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  • The era of oil in maritime is ending, UK government’s forecasts show

    26 August 2025
    Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    The UK’s Department for Transport has published new long-term forecasts showing a major shift in the way goods move through British ports, with oil and fossil fuel traffic expected to collapse while ferries, roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) and container shipping surge.

  • 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 […]

  • 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: 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 […]

  • Seven additional LNG tankers heading to UK

    11 December 2019
    Vessels

    Great Britain is reportedly awaiting seven more liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers, according to Refinitiv shipping data.

  • UK: Seajacks Secures ISO 14001 Certification

    24 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Following an assessment by an independent body, Seajacks has been awarded ISO 14001 Certification. This certification has only been achieved by less than 1% of UK Businesses and this prestigious award is supported by the Government and recognised world-wide. This standard is used to evaluate an organisation’s working practices, procedures and processes that relate to […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • EV launches new technology centre (UK)

    2 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    UK-based downhole video technology specialist EV has opened a new technology centre to house its research and development, which the company is expected to invest nearly £2million into over the next year. EV, the market leader in downhole video applications for the oil and gas industry, opened the new centre at its base in Norwich. […]

  • UK: MMT’s NetSurvey Gets New Certifications

    16 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    NetSurvey has recently passed their certification audit and are now certified according to the quality, environmental and working environment standards. The certification was conducted by INTERTEK and is according to the ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007 standards. MMT Group´s Quality Management System is entirely web based and accessible via internet at our offices […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • UK to Find Place of Refuge for Burnt Bulker

    5 December 2016

    A salvage control unit (SCU) has been established to discuss a place of refuge for the 2015-built bulk carrier V Due after a fire broke out on board the ship off the Isle of Anglesey on December 1, the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) informed. The 37,900 dwt bulker, which remains in a stable condition, […]

  • 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 […]

  • Carnegie Gets Funding for CETO Project in UK

    7 November 2016
    Equipment

    Carnegie Wave Energy (CWE) has been granted GBP 9.55 million (USD 12 million) from the European Regional Development Fund to support the first phase of its planned 15MW commercial wave energy project at Wave Hub, Cornwall in the United Kingdom. This project focuses on the implementation of the 1MW stage 1 of a planned phased scheme, for which stage […]

  • 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 […]

  • ConocoPhillips UK Hires KL Brofjord PSV

    5 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    ConocoPhillips UK has recently chartered the KL Brofjord platform supply vessel from Norway’s K Line Offshore, a subsidiary of Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line). According to Westshore Shipbrokers, the oil firm has hired the PSV on a five-month firm contract with additional three monthly options. The dayrate for the charter has been set […]

  • 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 […]

  • UK Offshore Wind Generation Goes Up

    30 June 2016

    UK electricity generated from offshore wind increased by 10.0 per cent to 5.1TWh in the first quarter of 2016, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) reported in its latest energy statistics. The offshore wind generation went up due to an increase in capacity, according to DECC. Meanwhile, generation from onshore wind decreased by 10.5 per cent […]

  • Total Restarts Elgin, Franklin Production (UK)

    11 March 2013

    Total announced the restart of production on the Elgin/Franklin area on 9 March 2013, following the approval of the safety case by the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Production resumes gradually and should soon reach close to 70,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed; approximately 30,000 boed in Total’s share), that is to […]

  • UK: BMT Achieves Great Financial Results

    21 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    BMT Group Ltd, the international design, engineering and risk management consultancy, announced that it has achieved robust financial results, despite another year of challenging economic conditions across much of the world.  Revenues from continuing businesses rose 8% to £127m and underlying operating profits remained unchanged at £6.5m in the year to 30 September 2011, £5.1m […]

  • Nominations Open for 2016 Subsea UK Awards

    1 October 2015
    Business & Finance

    Nominations have opened for the 2016 Subsea UK Awards.  Entries are being sought for the best subsea company of the year (large and small), the most promising young person in the sector, the most exciting new enterprise and an individual who has made the most outstanding contribution to the subsea industry. The awards will also […]

  • Maersk Training Appoints UK Managing Director

    27 November 2013
    Business & Finance, Human Capital

    Maersk Training has appointed Stuart Cameron as UK Managing Director. Mr. Cameron, who was previously managing Maersk Training in Newcastle, will now oversee both UK training centres in Aberdeen and Newcastle, and will be responsible for driving further the company’s expansion plans in the growing UK Oil & Gas, Maritime and Offshore Wind sectors. Stuart […]