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  • UK: Dulas Announces Strategic Partnership with Chillwind

    6 June 2012

    Dulas Ltd, one of the UK’s longest standing renewable energy companies with 30 years’ experience in the sector, has announced that it is in negotiations to purchase Chillwind Ltd, the UK’s leading meteorological mast supply company. The partnership will strengthen Dulas’ ability to manufacture, distribute and install met masts across the UK and in Europe, […]

  • UK: Oil Production Starts at Athena Field

    28 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Ithaca Energy Inc. announces the successful start-up of oil production from the Athena field. The initial operations phase of the field is in line with management’s expectations and proceeding as planned. This involves bringing production from each well online and establishing stable performance of the oil processing and water injection systems. The Company will issue […]

  • E.ON Strikes Gas in UK North Sea

    13 August 2013

    E.ON Exploration & Production’s (E&P) Tolmount gas discovery in the UK North Sea could contain significantly higher volumes than originally estimated, making it one of the largest discoveries made in this part of the North Sea for several years. The recently completed appraisal well reached its targets within time and budget on 6th July. A […]

  • Rough waters ahead for UK’s oil industry

    2 February 2015

    Oil & Gas UK’s Business Sentiment Index published today reveals that in the fourth quarter of 2014 optimism in the oil and gas industry fell dramatically, dropping 16 points to -23 points on a -50/+50 scale.   According to the Oil&Gas UK, the downfall continues the downward trend seen over the last seven quarters and […]

  • Offshore wind in the UK – roadmap required

    26 October 2020
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The following article is a guest post by Maren Strandevold, an energy lawyer and an associate at the international commercial law firm Haynes and Boone. In response to the recent offshore wind announcement by the UK’s Prime Minister, Maren Strandevold discusses the need for adequate funding allocated in the correct areas, a streamlined regulatory regime, and […]

  • Tidal Energy Summit Coming Up (UK)

    19 August 2013

    Recent predictions for the growth of the tidal industry have been highly positive, with trade body Renewable UK estimating the industry to be worth £6billion by 2035 to the UK economy alone. However, project and technology developers are still facing significant challenges in delivering commercial scale arrays. While technology is advancing slowly to a stage […]

  • REBIRTH OF UK MANUFACTURING: NORTH EAST ON BOARD

    19 February 2010
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    BWEA (RenewableUK), the UK’s leading trade association, welcomed today’s announcement from US company Clipper Windpower on plans to build the world’s largest turbine blade in Newcastle, for its proprietary 10 megawatt (MW) Britannia wind turbine. Each Britannia turbine will be able to satisfy the annual electricity consumption of over 6500 households. The factory building the […]

  • UK: Port of Felixstowe Receives New Cranes

    6 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    The UK’s Secretary of State for Transport, the Rt Hon Justine Greening MP, has visited the Port of Felixstowe, the country’s largest container port, to see it take delivery of its latest consignment of new cranes. Whilst at the port, the Secretary of State met with senior management of the port, before a tour of […]

  • UK: Kongsberg Maritime Strengthens Renewables Offering

    25 October 2013

    Mark Baldwin has been appointed as a UK business development manager by Kongsberg Maritime Ltd, as part of the plan to improve service offering for the offshore renewables sector, writes Aberdeen Business News. Baldwin joined Kongsberg Oil and Gas Technologies five years ago, where he worked as a sales manager. After this appointment, he will […]

  • UK: Plans for Grimsby’s New Harbor Revealed

    26 February 2013

    Plans for a new harbor within Grimsby’s Royal Dock, which will be used by the Danish energy giant Dong Energy, have been revealed, reports Grimsby Telegraph. Dong already announced that it is planning to come to Grimsby to construct Westermost Rough windfarm and to conduct operations and maintenance from this port. This EUR 1 Billion […]

  • Sembcorp Marine Acquires SLP Engineering (UK)

    17 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Sembcorp Marine through its wholly-owned subsidiary SMOE Pte Ltd (SMOE) has acquired from Smulders Group the entire share capital in its wholly-owned subsidiary of SLP Engineering Limited (SLP). SLP, based in Lowestoft Suffolk, United Kingdom (UK), will be renamed Sembmarine SLP Limited (Sembmarine SLP) and will be held through newly incorporated company Sembmarine North Sea […]

  • UK: OGA looking for permanent head of decommissioning

    17 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    UK’s offshore oil and gas industry regulator, the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA), has named an acting head of decommissioning until a process of recruiting a permanent head is completed. The OGA said on Monday that it named Gunther Newcombe, current director of operations, as the acting head of decommissioning. The organization added Newcombe would […]

