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  • ESS Increases Engineering Division (UK)

    10 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Energy technology company, Ecosse Subsea Systems, (ESS) has increased the size of its engineering division in response to client demand for specialist engineering packages. Aberdeen-based ESS specialises in trenching, deepwater installation and subsea lifting technologies for the oil and gas, marine and renewable industries, and has a range of patented technologies in development. The new […]

  • UK’s Energy Act Becomes Law

    18 December 2013
    Authorities & Government

    The UK’s Energy Act received Royal Assent today, i.e. it became a law. This Act will establish a legislative framework for delivering secure, affordable and low carbon energy. The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change introduced the Energy Bill to the House of Commons alongside the Annual Energy Statement last year. RenewableUK’s Chief […]

  • UK: Vibrancy for Business at Seawork 2011

    23 June 2011
    Business & Finance

      There was a real vibrancy to the 14th edition of Seawork. While the business of maintaining Europe’s marine infrastructure is important work, the prospects surrounding marine renewable energy are proving exciting. By making the most of these opportunities for business, Seawork continues to reinforce its position as Europe’s leading commercial marine exhibition and conference. […]

  • CEDA UK Event Set for December

    12 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Central Dredging Association (CEDA) will be the organizer of the UK technical seminar: Delivering Connectivity – the role of dredging in major infrastructure projects. To seminar will be held at the Institution of Civil Engineers London office on Tuesday, December 1st 2015. For the technical seminar, CEDA UK will showcase a number of exciting, major infrastructure projects where […]

  • UK unveils full BEIS team

    1 August 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment

    UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has released a full list of ministerial appointments within this newly created department.

  • UK: SeaGen Achieves 5GWh Milestone

    6 September 2012
    Equipment

    SeaGen, the first commercial-scale tidal stream energy system has achieved a new milestone of 5 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of tidal power generation since starting operation at Strangford Lough in Northern Ireland. That equals the annual power consumption of 1,500 British households. The Siemens-owned system is one of the largest tidal stream power projects today. This latest […]

  • Ensco Welcomes New Directors (UK)

    20 May 2013

    At today’s annual general meeting, shareholders of Ensco, a UK-based drilling contractor, elected two new directors to the board of directors of Ensco plc (NYSE: ESV) and passed special resolutions authorizing $2 billion in share repurchases and declassifying the board. The new board members are Roxanne J. Decyk, former Executive Vice President of Global Government […]

  • UK: New Facilities at HR Wallingford

    19 July 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    A £3 million project is underway to extend HR Wallingford’s Froude Modelling Hall at the company’s site in Oxfordshire, UK. This enhancement will deliver a purpose-built ship simulation centre, a large wave-current-sediment flume and dedicated manufacturing space for specialist hydraulic laboratory equipment. The HR Wallingford development will extend the Froude Modelling Hall by 1600 sq. […]

  • Vattenfall to Cooperate in UK-Norway Interconnection

    2 February 2011
    Storage

    Vattenfall today signed a cooperation agreement with four North European energy companies to plan and build an electrical interconnector between the U.K. and Norway. Vattenfall and its partners, Agder Energi, E-CO, Lyse, Scottish and Southern Energy, agreed to establish NorthConnect, a jointly owned interconnector development company. “NorthConnect will make an important contribution towards developing the […]

  • UK: SRC Joins NOF Energy

    6 July 2012

    Steel River Consultants (SRC) has now joined NOF Energy, the business development and support organisation working on behalf of companies within the oil, gas, nuclear and offshore renewables sectors. Graham Tyerman, Managing Director at Steel River Consultants said: “Joining NOF made absolute sense to us from a business development perspective and we’re looking forward to […]

  • UK: Enquest Buys Further into Kraken

    24 January 2012
    Business & Finance

      EnQuest PLC (‘EnQuest’) today announces that it has agreed with Nautical Petroleum plc (‘Nautical’) to acquire a 25% interest in the Kraken oil discovery, together with interests in surrounding exploration acreage. This agreement, by which EnQuest will also become the operator of the proposed development of Kraken, is subject to the normal regulatory and […]

  • France and UK Continue MMCM Partnership

    24 October 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Thales, BAE Systems and their partner SAAB, ECA Group and ASV Global have welcomed the confirmation by the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) that the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) and French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) will continue their collaboration for the combined United Kingdom and France MMCM (maritime mine counter measures) programme. Initiated […]

  • Brazil demands return of UK waste

    20 July 2009

    Brazilian authorities are demanding that more than 1,400 tonnes of hazardous British waste found in three ports be returned to the UK. The Brazilian environment agency, Ibama, says that international treaties have been violated. An investigation into how and why the waste was sent to Brazil has been launched by the British government.

