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  • UK: Offshore oil and gas industry cleaning up its act?

    25 November 2015

    UK Oil & Gas, a representative body for the offshore industry, has captured environmental performance of the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry in a report according to which the industry seems to be cleaning up its act.  Namely, overall trends of emissions, discharges and accidental releases by the UK oil and gas industry continue […]

  • First UK Built Platform in Years Almost Ready for Forties Field

    30 May 2013

    Over £400 Million and 7,000 Jobs: British Manufactured Oil Platform Set For Sail Away Down The Tyne To The Forties Field To Boost North Sea Output

  • UK: Government Supports Wave and Tidal Industry Through MEAD Scheme

    5 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      Government has launched its eagerly awaited £20 million Marine Energy Array Demonstrator scheme (MEAD). This scheme will support up to 2 pre-commercial projects to demonstrate the operation of wave and/or tidal devices in array formation over a period of time. Organisations across the UK will be able to bid for a share of the […]

  • UK: Port of Tyne Posts Best Ever Financial Results

    11 May 2012

    The Port of Tyne yesterday announced its best ever financial results. A massive rise in the volume of cargoes coming in and out of the River Tyne resulted in the Port’s turnover increasing by almost a third to £60 million and profit more than doubling to £9 million. This financial performance is the best in […]

  • Stork Bags Two UK Oil and Gas Industry Safety Awards

    3 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Stork Technical Services, the leading global provider of knowledge-based asset integrity management services for the oil and gas, chemical and power sectors, won two awards at this year’s UK Oil and Gas Industry Safety Awards. Marc Brankin, Scaffold Chargehand for Stork won ‘The Most Promising Individual’ category for his exemplary attitude and behaviour towards offshore […]

  • UK: EMEC Director to Open Hatston Pier Next Week

    25 April 2013

    Scotland’s longest commercial deep-water berth has been created in Orkney with the completion of a new extension at Hatston Pier. The 160-metre extension to the existing 225-metre pier will be officially opened next week by Neil Kermode, Managing Director of EMEC, the Orkney-based European Marine Energy Centre. The £8 million project is a key component […]

  • Forum UK Beefs Up Its Hyperbaric Testing Facility

    18 December 2019
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Forum Energy Technologies has completed a three-month upgrade to its hyperbaric testing facility, which, according to the company, will result in an operational time saving to client of more than 35 per cent. Located at the company’s Kirkbymoorside base in North Yorkshire, UK, the pressure test tank is said to be one of the largest […]

  • Narec to Build UK’s Largest Offshore Wind Demonstration Site

    8 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The development of the UK’s largest offshore wind demonstration site – regarded as a pivotal strand in helping to lower the costs associated with Round 3 offshore wind farms – has received a boost with dual planning consents being given to the construction of the site and the onshore substation. The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) […]

  • UK: Energy Industry Urges Companies to Use Opportunities of Offshore Renewables

    7 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    South West companies attending the Offshore Energy Supply Chain Event, hosted by RWE and Regen SW at Sandy Park, Exeter, have been urged to target the offshore wind and marine energy sectors to develop new business opportunities and secure a share of this multi-billion pound industry. Over 160 potential offshore-wind supply chain companies, including a […]

  • UK Govt Announces GBP 300 Mln for Renewable Energy Projects

    2 October 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The UK renewable electricity projects will compete for £300 million in support this autumn – an increase of £95 million from the indicative budget published in July, UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey announced today. The funding for Contracts for Difference, which provide long-term certainty for investors, are a cornerstone of the Government’s […]

  • UK government sets up £11M fund to boost green innovation

    5 February 2021
    Authorities & Government, Business Developments & Projects, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology

    The UK government has launched a £11 million fund for energy entrepreneurs in an effort to drive forward the adoption of new clean technologies across all sectors of UK industry.