  • UK opens bidding round for shale gas

    30 July 2014

    The UK government opened on Monday the bidding process for companies seeking licences to explore for onshore oil and gas. Business and Energy Minister Matthew Hancock published details of how companies can apply for licences which will enable them to start initial exploration for shale gas. The licences provide the first step to starting drilling […]

  • Availability of Seajacks Vessels in Q3 2011 (UK)

    31 August 2011
    Business & Finance

    Seajacks published report on availability of their jack-up vessels. Seajacks is a leading owner and operator of purpose-built self-propelled jack-up vessels. Seajacks currently owns and operates self-propelled jack-up vessels out of Great Yarmouth in the United Kingdom, ‘Seajacks Leviathan’ and ‘Seajacks Kraken’. The vessels facilitate installation and maintenance of offshore wind turbines, as well as […]

  • UK: Vattenfall to Increase Wind Power Investments

    15 June 2012

    The wind power sector is growing and Vattenfall is continually expanding its presence in the booming industry. Wind power is one of the areas where the company intends to increase its investments in the years ahead. 15 June is Global Wind Day, a good opportunity to look at the importance of wind power throughout the […]

  • Wind Keeps Low Energy Costs for UK

    16 January 2015

    As energy security rises up the agenda across Europe this winter, a report by independent analysts Cambridge Econometrics shows additional wind power would make the UK’s energy supply more resilient by cutting costly imports of fossil fuels. In 2013, wind energy reduced the UK’s need to import coal by an estimated 4.9 million tonnes and […]

  • UK: ConocoPhillips Extends COSL Rival Contract

    6 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    ConocoPhillips UK has decided to extend its relationship with COSL Drilling Europe, awarding the company with a new four month contract plus two x 1 month option extensions for the COSLRival accommodation rig. The unit has been working for ConocoPhillips at Jasmine oil field, located in the North Sea, since April 2011, and will continue […]

  • OEE backs tidal lagoon developments in UK

    8 August 2016
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Ocean Energy Europe (OEE) has supported tidal lagoon developments in the UK in a submission to the UK Government’s independent review of the tidal lagoon industry.

  • UK: Two Navies in Joint Dive

    16 February 2015
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Royal Navy divers took the opportunity to dive with their counterparts in the Norwegian Navy in Plymouth Sound. The dive team from Southern Diving Unit 1, based in HM Naval Base, Devonport, Plymouth, joined colleagues from HnoMS Fridtjof Nansen, an advanced Royal Norwegian Navy frigate. Lieutenant Commander Peter Davis, the Officer-in-Charge of the Royal Navy […]

  • BP Q1 Profit Down (UK)

    30 April 2013

    BP announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2013. Underlying replacement cost profit for the quarter was $4.2 billion, compared to $3.9 billion in the fourth quarter and $4.7 billion in the first quarter of 2012. Operating cash flow in the quarter was $4.0 billion, compared with $3.4 billion in the first quarter […]

  • Qatari LNG Cargo Heads for UK

    12 August 2013
    Vessels

    UK’s South Hook LNG import terminal is expected to receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas on August 19, according to port data. The Bu Samra LNG tanker, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is transporting the cargo from Ras Laffan, Qatar. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG per annum […]

  • UK: Wood Group Profit Up

    21 August 2012

    Wood Group announced half year results for the six months ended 30 June. Financial Highlights Revenue from continuing operations1 of $3,346.3m (2011: $2,465.9m) up 36% EBITA from continuing operations1 of $205.1m (2011: $133.9m) up 53% Profit from continuing operations before tax and exceptional items of $160.0m (2011: $102.7m) up 56% Adjusted diluted EPS1 of 37.4 […]

  • UK: Trump Takes EOWDC to Court

    17 May 2013

      American billionaire Donald Trump is taking European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre’s (EOWDC) development plan to court, writes the Associated Press. Namely, Trump is opposing this renewable energy development because, as he said, they will ruin the view from his luxury golf resort. The Trump Organization said Thursday it has lodged a petition with Scotland’s […]

  • IIMS Annual Conference Moved (UK)

    5 December 2013
    Business & Finance

    The International Institute of Marine Surveying has moved its 2014 annual conference, dinner and Annual General Meeting to coincide with Seawork 2014. Institute CEO John Lawrence comments: “London is pricing itself out of the market: the cost of hiring a venue, paying for the facilities and then the high cost of accommodation has made the […]

  • UK: Stornoway Harbour Dredging Resumes

    27 April 2012

    The dredging work at the Stornoway Harbour is being carried out over a six week period, according to Stornoway Gazette. This project includes the area of the harbour around Cromwell Street Quay as part of the enabling works for the Inner Harbour Regeneration Project and also aroundaround Esplanade Quay, both sides of No.2 Pier and […]