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  • SaveOurSeafarers Campaign Gets Seatrade Award (UK)

    18 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    The SaveOurSeafarers (SOS) campaign has been honoured with a Seatrade Award for its significant contribution in the fight against Somali piracy. The Seatrade Award for Countering Piracy was presented at the prestigious and respected Seatrade Awards ceremony, with more than 350 of the maritime industry’s key players attending a high profile dinner at the Guildhall […]

  • Minister Ewing to Speak at DecomWorld Conference (UK)

    15 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    With exactly a year to go before the historic vote on Scottish independence, DecomWorld has announced that Scotland’s energy minister, Fergus Ewing, will deliver the keynote address at the 10th annual North Sea Decommissioning conference in December. He is expected to outline what the industry can expect under an independent Scotland. The huge bill for […]

  • Trapoil: Orchid Well Re-drilling (UK)

    23 April 2012
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Trapoil, the independent oil and gas exploration and appraisal company focused on the UK Continental Shelf (“UKCS”) region of the North Sea, has been advised by Summit Petroleum Limited that the 12 ¼” hole section of the Orchid well bore has been re-drilled as a mechanical side-track. The partners in exploration licence P.1556 are Summit […]

  • Centrica Extends Hummingbird Spirit Contract (UK)

    9 September 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Centrica Energy has today announced that it will extend its contract for the Hummingbird Spirit until March 2016. The cylindrical FPSO, owned by Teekay, has been operating on Centrica Energy’s Chestnut field in the Central North Sea since 2008 and has already produced over 13 million barrels of oil. The Chestnut field, located 200km north-east […]

  • Another offshore wind job for TGS in UK

    31 January 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Norway-based energy data and intelligence company TGS has secured another contract for offshore wind site characterization on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). To remind, TGS reported earlier this week it was set to kick off offshore wind site characterization in the UK in the first quarter of 2025 using its Ramford Vanguard vessel, scheduled to […]

  • Foster Wheeler Opens Upstream Office in UK

    22 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Foster Wheeler AG announced today that the company is planning to open a new upstream office in Woking, UK, expanding its existing upstream capability in response to its success in this market sector and the growth opportunities this market offers. The new office in Dukes Court, Woking, is being established to provide specialist services to […]

  • UK: MPI Workboats Continues with Fleet Expansion

    14 February 2014
    Business & Finance

    The MPI Workboats fleet continues to expand, with the arrival of MPI Lucinda, MPI Sampson, MPI Napoleon and MPI Snowball. All four windfarm-support vessels will service the windfarm industry in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. MPI Lucinda and MPI Sampson have been built at the South Boats Shipyard on the Isle of Wight, UK. […]

  • UK: ROVOP Wins Hat-Trick of Awards

    22 March 2013

    Fast-growing subsea specialist ROVOP has won a hat-trick of awards in less than a year after being named Great Small Company at last night’s SPE Offshore Achievement Awards.  The Offshore Achievement Awards recognise exceptional business growth, innovation, safety breakthroughs and collaborative efforts, all of which contribute to ensuring that the UK remains at the forefront […]

  • UK: Dron & Dickson Optimistic about Future

    10 November 2011
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Dron & Dickson, specialist in design, supply and maintenance of hazardous area electrical equipment, has reported growth in 2010/11 of more than 14.5% with turnover rising to £27.6 million from £24.1million. Pre-tax profits of just under £1million were recorded in the 12 months to the end of May, compared with approximately £500,000 the previous year. […]

  • DP World Chairman Visits UK Projects

    29 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    HE Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Chairman, DP World, has welcomed a new productivity record set for vessel handling operations at DP World Southampton, and expressed his pleasure with the progress of construction at London Gateway, the new global shipping port and logistics centre project. Mr Bin Sulayem made the remarks during a visit to the […]

  • 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 […]

  • UK: Seacat Signs Contract for Three Workboats

    17 September 2013
    Business & Finance

    Seacat Services, the class leading offshore wind transfer vessel operator, and South Boats IoW, the UK’s foremost manufacturer of wind farm crew transfer vessels, have signed a £10m, three workboat deal. The agreement represents one of the largest single wind farm workboat orders ever placed by a charter service firm and enables the specialist UK […]

  • UK: ROSPA Gold Award Goes to CWind

    16 May 2013

    CWind Ltd, of Colchester, has won a Gold Award for its occupational safety and health commitment in an awards scheme run by the safety charity, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). The Gold award in the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2013 was presented to CWind’s SHEQ Manager, Gary Holland, at […]

  • UK: Xcite Energy Starts Drilling at Bentley

    21 March 2012

    Xcite Energy, earler this month, secured all the approvals necessary to drill and produce the wells in Phase 1A of the Bentley field work programme, and began drilling operations this week. The well 9/3b-7 was spudded on the 18 March 2012 using Rowan Norway jack-up drilling rig. Xcite Energy is a 100% owner and operator […]

  • UK: Sterling Abandons Cladhan South Well

    13 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Sterling Resources Ltd.  announces that the Cladhan South exploration well, 210/29c-5 , located in the northern North Sea (UK) will be plugged and abandoned. The well was drilled to a measured depth of 10,361 feet and encountered multiple Upper Jurassic sand channels on prognosis, none of which was thought to be hydrocarbon bearing. The well […]

  • UK OW Owner/Operators Commit to SPARTA

    1 July 2015

    All 10 of the UK’s offshore wind farm owner/operators have signed an agreement committing to SPARTA (System Performance, Availability and Reliability Trend Analysis), a collaborative project with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and The Crown Estate. Following a successful year-long pilot phase, the owner/operators have recognised the significant benefits that SPARTA can deliver, including […]

  • UK: New Business Development Manager at GL

    27 March 2012

    GL Garrad Hassan has appointed a new Business Development Manager in the UK. Ian Finch will be responsible for managing sales and business development activities for the GL Group with a special focus on offshore wind. He will work closely with Christoph Thiel, the newly appointed Head of Business Development and Sales for GL Garrad […]

  • Carnegie seeks professionals for UK wave project

    30 November 2016
    Business & Finance, Research & Development, Technology

    Australian wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy is looking to expand its team with professionals who would help the company deliver its CETO 6 wave energy project at Wave Hub, Cornwall.

  • UK Prime Minister Visits Liverpool2 Site

    11 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, has visited the construction site of the major expansion project currently underway at the Port of Liverpool, which is being developed by Peel Ports, one of the UK’s largest port groups. The £300 million Liverpool2 investment programme will create the most central deep water container terminal in Great Britain and […]

  • 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 […]

  • Global Marine Group expands UK footprint

    4 September 2017

    The Global Marine Group (GMG), a provider of offshore engineering services to the renewables, oil & gas, and telecommunications industries, has expanded its operations base in the UK to include the Port of Blyth, Northumberland. According to GMG’s statement from last week, Blyth is a major support base for UK offshore energy projects. Operating from […]

  • OMV sells UK subsidiary for $1 billion

    8 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    Austrian oil and gas company OMV has reached an agreement for the sale of 100% of the shares in its wholly owned subsidiary OMV (U.K.) Limited to Siccar Point Energy Limited, a North Sea-focused exploration, development, and production company. OMV entered the United Kingdom in 1987 and holds a portfolio of licenses mostly focused on […]

  • Boost for the UK offshore wind supply chain

    26 October 2010

    The Crown Estate and the UK Government have announced today that they have agreed a letter of intent to work together to support the development of the UK’s offshore wind manufacturing capacity. This is to ensure that port infrastructure requirements do not delay offshore wind deployment.

  • 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 […]

  • 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