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  • UK oil firm hires NAO vessels

    5 September 2014

    Nordic American Offshore Ltd (NAO) has entered into two new contracts with a major oil-company in the UK for one year with a one year option. This will secure employment for two of the company’s vessels up to the end of 2015. NAO has been in operation since the end of 2013.   Nordic American Offshore in […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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: 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 […]

  • InterMoor UK Brings Additions to Management Team

    3 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    InterMoor appointed Duncan Cuthill to the role of General Manager of InterMoor Marine Services Ltd. and Lesley Maxwell to the role of Group HR Manager. Duncan Cuthill  holds a University degree (BSc) and is a qualified Master Mariner with extensive experience in the offshore oil and gas industry.   Following a 17 year seagoing career he joined […]

  • UK: Call for better stewardship of ageing assets

    4 December 2014
    Exploration & Production

    Oil & gas operators must share ideas and information to manage ageing North Sea platforms as safely, efficiently and cost-effectively as possible, industry leaders were told by a UK HSE manager. According to East of England Energy Group (EEEGR), about 70 per cent of installations and equipment in the Southern North Sea are older than […]

  • ROVOP Names New Finance Director (UK)

    11 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Subsea specialist ROVOP has appointed a finance director to further strengthen the company’s position for future growth. Alan Shanks takes up the post and also joins ROVOP’s Board of directors, bringing extensive experience in successfully facilitating and managing strategic business expansion from a financial perspective. Previously financial director for subsea oil and gas group, Harkand […]

  • Redwave Teams Up with Omega Subsea UK

    17 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Energy industry recruitment specialists RedWave (Aberdeen) Ltd and Omega Subsea UK have formed an alliance to expand their offering of personnel solutions for renewables, oil & gas, and decommissioning sectors. RedWave and Omega Subsea UK have joined forces to create a ‘preferred partner’ relationship to serve the offshore/onshore renewables, drilling and subsea and subsurface engineering, and decommissioning markets. Jacqueline van den […]

  • New UK government urged to prioritize renewables

    9 June 2017
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development, Technology

    UK’s renewable energy organizations have called the county’s new government to put the development of renewable energy and clean technology at the center of its energy policy.

  • Fugro Integrates and Rebrands UK Geotech Businesses

    1 October 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    UK geotechnical companies have restructured as Fugro GeoServices Ltd. The renaming completes the integration of key UK specialists – Fugro Seacore, Fugro Engineering Services, EM Drilling, Fugro Loadtest, Fugro Instrumentation & Monitoring and Fugro Aperio. Fugro GeoServices Ltd employs close to 600 staff and undertakes seven key activities: nearshore geotechnical, offshore geotechnical, marine installation, onshore […]

  • 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 […]

  • UK: Acteon’s InterAct Strengthens Its Business

    30 May 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    InterAct Activity Management Ltd, an Acteon company, has enhanced its abandonment engineering skills base with the recent appointments of Dave Barclay, Allen Scoging and Juliann Canty. Dave joins InterAct from BP, where he was a well abandonment engineer involved with the subsea abandonment of wells on the UK Continental Shelf. Previously, Dave spent over 20 […]

  • 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 […]

  • UK: Technip to Supply Umbilicals for Cheviot Field

    29 March 2012
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    France-based, international oilfield services provider,Technip, announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary Duco Inc. has been awarded a contract by Bluewater Industries Inc. for the Cheviot field development. The Cheviot field, operated by ATP Oil & Gas (UK) Limited is situated in Block 2/10B, approximately 100 kilometers East of the Shetland Isles, in the UK North Sea, […]

  • CHC orders another helicopter for UK ops

    28 February 2018

    Offshore helicopter operator CHC will be adding another helicopter to its fleet operating in the UK through an agreement with Lease Corporation International (LCI).

  • 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 […]

  • UK’s Local Businesses to Get EU Funding

    5 May 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    The UK government has confirmed which parts of the country have successfully won Assisted Area status. The status makes local businesses eligible to bid for additional funding and tax breaks to create jobs, invest in new premises or machinery and grow. Manufacturing centres including Derby, Huddersfield, Portsmouth and Scunthorpe have now been added to the […]

  • SeaRoc sail from strength to strength (UK)

    11 June 2010

    Seasoned renewable industry experts Eric Briar and Toby Mead, both ex-Metoc plc, are set to join SeaRoc, the marine and offshore engineering experts within the Natural Power group of companies. Briar will take the newly formed Chief Operating Officer role building on the successes of former CEO Peter Hodgetts, whilst Mead joins as Head 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 […]

  • Record-Breaking Year for UK Offshore Wind

    6 November 2013

    The offshore wind industry has enjoyed a record breaking year in terms of new deployment, according to RenewableUK’s latest annual report, “Wind Energy in the UK”. The study, which assesses the state of the wind industry from July 2012 to June 2013, reveals a step change in the offshore wind sector. Installed capacity stood at […]

  • 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 […]