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  • UK: Royal Navy Unveils the Size of Nation’s Future Flagship

    9 January 2013

    The team behind the Navy’s future flagships have produced a series of stunning posters to demonstrate the sheer scale of the carriers – including parking one on the Thames outside Parliament. To give the public an idea of the sense of scale of HMS Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales, they put one on the […]

  • UK: Forewind Spends Nearly GBP 45 Million on Offshore Surveys

    5 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development

    The latest seabed survey contract award by Forewind means the consortium’s spend on offshore surveys, primarily carried out by UK contractors, is almost £45 million. Since being awarded the rights to develop Dogger Bank in January 2010, Forewind has undertaken a huge range of geotechnical, geophysical and fish ecology surveys to understand and characterise the […]

  • UK: Port of Southampton Development Plan Hits Legal Challenge

    22 November 2011

    Consent for an £80m upgrade of Southampton’s container port has been withdrawn for reassessment after legal action from its largest… (thisishampshire) [mappress] Source: thisishampshire, November 22, 2011

  • UK: Major Dredging Operation at Port of Tyne Under Way

    27 May 2011

    A major dredging operation is underway at the Port of Tyne to deepen the river to accommodate even bigger ships at the Port’s base at Rivers… (bdaily) [mappress] Source: bdaily, May 27, 2011;

  • UK: Plymouth Dredging Causes Whitsand Bay Silt Concerns

    9 May 2010

    Divers have raised concerns about the effect of thousands of tonnes of dredged waste on the environment off the Cornish coast. [mappress] Source: bbc, May 9, 2010;

  • River Thames Maintenance Dredging Begins Next Week (UK)

    1 April 2011

    Special ‘swim lanes’ are to be created in the River Thames for fit commuters following the success of the capital’s ‘Boris bikes’, it was…   “Swimming to work is the next logical step.” By Nigel Vincent (thisislocallondon) [mappress] Source: thisislocallondon, April 1, 2011    

  • UK: Flexlife Completes First Application of FlexGel in North Sea

    8 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Flexlife, an oil and gas industry specialist in subsea project and integrity management, has announced the successful first application of its innovative product FlexGel, in a North Sea operation for an oil major. FlexGel, an oil-based product that is non-soluble in water and with a density that can be adjusted depending on the application, was […]

  • Tank Testing Proves to be Good Solution for Seabed Equipment (UK)

    9 June 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    “How can you be sure your seabed equipment won’t be damaged by overtrawling? There’s only one sure way”, claims Martin East, Head of Analysis at Jee, “…and that’s by tank testing.” A recent project commissioned by Allseas drew Martin away from his office base and took him to Denmark where he could see his recommendations […]

  • Divers Provide Underwater Survey of Cornish Sea Life (UK)

    2 June 2011
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

      Marine experts have battled difficult underwater conditions in an inaccessible part of the Cornish coast to document hundreds of species… (thisiscornwall) [mappress] Source: thisiscornwall, June 02, 2011;  

  • UK: Roozbeh Ganjvar Joins Jee as Principal Structural Engineer

    18 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Structural engineer Roozbeh Ganjvar has joined Jee Limited as a Principal Structural Engineer. Roozbeh has 20 years of experience in structural analysis and design, and integrity assessment of onshore and offshore structures. His previous roles have included different aspects of civil and structural engineering. He has extensive experience in analysis, design, review and verification of […]

  • Hemisphere GPS Introduces New Products at UK’s Ocenology International

    13 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

      From the Oceanology International exhibition and conference in London, Hemisphere GPS announces the Vector V103™ GPS compass and Vector V113™ GPS compass designed for professional, commercial marine, and machine control applications. Powered by Hemisphere GPS’ proven Crescent® Vector II technology, the new Vector V103 and V113 provide precise heading and positioning performance including heave, […]

  • UK: Endeavour Acquires Additional Interest in ConocoPhillips’ Alba Field

    1 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Endeavour International Corporation announced yesterday that it had completed the acquisition of the additional 23.43% working interest in the Alba field from ConocoPhillips. The Alba oil field, located in Block 16/26a, in the Central North Sea is a late Eocene reservoir that has been producing since 1994. Endeavour’s newly acquired working interest combined with its […]

  • UK: SHETL to Develop Subsea Cable Between Caithness and Moray

    23 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission Limited (SHETL), the licensed transmission owner in the north of Scotland, is planning to develop a 109 km subsea electricity cable between Caithness and Moray to transmit the large volume of existing and planned electricity from renewable sources in the north of Scotland. The proposed subsea cable, which will connect […]

