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  • UK PM Names New Energy Minister

    15 July 2014
    Authorities & Government

    UK Prime Minister David Cameron is currently reshuffling his Cabinet and announcing new ministerial appointments. Matthew Hancock is appointed as Minister of State at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change and Minister of State for Portsmouth. He takes the place of Michael Fallon MP, who had […]

  • EAC Advises UK Government on GIB’s Privatisation

    21 December 2015
    Authorities & Government

    The UK Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has warned the Government that its proposed privatisation of the Green Investment Bank (GIB) must not go ahead unless Ministers can ensure that the Bank’s guiding green objectives are protected and strengthened. GIB invests on a commercial basis primarily in areas such as non-domestic energy efficiency, waste, and […]

  • MCA: Twelve Ships Under Detention (UK)

    6 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced today that 12 foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during May 2012 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection. Latest monthly figures show that there were six new detentions of foreign flagged ships in UK ports during May 2012 and six vessels remained under detention […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 starts offshore transmission network review

    16 July 2020
    Infrastructure

    The UK has launched a review into the existing offshore transmission regime to address the barriers it presents to further significant deployment of offshore wind. The current approach to designing and building offshore transmission was developed when offshore wind was a nascent sector and industry expectations were as low as 10 GW by 2030. The […]

  • UK: Jee Opens New Office in London

    23 January 2013
    Business & Finance

    Jee Ltd announced the opening of its new office in central London, which will accommodate growing staff numbers within the company. The new office is located in the city’s Waterloo area and will provide a more localised service to Jee’s London-based clients as well as aid ongoing recruitment in the company. Managing director, Trevor Jee, […]

  • UK: Ineos hands in decommissioning plans for Windermere

    25 April 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Ineos has submitted its decommissioning plans for the Windermere field located in the Southern North Sea to the UK authorities. 

  • UK’s Subsea Sector to Boost Exports in 2017

    3 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    British subsea companies are expecting to increase overseas activity in the next 12 months, according to a survey conducted by industry body, Subsea UK. Of the 300 member companies surveyed, 27% are predicting increasing exports by 50% or more in 2017. More than half (56%) expect overseas sales to increase between 1% and 49% with […]

  • UK Government Sparks Millions of Pounds of Investment

    26 October 2012

    The government has today approved a Talisman project that will extend the life of North Sea oil fields and unleash millions of pounds of extra investment for the UK economy. The £1.6 billion MonArb Area Redevelopment Project will mean the production of a further 100 million barrels of oil equivalent from the existing Montrose, Arbroath, […]

  • UK set for another Qatari LNG shipment

    19 November 2014
    Vessels

    The UK’s South Hook terminal is scheduled to receive another cargo of Qatari LNG aboard the Al Ghuwairiya carrier.

  • UK: Liverpool2 Dredging Program Kicks Off

    6 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Construction is now underway on Liverpool2, Peel Ports’ £300 million in-river container terminal which will enable post-Panamax vessels of up to 13,500 TEU to call directly at the Port of Liverpool. A dredging operation to remove one million cubic metres of material from the seabed will be launched today by Sir Bobby Charlton and Kenny […]

  • Suncor About to Complete Romeo Drilling (UK)

    9 January 2013

    Suncor is about to complete drilling of exploration well 30/11c on the Romeo prospect in license P1666 in the UK North Sea. The well is being drilled by the Awilco WilHunter rig. The well has encountered oil at three different stratigraphic levels within the Jurassic and Triassic comprising in aggregate an oil column of some 60 […]

  • UK: CWind Appoints New Fleet Manager

    14 June 2012

    CWind, which provides crew vessel and workboat services as well as construction, repair and service jobs to the offshore wind sector has confirmed that Ralph Jensen is expected to join the company in October as Fleet Manager to look after CWind’s expanding operations in UK and Northern Europe.  Peter Jorgensen, Managing Director of CWind said, […]

