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  • Fire Onboard Ferry ‘King Seaways’ Off Yorkshire (UK)

    30 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced that six crew members and a passenger have been airlifted to hospital after a fire on board a DFDS Seaways cruise ferry approximately 30 miles north east of Flamborough Head on Saturday, December 28th. The ferry was en route from Newcastle to Amsterdam. Humber Coastguard was contacted by the […]

  • UK: MCS to Take Delivery of Two Twin Axe Vessels

    2 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd is taking delivery of 2 Damen built Twin Axe Bow crew transfer vessels. The MCS SIROCCO will be delivered at Singapore week 2012. This vessel is fitted with a surveyors desk in the w/house, a moon pool and increased cooling system to work in the tropics. This vessel is open […]

  • UK: Cargotec’s Chain Wheel Manipulator Wins Innovation Award

    20 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Cargotec’s MacGregor Chain Wheel Manipulator has won Offshore Support Journal’s Innovation of the Year award. The award was announced at the Annual Offshore Support Journal Conference in London on 15 February, and presented to Cargotec’s sales team for Advanced Load Handling in front of an audience of over 400 people at the conference gala dinner. […]

  • UK: Subsea 7 Adds New Addition to Its Fleet

    15 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Subsea 7, a global leader in seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services to the offshore energy industry, has added the specially adapted new build Jack-up accommodation and crane barge, the Seven Inagha, to its fleet. The Seven Inagha is effectively a vessel with legs and, unlike most conventional jack-ups, can mobilise to a work site under […]

  • UK: Yacht Britannia Arrives at South Boats Service Centre

    8 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Saturday 4th February saw the arrival in Cowes of the replica of King George V’s J-Class Yacht Britannia, built in Arkhangelsk, Russia. The vessel is a replica of the original which was scuppered off St. Catherine’s Point on 10th July 1936 in accordance with the King’s dying wish that the “boat should die with him.” […]

  • Oil & Gas UK: Nominations for Eighth Annual Awards now open

    1 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Today (1 July) Oil & Gas UK has launched its quest to find the most outstanding companies and inspirational people working in the offshore oil and gas industry by opening the nominations for this year’s Awards. The Oil & Gas UK Awards, sponsored by Shell U.K. Limited, will take place at Aberdeen’s Exhibition and Conference […]

  • Ithaca Energy Inc., Stella Project Delivery Manager Appointed (UK)

    12 October 2010
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Ithaca Energy Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited , an independent oil & gas company with exploration, development and production assets in the UK sector of the North Sea, announces the appointment of Fergus McGhie as Project Delivery Manager for the development of the Stella, Harrier and Hurricane discoveries, located in […]

  • UK: Environment Agency Checks Flood Banks, Walls, and Barriers

    5 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The Environment Agency is preparing for heavy rainfall across the South East over the next ten days and is encouraging communities to take action to prepare for the risk of flooding. Rivers across the South East, including the River Thames, are rising in response to the recent heavy rainfall that has been experienced across the […]

  • UK: CMAL Appoints Aspect Surveys for Port Hydrographic Survey

    10 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Mariners are advised that CMAL have appointed Aspect Land & Hydrographic Surveys Ltd as contractor to conduct hydrographic and topographic surveys of all of its port areas. A detailed bathymetric survey of the seabed at the existing piers, approach channels and adjacent shorelines at all operational CMAL ferry terminals and slipways will be undertaken utilising […]

  • Humber Coastguard Rescues Crewman from ‘Norfolk Tern’ (UK)

    20 January 2014

    A crewman has been airlifted to hospital this morning after a fire on board a wind farm support vessel 4 nautical miles off Great Yarmouth. Humber Coastguard received a call from the vessel Norfolk Tern just after 8am reporting they had a fire in their starboard engine. They had managed to bring it under control, […]

  • UK: Inmarsat Installs 30,000th FleetBroadband™ on Olympic Future

    8 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Inmarsat, the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, has announced reaching 30,000 active FleetBroadband™ terminals in service. This milestone was reached with the installation of a FleetBroadband 500™ on Olympic Future, a Greek-flagged crude oil tanker, by Inmarsat’s distribution partner OTESAT-Maritel. Springfield Shipping, the vessel’s management company, selected FleetBroadband as part of an […]

  • UK: New Contract Strengthens Relationship Between EnerMech and Petrofac

    5 May 2011
    Business & Finance

      EnerMech has been awarded a contract to provide Petrofac Offshore Engineering & Operations with power tools, plant and equipment and lifting gear services. The three year contract, with two one-year options, is estimated to be worth £1 million. EnerMech is already a provider on a Petrofac managed asset but the new contract extends the […]

  • Xylem: Remote-Control Boat Speeds Reservoir Surveys (UK)

    7 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    As the regulatory requirement to assess reservoirs and lakes expands to include smaller bodies of water, HR Wallingford has developed a remote control boat which is able to collect hydrometric data quickly, simply, safely and accurately. The ARC-Boat employs a sophisticated SonTek (a Xylem company) M9 Acoustic Doppler Profiler (ADP®) which is a 5-beam depth […]

  • UK player inks acquisition and farm-out deals for assets off Africa

    7 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    After inking one deal to buy and two deals to sell a portion of its stakes in assets offshore Namibia and Cameroon, two local subsidiaries of the UK-based oil and gas company Tower Resources are seeking partner and government approvals for the transactions.

