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  • UK: ConocoPhillips Hires GMS Endurance

    8 May 2012
    Business & Finance

      Gulf Marine Services’ (GMS) Aberdeen office has been selected by ConocoPhillips to provide accommodation and support services to their project in the Southern North Sea. GMS Endurance, a self propelled, self elevating accommodation barge built in Abu Dhabi in 2010, will mobilise from the Mediterranean to commence this contract in August 2012. “This one […]

  • UK Moves Up CfD Timetable

    22 January 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Following an early completion of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) appeals from unsuccessful applicants, UK government has moved up the schedule for the first allocation of the subsidy scheme. Low Carbon Contracts Company, owned by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), announced the sealed bid window for CfD will open on 29 January, […]

  • UK: LNG Shipments Surge 122%

    26 August 2010

    LNG Cargoes to the UK have shot up 122% so far this year, compared with this point of 2009, according to a specialist energy publisher…   (fairplay) [mappress] Source: fairplay, August 26, 2010;

  • UK: Divers Fined for Shipwreck Raids

    3 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    In a landmark case two divers from Kent have been made to pay a total of £63,500 in fines and costs for not declaring valuable items from shipwrecks off the UK coast. David Knight and Edward Huzzey, both from Sandgate, had previously pleaded guilty to 19 offences between them, contrary to section 236 and section […]

  • BP Extends COSLRival Contract (UK)

    24 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    COSL has announced that its  COSLRival accommodation rig has been awarded a contract extension by BP with a firm duration of 12 months. Previously the firm duration was 6 months and 20 days.  The rig will be used at BP’s Magnus field in the UK sector of the North Sea. The contract is expected to […]

  • MSC FLAMINIA Nears UK Coast

    27 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    MSC FLAMINIA and its accompanying group of tugs are approaching the coast of the UK. Due to damaged cargo and extinguishing water, the vessel is listing by 11 degrees. After the prevailing fog of the last days lifted, a team of firefighting experts was able to board MSC FLAMINIA on Wednesday. However, a closer inspection […]

  • UK: EnQuest Completes Kraken Acqusition

    16 March 2012

    EnQuest PLC (‘EnQuest’) today announces that it has completed the acquisition of 25% of the in the UK North Sea blocks 9/2b and 9/2c, including the Kraken discovery, from Nautical Petroleum plc. This agreement and the associated details of the transaction were announced on 24 January 2012 when Enquest reported it would will pay Nautical […]

  • Subsea UK Welcomes Budget Announcement

    19 March 2015
    Research & Development

    Subsea UK, the body which champions the UK’s subsea industry, has welcomed the measures in the budget. George Osborne has yesterday delivered his sixth budget as chancellor, and the last of the current Parliament. The subsea industry generates annual revenues of £9bn and supports around 55,000 jobs across the country. Bill Edgar, chairman of Subsea […]

  • UK books more Qatari LNG

    1 September 2016
    Vessels

    The UK’s South Hook liquefied natural gas terminal is scheduled to receive another cargo of LNG from Qatar next week.

  • UK: Premier brings Catcher online

    25 December 2017
    Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    UK-based oil company Premier Oil achieved first oil from the Catcher development in the UK sector of the North Sea on December 23, 2017.

  • BG of UK Sells Comgas Stake

    29 May 2012

    BG Group of UK today announced it had signed a definitive binding agreement with Cosan S.A. Indústria e Comércio for the sale of the Group’s entire 60.1% holding in Comgás for Brazilian reais 3.4 billion in cash, or approximately $1.7 billion. In addition, the transaction will reduce debt on the BG Group balance sheet by […]

  • UK public hugely in favor of renewables

    3 February 2015
    Authorities & Government, Environment

    Renewables continue to receive high levels of support from the UK public, according to the most recent survey conducted by DECC. The data collected between December 10, 2014 and January 8, 2015 show that 76% (over three quarters of UK adults) of population support the use of renewables to generate electricity, fuel and heat in […]

  • UK: Penspen Names New CEO

    2 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Penspen Group announces the appointment of Peter O’Sullivan as Group CEO effective today. Peter is a seasoned business leader with a strong track record in the oil and gas industry. He joins Penspen after 7 years as Chief Operating Officer at Caithness Petroleum where he was responsible for the development of its exploration and […]

