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  • UK: SSE Appoints Chief Marketing Officer

    3 July 2013

    Leading energy supplier SSE announced the appointment of Jenny Ashmore to the new position of Chief Marketing Officer. Reporting to Managing Director, Retail, Will Morris, Jenny takes up the post on 5 August 2013 and will have responsibility for all SSE’s marketing activities. Jenny’s career in marketing spans 20 years, with early roles at British […]

  • UK: BMT Achieves Great Financial Results

    21 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    BMT Group Ltd, the international design, engineering and risk management consultancy, announced that it has achieved robust financial results, despite another year of challenging economic conditions across much of the world.  Revenues from continuing businesses rose 8% to £127m and underlying operating profits remained unchanged at £6.5m in the year to 30 September 2011, £5.1m […]

  • UK: BG Says Makes Progress on QCLNG

    9 February 2012

    BG Group today issued its Annual Strategy update after posting its 2011 results. BG Group’s Chief Executive Sir Frank Chapman said: “The outlook for global gas and LNG demand is strong. BG Group is well set to capitalise on these opportunities and is making good progress with delivering its plans.” Sir Frank continued, “not only […]

  • Wood Group Announces Board Changes (UK)

    19 July 2012
    Business & Finance

    Wood Group announces today a number of Board changes that will become effective 1 November 2012. – Chairman, Sir Ian Wood, will retire as Chairman and from the Board. Sir Ian has been Chairman since 1982 and was CEO from 1967 to 2006 – CEO, Allister Langlands, will become Chairman. Allister has been with Wood […]

  • Plexus Reports Increased Financial Results (UK)

    23 October 2013
    Business & Finance

    Plexus Holdings plc, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® method of wellhead engineering, announces its preliminary results for the year ending 30 June 2013. Results · Record revenue, EBITDA, profit before tax and profit after tax · 29.7% increase in revenue to £25.57m (2012: £19.71m) · […]

  • Majority of UK Residents Support Wind Power

    3 February 2015
    Authorities & Government

    The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change has released the results of its latest wave of public attitude tracking survey, which shows that the support for offshore wind power has remained stable since the last wave.  According to the DECC’s findings, level of support for individual renewable energy sources also remain stable to that […]

  • Plexus Holdings Releases Interim Results (UK)

    28 March 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Plexus Holdings plc, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering announces its interim results for the six months to 31 December 2012. Highlights Financial · 21% increase in sales revenue to £11.3m (2011: £9.3m) · 12% increase in EBITDA to £3.4m (2011: […]

  • Tocardo Boosts UK Business with Senior Appointment

    25 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Tocardo, the leading producer of tidal and free-flow water turbines, has strengthened its UK operations with a senior appointment; Paul Morris joins the UK subsidiary as Managing Director of Tocardo Tidal Energy Limited.  This appointment is part of the company’s strategic plans to become the leading producer of tidal and free-flow energy in the UK. […]

  • UKHO Appoints Next UK National Hydrographer

    21 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is delighted to announce the appointment of Commodore Tom Karsten RN as the next UK National Hydrographer, Deputy Chief Executive (Hydrography), based in Taunton, Somerset. Tom will be promoted to Rear Admiral on appointment and will take over from Rear Admiral Nick Lambert on December 17 this year. Tom […]

  • Allspeeds Introduces New Webtool HP690A (UK)

    10 June 2013
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    Allspeeds Ltd, a UK-based company which provides engineering solutions, hydraulic equipment and hydraulic tools for a diverse range of industries, has published information about their new product, the Webtool HP690A. The Webtool HP690A intensifier panel is used to boost the pressure of a work fluid, usually hydraulic oil or water/glycol mixture, from a standard hydraulic […]

  • Fault found at first UK-Norway interconnector

    9 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    A fault has been found on the 1,400 MW North Sea Link (NSL) that connects the UK and Norway causing the interconnector to operate at half capacity. Norway’s Statnett reported yesterday, 8 June, that a fault caused the unavailability of the NSL interconnector in the afternoon and the project will be operated at 700 MW […]

  • New Global Technology Director for Intecsea (UK)

    16 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    A deepwater engineering company Intecsea has named Andrew Low a new Global Technology Director, based in the UK. In this role, Low will be responsible for leading technology initiatives for the company, globally. As explained by Intecsea, that includes working closely with the company’s clients and people to implement key technology and innovation activities. He will […]