  • UK: Providence Gets Exploration Licence for 103/1 Offshore Block

    12 January 2012

    Providence Resources P.l.c., has been offered an exploration licence over UK seaward block 103/1 in the St George’s Channel Basin, offshore Wales. The offer was made by the UK Government‟s Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) following an out of round application by PR Singleton Limited (Operator, 50%) and Star Energy Oil & Gas […]

  • Equinor man joins Oil & Gas UK board as co-chair

    5 February 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Transition

    Oil & Gas UK has announced the appointment of a new co-chair to its board, as the sector focuses on the industry’s recovery whilst meeting net-zero targets.

  • UK CAA introduces measures to boost offshore helicopter safety

    20 February 2014

    The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) today announced a series of measures to increase the safety of offshore helicopter flights. The changes are the result of a comprehensive review of offshore helicopter operations undertaken in conjunction with the Norwegian CAA and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and advised by a panel of independent experts. […]

  • Oil & Gas UK: Falling oil prices call for faster reform

    22 December 2014

    In light of falling oil prices, which were at a five-year low last week, Oil & Gas UK has called for the government’s reform to the oil and gas fiscal regime to be accelerated.  To remind, George Osborne, the UK Chancellor of Exchequer, recently presented the Autumn Statement to the Parliament where he promised that […]

  • UK: SeaHold GEOSHIPS Accepts Delivery of Stril Explorer Vessel

    17 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    SeaHold GEOSHIPS Ltd, a marine and subsea services shipping company, has taken delivery of its second multi-purpose support vessel (MPSV) on a contract valued at over £30 million, following a successful year for its current vessel, the Stril Explorer. Formed in 2003, Aberdeen-based GEOSHIPS will manage and crew the MPSV Loch Roag vessel, which it […]

  • Breagh Development Costs Rise More, Sterling Says (UK)

    13 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Sterling Resources Ltd. has provided an update regarding the anticipated start of first production and the latest development cost for the Breagh gas field. The review of the remaining work required at the Teesside Gas Processing Plant (“TGPP”), where Breagh gas is to be processed, is still ongoing. The contractual date for mechanical completion of […]

  • AIS to Open Offshore Survival Centre in January 2014 (UK)

    27 November 2013

    AIS is developing a new offshore survival centre to cope with the growing demand for training courses from the offshore industry. The 20,000 sq ft training centre will be built next to AIS’s headquarters on the Tyne Tunnel Trading Estate and will complement the company’s existing 120,000 sq ft learning facility, as well as its […]

  • VIDEO: Total’s Solution for Stopping Elgin Gas Leak (UK)

    11 April 2012

    French oil major Total, the operator of the Elgin platform, from which gas has been flowing into the atmosphere since March 25, has published a video which describes Total’s strategy to regain control of the leaking well. kitd.html5loader(“flash_kplayer_708f2ea1bafs”);       [mappress] Offshore Energy Today Staff, April 11, 2012    

  • UK: EPC Offshore Hires Penspen for Ithaca’s GSA Development

    18 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    EPC has contracted the Offshore business stream of the Penspen group, Andrew Palmer and Associates to provide Detailed Design services in support of Ithaca Energy’s Greater Stella Area (GSA) Development. The contract follows on from Penspen’s recent work for EPC Offshore on the Front End Engineering design (FEED) for the GSA Development. Under the terms […]

  • UK: Number of Major Offshore Oil & Gas Leaks Decreases

    19 July 2011
    Business & Finance

    The number of offshore oil and gas leaks that could potentially lead to a major incident has fallen, according to new safety statistics. Figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show that there were 73 major or significant hydrocarbon releases associated with offshore installations in 2010/11, compared with 85 the previous year. There were […]

  • UK: Belfast Harbour Commissioners Seek Bidders for Dredging Project

    18 February 2011

    Belfast Harbour Commissioners are looking for a contractor to build 480m of a new quay structure and deep water berth…   Lowest price wins. (theconstructionindex) [mappress] Source: theconstructionindex, February 18, 2011;