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  • UK Docks Set Up Shop in Cumbria

    9 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    Whitehaven Marina Ltd. has welcomed UK Docks Marine Services on-site as a new service provider, as the marine engineering firm expand their existing Tyneside, South Shields and Gosport, Hampshire operations. UK Docks have widened operations to the West Coast in order to service current contracts as well as develop operations within the growing wind farm industry. UK Docks […]

  • UK to Get LNG Cargo from Qatar

    19 September 2013
    Vessels

    The South Hook liquefied natural gas terminal in the UK is expected to receive a cargo of LNG on October 6, according to shipping data. The Al Gharrafa LNG tanker, with a capacity of 216,000 cbm, departed from Qatar’s Ras Laffan Port on Wednesday. UK’s South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG a […]

  • IGas Acquires Nexen Exploration UK Limited

    4 March 2011
    Business & Finance

      IGas, a domestic gas producer and leading developer of unconventional gas resources in the UK, today announces that it has received the necessary regulatory approval to become the operator and sole owner of its licences. This follows an announcement on 31st January 2011 of the signing of an agreement with Nexen Petroleum UK Limited, […]

  • Investors’ Confidence in UK Upstream Industry Rises

    11 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Oil & Gas UK’s Q1 2012 business confidence index published yesterday (10 May) reveals that the confidence of the upstream oil and gas industry across Britain has risen to 64 points on a 100 point scale – the highest since the survey was launched in Q1 2009. However, the leap in optimism is driven by […]

  • UK Minister Visits DONG Energy in Belfast

    26 April 2012
    Authorities & Government

    The UK energy Minister Charles Hendry was welcomed by DONG Energy’s head of UK Wind Power Christian T. Skakkebæk at Belfast Harbour this week.  The harbour is now being turned into a bespoke offshore wind construction facility. DONG Energy signed a letter of intent to lease the facility at the start of next year, for […]

  • UK Keeps Piracy Ransom Payment Legal

    21 January 2015

    The UK government has pledged that it would not outlaw the payment of ransoms to secure the release of seafarers held hostage by pirates. Maritime trade union Nautilus has written to UK ministers to voice concerns over the potential for proposed new counter-terrorism laws to restrict or even outlaw the payment of piracy ransoms. In a response […]

  • EOD Specialist Ramora UK Safely Disposes of WWII Mine at Site of Greater Gabbard Wind Farm (UK)

    23 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    World-renowned Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) specialist Ramora UK has safely disposed of an unexploded World War II mine onsite at one of the world’s largest offshore windfarm. The four-man Ramora UK team used a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to place a countermining charge next to the 1,500lb (680kg) mine which had been assessed as high-risk […]

  • UK Wave & Tidal Sector Discussed in Plymouth

    5 March 2015

    Over 60 industry professionals from across the UK will gather at Plymouth University today to discuss the future development of the UK wave and tidal energy sector. The annual meeting of the Marine Energy Programme Board (MEPB), established in 2011, provides a strategic forum for UK industry, regional stakeholders and Government to help steer development […]

  • Spaniard East Well a Dry Hole (UK)

    6 November 2012

    Premier Oil-operated Spaniards East well in UK block 15/21 in the North Sea has reached a total depth of 10,694 feet and is being plugged and abandoned as a dry hole. The well, which was spudded on October 14, 2012,  encountered 75 feet of Jurassic sands but these were shown to be water wet on […]

  • Vince Cable Tours Alexandra Dock (UK)

    21 July 2011
    Authorities & Government

    Business Secretary Vince Cable has today toured Alexandra Dock where Siemens plans to build an £80 million wind turbine factory which will create 700 jobs, expected to be operational by 2014. Under the development plan Associated British Ports (ABP) will build a £100 million deepwater berth capable of handling the new generation of large offshore […]

  • Subsea UK Unveils Subsea Expo Programme

    10 January 2019

    Subsea UK has urged industry to embrace disruptive and enabling technologies to generate greater levels of transparency, efficiency, and performance. The call was issued as Subsea UK announced the final speaker line-up and programme for its 14th annual conference and exhibition, Subsea Expo. The event will take place at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre […]

  • Statoil’s UK business gets new MD

    14 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    Norway’s oil major Statoil has appointed Hedda Felin as the new managing director of Statoil Production UK. Statoil said that she succeeds Tove Stuhr Sjøblom who left the company. As the new head of the company’s Aberdeen office, Felin will be responsible for Statoil’s upstream development and production activities in the UK and Ireland. Hedda Felin […]

