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  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • UK O&G production with only a decade to go? Industry disagrees

    20 September 2017

    The Scottish and UK oil industries are entering their final decade of production, a research cited by a Scottish university has suggested, sparking a quick response from the UK oil industry body, claiming otherwise. The University of Edinburgh said on Tuesday that a study of output from offshore fields estimated that close to 10 percent […]

  • Testing of Brooklands Lake’s Silt to Determine Dredging Costs (UK)

    31 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Water quality and silt contamination tests are continuing to be carried out at Brooklands Lake to ensure that water quality remains acceptable. In the last few days, a number of residents have contacted Worthing Borough Council, distressed at the ill health of some of the birds on Brooklands Lake. Since April 2014, the Council has […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • UK Universities Invited to Join Wind Blade Research Hub

    29 September 2016
    Human Capital, Research & Development, Technology

    The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is looking for a UK-based university with which to collaborate on accelerating offshore wind turbine blade research and development activities through the recently launched Wind Blade Research Hub. The collaboration would provide a combination of academic and industry skills and resources to better respond to industry’s needs, ORE Catapult said. Those […]

  • 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 […]

  • Shetland Coastguard Finds Lost Oceanographic Data Buoy (UK)

    12 September 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      A large oceanographic data buoy from Newfoundland has been found off Shetland after it went missing during Hurricane Igor in September 2010. Shetland Coastguard was contacted by the stand by vessel Grampian Frontier reporting that they had recovered the large yellow one tonne bouy which had floated into the 500 metre exclusion zone around […]

  • UK: Total Prepares Operations to Stop Leak on Elgin Platform

    3 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Following confirmation on Saturday morning (31 March) that the flare on the Elgin Platform has extinguished itself, Total is actively preparing operations to regain control of the leaking well. With respect to stopping the leak, Total has launched two main actions which are progressing in parallel. – The first action plan is to carry out […]

  • UK: Nexans Cables Meet Changing Needs of ROV Manufacturers

    23 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Nexans, a worldwide expert in the cable industry, at Oceanology 2012 showcased its wide range of cable solutions developed to meet the specific needs of workclass ROV manufacturers and operators. Visitors to stand D250 could find out how Nexans is building on many years of experience in the subsea marine industry to utilize new designs […]

  • UK: English Heritage Invites Tenders for Underwater Consultancy Services

    18 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    English Heritage is inviting tenders for a project that will provide a basis for an audit of their current state of knowledge of submerged palaeolandscapes and sites, deriving information principally from the results of Marine Aggregates Sustainability (MALSF) projects but also from related projects undertaken by other researchers and, potentially, commercial sources. The overall aim […]

  • 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: Hydratight Reveals Upgraded Emergency Pipeline Repair System

    1 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Hydratight has launched an updated Emergency Pipeline Repair System to offer better disaster planning and contingency services to operators and contractors. Following the dramatic reaction to the Gulf disaster in early 2011, ever-increasing demands are being placed on oil and gas operators to provide safer, faster and more effective contingency plans to react to major […]

  • 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 […]

  • CHC gets Mariner field transportation contract from Statoil (UK)

    18 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Statoil (U.K.) Limited has Awarded the Helicopter Transportation Contract for the Mariner Field to CHC Helicopter in the UK.

  • Iberdrola, ScottishPower Chairman Discusses UK Investments with George Osborne MP

    27 September 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Iberdrola and ScottishPower Chairman and CEO Ignacio Galan met yesterday with the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon George Osborne MP. The meeting took place in the Treasury in London, where Ignacio Galan outlined Iberdrola’s investment plans and praised the UK’s long track record of a consistent regulatory framework. With the Electricity Market […]

  • UK Needs to Clear Offshore Wind Hurdles, Says Ian Williams

    19 June 2012

    The UK Government needs to clear a number of high hurdles if it wants the offshore wind to significantly supply power to the homes in Scotland and the UK in the future, the Scotsman cited Chairman of Campbell Dallas LLP Ian Williams as saying. First of all, the technology which is required to place offshore […]

  • UK Verification bodies team up for Sustainability Live conference

    2 April 2015
    Authorities & Government

    UK’s Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) bodies are working together at the Sustainability Live conference to improve innovative energy and sustainability management in the UK. The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) will join BRE Global, WRc plc, and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) at Sustainability Live in Birmingham on April 21-23, 2015 in order to raise […]

  • Application Deadline Approaches for Funding UK Offshore Wind Feasibility Studies

    17 December 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Innovative UK companies are invited to bid for Government funding of up to £11.2m for feasibility studies, development and demonstration projects and knowledge transfer  partnerships that stimulate innovation in the UK offshore wind and marine energy supply chains. Grant funding of £10m, from the UK’s innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board and the Department of […]

  • UK: EnQuest gets approval for North Sea oil field development

    8 December 2015
    Project & Tenders

    EnQuest, a UK-based petroleum exploration and production company, has informed that its Scolty/Crathes development, in the UK North Sea, has been approved and sanctioned.  Scolty and Crathes oil fields are located in Blocks 21/8a, 21/12c and 21/13a of the central North Sea sector of the UK continental shelf in an area with water depths varying from 95 […]

  • 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, […]