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  • LDD Wins Liverpool Terminal Contract (UK)

    19 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Large Diameter Drilling (LDD), an Acteon company, has won a contract to supply drilling equipment and personnel for the delivery of foundation installation services at Liverpool 2, the new deepwater container terminal for the UK port. The contract is part of a major initiative to expand Liverpool’s dock area and to improve local infrastructure; the […]

  • UK: Total Stops Elgin Gas Leak

    16 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Total is today able to announce that a well intervention operation has stopped the G4 well leak on the Elgin complex, 240km from Aberdeen in the UK North Sea. The well intervention operation, which involved pumping heavy mud into the leaking well, began on May 15th and the leak was stopped 12 hours later. The […]

  • Ithaca Spuds Hurricane Appraisal Well (UK)

    9 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Ithaca Energy Inc. announces that it has commenced drilling of the Hurricane appraisal well in Block 29/10b (Ithaca operated), which lies within the Company’s Greater Stella Area in the UK sector of the Central North Sea. The well is being drilled using the WilHunter semi-submersible rig (photo). The Company has contracted the services of Applied […]

  • Qatari LNG Reduces UK’s Carbon Emissions

    24 June 2010

    Qatar’s LNG deliveries to the United Kingdom have resulted in a reduction in carbon emissions from the UK power stations by 8.9 mega-tonnes… [mappress] Source: gulf-times, June 24, 2010;

  • UK Sails Ahead in Offshore Wind Development

    2 August 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

     The UK has sailed ahead in offshore wind power generation in the past six months, building more offshore windfarms than any other country… Fiona Harvey (guardian) [mappress] Source: guardian, August 02, 2011

  • WeSubsea Names New Managing Director for UK

    12 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    WeSubsea, the global ROV and diver dredging company, has appointed Jason Wilson as the new UK managing director. With more than ten years’ experience in the dredging and well abandonment field, Jason is bringing a vast wealth of knowledge to the company, reported WeSubsea in a release. Jason will take on the operational and strategic responsibility for […]

  • UK: Hull Dredging Project Moves Forward

    25 May 2012

      The thousands of tonnes of silt are being removed from the Central Dry Dock in Hull in the northeast of the UK by a specialist dredging team, reports This is Hull & East Riding. Engineers are working in a 24-hour operation to clear silt from the dock, which stands at the confluence of the […]

  • Report: OneSubsea to cut 600 UK jobs?

    6 October 2016

    Up to 600 jobs are at risk at OneSubsea, a provider of subsea solutions for the oil and gas industry, as the company is reportedly looking to shut down a factory in the UK.  According to BBC, the company is thinking about stopping manufacturing in the Leeds factory in 2017. The consultation with employees there […]

  • Caithness to Become Next UK’s Energy Hub

    26 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    Caithness will be unveiled as the UK’s latest energy hub at an event in Aberdeen next week (1st October). The lunch and learn event, run by industry body Subsea UK, will showcase the wealth of expertise the area has to offer to the oil and gas industry, particularly in relation to subsea. The one day […]

  • iSURVEY Group Opens Offshore Division (UK)

    30 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    iSURVEY Group has announced the launch of a new offshore division as part of UK growth plans. iSURVEY Group, a Norway-based provider of survey and positioning services to the global oil and gas and telecommunications sectors , is establishing a new Aberdeen-based entity supporting clients operating in the UK North Sea and other global regions, including the […]

  • UK: Unstable Wind Turbines in Need of Repair

    27 March 2012

    Vattenfall, Swedish wind farm operator, admitted the wind turbines at the Kentish flats wind farm are unstable and need welding work, reported This is Kent. Workers will need to ship a total of 180 steel brackets to the wind farm site, where they will need to weld six plates to the base of each wind […]

  • UK: Students Present Renewable Energy Findings

    25 June 2012

    Following the University of Exeter filed trip in May two of the students, Michael Stephenson and Stuart Brown, accompanied by one of their lecturers, Lars Johanning, were invited back to Guernsey to give a couple of presentations on the group’s findings. The University work is part of Commerce and Employment Department’s (C&E) Renewable Energy Team […]

