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  • UK’s Newest Container Berth Officially Opened

    1 April 2014
    Business & Finance

    Sir Ben Ainslie, Britain’s greatest ever Olympic sailor, ordered the loading of a 40ft golden container on to one of the world’s biggest ships to open the UK’s newest container handling facility at ABP’s Port of Southampton. It was the final stage of a £100 million investment by ABP in the container terminal in Southampton. […]

  • AquaTerra Strengthens Its Management Team (UK)

    25 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    As part of its investment planning for future, significant growth, AquaTerra Group has strengthened its management team with a new appointment. Multi Disciplined Industrial Services specialist, Brian Bendel, takes on the new role of Director adding further strength to an already established and valued management team. Working closely with Peter Robinson, AquaTerra’s Managing Director, Brian […]

  • Clive Fagg invited to talk about offshore wind power at Renewable UK conference next month (UK)

    14 October 2010
    Research & Development

    An environmental planning expert from Yorkshire has been invited to address over 3,000 delegates at the RenewableUK national conference next… (yorkshireeveningpost) [mappress] Source: yorkshireeveningpost,October 14, 2010;

  • HIE Applauds UK’s Move on Renewable Energy

    28 June 2013
    Authorities & Government

    The UK Government announced its intention to consult in the summer on additional support for renewables projects located on islands (where these have clearly distinct characteristics to typical mainland projects). This is on a timetable to allow a differential strike price to be set for these projects in the final Delivery Plan in December. The […]

  • UK: Valiant Discovers Oil in West Tybalt

    2 June 2010

    Valiant Petroleum plc (“Valiant”)   announced that its planned side-track in the operated Tybalt exploration well 211/8c-4z (License P1632) has discovered light oil in the four-way dip ‘T1’ structure (the “West Tybalt” prospect). This further discovery follows the success in East Tybalt announced on 13 April 2010. The well encountered an oil bearing reservoir section in […]

  • UK Scientists Release Underwater Noise Study

    11 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    The Centre for the Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) has teamed up with Marine Scotland Science and the University of Exeter to analyse underwater noise data from subsea sound recorders located around the UK coast. The results of the Defra-funded study have now been published in an article titled Underwater noise levels in UK […]

  • UK: CWind Orders Second CWhisper SWATH

    15 May 2013

    CWind has placed an order for a second CWhisper SWATH, an innovative 19.5m composite workboat designed and built by Essex-based CTruk. CWind Astute, which features CTruk’s patent-applied moveable wheelhouse and pod system, launched in August last year and underwent sea trials before starting work on contract to Siemens on the London Array Offshore Wind Farm. […]

  • UK: CWind Grows Charter Vessel Fleet

    1 March 2013

    CWind’s charter fleet is continuing to grow in response to continued high demand for its offshore wind farm vessels and services. The CWind Adventure, a CTruk 20T workboat, is the latest addition to the fleet. The vessel, an innovative evolution of the successful original design by CTruk, was named at an informal ceremony in Brightlingsea, […]

  • UK: EMEC Lands Flagship Project of the Year

    24 June 2012
    Business & Finance

    The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has been named the flagship project of the year for the renewable industry at the 7th British Renewable Energy Awards ceremony, held on Thursday, 21 June in London. EMEC scooped the accolade at the Renewable Energy Association event for its achievement in establishing itself as the world’s leading marine […]

  • 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 […]

  • Tullow sells UK assets to Faroe Petroleum

    30 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Tullow Oil plc announces that its subsidiary Tullow Oil SK Limited has entered into an agreement to sell 53.1% of its Schooner unit interest (currently 93.1%) and 60% of its Ketch asset (currently owned 100%) in the UK Southern North Sea to Faroe Petroleum (U.K.) Limited. The total consideration is the equivalent of US$75.6 million […]

  • Comfortable Future for Workers in Offshore Renewables (UK)

    23 June 2011

      One of the major drawbacks for the crews who service the offshore sector has always been the cramped and inadequate living accommodation often provided for staff who have to remain on site – sometimes for months at a time. The latest trend has been for wind farms to transfer personnel but helicopters are expensive […]

  • Proserv Clinches Cygnus Field Deal (UK)

    8 November 2012

    Proserv, a provider of production technology services, has secured a £1.2million (approximately $2 million) contract to supply topside control equipment for the £1.4 billion ($2.18 billion) Cygnus offshore project. The award comes from AMEC, a company responsible for a detailed design of the Cygnus gas field development, the UK North Sea’s largest gas discovery in […]

  • BP to retire ‘iconic’ UK deepwater FPSO

    15 April 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Infrastructure, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    UK supermajor BP has suspended production from the Foinaven field offshore UK and will be retiring the floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit working on the field due to a series of safety issues.

