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  • UK: Another LNG Tanker Due at South Hook This Week

    17 June 2013
    Vessels

    UK’s South Hook liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive another cargo of LNG from Qatar this week, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The Umm Slal LNG tanker, with a capacity of 266,000 cbm, is due to arrive at the South Hook terminal on June 23. The South Hook terminal can […]

  • UK: LNG Tanker Expected at Grain Terminal August 23

    15 August 2011

      The U.K.’s Isle of Grain liquefied natural gas terminal is due to receive a cargo of the fuel next week. (Bloomberg) [mappress] Source: Bloomberg, August 15, 2011.

  • London Array Crew Transfer Vessel Naming Competition (UK)

    7 February 2012

    London Array is announcing challenge to come up with a name for the third and final crew transfer vessel being supplied by Gardline to service the wind farm from the base at Ramsgate Port. The 17m aluminium catamaran, or Alicat – specifically designed to transfer technicians to offshore sites – is due to enter service […]

  • Seajacks 3 LTD Allows Option for a Second Vessel (UK)

    17 February 2011

    Lamprell plc has been notified by Seajacks 3 LTD that it is allowing the option for a second vessel, negotiated as part of the original transaction to construct a self-elevating and self-propelled offshore wind turbine installation vessel entered into in June 2010, to lapse. In addition, the first option for a self-elevating and self-propelled offshore […]

  • Communities Minister, BARONESS Hanham CBE Visits Narec (UK)

    8 March 2011
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    BARONESS Hanham CBE, Communities Minister from the Department of Communities and Local Government will today (TUESDAY MARCH 8) officially unveil European funding towards a multi-million pound project at the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) in Blyth, placing the North East at the centre of offshore wind turbine developments. Lady Hanham is visiting the North East […]

  • Stork Opens Training Centre for Its Blaster-Sprayers (UK)

    9 July 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Stork Technical Services (Stork), the leading global provider of knowledge-based asset integrity management services for the oil & gas, chemical and power sectors, today announces the opening of its in-house FM (fabric maintenance) training centre at its facility in Aberdeen, UK. Stork invested around £100,000 in the facility to develop the skills of its blasting/spraying […]

  • Crown Estate Publishes UK Offshore Wind Speed Data

    9 June 2015

    The Crown Estate has released new new offshore wind speed and direction data on its online Marine Data Exchange (MDE). The data added to the MDE has been collated from several meteorological masts, buoys and LiDAR (remote sensing technology) around the UK, including The Wash, Thames Estuary and the Irish Sea, covering a period from […]

  • Trafigura to bring UK’s Teeside LNG facility back to life

    8 February 2017

    Trafigura, one of the world’s largest commodities trading firms, plans to reopen the UK’s Teeside LNG import facility which was closed in 2015. The trading house is investing about $30 million in the LNG import terminal and aims to start operations at the facility in the middle of next year, a Trafigura spokeswoman confirmed to LNG World […]

  • UK to Build 40 New Offshore Structures Over Next Decade?

    30 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Members of Oil & Gas UK’s fabrication forum on Thursday (26 July) met Chloe Smith, MP for Norwich North and economic secretary to the Treasury, to discuss the opportunities for growth in the UK fabrication industry. The dinner was held at Norwich City Football Club. David Ripley, Oil & Gas UK’s supply chain director, said: […]

  • UK: Taylor Hopkinson to Manage Next Phase of Catapult’s Recruitment Drive

    26 September 2013

    Taylor Hopkinson Associates has been appointed by the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult to manage all aspects of the recruitment process for technical, programmes and strategy roles for the next phase of their recruitment drive. The UK currently leads the world in offshore renewable energy and the key challenge today is to stay ahead of competing […]

  • UK government urged to set long-term commitment to marine energy

    12 July 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Responding to the increasing uncertainty regarding the government’s commitment to wave and tidal power, Regen SW has joined forces with Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Marine Energy Pembrokeshire to publish a new assessment of the UK’s marine energy potential.