  • UK Round 3: Accepting the challenge

    16 April 2014

    The UK currently has the largest offshore wind market in the world, with an installed capacity amounting to over 3.6GW, and a currrent development pipeline of up to almost 40GW capacity in the future. There are two development rounds in progress and an ambitious third round waiting to kick off. However, this third round is […]

  • RRS Discovery Arrives in Southampton, UK

    27 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    The new Royal Research Ship Discovery has arrived in Southampton for the first time. Over the coming weeks the officers and crew will put her through her paces while conducting equipment trials. At almost 100-metres in length, with a displacement of 6,075 tonnes, Discovery carries a crew of 24 and accommodation for 28 scientists and […]

  • UK: Partrac Celebrates 10th Anniversary

    24 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Expert marine data acquisition and consultancy company Partrac Ltd, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The three founding directors Kevin Black, Peter Wilson and Sam Athey, started the business in 2003 sitting around a table with just a pen, a notebook and a telephone. Partrac now has a solid reputation for delivering high quality data to […]

  • Costain Joins Oil & Gas UK

    16 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Costain has joined Oil & Gas UK as part of a continuous commitment to develop its upstream oil and gas business. Oil & Gas UK is the leading representative body of the UK offshore oil and gas industry with membership including ‘super-major’ oil companies and some of the largest engineering contractors in the sector. Costain’s […]

  • Evergreen Improves Ireland and UK Services

    29 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Taiwanese-based Evergreen Line has revealed enhancements to its services to/from Dublin (Ireland) and Liverpool (Northwest England). From its hub in Rotterdam the line will offer a twice-weekly service to Dublin and dedicated slots on a weekly basis to Liverpool.   The move is designed to more effectively integrate the line’s services to/from the North of England and Ireland […]

  • Petrofac bags two extensions in UK

    14 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    Petrofac, a service provider to the oil & gas industry, has secured two contract extensions in the UK, one from Centrica and the other one from EnQuest.  Petrofac secured a two-year extension from Centrica Storage Limited to its services contract on the 8A platform in the Rough field, in the Southern North Sea, 18 miles off […]

  • UK LNG bunkering gains momentum

    28 July 2015
    Vessels

    Gas and oil giant Shell said it has recently bunkered with liquefied natural gas two SABIC-chartered vessels Coral Star & Coral Sticho in Teesport, United Kingdom. This is the first LNG bunkering operation for Shell in the UK, the company said in a statement. The two LNG-fueled vessels have been chartered from Anthony Veder.  They carry […]

  • PowerWind to Exhibit at RenewableUK 2011 (UK)

    6 October 2011

      With the slogan: “We call it community-scale. You will say it’s energy for your farm, school, business.” they will be exhibiting at RenewableUK 2011 in Manchester from 25 to 27 October, and showcasing their efficient onshore solutions for community-scale projects. The star of our stand is the PowerWind 500 turbine with its original 500 […]

  • UK: Fugro Acquires EMU Limited

    19 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    EMU is an independent marine survey and environmental consultancy specialist with annual revenues of over EUR 20 million. Based in Southampton, it also has premises in Portsmouth, Edinburgh, UK, Dinard, France and Perth, Australia. The company conducts ecological, geophysical, sediment sampling and hydrographical surveys, laboratory analysis, and provides environmental consulting and reporting services. It currently […]

  • UK: Trelleborg Acquires SeaTechnik

    11 January 2013

    Trelleborg has, through its business area Trelleborg Offshore & Construction, signed an agreement and finalized the acquisition of Sea Systems Technology Ltd. (“SeaTechnik”). SeaTechnik is a market-leading company predominantly specialized in the development of software and manufacture of emergency shutdown systems and other communications systems used when carriers transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) berth at terminals. […]

  • Glacier Energy is hiring (UK)

    29 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    As the oilfield services companies across the world have been forced to lay off workers due to oil majors cutting capital investments amid falling oil prices, any news on new job openings in the sector is welcome. Glacier Energy Services has said it needs workforce for its heat exchanger business based across its workshop and […]

  • SSE Bullish On UK Offshore Wind

    16 October 2018
    Business & Finance

    The large volume of viable offshore wind projects in the UK means total installed offshore wind capacity could reach more than 30GW by 2030, firmly placing it as the leading source of low carbon power in the country, Paul Cooley, Director of Generation Development at SSE plc, said.