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  • Wood Mackenzie: Poor Exploration Performance in UK Could Reduce Investment

    21 January 2014

    Wood Mackenzie’s annual UK upstream oil and gas review concludes that 2013 was a mixed year for the industry. Capital investment continued to increase, however, this was set against the backdrop of project delays, production underperformance and poor exploration success. However, Wood Mackenzie says there are promising new fields due onstream and an increase in […]

  • JDR Awarded £2M Grant to Develop High Voltage Cables (UK)

    6 July 2010
    Technology

    JDR has been awarded a £2million grant to develop high voltage cables. The award forms part of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC’s) plans to help UK companies invest in the equipment and technology required to support the country’s transition to a low carbon future. As a leader in the renewable energy market, […]

  • UK: Port of Cork to Monitor Seabed Ploughing in Real Time

    10 October 2013

    A project that has allowed the Port of Cork to precisely monitor and record the winter program of seabed ploughing in real time for the first ever time is being delivered by Succorfish in partnership with Irish marine communication specialists SEA-Tech. The groundbreaking exercise, which is being carried out aboard a utility vessel working to […]

  • Oil & Gas UK: Industry remains fragile, but companies’ outlook improving

    30 July 2015

    Oil & Gas UK’s Business Sentiment Index for the second quarter of 2015 published Wednesday shows that while the UK oil and gas industry remains fragile, the companies’ outlook is improving, the representative organization for the UK offshore oil and gas Industry has said.  According to Oil & Gas UK, pessimism has moderated with respondents returning […]

  • Austal to Design and Construct Three Catamarans for UK’s Turbine Transfers

    18 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Reflecting its renewed competitiveness in the international market for small and medium sized commercial vessels, Austal has secured a new contract for the design and construction of three wind farm support vessels. The 27 metre catamarans will be used by UK-based Turbine Transfers to support wind turbine installation and maintenance activities in European waters. Austal […]

  • Safety of UK helicopter ops in North Sea comparable to those in Norway?

    28 October 2014

    The Transport Select Committee published its report on offshore helicopter safety in July. Oil & Gas UK Chief Executive Malcolm Webb responded in a letter to the Committee report at the time. Yesterday (October 27), the Government published its response to the Transport Select Committee Report alongside comments from Malcolm Webb’s letter. Oil & Gas […]

  • UK: Inmarsat Appoints AND as Distribution Partner for Its FleetBroadband services

    9 September 2011

    AND Group plc, an internationally recognized provider of communication services to the marine and offshore sectors, today announces that it has been appointed as a distribution partner for Inmarsat’s FleetBroadband service. AND Group can now distribute the full range of FleetBroadband services: from FB150 for smaller vessels needing voice communications and lower data speeds, through […]

  • 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, […]

  • UK: MV Ginny Louise Comes to Yarmouth for Sea Trails

    4 January 2012

    The first of a potential fleet of ten vessels, MV Ginny Louise is currently at Yarmouth on its tour through the UK’s East Coast. Tidal Transit will be doing sea trails over the next few days and will likely head to Grimsby early next week. Ginny Louise and its sisters are designed to provide up […]

  • UK: Uncertainty Reigns in Newbuilding Sector, Says Braemar Seascope

    29 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Uncertainty still reigns true in the global shipbuilding sector with many factors influencing either a return to ordering activity or a continuation of the reduction in interest in newbuildings. “The best case scenario for shipbuilders is for ship finance liquidity to return and for a cut in Chinese overcapacity. There needs to be renewed interest […]

  • UK: Alnmaritec Hands Over New Vessels to Rix Shipping

    30 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    The thunder may have been roaring on the North East coast at the end of July but that didn’t stop the UK’s premier boat builder Alnmaritec delivering the latest boat to be built at their Blyth, Northumberland base for client Rix Shipping. The ‘Rix Tiger’ is the second of the new Wave Captain class of […]

  • PSV ‘Blue Prosper’ Commences Its First Job (UK)

    14 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    PSV ‘Blue Prosper’ went straight into service offshore Scotland after it was delivered from Ulstein Verft on Thursday 6 September. After arriving in Aberdeen on Sunday, the Blue Ship Invest-owned ship commenced its first spot contract on Monday 10 September, and has been in service since. The captain reports after the transit from Norway and […]

