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  • UK: BMAPA Launches BAP Strategy

    31 October 2011

    As an industry that is responsible for managing a significant portion of the UK seabed, the marine aggregate sector recognises that it has an important role to play in protecting the biodiversity of the sea around our shores. The sector already has a well established sustainable development strategy and has now produced a Biodiversity Action […]

  • UK: MSC Flaminia Awaits Inspection

    28 August 2012

    The United Kingdom’s Secretary of State’s Representative for Maritime Salvage and Intervention (SOSREP) Hugh Shaw, has requested that the MSC Flaminia remains in a position 30 miles south of Lands End in order to allow SMIT Salvage to stabilise the ship. This is in preparation for an international coastal state inspection team to board her […]

  • Balltec Further Expands Premises (UK)

    23 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Balltec moved from their original premises in October 2011 to much larger premises, four miles away in Morecambe. 12 months later, with continued demand for mooring systems, pipeline recovery tools and bespoke engineering solutions, Balltec have taken on an additional adjacent unit. Balltec Ltd, the UK based provider of subsea mooring connectors, pipeline recovery tools, […]

  • UK: Acteon Completes Acquisition of J2

    12 July 2013

    Acteon has completed the acquisition of J2 Engineering Services Ltd, which is based in Aberdeen, UK. J2 Engineering is involved in the rental, maintenance and repair of ROV manipulator arms and associated tooling and equipment. Over the past five years, the company has forged a reputation within the ROV and underwater survey industries for outstanding […]

  • Perpetuwave Power Wins UK Grant

    4 June 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Wave energy developer Perpetuwave Power PTY LTD announced its recently established subsidiary Perpetuwave Power UK Ltd has been awarded a grant of approximately $110,000 from the European Regional Development Fund Convergence Programme. The grant supports development of Perpetuwave Power’s world-leading ‘Wave Harvester’ technology. The “Wave Harvester” technology converts up to 40% of the oceans contained […]

  • UK Reduces Support for Wind Power

    25 July 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Changes to subsidies for renewable electricity could incentivise between £20 billion and £25 billion of new investment in the economy between 2013 and 2017. The Banding Review for the Renewables Obligation will support jobs and deliver more clean power with a reduction in costs to consumers between 2013 and 2015, Ministers said. Bandings were today […]

  • UTEC Expands UK Sales Team

    12 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    UTEC  has announced a key addition to its UK team based in Aberdeen, Scotland. Michael Noble has been named as the company’s Sales Manager UK and will be responsible for the organic growth of the company in existing and new service lines in the onshore/offshore survey market in North West Europe.  He brings to the […]

  • Flexlife Strengthens Management Organisation (UK)

    13 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    Flexlife, the subsea flexible pipes specialist, has strengthened its management organisation with two senior appointments. Simon Hounsome joins Flexlife’s Aberdeen headquarters as integrity and projects director, responsible for the policy, strategy and technical services delivered globally from the firm’s Aberdeen, Newcastle and Houston offices. Hounsome brings more than 20 years’ oil and gas experience in […]

  • UK: ConocoPhillips Hires GMS Endurance

    8 May 2012
    Business & Finance

      Gulf Marine Services’ (GMS) Aberdeen office has been selected by ConocoPhillips to provide accommodation and support services to their project in the Southern North Sea. GMS Endurance, a self propelled, self elevating accommodation barge built in Abu Dhabi in 2010, will mobilise from the Mediterranean to commence this contract in August 2012. “This one […]

  • UK Moves Up CfD Timetable

    22 January 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Following an early completion of the Contracts for Difference (CfD) appeals from unsuccessful applicants, UK government has moved up the schedule for the first allocation of the subsidy scheme. Low Carbon Contracts Company, owned by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), announced the sealed bid window for CfD will open on 29 January, […]

  • UK: LNG Shipments Surge 122%

    26 August 2010

    LNG Cargoes to the UK have shot up 122% so far this year, compared with this point of 2009, according to a specialist energy publisher…   (fairplay) [mappress] Source: fairplay, August 26, 2010;

  • UK: Divers Fined for Shipwreck Raids

    3 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    In a landmark case two divers from Kent have been made to pay a total of £63,500 in fines and costs for not declaring valuable items from shipwrecks off the UK coast. David Knight and Edward Huzzey, both from Sandgate, had previously pleaded guilty to 19 offences between them, contrary to section 236 and section […]

  • BP Extends COSLRival Contract (UK)

