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  • Teamwork Will Reduce UK Offshore Wind Costs

    8 October 2012
    Authorities & Government

    Chairman of the UK Government’s Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Task Force, Andrew Jamieson, said that he expects the costs of offshore renewable energy to drop over 30% by 2020, thanks to increased collaboration between companies. Mr. Jamieson will be speaking at the Scottish Low Carbon Investment Conference on Wednesday in Edinburgh, with the main focus […]

  • Technip Secures GSA Subsea Contract (UK)

    30 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    France’s Technip was awarded by Ithaca Energy (UK) Ltd an EPIC subsea contract for the Greater Stella Area (GSA) development, located 280 kilometers East-Southeast of Aberdeen, Scotland at a water depth of approximately 90 meters. Ithaca Energy (UK) Ltd is developing the GSA, centred on the Stella and Harrier fields as a stand-alone development utilizing […]

  • UK: SSE Announces Half Year Results

    14 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    SSE plc has announced half year results for the six months to September 2012. Lord Smith of Kelvin, Chairman of SSE, said:  “SSE’s focus is always on full-year results, because the potential for volatility is always much greater in a half year period, but it is obviously encouraging that adjusted profit before tax in the […]

  • UK: NIRAS Acquires Peter Fraenkel and Partners

    14 August 2013
    Business & Finance

    UK-based marine civil engineering consultants Peter Fraenkel & Partners Ltd joins forces with international, multidisciplinary civil engineering consultants NIRAS A/S to form a strong European marine engineering company. Peter Fraenkel & Partners Ltd with 20 employees and 40 years track record worldwide in marine civil and coastal engineering has joined the international engineering consulting company […]

  • 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 […]

  • UK: Countdown to Deadline for Offshore Achievement Awards

    26 November 2012

    The recent boom in the energy industry is being reflected in the increased interest for this year’s Offshore Achievement Awards. Inquiries for the Significant Contribution award are already much higher than last year, after the category was widened to take into account a greater number of potential candidates across the sector. Interest across each of […]

  • UK: Centrica Releases Interim Management Statement

    16 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    Centrica expects to deliver year on year earnings growth in 2012 in line with market expectations, subject to the usual variables of weather and commodity prices, in a continuing weak economic environment. Average UK residential gas consumption for the first ten months of 2012 was 9% higher than for the same period of 2011, while […]

  • Suncor spuds Niobe exploration well (UK)

    10 June 2015
    Exploration & Production

    The Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) informed that drilling of the Niobe exploration well in UK licence P1889, in the North Sea, has started. Noreco is partner in the licence with a current equity interest of 22.5 %. Suncor Energy UK Limited is the operator with 49.5% equity interest and Trap Oil Limited has 28% equity […]

  • Ashtead Technology names UK regional head

    12 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    Subsea equipment specialist Ashtead Technology has appointed a new UK regional director to its leadership team. Ashtead said that Brett Lestrange was appointed as the UK regional director. The company added that Lestrange would bring more than 25 years of experience in the subsea industry to the company. Based in Aberdeen, Lestrange joins Ashtead from […]

  • UK’s National Subsea Centre officially opens

    12 January 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, Research & Development

    The National Subsea Centre (NSC), a center of excellence for subsea research and technology development established to provide advanced research to accelerate the transition to net zero, has officially opened in Aberdeen. NSC was officially opened in Dyce, by Michael Matheson, Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, and UK Government Minister […]

  • UK and Taiwan Bolster Offshore Wind Ties

    13 March 2019
    Authorities & Government, Ports & Logistics

    The British Office in Taipei and Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on joint co-operation in respect of the development of Taiwan’s offshore wind industry. Under this MoU, further exchange in the areas of policy, strategy, technology, operations and maintenance to promote offshore wind port and marine sector will be […]

