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  • UK: MeyGen Enters £10 Million Competition

    28 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    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 […]

  • UK: Grimsby Port Gears Up for Expansion

    2 December 2011

    The development of Grimsby River Terminal (GRT) by Associated British Ports (ABP) will herald the largest ever capital investment in the Port of Grimsby. Alongside this, ABP will enter into a new long-term agreement with Volkswagen Group UK Ltd. Over £25 million will be invested by ABP in the new terminal on the river Humber, […]

  • Offshore Wind to Blow Jobs to Humberside (UK)

    27 December 2010
    Human Capital

    Developers believe green energy can do for Humberside what oil and gas did for Aberdeen in the 1970s. Fishing has always been one of the main industries on the banks of the Humber, but these days it’s on a much smaller scale – there is now a new harvest to be reaped at sea. The […]

  • UK and Denmark Start Study for Power Interconnector

    1 May 2012
    Research & Development, Storage

    National Grid and Denmark’s Energinet.dk have today announced the start of a study to look at the possibility of a first electricity power connection between Great Britain and Denmark. Work will start immediately with the aim to compete it by the end of 2012. This new ‘pre-feasibility’ study is a very early stage to examine […]

  • UK: NOC Announces New SBRI Competition

    2 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Research & Development

    The latest Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition was launched today at the NOC in Southampton, making £1.5 million available to UK businesses to develop novel adaptive autonomous ocean sampling network (AOSN) management systems. The competition, run by the Natural Environment Research Council, in partnership with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) and Innovate […]

  • Adriatic Oil Abandons Seaward PL (UK)

    24 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Adriatic Oil Plc, an international oil and gas exploration company, has decided to relinquish Seaward Production Licence P1921 containing Blocks 12/18 and 12/19c in the Inner Moray Firth, UK North Sea, following an evaluation. The Evaluation, which was fully funded by Adriatic, included re-processing and reinterpretation of existing 3D seismic data. It failed to identify sufficient […]

  • UK: Obtaining Planning Permission Becomes Harder

    2 December 2013

     Going offshore could be the answer for wind energy hiccups as getting planning permission for onshore wind farms becomes harder. Solicitors Coles Miller warn that it’s getting harder to find onshore sites that are not covered by some form of planning protection. Even though the offshore wind is one of the solutions, it also faces […]

  • UK: Coalition Proposes New Approach to MPAs

    25 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    The MPA Fishing Coalition has had its first meeting of the year with DEFRA, MMO, IFCAs and the statutory nature conservation bodies. MPAC took the opportunity to present an alternative approach to marine conservation zones to the one currently being pursued by government. Instead of the four regional projects “faux-stakeholder” approach for marine conservation zones, […]

  • UK books another Qatari LNG cargo

    13 August 2015
    Vessels

    The UK’s South Hook LNG terminal is about to receive more liquefied natural gas from Qatar. The Onaiza LNG carrier, with a capacity of 210,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive at the terminal in Milford Haven on August 20, according to port data. This is the second cargo booked for the LNG terminal next week as […]

  • Sparrows Group names UK and European head

    18 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    UK’s offshore crane services specialist Sparrows Group has appointed the company’s new regional operations director for UK and Europe. Sparrows Group said that Matt Corbin would bring more than 20 years of experience working in the oil and gas industry to the new role. He held several leadership positions including UK managing director for the […]

  • Kongsberg Maritime UK Adds MUNIN AUV

    17 March 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    UK division of Kongsberg Maritime, has expanded its subsea Aberdeen-based rental pool, with the addition of its new MUNIN autonomous underwater vehicle. MUNIN is designed to collect high resolution payload data, geo-referenced by a survey grade positioning system. In order to enhance the existing portfolio of Kongsberg Maritime’s rental equipment a marine robotics lab was […]

  • Scots for pro renewable-oriented UK government

    31 March 2015
    Authorities & Government, Research & Development

    The next UK Government should implement policies to continue to develop renewable energy, according to 79 percent of the Scottish adults. The results of a poll conducted by YouGov show that 4 in 5 adults (79 percent) in Scotland are in favor of the pro-renewable energy UK government. Those in favor of fracking for shale […]

