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  • UK: Gas Leak at Elgin Platform Remains Ongoing, Total Says

    28 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    On 25 March, Total reported that a gas leak following a well operation occurred on the same day at the wellhead platform on the Elgin gas field which is located in the UK North Sea approximately 240 km east of Aberdeen. Total immediately launched internal emergency procedures and Crisis Management Teams have been mobilized in […]

  • UK Lawyer Discusses Legal Implications of Overweight Offshore Workers

    7 August 2014
    Authorities & Government

    Kirk Tudhope, employment lawyer and partner with the UK North East law firm Ledingham Chalmers, said that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is currently considering whether being substantially overweight is a “protected characteristic” under EU and therefore UK employment legislation. He said: “If the answer is yes from the ECJ then employees who are […]

  • ode Supports RWE Dea UK’s North Sea Operations

    25 September 2013

    International engineering and operations support services contractor, Offshore Design Engineering (ode), has won a five-year contract for the provision of operations support services to the Southern North Sea operations of energy company RWE Dea UK Limited. The £40m contract marks the start of another phase in an eight-year relationship with RWE Dea UK which has […]

  • UK: ABPmer to Provide Interactive Port Management Tool for ABP

    2 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Associated British Ports’ Group Sustainable Development Team has commissioned ABPmer to develop an online interactive data viewer that will enable users to dynamically view, search, query, annotate, and print port specific infomaps. This system, based on ESRI ArcGIS Server and Geocortex, will initially be populated with environmental information such as designations, flood risk projections, and […]

  • Acta Marine’s ‘Coastal Vanguard’ Supporting Cable Laying in UK

    28 August 2013
    Operations & Maintenance

    Acta Marine’s Shoalbusters are currently actively deployed in various Regions of the World. Several Maritime & Offshore construction projects have called upon the specialized Shallow draft fleet of Acta Marine. In Asia the Coastal Victory is engaged upon offshore support activities with a shallow draft pipe lay vessel in Korea and Taiwan. This unique 50TBP […]

  • Dana, RWE to Drill Severn Together. Magnolia Dry (UK)

    20 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Aberdeen-based Dana Petroleum is partnering with RWE to start drilling operations on a prospect in the Southern North Sea. The companies are targeting the Severn prospect in blocks 43/17a, 43/18a which comprises Carboniferous sandstones. RWE is the operator for the drilling operations which will start in a few days time. The well is the third […]

  • CeltixConnect Gets Consent for Subsea Cable Laying Between Ireland and UK

    10 March 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      CeltixConnect, provider of Europe’s most advanced subsea telecommunications network, today announced it has been awarded subsea consent, in the United Kingdom, for the deployment of Europe’s most modern subsea telecoms cable linking Ireland and the UK. The consent was awarded by DEFRA (Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) following detailed consultation with vested […]

  • RESON Presents SeaBat 7125 at Seawork International 2011 (UK)

    15 June 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

      RESON, a market leader in underwater acoustic sensors, state-of-the-art echosounders, multibeam sonar systems, transducers, hydrophones, and PDS2000 software will be displaying their SeaBat 7125 at SeaWork International 2011, at Canary Islands Fruit Terminal, ABP Southampton, Hampshire UK from the 14th to 16th June, 2011. SeaBat 7125 offers dual frequency for ROV expeditions down to […]

  • Repsol Sinopec extends FPSO Bleo Holm stay off UK

    6 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Infrastructure

    FPSO operator Bluewater has received a one-year contract extension for its unit operating in the UK. 

  • UK: Unique Maritime Group Announces Two New Projects

    31 January 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Unique Maritime Group, one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, today announced two key projects, involving buoyancy systems provided by Seaflex Ltd.  World’s Largest Offshore Windfarm The London Array is an offshore wind farm under construction in the outer Thames Estuary in the United Kingdom. With 1,000 megawatt (MW) capacity, […]

  • Review of Opportunities and Barriers of UK’s Offshore Wind Supply Chain Launched

    13 November 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    In yesterday’s speech by the Secretary of State Ed Davey MP at the Renewable UK event, there was an announcement regarding the findings of the “Chinn Review” led by the Siemens energy businesses in the UK.  In July, Energy Minister Michael Fallon MP announced a review of the UK’s offshore wind supply chain, saying “overall UK content in our […]

  • UK Arts Minister Immerses in Offshore Wind with ORE Catapult

    25 June 2018
    Technology

    Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has welcomed UK Minister for Arts, Heritage and Tourism, Michael Ellis, at the Immersive Hybrid Reality (iHR) Offshore Wind Turbine.

