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  • Centrica Energy Upstream Profits On the Rise (UK)

    27 February 2013
    Business & Finance

    Centrica, a British multinational utility company headquartered in Windsor, United Kingdom, today announced that its upstream gas and oil profitability increased by 20% to £919 million in 2012 (2011: £769 million), reflecting higher production volumes and higher achieved prices. The company’s total production of gas and liquids increased by 18% to 56.7mmboe (2011: 48.2mmboe). It […]

  • 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 […]

  • Offshore Wind Opportunity for UK Subsea Firms

    29 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    UK industry body believes there is a huge opportunity for subsea companies to step up and play their part in helping to meet the world’s renewable energy targets, as the global offshore wind expenditure expected to rise to over £350 billion between now and 2026. Subsea UK will be running an event to explore the offshore […]

  • No Shell Contract for Bond Offshore Helicopters (UK)

    31 May 2012

    International oil and gas giant Shell has chosen not to sign a major contract with Bond Offshore Helicopters, a UK company specialising in providing offshore helicopter transportation services between Aberdeen, Scotland and several North Sea oil platforms, BBC reports. Shell had been close to awarding the contract to Bond but decided not to do it […]

  • Subsea UK, SPE Launch ‘Inside Industry’

    11 December 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    More than 15 teachers from across North East Scotland attended the opening of ‘Inside Industry’ last night (10 December), a new career guidance website for secondary schools and colleges across the UK, targeted specifically towards the energy industry. Supported by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen Section and Subsea UK, Inside Industry has been developed […]

  • UK: Tidal Transit Takes on First Apprentice

    9 November 2012

    With apprenticeships and careers in the UK’s rapidly expanding offshore wind industry currently high on the national training agenda, Tidal Transit has been able to take on its first young apprentice. Kerry Crompton, who is from Docking, joined the company three weeks ago to undertake an 18 month apprenticeship in Administration. Her training will be […]

  • Multraship salves dredger off UK coast

    12 May 2009

    Netherlands-based salvage specialist Multraship Salvage has successfully salved a sinking dredger off the coast of Kent in the UK. The 67m Van Oord-owned dipper dredger Goliath has now been towed to the Moerdijk area of Holland for further inspection. Goliath was under tow from The Netherlands to Ireland by the Sea Contractors tug Sea Alfa […]

  • Interview with Woman Running a Fleet of WFSVs (UK)

    21 June 2013

    A woman from South Africa has come to eastern coast of England to build and run a major fleet of offshore wind farm support vessels. Leslie Robertson’s story is, in fact, remarkable in many ways. Almost single-handedly she has created a service that leading UK energy suppliers have come to depend upon.  “It was my […]

  • UK: Humber to Launch New Renewables Brand

    11 June 2012

    The marketing of the Humber to potential investors in offshore wind will step up a gear next week with the launch of the new Humber Renewables brand and a major exhibition presence. The Humber Local Enterprise Partnership, which is leading the work, will launch the brand and a new brochure promoting the Humber at an […]

  • RS Aqua to Represent SubCtech in UK and Ireland

    18 February 2013
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Effective January 2013, RS Aqua announced the signing of an agreement to represent Kiel based SubCtech GmbH, the German manufacturer of the “PowerPack” and “OceanPack” ranges. The contract appoints RS Aqua as sales and support providers in the UK and Ireland. With more than 25 years scientific and industry-based experience in marine technology, SubCtech, headed by […]

  • UK Regional Construction Hotspot Marked by EA1

    3 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    East Anglia ONE has put Norwich and East Norfolk in a leading position among districts across the UK in 2016, with more than GBP 2.7 billion worth of construction contracts, helped greatly by the year’s largest contract award, the GBP 1.8 billion East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm.