  • Greencoat UK Wind Appoints New Director

    14 June 2013

    Further to statements made in the Company’s recent prospectus on the intention of the Company to appoint a fourth Director to the Board, the Board of Directors announced the appointment of Kevin McCullough as a director of the Company effective from 1 July 2013.  Tim Ingram, Chairman said:  “I am delighted to welcome Kevin to […]

  • Awilco Drilling Signs LOI for WilPhoenix (UK)

    18 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    UK’s Awilco Drilling PLC has signed a Letter of Intent with an undisclosed operator for the provision of WilPhoenix for a term drilling program. The program will start in direct continuation from the Premier contract and is firm until 28th February 2014 with options for up to an additional 250 days. Based on commencement on […]

  • UK: Marubeni, Riverstone Holdings Acquire Seajacks

    19 March 2012

    Marubeni Corporation, one of the largest Japanese trading companies, Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), a government-sponsored private equity corporation, and Riverstone Holdings LLC, a leading conventional and renewable energy focused private equity firm, today announced jointly that Marubeni and INCJ have agreed to acquire Seajacks International from funds controlled by Riverstone Holdings. The terms […]

  • UK: SR250 Exports Power to National Grid

    23 April 2012

    In the latest of a series of onsite tests at EMEC Stromness based Scotrenewables Tidal Power Limited has successfully generated and exported power into the UK national grid for the first time. On the 18th of April the SR250 full-scale prototype was towed to EMEC Fall of Warness tidal test site and connected to it’s […]

  • Hurricane Starts Drilling at Lancaster Well (UK)

    28 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance

    Hurricane Energy plc, the UK-based oil and gas company focused on hydrocarbon resources in naturally fractured basement reservoirs, announced that the Lancaster horizontal appraisal well was spudded on 26 April 2014. The Company is using the Transocean Sedco 712 semi-submersible drilling rig for the operation which is intended to drill and test the Lancaster basement […]

  • UK Navy Fighting Ebola at Its Doorstep

    15 October 2014

    Military and civilian personnel are currently making final preparations in Falmouth, Cornwall, to sail with Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) ship Argus to Sierra Leone as part of the UK’s response to the Ebola outbreak. The ship will take 3 Merlin helicopters and aircrew and engineers from 820 Naval Air Squadron. The ship will also be able to facilitate […]

  • Corallian spuds Wick well offshore UK

    27 December 2018
    Exploration & Production

    Corallian Energy started drilling the Wick exploration well located in License P2235 off the UK on Tuesday, December 25, 2018. 

  • UK: IOG gets more time with Skipper

    28 January 2016

    Independent Oil and Gas (IOG), the North Sea focused oil and gas company, has been granted an extension for the Skipper Licence P1609 Block 9/21a, in the UK North Sea, until the end of 2016.  Following discussions with the Oil & Gas Authority (OGA), the UK’s oil and gas regulator, the licence was formally extended until December 31, […]

  • Businesses in Humber Need Close Cooperation (UK)

    17 January 2012

    Businesses across the Humber are being encouraged to work more closely together to secure their place in the growing offshore wind energy industry. As more major wind turbine companies establish operations in the region, industry experts from the Renewables Network have stressed now is the time for the area’s firms to collaborate and possibly “up […]

  • UK subsea suppliers set sights on Asia

    23 November 2015

    The potential for British expertise in the subsea hubs of Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia will be explored at the fifth annual Subsea Asia conference this week, the organizers have said. The event, which takes place at the Dharmawangsa Jakarta Hotel, Indonesia on Tuesday, November 24 is organized Subsea UK, the industry body representing UK subsea […]

  • Ocean Installer Charters Vessel for UK Operations

    16 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    Ocean Installer signed short term charter for the OCV/ROV Grand Canyon in order to meet project requirements. Due to an increasing order book Ocean Installer is experiencing high utilisation of its current fleet and recognises the need for increased vessel capacity in the UK. Ocean Installer has agreed a charter party with Canyon Offshore for […]

  • Mexico, UK share oil & gas knowledge

    9 September 2015
    Business & Finance

    Robert Gordon University (RGU) and the Government of Mexico have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which they will collaborate in areas of strategic significance in oil and gas industry. According to RGU, the agreement, which was announced at Offshore Europe on Tuesday, September 8, will see the Secretariat of Energy in Mexico (SENER) […]

  • SgurrEnergy Plans to Expand HQ in Glasgow, UK

    10 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    SgurrEnergy has announced plans this week to double its workforce as part of a three-year expansion plan, adding to its 10th anniversary celebrations. Having worked on over 65,000MW of renewables projects across 40 countries, plans are afoot to double the size of the company’s headquarters on Bath Street in Glasgow to 14,500 square feet. The […]