  • UK Arts Minister Immerses in Offshore Wind with ORE Catapult

    25 June 2018
    Technology

    Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has welcomed UK Minister for Arts, Heritage and Tourism, Michael Ellis, at the Immersive Hybrid Reality (iHR) Offshore Wind Turbine.

  • UK Researchers Developing Human-Robotics O&M System

    7 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Human Capital, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Researchers from five UK universities have received a GBP 4 million grant to deliver a human-robotics hybrid solution for the maintenance and operation of offshore wind farms. The consortium, the Holistic Operation and Maintenance for Energy from Offshore Wind Farms or HOME-Offshore, brings together experts from the universities of Manchester (project lead), Warwick, Cranfield, Durham and Heriot-Watt University. […]

  • UK Government Moves Marine Power to Next Stage of Development

    11 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

      The UK Government announced allocation of £20m to engineering and environmental companies for projects aimed at development of tidal and wind energy, EDP 24 published. Apart from mere production of power, these include projects targeted at design and manufacture of indispensable technology in addition to conducting various types of research, necessary to boost the […]

  • UK: FHC Wins South West Green Energy Award

    22 November 2012

    Falmouth Harbour Commissioners (FHC) has won a coveted South West Green Energy Award for the groundbreaking FabTest marine energy test site in Falmouth Bay. The pioneering project scooped the Best Business Innovation category in the Regen South West Green Energy Awards 2012, which were presented at a gala dinner in Bath last night. [Nov 20] […]

  • Eni fails to find hydrocarbons at Rowallan well offshore UK

    4 April 2019
    Exploration & Production

    Eni has failed to find hydrocarbons after drilling the Rowallan prospect located in the UK sector of the North Sea.

  • UK: Reef Subsea to Acquire Heavy Duty Cable Plough

    10 September 2012
    Technology

    Reef Subsea announced that its subsidiary company, Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical, has placed an order for a Heavy Duty Cable Plough, which will expand the company’s capabilities and position it as a true leading contractor in subsea trenching and cable installation. Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical, based in the North-east of England with offices […]

  • Archer’s New Aberdeen Base to Create 220 Jobs (UK)

    3 May 2013

    Archer, the global oilfield service provider, has commenced construction of a new 70,000 square foot base at Blackburn, Aberdeen in response to company expansion and recruitment requirements. The new facility will house over 170 employees who will relocate from the company’s four existing bases in Dyce and in Echt, near Westhill. Due to an increase […]

  • UK manpower firm teams up with Chinese oil giant

    30 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Orion Group, a UK-based recruitment services provider, has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), China’s state-owned crude oil and natural gas producer. Orion chairman Alan Savage and General Manager of CNOOC Energy Technology & Service-Safety and Environmental Protection Co., Liu Huai Zeng signed the agreement forming the JV company […]

  • Ørsted Unveils UK East Coast O&M Hub

    27 September 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    Ørsted has officially opened its expanded East Coast Hub at the Port of Grimsby, the UK. Guest of honor, Melanie Onn MP for Great Grimsby unveiled a plaque at the site, as part of the official opening ceremony. Constructed by local firm Hobson and Porter, the site is now the world’s largest offshore wind operations and maintenance […]

  • Director of Sovcomflot UK takes part in Arctic Committee session

    14 October 2014

    Nicholas Fairfax, Director of Sovcomflot UK, recently participated in the session of the Arctic Committee of the House of Lords. In his speech, Fairfax informed on experience of Arctic operations of SCF ships and transit voyages of the company’s tankers via sea lanes of the Northern Sea Route, Sovcomflot said in a statement. According to […]

  • UK: EMGS Starts West of Shetland Basalt Mapping Survey

    1 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) announces that it has commenced a fully pre-funded multi-client survey in the West of Shetland area. The vessel Atlantic Guardian will acquire controlled-source electromagnetic (CSEM) and magnetotelluric (MT) data for a minimum of three weeks in an area where basalt layers make the interpretation of seismic data challenging. “We are excited […]

  • UK: Rolls-Royce to Deliver Engines for LNG Powered Tugs

    12 January 2012
    Business & Finance

      Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has signed a contract to deliver highly efficient engines and propulsion systems for the world’s first Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) powered tugs. The two vessels have been ordered by Norwegian company Buksér og Berging AS and will enter service in late 2013 for Statoil, the international energy company, […]

  • Conservative Party and UKIP to Fight Atlantic Array Together (UK)

    23 August 2013
    Authorities & Government

    After the news that Conservative Parliamentary candidate for North Devon, Peter Heaton-Jones, joined forces with UKIP party chairman Steve Crowther in a fight against Atlantic Array offshore wind farm, Slay The Array campaign group issued the following press release: Slay The Array spokesman Steve Crowther welcomed a new member of the alliance on 22 August, […]