  • UK: Ship Owners Prosecuted for Pollution in Solent

    8 December 2011
    Business & Finance

      At a hearing today at Southampton Magistrates Court, the owners of a tanker were found guilty under UK maritime pollution legislation. The fine and costs amounted to a total of £95,000. Overnight on the 10th and 11th January 2011, yellow waxy balls of an unknown material washed ashore on the beaches of East and […]

  • Bibby Offshore Moves to New HQ (UK)

    4 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Aberdeen-based subsea installation contractor Bibby Offshore is to move into a new purpose-built HQ as the business continues to grow.  The company has outgrown its current offices at Waterloo Quay and is moving to accommodate an increase in staff numbers and services as it expands operations both in the UK and internationally. The new 52,000sqft […]

  • Dong Energy ‘satisfied’ with awarded UK acreage

    11 November 2014

    Danish energy company DONG Energy has been awarded two new licenses in the 28th Licencing Round in the UK.   In one of the biggest licensing rounds for five decades, two new licenses were awarded to DONG Energy and partners in the West of Shetlands. Jon Parry, Exploration Manager in DONG Energy UK, said: “I am […]

  • Petroplan Opens New Office in London, UK

    6 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Petroplan, the global recruiter for the oil and gas industry, has opened a new London office in addition to its existing UK offices in Guildford and Aberdeen. Simon Bell, previously managing director at major recruitment firm Michael Page, has been brought in to head up both the London and Guildford offices. Simon Bell will be […]

  • UK: Bond Offshore Helicopters Fly Again

    17 May 2012

    Bond Offshore Helicopters Ltd., one of the UK’s leading providers of energy support services announced the resumption of flights which were suspended after one of the helicopters, on its way to an offshore rig, ditched into the North Sea last Thursday. Bill Munro, Managing Director of Bond Offshore Helicopters said, “Bond puts safety first, above […]

  • 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 […]

  • Jee Hires 6 Graduate Engineers (UK)

    19 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    As Jee’s plans for growth continue announces the addition of 6 graduate engineers. “We have a rigorous recruitment process and only hire the very best,” said Trevor Jee, Managing Director. “These graduates impressed us with their exceptional technical ability and interest in the industry. “We are proud to recruit and train graduate engineers. Through them, […]

  • UK exploration activity hits record low

    24 February 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Oil and Gas UK, an industry body representing offshore oil and gas companies in the UK, has revealed that exploration activity in the UK last year dropped to its lowest levels since 1965. Exploration activity deteriorated more than expected in 2014, with only 14 of the expected 25 wells actually drilled. The number of drilled wells […]

  • Ithaca Announces GSA Development Update (UK)

    12 November 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Ithaca Energy provides an update on the progress made with its Greater Stella Area (“GSA”) development activities and schedule. Highlights – The modifications contract for the “FPF-1” floating production unit has been awarded to the Remontowa shipyard in Gdansk, Poland. The FPF-1 is now located In Gdansk. – The Ensco 100 drilling rig is now […]

  • Dana Happy with Platypus Well Flows (UK)

    3 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Dana Petroleum plc has announced strong results from its Platypus gas appraisal well in the Southern North Sea, which recorded a test flow rate of 27mmscf per day on a 96/64” choke. Well 48/1a-6 was spudded on 11 April 2012 with the Ensco 80 jack up drilling rig. The well reached a total measured depth […]

  • Dana Starts Drilling in Moray Firth (UK)

    28 February 2013

    Aberdeen-based Dana Petroleum has commenced drilling operations in the Moray Firth area of the North Sea close to the Captain field. Dana is drilling an operated well targeting the Magnolia prospect in block 13/23a, which comprises early Cretaceous sandstones. Dana’s UK Managing Director Paul Griffin said: “Magnolia is a significant milestone in Dana’s UK exploration […]

  • Bibby Offshore Scores Total Gig (UK)

    14 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Bibby Offshore, a provider of subsea installation and inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) services to the offshore oil and gas industry, has today announced a multi-million pound contract award by Total E&P UK Limited for services in the UKCS. The project, including associated project management and engineering, will be carried out on the Ellon and Grant […]

  • Omega Subsea Snaps Up Accpron (UK)

    28 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    Omega Subsea UK, a provider of project personnel to the energy industry, has acquired Westhill-based personnel firm Accpron UK to boost its provision of project management teams and individual personnel to the subsea, energy and oil and gas industries. Accpron UK was established in 2011 to provide qualified and experienced personnel to the subsea and ROV […]