  • Dredging at Able Seaton Port Completed (UK)

    30 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    A major dredging operation by Able UK means greatly improved access to its Able Seaton Port facility on the Tees. The operation, which took 12 days to complete at a cost of over a quarter of a million pounds, saw two vessels dredge the Seaton Channel providing access to Able Seaton Port – the 126 […]

  • NOC Appoints New Head of BODC (UK)

    29 July 2014
    Business & Finance

    Dr Graham Allen will take up a permanent position as Head of the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) on 4 August. The BODC’s role is to facilitate high quality research outcomes by connecting stakeholders to oceanographic data and the knowledge from this, with consequential economic, environmental and societal impacts. Graham Allen comes to the NOC […]

  • Acteon Acquires NCS Survey Limited (UK)

    25 May 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Subsea services group Acteon has acquired Aberdeen-based NCS Survey Limited. The acquisition adds to Acteon’s capability in the rig-positioning market and provides an additional suite of survey services to clients that operate rigs and vessels. NCS Survey provides high-precision rig-positioning, construction-support and subsea-visualisation services to the global offshore market, including upstream oil and gas and […]

  • Reftrade UK Names New General Manager

    12 August 2013
    Equipment

    Aberdeen based, Reftrade UK, a market leading specialist in the supply of cold storage solutions to the global offshore energy industry, has announced the appointment of a new general manager. Alex Cruickshank joins the company with many years of experience in the oil and gas sector, and brings over 5 years of dedicated management experience […]

  • Van Oord Strengthens Its Position in UK

    11 June 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Van Oord, a leading international contractor specialising in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects, has reached an agreement in principle on the acquisition of UK specialist marine civil contractor J.T. Mackley & Co Ltd. This acquisition will strengthen Van Oord’s leading position on the UK flood defence and coastal construction market. J.T. Mackley & Co. […]

  • UK: Port of Milford Haven Profit Plunge

    22 April 2013
    Business & Finance

    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 […]

  • Rotech Subsea Works on UK’s Largest Windfarm

    13 January 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    A global subsea engineering firm is working on a major North Sea contract worth in excess of £2million. Rotech Subsea, which is headquartered in Aberdeen and owned by Norwegian firm Reef Subsea, is involved in a subsea excavation project with marine construction firm Red7Marine on what will be the UK’s largest operating wind farm. The […]

  • UK: Gurit Showcases Excellence in Tidal Energy

    6 August 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    As the famous saying goes “success breeds success” so it is no surprise that leading engineering, materials technology and composite processing firm Gurit have taken the proactive approach in 2012 to showcase their excellence as it relates to tidal energy. Recent increase in support for Wave & Tidal energy in the UK, up from 2 […]

  • UK: Rowan 4Q Revenues Rise 32pct

    28 February 2012
    Business & Finance

    Rowan Companies, Inc., a major provider of international and domestic offshore contract drilling services with a leading position in high-specification jack-up rigs, announces that in the 4th quarter 2011 the company generated net income from continuing operations of $33.1 million or to $35.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2010. Costs and expenses during fourth […]

  • 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: SDI Creates Over 7,000 Jobs

    21 May 2012
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Human Capital

    Scottish Development International’s (SDI) international trade and investment activity created or safeguarded more than 7,000 Scottish jobs and helped more than 1,000 high potential Scottish companies target new global markets last year. In 2011/2012, SDI also worked with 190 companies on significant new international projects with a projected growth of £733million in sales over the […]

  • 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 […]

  • Prysmian to Link UK and France for €350 Million

    7 April 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Prysmian has secured a contract worth around €350 million with a joint venture between National Grid UK and RTE of France for the turn-key design, manufacture and installation of a submarine and land power cable link to connect Tourbe in France to Chilling in Hampshire, UK. “This is a prestigious project for Prysmian, and we […]

  • MMT UK Nets MCA Contract Extension

    1 June 2016
    Project & Tenders

    MMT UK has been awarded a two-year hydrographic survey contract extension with the Maritime & Coastguard Agency’s Civil Hydrographic Programme (CHP). This is the second time MMT UK has been awarded an extension following the first three years, the company said. The company will continue to provide hydrographic surveys for the CHP until 2018. Martin Godfrey, project […]