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  • SeaRoc Opens New Dundee Office, UK

    16 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    International marine engineering company SeaRoc has announced the opening of a further office in Scotland to support the country’s growing offshore wind farm and marine renewables industries. Located in Dundee, the new office opened on November 12th and houses a number of marine engineering experts, including David Wotherspoon who joins SeaRoc as Development Director. The […]

  • 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 […]

  • TWMA Secures Contract with Premier Oil (UK)

    4 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    TWMA, the leader in integrated drilling services and environmental solutions for the international onshore and offshore oil and gas industry, today announces it has secured a substantial contract with UK operator, Premier Oil (Premier), following a comprehensive tender process. The project, worth an estimated £2 million, is already under way with TWMA providing ‘skip and […]

  • Reftrade UK Names New General Manager

    12 August 2013
    Equipment

    Aberdeen based, Reftrade UK, a market leading specialist in the supply of cold storage solutions to the global offshore energy industry, has announced the appointment of a new general manager. Alex Cruickshank joins the company with many years of experience in the oil and gas sector, and brings over 5 years of dedicated management experience […]

  • 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 […]

  • Subsea UK, SPE Launch ‘Inside Industry’

    11 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    More than 15 teachers from across North East Scotland attended the opening of ‘Inside Industry’ last night (10 December), a new career guidance website for secondary schools and colleges across the UK, targeted specifically towards the energy industry. Supported by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Section and Subsea UK, Inside Industry has been developed […]

  • 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 […]

  • Prysmian to Link UK and France for €350 Million

    7 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Prysmian has secured a contract worth around €350 million with a joint venture between National Grid UK and RTE of France for the turn-key design, manufacture and installation of a submarine and land power cable link to connect Tourbe in France to Chilling in Hampshire, UK. “This is a prestigious project for Prysmian, and we […]

  • MMT UK Nets MCA Contract Extension

    1 June 2016
    Project & Tenders

    MMT UK has been awarded a two-year hydrographic survey contract extension with the Maritime & Coastguard Agency’s Civil Hydrographic Programme (CHP). This is the second time MMT UK has been awarded an extension following the first three years, the company said. The company will continue to provide hydrographic surveys for the CHP until 2018. Martin Godfrey, project […]

  • 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: 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 […]

  • New AUV Delivered to MODUS (UK)

    9 August 2013
    Equipment

    Modus Seabed Intervention, the leading subsea engineering and specialist Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) service provider, has taken delivery of its first Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) as the company expands its technology-led subsea capabilities. The acquisition is part of a planned investment programme by the North East England-based company to develop a dedicated division operating a […]

  • 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 […]

  • UK’s Flood and Coastal Erosion Plan

    1 July 2015
    Business & Finance

    Between April 2015 and March 2021, the government will invest £2.3 billion in more than 1,500 projects across England. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) investment plan sets out how this commitment will transform flood and coastal erosion risk management over the coming 6 years. The program of work that this funding […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • UK: Portsmouth Prepares for Carriers’ Arrival

    2 February 2012

    The next step in preparing Portsmouth as the home of the biggest warships ever built for the Royal Navy begins this week. A specialist rig begins six weeks of drilling on Friday, sampling the sea bed in the harbour and in the Solent. The tests will pave the way for major dredging work in a […]

  • UK: Port of Wells Dredging Continues

    3 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    For the week commencing 7th July 2014, the Port of Wells dredging scheme will resume in the main channel. The Port’s dredger “Kari Hege” will be engaged in dredging operations in the main channel north of number 4 buoy, between buoys 4 and  2. All material dredged from these areas will be placed on the […]

  • UK: River Avon Dredging Starts

    10 March 2014

    BD Westby has started to dredge the River Avon in Stratford-upon-Avon, reports the Stratford Herald. River Avon was previously dredged in 2001. Dredging operations, undertaken under the Clopton and Tramway bridges, are scheduled to last three to four weeks. “We’re removing the deposits of leaves and branches and sand that’s washed down the river,“ said […]

  • UK: Dredging Is Not the Solution, WWT Says

    24 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    As flood waters recede, Worcestershire Wildlife Trust (WWT) is calling for long-term sustainable solutions to deal with flooding for both people and for wildlife. Peter Case, Water and Wetlands Officer for the Trust, explained: “Our sympathy is with those individuals and local communities that have been affected by the recent flood events and we are […]

  • UK: VolkerStevin Wins Awards at CEEQUAL

    29 April 2013

    VolkerStevin, in conjunction with Carillion, Halcrow and Glasgow City Council, has received two highly commended awards for the White Cart Water Flood Prevention Project at the CEEQUAL Outstanding Achievement Awards. The project was highly commended in the categories of ‘Relations with the Local Community and other Stakeholders’, and ‘Ecology and Biodiversity’. The White Cart Water […]