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  • Shell to close down BG’s UK offices

    25 April 2016

    Anglo/Dutch oil company Shell will close down BG Group’s UK offices following the takeover completed in February 2016.  Last December Shell announced that it would conduct a comprehensive review of the company’s office footprint in the UK. Following media reports on Monday saying that Shell would shut down several BG’s offices located in the UK, Offshore Energy […]

  • 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, […]

  • Cairn Appoints Non-Executive Director (UK)

    28 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    Cairn announced the appointment of Ian Tyler as an independent non-executive director of the Company with immediate effect. Mr Tyler will also be appointed as a member of the Company’s audit and remuneration committees. Mr Tyler is currently non-executive chairman of Al Noor Hospitals Group plc, a non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee […]

  • UK Encourages Tidal, Wave Energy Generation

    7 October 2012
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development

    The UK has huge potential for marine power and is considered the most attractive destination to develop marine projects in Europe, states a new report by energy experts GlobalData. The new report (Installed Capacity, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Profiles of Technology Developers and Key Country Analysis to 2030) shows that the marine energy industry […]

  • UK Government Encourages Marine Energy Generation

    8 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The UK has huge potential for marine power and is considered the most attractive destination to develop marine projects in Europe, states a new report by energy experts GlobalData. The new report (Installed Capacity, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Profiles of Technology Developers and Key Country Analysis to 2030) shows that the marine energy industry […]

  • UK: Reef Completes Greater Gabbard Contract

    10 January 2013

    Reef Subsea Dredging & Excavation announced today they successfully completed their integral part in the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm project working collaboratively with the operations team for Fluor, the principle contractor. Reef Subsea Dredging & Excavation (RSD&E) completed their multi-million pound project over a period of two years (2010 – 2012) where they performed […]

  • 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 […]

  • Offshore Wind Contributes to Green Goals (UK)

    6 April 2011

    The UK offshore wind power industry is expected to capture about 10% of the global sector by 2050 and employ up to 230,000 people in Britain, according to a new report released by the Carbon Trust. Issued last Thursday, the report also found that offshore wind could represent a gross contribution to UK GDP generated […]

  • Maersk Training Names UK Managing Director

    27 November 2013

    Maersk Training announced today that the company appointed Stuart Cameron as UK Managing Director. 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 […]

  • UK: TCO Acquires i-Quip Technology

    10 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    TCO AS and TCO UK, a provider of well completion technologies to the global oil & gas industry, has announced the acquisition of UK firm i-Quip Technology for an undisclosed sum. This acquisition alone is estimated to give an additional turnover of £2million in 2013 to approximately £9million in 2015. The company currently has a […]

  • 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: Aldersgate Calls for Low Carbon Clarity

    10 July 2015
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    In a new report from the Aldersgate Group set out the key policy priorities in this parliament that will allow the UK to meet its carbon targets on time, on budget and in way that will be beneficial to the UK economy. The report, A Brighter, More Secure Future: Low carbon priorities for the new […]

  • UK-Germany interconnector secures Ofgem licence

    22 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Rules & Regulation

    Ofgem has granted an updated UK Interconnector Licence for the NeuConnect interconnector between the UK and Germany. NeuConnect was first awarded an interconnector licence in 2018 but it was necessary for the project to seek variations to Ofgem’s existing Cap and Floor regulations. In May 2020, Ofgem approved changes to the existing Cap and Floor regulations to […]

  • 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. […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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: 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 […]

  • 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 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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]