  • Funding Provided for the World Register of Deep-Sea Species (UK)

    20 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The University of Southampton INDEEP Project (International Network for Scientific Investigation of Deep-Sea Ecosystems – funded by the Total Foundation) provided funding for the World Register of Deep-Sea Species, a new web portal which aims to bring together the most up-to-date taxonomy with a suite of identification tools (online keys, monographs and papers) recommended by […]

  • Quadrant Secures Supply Contract with IHC Engineering Business (UK)

    11 February 2011

      Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products have been chosen as the supplier of the cable sheaves to IHC Engineering Business, for the tower on the Saipem J-LAY vessel. Quadrant’s engineers have worked closely with EB’s design team, producing detailed calculations to prove the sheaves’ capabilities in a very demanding application. Full DNV approval was obtained for […]

  • 40 Students Shortlisted for SPE’s Europe Petro League (UK)

    6 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Around 40 oil and gas students from across Europe have been shortlisted to take part in the inaugural Europe Petro League, a new competition launched by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Section. Round one of the competition saw panellists from Shell, Schlumberger and Gaffney, Cline & Associates judge essays from 15 teams. The […]

  • UK: EnerMech Expects to Have 1000 Employees by 2011 End

    29 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      Mechanical engineering group, EnerMech, is on a major recruitment drive as it forecasts its workforce will grow by one-third from 750 to 1000 by the end of 2011. The Aberdeen-based oil services company currently has 80 vacancies but is hoping to attract ex-military personnel and plans to open two new bases in England to […]

  • UK: Ensco plc Announces Resolution for ENSCO 8502 Rig

    1 November 2010
    Business & Finance

    Ensco plc announces that a subsidiary of the Company has reached an agreement with Nexen Petroleum U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Nexen Inc. , regarding the drilling contract for ENSCO 8502, an ultra-deepwater semisubmersible drilling rig in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Under the agreement, a special rate applies from 13 August 2010 until the […]

  • Warwick Energy hits opposition from Norfolk residents (UK)

    15 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    The Warwickshire firm hoping to build a £1.3 billion offshore wind farm off the coast of Norfolk has encountered a major setback following…   By Anna Blackaby (birminghampost) [mappress] Source: birminghampost, October 15, 2010;

  • Dorset Offshore Wind Farm Receives Positive Reaction (UK)

    3 November 2010

    DORSET residents had the chance to grill experts about a proposed offshore wind farm planned for the county’s coastline.Energy company Eneco… By Dan Goater (dorsetecho) [mappress] Source: dorsetecho, November 03, 2010;

  • On Every $1 for Renewables, Fossil Fuels Gets $5 (UK)

    10 November 2010

    The International Energy Agency’s 2010 World Energy Outlook, released today, should finally stamp out the myth that renewable energies are dependent on subsidies. “Fossil-fuel consumption subsidies amounted to $312 billion in 2009”, says the IEA, while renewable energies in the same year received just $57 billion of “government support” according to the IEA. In other […]

  • Town Looks for Blessing for Floating Wind Farm Hotel (UK)

    2 December 2010

    A GRIMSBY businessman’s wife has been made godmother of a key vessel serving the offshore wind farm industry – underlining the high regard… (thisisgrimsby) [mappress] Source: thisisgrimsby, December 02, 2010

  • Town Looks for Blessing for Floating Wind Farm Hotel (UK)

    2 December 2010

    A GRIMSBY businessman’s wife has been made godmother of a key vessel serving the offshore wind farm industry – underlining the high regard… (thisisgrimsby) [mappress] Source: thisisgrimsby, December 02, 2010

  • A&P Scoops Green Award for Offshore Renewables Support (UK)

    8 December 2010

    Marine Designs Ltd, part of the A&P Group, has scooped a Green Energy award for an innovative pontoon system designed to support the offshore renewables industry. The company, based in Falmouth in Cornwall, won the Best Business Innovation Award at the annual Regen SW Green Energy Awards in Bath for its patented Dockmaster pre-cast concrete […]

  • New Design Practices Offshore Wind Turbine Structures (UK)

    7 February 2011

    A joint industry project (JIP) led by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has looked at offshore monopile wind turbine structures to improve the… (renewableenergyfocus) [mappress] Source: renewableenergyfocus, February 07, 2011