    24 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    COSL has announced that its  COSLRival accommodation rig has been awarded a contract extension by BP with a firm duration of 12 months. Previously the firm duration was 6 months and 20 days.  The rig will be used at BP’s Magnus field in the UK sector of the North Sea. The contract is expected to […]

  • MSC FLAMINIA Nears UK Coast

    27 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    MSC FLAMINIA and its accompanying group of tugs are approaching the coast of the UK. Due to damaged cargo and extinguishing water, the vessel is listing by 11 degrees. After the prevailing fog of the last days lifted, a team of firefighting experts was able to board MSC FLAMINIA on Wednesday. However, a closer inspection […]

  • UK: EnQuest Completes Kraken Acqusition

    16 March 2012

    EnQuest PLC (‘EnQuest’) today announces that it has completed the acquisition of 25% of the in the UK North Sea blocks 9/2b and 9/2c, including the Kraken discovery, from Nautical Petroleum plc. This agreement and the associated details of the transaction were announced on 24 January 2012 when Enquest reported it would will pay Nautical […]

  • Subsea UK Welcomes Budget Announcement

    19 March 2015
    Research & Development

    Subsea UK, the body which champions the UK’s subsea industry, has welcomed the measures in the budget. George Osborne has yesterday delivered his sixth budget as chancellor, and the last of the current Parliament. The subsea industry generates annual revenues of £9bn and supports around 55,000 jobs across the country. Bill Edgar, chairman of Subsea […]

  • UK books more Qatari LNG

    1 September 2016
    Vessels

    The UK’s South Hook liquefied natural gas terminal is scheduled to receive another cargo of LNG from Qatar next week.

  • BG of UK Sells Comgas Stake

    29 May 2012

    BG Group of UK today announced it had signed a definitive binding agreement with Cosan S.A. Indústria e Comércio for the sale of the Group’s entire 60.1% holding in Comgás for Brazilian reais 3.4 billion in cash, or approximately $1.7 billion. In addition, the transaction will reduce debt on the BG Group balance sheet by […]

  • UK subsea sector grows 30%

    11 June 2008

    A new study carried out by Arthur D. Little and commissioned by industry body Subsea UK has revealed that the Subsea oil and gas sector has grown from £3.35 billion in 2006 to £4.3 billion in 2007.

  • UK: Penspen Names New CEO

    2 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    The Penspen Group announces the appointment of Peter O’Sullivan as Group CEO effective today. Peter is a seasoned business leader with a strong track record in the oil and gas industry. He joins Penspen after 7 years as Chief Operating Officer at Caithness Petroleum where he was responsible for the development of its exploration and […]

  • DNS Holds Lunch and Learn (UK)

    18 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    Decom North Sea (DNS), the offshore oil and gas decommissioning forum, will be hosting a lunch and learn to provide attendees with an insight into supply chain companies’ decommissioning capabilities. The lunch and learn will take place on Wednesday, November 27, at the Palm Court Hotel, Aberdeen, from 12-2pm. The event will include a presentation […]

  • UK Round 3: Accepting the challenge

    16 April 2014

    The UK currently has the largest offshore wind market in the world, with an installed capacity amounting to over 3.6GW, and a currrent development pipeline of up to almost 40GW capacity in the future. There are two development rounds in progress and an ambitious third round waiting to kick off. However, this third round is […]

  • RRS Discovery Arrives in Southampton, UK

    27 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    The new Royal Research Ship Discovery has arrived in Southampton for the first time. Over the coming weeks the officers and crew will put her through her paces while conducting equipment trials. At almost 100-metres in length, with a displacement of 6,075 tonnes, Discovery carries a crew of 24 and accommodation for 28 scientists and […]

  • UK: Partrac Celebrates 10th Anniversary

    24 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Expert marine data acquisition and consultancy company Partrac Ltd, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The three founding directors Kevin Black, Peter Wilson and Sam Athey, started the business in 2003 sitting around a table with just a pen, a notebook and a telephone. Partrac now has a solid reputation for delivering high quality data to […]

  • Evergreen Improves Ireland and UK Services

    29 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Taiwanese-based Evergreen Line has revealed enhancements to its services to/from Dublin (Ireland) and Liverpool (Northwest England). From its hub in Rotterdam the line will offer a twice-weekly service to Dublin and dedicated slots on a weekly basis to Liverpool.   The move is designed to more effectively integrate the line’s services to/from the North of England and Ireland […]