  • UK: CWind Expands Its Fleet with Three New Skippers

    12 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    CWind has recently signed three new skippers to its boat share scheme and placed orders for three 19m MPCs with CTruk Boats. These vessels will be built this year and will all work with CWind on charters, going straight on to contract on the UK’s east coast. CWind already has four vessels running under the […]

  • 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: Flood Work Improvements Begin on Parrett and Sowy Defences

    6 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    Construction work will begin this week on improvements to the 4.2 kilometres of the flood defences on the River Parrett between Willow Bridge near Stathe and Monks Leaze Clyse, near Combe. The works will involve raising sections of the right bank of the River Parrett between Allermoor Spillway and Beazley’s Spillway by up to 200mm […]

  • Council Invites Bids for Port of Workington Dredging Project (UK)

    6 September 2013

    The Cumbria County Council has invited bidders to submit their offers for the Port of Workington dredging project. The main goal of this cleanup program is to remove recent accumulations of waterborne material from the approach channel, turning basin and dock at the Port of Workington, to the profile, levels and tolerances, and to dispose […]

  • Bids for Eastoke Point Coastal Defence Scheme Invited (UK)

    29 October 2012

    Expressions of interest are invited from suitably qualified and experienced providers to tender for Eastoke Point Coastal Defence Scheme. The scope of the contract will comprise of but may not be limited to: – Construction of a 650m rock revetment (27,700m3, 3-6 tonne rock armour); – Construction of three 90m rock groynes (7,000m3, 3-6 tonne […]

  • UK: Forum Energy Technologies, Global Marine Ink Contract

    30 October 2012

    Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. has announced the signing of a contract with Global Marine Systems Limited, Ltd.  Under the contract, Forum will supply a PerryTM XT 600 Trenching System, complete with Launch & Recovery System and special tooling. The trencher provides three meter ROV burial capability on the ocean floor. Also included in the scope […]

  • UK: Tyne dredger guide captain ‘ over limit’ – court

    6 November 2009
    Project & Tenders, Vessels

    A SEA captain was today accused of being drunk as he guided a massive dredger up the Tyne ahead of work on the second Tyne Tunnel… Source: Jarrow & Hebburn Gazette, November 5, 2009;

  • UK: final preparations to get Great Yarmouth’s harbour in shape

    15 January 2010
    Project & Tenders

    Final preparations are under way to get Great Yarmouth’s outer harbour ship-shape for the arrival of its first container vessel – with a pledge from bosses that the £30m scheme will not be a while elephant. [mappress] Source: The Advertiser 24, January 15, 2010;

  • UK: Officials Prepare Fairhaven Lake Sea Defences Plan

    8 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Fylde Borough Council will conduct a major planning to secure sea defences and future management of the coastline. Works will include improved sea defences at Fairhaven Lake and Church Scar and may, depending on funding, begin as soon as 2017. Sea defences at Pleasure Island are also being considered with a longer timescale of possibly […]

  • UK: Guernsey RET to Begin Marine Mapping Around Island

    26 August 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Commerce and Employment’s Guernsey Renewable Energy Team (RET) is starting work on marine mapping for the waters around the Island. This will look to build on the initial work that was undertaken in 2010 on the Regional Environmental Assessment. This looked at environmental information that was available to identify key constraints on renewable development. It […]

  • Blue Ocean Monitoring Sets Up Office in UK and USA

    31 August 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Australia’s Blue Ocean Monitoring, an operator of autonomous ocean data collection platforms for oil & gas and environmental applications, has opened offices in the United Kingdom and the USA. The United Kingdom office is headed by Keith Wallace who has been appointed General Manager – Europe & the Middle East. The Houston, USA office is headed by […]

  • Flexlife Receives Apache North Sea Contract Extension (UK)

    6 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Leading subsea integrity and project management specialist Flexlife has been awarded a contract extension by Apache North Sea worth £5million per annum. Flexlife was originally awarded a three-year deal that amounted to £13million and has now secured a one-year extension to project manage work with a CAPEX value in excess of £130million. The contract also […]

  • TAQA Resumes Initial Flows in Brent Pipeline System (UK)

    18 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) confirms that initial flows of crude oil have resumed in the Brent pipeline system following a precautionary shutdown on Monday. The pipeline system, which is operated by TAQA and runs through the Cormorant Alpha platform, was halted after hydrocarbons were detected inside one of the platform’s legs. The […]