has installed 650t pile gripper arms on the MPI Discovery jack-up vessel. “The challenge of handling offshore wind turbine piles has grown along with their size,” commented Frederic Perdrix, Chief Technical Officer, as Houlder delivered its latest piece of bespoke equipment. The pile Gripper Arms, installed this week, stabilise 6m diameter 650t steel piles […]

  • Top Names Line Up for EEEGR 2013 Conference (UK)

    20 August 2013

    With future energy supplies high on the nation’s agenda, the flagship EEEGR2013 Conference in Norwich next month will be one of the most significant in the East of England Energy Group’s history. The pending development of some of the world’s biggest windfarms off the region’s coast and the renewed ’dash for gas’ in the Southern […]

  • Narec: Offshore Renewable Energy Development Gets Boost (UK)

    10 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) has established a £2.8 million public-private initiative to support SMEs in the North East of England to move into the rapidly developing offshore wind and marine renewable energy supply chain. The Renewable Energy Technology Accelerator (RETA) project will launch with three new collaborations, involving companies developing innovative technologies to […]

  • EDF Launches Its First Annual Energy Day (UK)

    18 December 2012
    Human Capital

    Budding engineers will gather at the EDF Energy London Eye on Wednesday (19 Dec) as EDF Energy launches its first annual Energy Day to highlight career opportunities and the importance of engineering to the UK economy. With a drive to recruit more engineers – and a particular focus on the Women in Engineering initiative – […]

  • Tidal Energy’s DeltaStream Device Secures EU Grant, UK

    2 May 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Wales’ first full-scale tidal energy generator has been awarded a £1.6m EU grant to fund its deployment in Ramsey Sound, Pembrokeshire – First Minister Carwyn Jones announced on May 01, 2013. The funding from the European Regional Development Fund, administered by the Welsh European Funding Office for Welsh Government, has been provided to Cardiff-based Tidal […]

  • UK: Wind Farm Announcement Boosts Shetland Wave Project

    6 April 2012

    The project partners behind Shetland’s first wave power scheme said that the Scottish Government decision to approve a major wind farm on the island gives the proposal a significant boost. The 10 megawatt (MW) Aegir Wave Power scheme, backed by European energy company Vattenfall and Edinburgh based technology developer Pelamis Wave Power (PWP), could only […]

  • Activists target UK govt in protest against Shell’s Jackdaw project

    3 June 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Rules & Regulation

    Activists from environmental organisations have staged protests in the UK in response to the government’s approval of Shell’s Jackdaw gas project.

  • 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 […]

  • UK: OMA Director Discusses Offshore Wind Skills Gap

    7 August 2012
    Human Capital

    David Martin, Director at Offshore Marine Academy (OMA) looks at where the skills gap lies within the offshore renewables sector and what the industry must do to ensure the gap is closed by the time Round Three construction gets underway. RenewableUK has said that the offshore wind and marine energy sector could support 88,000 jobs […]

  • UK: Maersk Training Appoints New Head of Training and Education

    5 December 2013
    Human Capital

    Maersk Training has announcement today the appointment of David Bowyer as new Head of Training and Education. David joins the senior management team to oversee all aspects of training, following recent growth in the number of delegates attending their courses. David Bowyer has a wealth of experience in the education industry and was previously the […]