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  • MMT in UK-Iceland Link Route Survey

    15 June 2015
    Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    MMT (Sweden) has been awarded a contract for the world’s longest HVDC route survey for the UK-Iceland Interconnector by Atlantic Superconnection Corporation (ASC). MMT will provide bathymetric and geophysical mapping along the entire route corridor, between Iceland to England, the company said. MMT and Reach Subsea have mobilized the Surveyor Interceptor ROV onboard Stril Explorer […]

  • SubC Opens Branch Office in Lowestoft, UK

    20 August 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    In order to secure the best given service regarding IRM work on offshore foundations, SubC Partner has recently started up a branch office in Lowestoft, UK. SubC Anglia will be the company’s local branch office and service centre for offshore wind farms in the East of England region and beyond. SubC Anglia handles all projects […]

  • UK royal survey ship visits Vietnam

    21 October 2006

    UK Royal Naval survey ship HMS Echo with 54 officers and crew members aboard anchored at Ho Chi Minh City port Saturday for a goodwill visit. Captain, Lieutenant Commander Jeremy Churcher and crew members will lay a wreath at Ho Chi Minh President monument, and pay courtesy visits to leaders of the city’s People’s Committee, […]

  • UK: Bae Systems’ Naval Sector Restructuring

    7 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    BAE Systems has reached agreement in principle with HM Government on measures to enable the implementation of a restructuring of its UK naval ships business. The agreement will result in:  Restructuring of the contract for the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carrier programme. Provision of additional shipbuilding work prior to the start of the Type 26 […]

  • UK Spot Gas Down 10 Percent

    11 November 2011

    British spot gas shed 10 percent on Friday morning as warm weather weighed on demand and packed storage sites struggled to absorb the incomi… (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, November 11, 2011; Image: uk national grid

  • UK Government to Reconsider Severn Tidal Project

    21 August 2012
    Authorities & Government

    The UK Prime Minister David Cameron met the former Labour Minister Peter Hain last month to discuss the proposed tidal barrage project in the Severn Estuary, after which he has asked the Government officials to look into the proposal again. Mr. Hain, who left his position earlier this year to promote the project, says that […]

  • Petrofac hires Stena rig for UK operations

    25 January 2021
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has signed a new drilling contract with Petrofac for operations in the UK using the Stena Don rig.

  • UK: Taskforce Publishes Recommendations for Business Secretary

    16 March 2012

    The Taskforce, chaired by Tim Breedon, CEO of Legal & General plc, was commissioned by the Government to examine a range of alternative and sustainable finance sources, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Bank lending is by far the largest source of external finance currently used by businesses, but the Taskforce believes there is […]

  • 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, […]

  • UK: Talisman Sinopec names Managing Director

    25 March 2015

    Talisman Sinopec Energy UK is pleased to announce that Bill Dunnett has been appointed Managing Director with effect from April 7. Dunnett will succeed Paul Warwick who will return to his role as Executive Vice President, Talisman Energy Inc., following completion of Dunnett’s transition by mid-May. Dunnett is a chartered engineer with more than 30 years’ […]

  • UK and Norway Agree Major Energy Partnership

    7 June 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Prime Minister David Cameron and the Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg agreed a landmark energy partnership between the UK and Norway designed to secure affordable and sustainable long term energy supplies. The Norway-UK Energy Partnership for Sustainable Growth heralds closer collaboration between the two countries across a wide range of energy activities, including safe and […]

  • LNG exporters’ interest in UK’s market grows

    28 November 2014

    British market grows in attractiveness to LNG exporters as Asia price premium over UK’s market narrows.

  • OSI Inks UK Royal Navy Contract

    25 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    OSI Maritime Systems (OSI) has signed a contract to integrate its flagship software, ECPINS-W Sub, into the UK Royal Navy’s T45 Destroyer Integrated Bridge System (IBS). Under the terms of this contract, OSI will provide software engineering activity to fully integrate ECPINS into the existing IBS system architecture. OSI supplies the Royal Navy with its […]

  • Carizzo Sells Huntington Stake to Iona (UK)

    28 December 2012

    Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its wholly owned subsidiary Carrizo UK Huntington Limited, and all of its interest in the Huntington Field in the UK North Sea to a subsidiary of Iona Energy Inc. for a cash consideration of $184 million. Carrizo expects […]

  • Coastline Surveys to Exhibit at Renewable UK Event

    11 June 2013

    This will be the first time that Coastline has attended this event as part of it’s commitment to further develop their activities within the offshore renewable sector. Having been established for over 20 years, Coastline Surveys is one of the few remaining independent marine survey companies operating in the UK and is successfully establishing itself […]

  • UK oil firm hires NAO vessels

    5 September 2014

    Nordic American Offshore Ltd (NAO) has entered into two new contracts with a major oil-company in the UK for one year with a one year option. This will secure employment for two of the company’s vessels up to the end of 2015. NAO has been in operation since the end of 2013.   Nordic American Offshore in […]

  • 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 […]

  • BOC of UK Launches National LNG Business

    15 August 2012

    BOC, the UK’s largest supplier of compressed and liquefied gases, has launched a national liquefied natural gas (LNG) business. This cryogenic liquid is fast becoming the low-carbon fuel of choice for large commercial vehicles but until now the growth of the market has been constrained by the lack of both sufficient refuelling facilities and reliable […]

  • OERA & UK Cooperate to Advance Tidal Research

    5 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Nova Scotia and the United Kingdom will work together to advance tidal research to help the future development of the industry. A memorandum of understanding between the province, the Offshore Energy Research Association of Nova Scotia and the United Kingdom’s Technology Strategy Board will encourage joint research in order to improve the technology required to […]

  • PA Resources wins another UK licence

    15 January 2015
    Business & Finance

    PA Resources has announced further success in the UK’s 28th Seaward Licensing Round through the award of Block 21/24b to a group comprising of PA Resources (33.33 percent), First Oil and Gas (33.33 percent, operator) and Dyas UK (33.33 percent). To remind, PA Resources was previously awarded two blocks located in the central area of […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • TAQA Confirms Accident on Harding Platform (UK)

    27 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    TAQA confirmed there has been a fatality on the Harding platform in the UK North Sea. A TAQA employee fell overboard during a maintenance activity on the platform. He was recovered from the sea by a support vessel and transferred to Gilbert Bain Hospital in Shetland by helicopter, the company reported. The next of kin […]

  • UK: New Plan for Stronger Flood Defenses

    12 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    Lessons learnt from last winter’s floods have helped build a new approach so the nation is better prepared and more resilient to flooding, according to the UK Government’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. Improved rain and flood modelling, a significant increase in new temporary flood defenses and greater protection to infrastructure were all outlined […]

  • MeyGen Enters Saltire Prize Challenge (UK)

    28 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    MeyGen is today announcing its entry into the Saltire Prize and welcomes the opportunity to challenge for this significant accolade. Meygen’s entry coincides with the launch of the Saltire Prize Grand Challenge Period, which is being formally announced today in Orkney by Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond. The MeyGen project is the largest tidal energy […]