  • JDR Receives Award at Subsea UK 2013

    13 February 2013

    At Subsea UK 2013 JDR, a leading provider of technology connecting the global offshore energy industry, won the 2013 Subsea UK Global Exports Award. The Award recognises excellence in internationalisation and was accepted by JDR’s Chief Executive Officer Andrew Norman at the Awards dinner in Aberdeen. Andrew Norman, JDR Chief Executive Officer, commented: “I was […]

  • 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 […]

  • First LNG Bunkering Carried Out in the UK

    24 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    For the first time in the UK, a ship has been bunkered with liquefied natural gas (LNG). This is part of a project carried out between UK’s LNG provider Flogas and compatriot port operator Associated British Ports (ABP).  The project, which mirrors similar successful schemes in other European countries, saw a 110-meter cement carrier named […]

  • Subsea UK Backs MATE ROV Challenge

    5 February 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    Subsea UK has committed £20,000 to the Scottish MATE ROV competition, the industry body announced at Subsea Expo. The initiative, organised by the Robert Gordon University, encourages young engineers to design and test underwater machinery with help from industry mentors. Subsea UK joins BP, which has supported the competition since its first year, as headline sponsors, […]

  • UK consortium to invest in offshore energy robotics

    8 November 2017
    Equipment

    A consortium of five universities, working with 31 industrial and innovation partners, will deploy up to £36 million ($47.1M) of support to advance robotics and Artificial Intelligence technologies for the inspection, repair, maintenance and certification of offshore energy platforms and assets. The Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, a partnership between Heriot-Watt University and the University of […]

  • ITF: Malaviya Seven Detained Again in UK

    6 October 2016

    The Malaviya Seven, one of the two Indian-owned and -flagged ships whose crews have been left abandoned in the UK, has been detained again by the country’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), according to the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF). The detention, which was put in place on October 5, 2016, is over wages owed to […]

  • UK: Njord Offshore’s Vessels Head to Lowestoft

    4 February 2013

    Offshore windfarm crew transfer vessels Njord Avocet and Njord Kittiwake arrived to Rotterdam two days ago from Singapore. The vessels were shipped together on the deck of a heavy lift vessel MV Wiebke. They are intending to sail for Lowestoft today but given the forecast (force 7-8) they may head to a marina in the […]

  • 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 […]

  • DP World to Handle The Alliance’s UK Calls

    8 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    Members of The Alliance have revealed plans according to which ten of their services will call at DP World’s container terminals at London Gateway and Southampton. The Alliance, which comprises Hapag-Lloyd, K Line, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) and Yang Ming, said that all of its mainline UK calls will be […]

  • UK Gas Up, LNG Flows Down

    15 November 2011

    British prompt gas prices rose to a one-week high on Tuesday as the market struggled to cope with demand levels which rose above seasonal no… (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, November 15, 2011; Image: uk national grid

  • UK: OPT Appoints New Managing Director

    28 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., a leading wave energy technology company, announced the appointment of  Timothy Stiven as Managing Director of Ocean Power Technologies Limited, the Company’s UK-based wholly-owned subsidiary, effective March 1, 2012. He succeeds Angus Norman, who is stepping down from his role as Chief Executive of OPT Ltd for personal reasons. Mr. Norman […]

  • Nominations Start for 2015 Subsea UK Awards

    7 October 2014
    Business & Finance

    The 2015 Subsea UK Awards, now in their ninth year, seek to recognise companies and individuals who are leading the way in Britain’s successful subsea sector. Entries are being sought for the best subsea company of the year, the most promising young person in the sector, the most exciting new enterprise and the individual who […]

  • Trapoil Divests Knockinnon and Lybster Interests (UK)

    9 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Trapoil, the independent oil and gas exploration, appraisal and production company focused on the UK Continental Shelf (“UKCS”) announces, further to the announcement of 9 September 2013, that all the outstanding conditions precedent to the disposal of its interests in Knockinnon, Lybster and certain other assets to Caithness Oil Limited (the “Disposal”) have now been […]