  • Ocean Installer Wins Umbilical Installation Contract from Shell UK

    7 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Shell U.K. Ltd. has awarded Ocean Installer a contract for umbilical installation at the Bittern field in the UK sector of the North Sea. The scope of the work is to install two new static umbilicals of 20.7 km and 1.8 km. This includes pre-lay engineering, survey and confirmation of all routes and subsea work, […]

  • Venko: New contract for offshore gas platforms maintenance (UK)

    14 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    The Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft (New Anglia) Enterprise Zone has announced that resident company Venko Offshore Ltd has secured a £5m ($8.35 m) contract to expand its local operation to maintain offshore gas platforms in the North Sea for a world-leading company. The new contract will secure work for almost 20 local Venko staff. Government […]

  • Thumbs Up for GBP 89m Technology and Innovation Centre (UK)

    22 February 2012

    The Technology and Innovation Centre will bring together academics and partners from industry and business – from across the international scene – to develop solutions to challenges which are central to economic regeneration and to address key technological challenges faced by society. It is due to be open for business in 2014. Professor Jim McDonald, […]

  • UK offshore helicopter study wins award for innovative contribution

    17 May 2018

    The results of a joint project into the body sizes of UK offshore workers on board various helicopter crafts has received an award for outstanding contribution to ergonomics.

  • SMI: Industry invited to hear about UK’s refreshed shipbuilding strategy

    23 February 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Vision

    The latest thinking of the team behind the UK’s refreshed shipbuilding strategy, which is expected to include a multi-billion pound vessel pipeline due to be built over the next 30 years, will be discussed at the annual conference held by the Society of Maritime Industries (SMI).

  • UK offshore wind and CCS colocation projects kick off

    28 November 2023
    Business Developments & Projects, Carbon Capture Usage & Storage, Project & Tenders, Research & Development

    The Offshore Wind and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Colocation Forum (the Forum), set up to provide strategic coordination of colocation research and activity on the nation’s seabed, has commissioned two research projects. The projects are designed to inform the best approach to test and demonstrate the colocation of offshore wind and CCS activities in […]

  • UK: Mustang Marine as Supacat Build Partner for SMV 24

    27 February 2013

    The innovation house, Supacat, has awarded the build contract to Mustang Marine (Wales) Ltd for a new concept offshore support vessel, the Supacat Multi-purpose Vessel 24. The first boat will be built at Mustang Marine’s Pembroke Dock facility and is scheduled for launch in August this year. To develop the Supacat Multi-purpose Vessel 24 (SMV […]

  • Maersk Acquires Noble’s Stake in Two UK North Sea Fields

    31 May 2012

    Maersk Oil, a fully-owned subsidiary of the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group, has signed a definitive agreement with Noble Energy Inc for the purchase of their 30% interest in the Maersk Oil operated Dumbarton and Lochranza fields, as well as the Global Producer III FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) installation in the UK Central […]

  • The Crown Estate Encourages Investment in Offshore Wind Testing (UK)

    12 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Crown Estate has announced a new leasing programme to encourage further investment in a range of offshore wind test and demonstration projects, including a leasing round for floating offshore wind technology. Other components will include calls for interest in for non-grid connected projects and variations to existing projects. The plans were announced at the […]

  • First Minister Sturgeon to open Oil & Gas UK Annual Conference

    19 May 2015

    Oil & Gas UK, the oil and gas industry trade body, has revealed yesterday, May 18, 2015, that First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will be opening its second Annual Conference. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: “With Scotland being an international oil and gas exporter, and being home to some of the most respected academics and technological […]

  • Dart Energy, GDF SUEZ UK Sign Farm-Out Agreement

    22 October 2013

    Dart Energy announced that it has entered into a farm-out agreement relating to thirteen of its U.K. licences with GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd. This comprises part of a broader strategic cooperation n relation to unconventional gas being implemented between the two companies at the same time. GDF SUEZ E&P UK is a wholly owned subsidiary of GDF […]

  • UK: Pelamis Wave Power Device Set Sail for Orkney

    7 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Following its manufacture and testing in Leith, ScottishPower Renewables’ new P2 Pelamis wave power device set sail for the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney on Sunday 6th November. It will undergo further trials as part of a unique cross-industry collaboration project with a similar device managed by E.ON. The company received a grant from […]

  • Fendercare Marine Delivers 36 Mooring Buoys to Serco (UK)

    14 September 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

      Fendercare Marine has recently completed the delivery of 36 mooring buoys to Serco under their Marine Services contract awarded to Serco by… (porttechnology) [mappress] Source: porttechnology, September 14, 2011;

  • UK: Xcite Energy Preparing Rig for Bentley Field Operations

    6 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    Xcite Energy announces that, as expected, the Rowan Norway jack-up rig has been made available to Xcite Energy Resources Limited (“XER”) and is now on hire, subject to a satisfactory audit and inspection prior to acceptance. Following acceptance and in accordance with the originally scheduled work programme in Dundee, the rig will be modified to […]