  • DeepOcean Readying T3200 Trencher for UK OWF

    9 May 2016

    DeepOcean 1 UK Ltd., a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV (DeepOcean), has ordered a mechanical cutting boom and associated cable handling system for its tracked trenching vehicle the T3200 from subsea equipment manufacturer SMD. The T3200 offers 3200 horse power of effective trenching power and is currently equipped with an interchangeable jet trenching cassette that […]

  • DW: UK set for drilling activity growth?

    1 September 2014

    Offshore exploration activity on the UK Continental Shelf is slated for growth, Douglas Westwood writes in its DW Monday report titled: “A Boost for UK Offshore Drilling?” From a peak of 396 in 1996, numbers of wells drilled offshore UK fell to 164 in 2013, a low not seen since 1979, the DW report reads. Development wells were down […]

  • 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 […]

  • Oil & Gas Skills Navigator revealed (UK)

    11 November 2014

    A new resource developed to help people source accurate information about the UK oil and gas sector has been unveiled in Aberdeen, OPITO has informed.

  • OGN receives process module contract (UK)

    13 February 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    OGN Group, the North-East of England offshore engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) specialist, has been awarded a prestigious multi-million pound contract by a leading international oil & gas operator for the construction of a new 800te process module in the North Sea. A workforce of up to 500 personnel will be engaged by OGN to […]

  • Tocardo kicks-off UK tidal project

    20 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Tocardo Tidal Power has started its planned 20-year commercial demonstration project at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, UK.

  • UK: Wind Energy Breaks Records in December

    3 January 2014

    Wind power production broke a record last month in the UK. A total of 2,841,080 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity were generated by wind power for the National Grid, enough to power 5.7 million British homes. The previous monthly record was achieved in October 2013 and amounted to 1,956,437 MWh. Maf Smith, Deputy Chief Executive […]

  • Wavin UK Taps Into Ørsted’s Offshore Wind

    22 January 2019
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Manufacturer of plastic and clay pipes Wavin UK has contracted Ørsted to supply natural gas and renewable energy for its sites as part of a commitment to achieve more sustainable operations. Ørsted will provide the renewable electricity from its 11 operational wind farms in the UK to Wavin’s sites at Hazelhead, Chippenham, Forest Works and Doncaster. The Danish […]

  • 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 […]

  • UK: Antrim Energy Submits Causeway FDP

    31 August 2011
    Business & Finance

    Antrim Energy Inc. , a partner in the Causeway Field located in UKCS Block 211/22a South West Area and Block 211/23d (Antrim 35.5%)  announces submission of the final Field Development Plan (“FDP”) to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (“DECC”) and that Board approval has been gained from partners to progress into the development […]

  • UK: London Gateway’s Latest Developments Presented

    3 December 2012
    Business & Finance

    Despite 270 flood warnings in place across the UK on Monday night, 400 shippers, cargo owners and carriers made it to London Gateway’s offices on Tuesday morning to view the latest developments at Britain’s new port and Europe’s largest logistics Park, which opens next year on the Thames. At the ‘Insight to London Gateway’ event, […]

  • Viking SeaTech Secures Total UK Contract

    2 July 2015
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Aberdeen-based provider of mooring and marine solutions, Viking SeaTech, has won a new call-off contract with operator Total E&P UK. Under the framework agreement, Viking SeaTech will carry out marker buoy and mooring services for Total E&P UK Ltd in the North Sea for the next three years. The work extends an existing relationship between the […]

  • New dredger Hanson Thames arrives in UK

    27 December 2021
    Technology

    The dredger Hanson Thames, built at Damen Shipyards in Galati, Romania, has arrived safely in the UK and is set to enter active service in the new year. “Our new marine aggregates dredger provides increased payload and efficiency and will supply sand and gravel for the UK construction market,” said Hanson. Aided by a number of […]