  • Brexit Sets Stage for UK Free Ports

    14 November 2016

    Brexit could provide the United Kingdom with new economic freedom if the country exits the EU Customs Union, a new report by UK’s Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) says.  The report, entitled The Free Ports Opportunity, calls on the country’s government to take the opportunity to create Free Ports across the UK. A Free Port […]

  • Trapoil: No Significant Hydrocarbons at Scotney Well (UK)

    12 April 2013

    Trapoil, the independent oil and gas exploration, appraisal and production company focused on the UK Continental Shelf  region of the North Sea, announces that operations are now being concluded on the Scotney (Licence P.1658, Block 20/5b) exploration prospect. The exploration well was drilled to its target depth of 10,600 feet Measured Depth Below Rotary Table […]

  • UK’s OEG to buy Bluestream Offshore

    15 December 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    OEG Energy Group (OEG) has signed a sale and purchase agreement (SPA) to acquire Dutch subsea and topside services specialist Bluestream Offshore. The acquisition is expected to increase OEG’s subsea and topside capabilities while expanding its operating footprint to be able to pursue further opportunities in the growing offshore renewable industry. Bluestream has a turnover […]

  • UK union in offshore pay dispute

    22 December 2016

    Members of Scotland’s biggest offshore trade union Unite have gone into an official dispute with employers, in a move that could lead to a vote on industrial action. Unite, along with the GMB union, was seeking a wage increase for offshore members, along with improved sick pay and paid travel time. The Offshore Contractors Association (OCA), […]

  • UK port extends crane life

    6 March 2009

    Converteam Group has won a contract to upgrade two ship-to-shore cranes for Tilbury Container Services (TCS). The power conversion engineering specialist has been engaged to extend the life and enhance the reliability and facilities of two Paceco units. The two cranes are set to be relocated from their present riverside location to the inner dock […]

  • Amistad tour ship arrives in UK

    7 August 2007

    A replica of the 19th Century slave ship, Amistad, has docked in a Cornish port as part of a 16-month tour around the world. The ship’s Amistad Atlantic Freedom Tour will cover 22,500km (14,000 mile) retracing the route of the slave trade.

  • UK: Hamworthy Acquisition Becomes Effective

    31 January 2012

    The Scheme of Arrangement with regards to the acquisition of Hamworthy has become effective and the control of Hamworthy has been transferred to Wärtsilä as of today, 31 January 2012. The associated Reduction of Capital was confirmed at a Court hearing on 30 January 2012 in London, United Kingdom and the trading of Hamworthy shares […]

  • DNV GL Renewables recruiting in UK

    2 June 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    DNV GL (Renewables Advisory Division) is looking for a Head of Section Offshore Renewables Installation and Logistics. The Section has expertise in offshore renewable installation and logistics, decommissioning, vessel application, ports and fabrication. Staff advise and run projects for utilities, usually in the early development phases, but also support construction and operational sites. The section offers […]

  • Chinese CSR acquires UK’s SMD

    6 February 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric, a subsidiary of Chinese CSR Corporation, has acquired Specialist Machine Developments (SMD). SMD has announced that the company signed a sale and purchase agreement with Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric Co. for the sale of the entire share capital of the SMD group. Andrew Hodgson, CEO of SMD, said: “Becoming part of […]

  • Jera to sell LNG to UK’s Centrica

    13 December 2016
    Project & Tenders

    Japan’s Jera, the joint company of Tepco and Chubu Electric and the largest importer of liquefied natural gas, signed an agreement with Centrica for the sale of up to six cargoes per year.

  • BP Q3 Profit Gains (UK)

    30 October 2012

    BP today announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2012, reporting underlying replacement cost profit, adjusted for non-operating items and fair value accounting effects, of $5.2 billion. “BP’s performance and the strong progress we are making in transforming the company give us the confidence to increase distributions to our shareholders,” said group chief […]

  • US cargo quartet heading for UK

    24 December 2019

    Liquefied natural gas import terminals on the United Kingdom’s Milford Haven waterway are scheduled to receive cargoes of the chilled fuel from the United States before the end of the year. 

  • Ithaca Completes Cook Field Acquisition (UK)

    5 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Ithaca Energy Inc. has completed the acquisition of the wholly owned UK subsidiary company of Noble Energy Capital Limited (a subsidiary of Noble Energy Inc.  which owns the 12.885% non-operated interest in the Cook field. Following the transaction, the Company now holds a 41.345% in the Cook field. The Cook oil field, operated by Shell, […]