  • KCA Deutag wins 3-year extension in UK North Sea

    30 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    International drilling and engineering contractor, KCA Deutag, has secured contract extension for drilling on four platforms in the UK North Sea. KCA Deutag said the client was a major North Sea operator, without revealing the name. It said the contract was a three year extension. The contract is for the provision of drilling operations and […]

  • UK: Teesside Offshore Wind Farm Generates First Power

    29 April 2013

    The North East’s first large scale offshore wind farm has now started to produce electricity as work continues towards completion of the project. The first three wind turbine generators at the EDF Energy Renewables Teesside offshore wind farm have now been fully commissioned and are supplying electricity to the National Grid. When complete the 27 […]

  • Subsea UK and Scottish Enterprise in £15M R&D Funding Call

    4 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Industry body Subsea UK in partnership with Scottish Enterprise has opened an R&D funding call for innovation projects to drive forward research and development projects between Scotland and Japan that could help solve the industry’s most complex technological challenges. The project forms part of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) that was signed between Scottish Enterprise […]

  • BP produces first oil from Alligin field off UK

    4 February 2020
    Infrastructure, Project & Tenders

    BP has announced early production from the Alligin field located in the west of Shetland region, offshore the UK.

  • BG Hires Borgholm Dolphin Rig for UK North Sea Ops

    21 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Fred. Olsen Energy ASA, has entered into a contract with BG International Ltd for the provision of the accommodation semi-submersible Borgholm Dolphin. The contract is for a nine month period commencing 1st of August 2014 supporting operations in the UK sector. The estimated contract value is approximately USD 65.5 million. An option exists for a […]

  • E.ON to Build 10MW Lithium-Ion Battery for UK Grid

    14 September 2016

    E.ON will build a 10MW lithium-ion battery for the UK grid, after being awarded a contract from the National Grid to support the power network’s stability with a battery system that will help balance power demand and supply in real time and allow for an increase in the share of renewable energy in the grid. With the strong growth of weather-dependent renewable sources […]

  • Green Investment Bank Needs to Attract Private Sector Investors (UK)

    11 March 2011
    Business & Finance

    The government is putting the UK’s fledgling green economy at risk by downgrading the “green investment bank” to a mere fund, MPs have… By Fiona Harvey (guardian) [mappress] Source: guardian, March 11, 2011  

  • Green Investment Bank Needs to Attract Private Sector Investors (UK)

    11 March 2011
    Business & Finance

    The government is putting the UK’s fledgling green economy at risk by downgrading the “green investment bank” to a mere fund, MPs have… By Fiona Harvey (guardian) [mappress] Source: guardian, March 11, 2011  

  • Centrica Signs 2 Billion Pound Deal with Qatar to Secure LNG for the UK

    23 February 2011
    Project & Tenders

      Centrica plc, the parent company of British Gas, today announced it has entered into an agreement for a unique three year contract with Qatargas to deliver 2.4 million tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the UK Isle of Grain facility. The deal will provide enough gas to meet approximately 10 per […]

  • UK: Mike Caraher Joins Osiris Projects as Project Manager

    4 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Mike Caraher is a surveyor with 13 years experience, latterly working at director level in the offshore and coastal surveying environment. Mike has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with Osiris Projects, originally working  on a variety of coastal survey projects as a specialist sub-contractor. Osiris Projects are extremely pleased to welcome Mike into the company as […]

  • UK: Subsea 7 Adds Seven Inagha to Its Fleet

    15 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    Subsea 7, a global leader in sea bed-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 […]

  • UK: WFS’s Viewtooth Provides New Perspective to Subsea Operations

    14 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    WFS Technologies launches the second generation of the Viewtooth® subsea wireless video camera. For deep water applications, the use of a camera for visual inspection and support can remove the need for additional vehicles by providing multiple perspectives, thereby reducing significant cost, risk and time in the water. Viewtooth® from WFS Technologies is a wireless […]

  • Reliance Globalcom Upgrades Capacity of Its Submarine Cables (UK)

    5 October 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      Reliance Globalcom, Reliance Communications​’ (RCom) global telecommunications services arm, has upgraded capacity on its submarine cables… (domain-b) [mappress] Source: domain-b, October 05 , 2011;

  • UK: KCA DEUTAG Buys 100 pct of GTB Shares

    5 August 2011
    Business & Finance

      KCA DEUTAG announced it has acquired Global Tender Barges Pte Ltd (GTB) by increasing its shareholding from 10 to 100%. GTB based in Singapore owns three self-erect tender barges, the Global Emerald, Global Jade and Global Sapphire, which KCA DEUTAG has operated on behalf of GTB, since early 2008, under a management services agreement […]