  • UK: New Names in Ferguson Group’s Board

    27 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    The Ferguson Group, specialists in the rental of containers and accommodation and engineering modules to the offshore energy industry around the world, has appointed Haakon Andersen, Chairman, Ferguson Seacabs, and Mike Salter, Chairman Ferguson Modular Ltd, to the main Ferguson Group Board. They both have considerable knowledge of the Ferguson Group and offer extensive experience […]

  • UK: Strong Step Forward for Port of Tyne

    12 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    North East Business of the Year, Port of Tyne, achieved its highest cargo volumes for over 50 years in 2013, breaking its own records for cargo handling and passenger numbers. In total on the River Tyne 8.1 million tonnes of cargo was handled – the largest volume since 1965. This was a 22% increase on […]

  • European Countries Support Ocean Energy (UK)

    25 November 2011
    Authorities & Government

    ‘Member State position paper’ hardly trips off the tongue as a major step forward for the wave and tidal industry. But the formal announcement of an agreed position paper on ocean energy, supported by Belgium, Denmark, Norway, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the UK, shows that the potential of marine energy is fast moving […]

  • UK: ABPmer Delivers Strong Performance in 2011

    13 January 2012

    ABPmer, a leading UK marine environmental consultancy, has delivered a strong performance in 2011 despite the continued challenging economic climate and increasing market competition. Much of the success has been underpinned by a sound business plan, clear marketing strategies to grow the customer base and targeted investment in research. ABPmer’s portfolio of projects to support […]

  • Stork Dive Trainee Programme Launched (UK)

    7 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Scotland’s first graduate training programme for divers has been launched by diver training facility The Underwater Centre and Stork Technical Services (Stork), a global provider of knowledge-based integrity services for the oil and gas, chemical and power sectors. The Stork Dive Trainee Programme is a three-year work-based training initiative, which will offer a number of […]

  • UK: Port of Milford Haven Profit Dips

    22 April 2013
    Vessels

    The Port of Milford Haven has today released its annual results for 2012 showing a dip in profits. Changes in worldwide Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) flows have meant the Port has handled significantly fewer LNG carrying ships – a main source of revenue for the Port, and as a consequence net profits before tax have […]

  • UK: EMGS Bags Contract for Shetland Survey

    7 October 2010
    Business & Finance

    Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA today signed a contract worth approximately USD 1.5 million with Total E&P UK Ltd and DONG Energy to acquire 3D electromagnetic (EM) data in the West of Shetland area on the UK Continental Shelf. Total has established a significant portfolio of exploration and development interests in this area and the 3D EM […]

  • 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: Investment to Boost Offshore Wind Development

    25 July 2012
    Research & Development

    Researchers at the University of Strathclyde will help Scotland to meet its ambitious renewable energy targets by improving the performance of offshore wind farms, following investment from Scottish Enterprise. The funding has helped to secure a new experimental rig facility to test offshore wind condition monitoring technologies, allowing researchers to develop innovative techniques to improve […]

  • UK: All-Energy 2013 Month Away

    24 April 2013

    All-Energy 2013, the UK’s largest renewable energy exhibition and conference opens in Aberdeen four weeks’ today on Wednesday 22 May. The two-day event, the largest in its 13-show history, has some 580 exhibitors filling 8,000m2 (net) at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC); over 320 speakers from home and overseas in the world-class multi-stream […]

  • UK Ports Conference Scheduled for Next Week

    17 May 2016
    Business & Finance

    The 8th Annual UK Ports Conference 2016 will take place on Tuesday, 24th and Wednesday, 25th May 2016 in London. Now in its 8th year, the conference has been expanded for 2016 into a two-day program, with day one providing the latest updates on policy issues, exploring the current trends and outlook, examining the “big” […]