  • UK: Sonardyne Exhibits at AUV 2012

    13 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Continuing with its busy event season, Sonardyne International Ltd. will next be exhibiting at AUV 2012. Held bi-annually by the Oceanic Engineering Society (IEEE-OES), this year’s conference is taking place at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton and marks the first time that the event has been to the UK. The theme of this year’s […]

  • UK: SeaEnergy Announces 2011 Results

    4 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    SeaEnergy PLC announces its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2011. Financial Summary The clear financial highlight of 2011 was the conclusion of the sale of SERL to Repsol Nuevas Energias UK Limited. This resulted in the Group recording a profit of £25.3 million for the financial year compared with a loss of […]

  • Fishing quota deal ‘good for UK’

    20 December 2006

    The EU’s fish quota deal – which includes cuts to the UK’s cod catches – represents “a good deal”, the government has said. Cod quotas will decrease by between 14% and 20% next year, with the number of days allowed for fishing also reduced. But permitted prawn, haddock, mackerel and monkfish catches will increase.

  • Hamworthy Buys AW Flow (UK)

    5 October 2011

    Hamworthy, a world leader in the design and manufacture of innovative marine and offshore fluid handling systems, announced that it has acquired 100 per cent of the issued share capital of AW Flow Holdings Limited and its subsidiary undertakings, a UK based specialist valve manufacturer for the oil and gas sector. The consideration is £24 […]

  • UK: Rolls-Royce Continues to Grow

    1 March 2013

    In 2012, Rolls-Royce continued to grow underlying profits as it has done every year for the past decade. During that time the Group has doubled its revenues, trebled its order book and more than quadrupled its profits. The group’s Marine order book increased 44 per cent including new orders of £3.3 billion (2011 £2.1 billion). […]

  • France and UK battle over carriers

    23 January 2006

    France is reportedly on a collision course with the UK over a

  • UK: Ophir Makes Board Changes

    26 April 2013

    Ophir announced the following changes to its Board: Jonathan Taylor, Jonathan Taylor, a co-founder of Ophir, Executive Director and former Technical Director has informed the Board of his intention to retire from the Board and his role as an Executive Director with effect from the Company’s 2013 Annual General Meeting and as such it has […]

  • Drilling at Jacky Prospect Resumes (UK)

    29 March 2011
    Project & Tenders

      Ithaca Energy Inc. announces that drilling of the J03 well on the Jacky field has now recommenced, as previously stated. The Energy Enhancer drilling unit is now fully operational following successful repair to the drilling mud handling system onboard the rig. Production from J01 was briefly suspended to complete the ‘top hole section’ of […]

  • Subsea 7 bags UK deal

    26 April 2010

    Subsea 7 has bagged a pipeline contract in the UK sector of the North Sea. The deal is worth in excess of 75 million dollars. The Subsea 7 work scope is to engineer, fabricate, install and commission a pipeline bundle consisting of production, gas lift, methanol and heating pipelines and controls umbilical, the company reports […]

  • UK: Port of Tyne at Heart of the Action

    31 October 2012
    Ports & Logistics

    The giants of the renewable industry are set to gather in Scotland this week – and the Port of Tyne will be at the heart of the action. Renewable UK – the world’s largest conference and exhibition of its kind – will bring together 300 different organisations working in the generation and supply of new […]

  • UK: Lybster Field Put on Production

    4 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Trapoil , the independent oil and gas exploration and appraisal company focused on the UK Continental Shelf (“UKCS”) region of the North Sea, yesterday announced the start of production at its Lybster field situated on Block 11/24 – 3v2  (“Lybster”), which is operated by Caithness Oil Limited. The Lybster production facilities have been installed and […]

  • UK: Partrac Joins Forces with ADAS

    6 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Partrac worked with ADAS in the development of a novel framework, combining conventional sediment source fingerprinting and Partrac’s proprietary ‘Dual Signature’ particle tracking technology to improve sediment source information for the River Glaven priority catchment in eastern England. Catchment Officers working as part of the Catchment Sensitive Farming initiative frequently require more detailed evidence to […]