  • UK: Sterling, Enquest Swap Offshore Assets

    18 May 2012

    Sterling Resources Ltd. has agreed to Enquest’s 10 percent interest in its F-Quad and L-Quad licences in the Dutch North Sea, and Enquest will acquire Sterling’s 50 percent interest in the Cairngorm licence (Block 16/3d) in the UK North Sea. Sterling now as operator hold a 35 percent interest in the shallow geological horizons of […]

  • Neptune Pens Framework Agreement with BP UK

    5 December 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Neptune announces the signing of a framework agreement with BP in the UK to provide subsea engineering services and support. This contract is a significant milestone for Neptune in the UK, signifying the first agreement of this kind with a major subsea operator in the region. The agreement provides BP with access to a rapid […]

  • UK’s Offshore Wind Capacity Exceeds 5GW

    22 June 2015

    RenewableUK, the trade association for the wind and marine energy industries, is highlighting the fact that 5.054GW is now installed in UK waters, which is a significant milestone in the sector. The threshold was crossed when Gwynt y Mor wind farm, off the coast of North Wales, was officially inaugurated last week. The wind farm […]

  • DeepOcean UK Names New Operations Director

    19 November 2013
    Business & Finance

    DeepOcean UK, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, announced the appointment of Simon James, as Operations Director. Simon joins DeepOcean from GSP Offshore, where he was also Director of Operations. With over 20 years’ experience in the Oil & Gas sector, James brings a wealth of operational, projects and management experience and is a Chartered […]

  • UK Planning Inspectorate Accepts Forewind’s Application

    24 April 2014
    Authorities & Government

    The UK Planning Inspectorate accepted offshore wind developer, Forewind’s second development consent order application for the Dogger Bank Zone. The application for the 2.4 gigawatt (GW) Dogger Bank Teesside A&B development comes eight months after Forewind submitted its first application, for the 2.4GW Dogger Bank Creyke Beck proposal, which is almost half-way through the examination […]

  • “Offshore wind properly taking off” (UK)

    14 July 2010
    Business & Finance, Environment

    The use of renewable energy will increase over the next few years, according to experts. Green energy organisation Renewable UK has said… [mappress] Source: envirotech-online, July 14, 2010;

  • LOC Opens New Offices in UK and The Netherlands

    20 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    Leading global marine and engineering consultancy, LOC (London Offshore Consultants) has opened two new offices to strengthen its service delivery in the North Sea region. Complimenting existing LOC hubs in London, Aberdeen and Stavanger, the new offices, both opened on the same day (14 March), are located in Newcastle, UK and Leeuwarden, Netherlands. Both offices […]

  • Inpex Wins Exploration Licence Offshore UK

    24 October 2013

    INPEX announced that it was successful in the 27th Seaward Licensing Round in UK, and was granted an offshore Exploration Licence P2019 in the North Sea, jointly with Centrica Resources Limited, a subsidiary of Centrica plc, a UK-listed energy company and Statoil UK, a subsidiary of Statoil ASA, a Norwegian-listed oil company, in addition to the earlier awarded two licensces in […]

  • UK: M&M Transport on Right Track

    4 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    For over ten years, local container haulier M&M Transport (Southern) Limited has been partnering with major shipping lines, agents and freight forwarders to help transport the goods that arrive in Southampton to locations around the UK. During that time its team have earned a reputation for cost effective container solutions and a friendly, personalised service. […]

  • UK: Technip Offshore Wind Expands into Newcastle

    13 April 2012

    More than 60 new jobs are to be created in the North-east of England by Technip Offshore Wind Ltd after the company announced today that it intends to set up a new projects and engineering centre in Newcastle, located at the heart of the region’s emerging renewables hub. The move bolsters Technip’s rapidly-evolving renewable energy […]

  • UK: Hydratight Establishes Northern Europe Team

    26 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    The new Northern Europe team will be headed by business leader Steve Brittain, with Steve Clark as operations manager and Paul Harrison as sales manager. The appointments – effective from 1 September – are part of organisational changes in the EMEA region to maximise opportunities in Scandinavia while maintaining continued growth in the UK. “The […]