262 results found for 'blackwood'

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  • Dolphin Drilling and IKM Gruppen sign drilling and well services deal

    26 July 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Environment, Exploration & Production, IT & Software, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Transition

    Dolphin Drilling has entered into a master frame agreement with Norway’s IKM Gruppen for drilling and well services.

  • Fred. Olsen Energy plans to get rid of another rig amid refinancing efforts

    7 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Offshore driller Fred. Olsen Energy (FOE) plans to sell the drillship Bolette Dolphin as part of its ongoing refinancing efforts. 

  • 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 […]

  • Tidal Transit Plays Important Role in Norfolk’s Offshore Wind Industry (UK)

    7 September 2012

    Tidal Transit Limited has recently created five more seagoing and office-based jobs, which is an indication of the company’s important role in the expansion of Norfolk’s offshore wind industry. Using state-of-the-art vessels, Tidal Transit has contracts with a growing number of offshore wind farm developments in the North Sea to transfer crew from shore to […]

  • SeaKing Electrical Invests in Staff Training for Offshore Wind Sector

    24 January 2014
    Business & Finance, Human Capital

    Merseyside industrial engineering firm SeaKing Electrical has undergone a major investment in staff training in a bid to drive growth in the marine, offshore and windfarm sectors. The Birkenhead-based company has invested heavily across a number of areas including offshore survival training and working at heights. Staff have undergone rigorous courses at the Offshore Survival […]

  • Britain could see first fracked gas this year after permit approval

    24 May 2016

    Britain’s first fracked shale gas could flow this year after local government officials in northern England approved Third Energy’s plans late on Monday to carry out fracking at an existing well.

  • Minister for Portsmouth Opens CMIS

    20 November 2014
    Research & Development

    Minister for Portsmouth Matthew Hancock has on November 17, 2014 officially opened a new cutting edge centre for research into unmanned autonomous boats, submarines and other vessels – a market that is estimated to be worth £9 billion each year over the next 8 years. The Centre for Maritime Intelligence Systems (CMIS) was announced by the […]

  • Brazil: OGX, Maersk Discover Hydrocarbons in Campos Basin

    6 January 2011
    Business & Finance

    OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A. , the Brazilian oil and gas company responsible for the largest private sector exploratory campaign in Brazil, announced today the presence of hydrocarbons in the Santonian, Albian and Aptian sections of exploration well 1‐MRK‐3/4P‐RJS, which is located in the BM‐C‐37 block, in the shallow waters of the Campos Basin. […]

  • Chevron reaches milestone, Alder topsides module installed

    9 July 2015
    Equipment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Chevron has reached a major project milestone, as the sail-away and installation of the Alder Project’s topsides module in the Central North Sea, has been completed. The 800-metric-ton topsides structure was built in a Newcastle shipyard and travelled via transport barge 110 miles (175 km) to the Firth of Forth. The module was transferred to the […]

  • East Irish Sea: Serica Energy Commences Drilling Conan Exploration Well

    11 May 2010

    Serica Energy announces that on Monday 10th May it commenced drilling the Conan exploration well in Block 113/26b in the East Irish Sea. The well will be drilled by the Ensco 80 jack-up drilling rig to a depth of approximately 5,000 feet and is anticipated to take approximately 24 days to drill. Conan is a […]

  • Germany: Ship Operators to Discuss Wind Turbines’ Impact on Navigable ‘Sea Room’

    3 January 2013

    The first annual conference of the ACCSEAS (Accessibility for Shipping, Efficiency Advantages and Sustainability) project will examine how to address significant current and future issues which may impact on safe navigation in the North Sea and western Baltic Sea by pioneering safe regional access through the use of e-Navigation. Themes for the March 2013 Conference […]

  • Dolphin Drilling cleared to take part in Petrobras rig tenders

    2 November 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy, Rules & Regulation

    Dolphin Drilling has been re-approved as an official rig supplier and will be invited to take part in Petrobras’ upcoming rig tenders.

  • SGI Launches ‘Real Map’ of Inishbofin (Ireland)

    13 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Marine scientists from the Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) have created a new offshore map of the island of Inishbofin, County Galway. The map was developed from work carried out as part of Ireland’s national marine mapping programme, INFOMAR, and will result in increased awareness of the island’s surrounding marine landscape. Dubbed the ‘Real Map’ of […]

  • 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 awards storage licence for depleted gas field in East Irish Sea

    18 April 2023
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Environment, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    dCarbonX has been awarded a gas storage licence in the East Irish Sea by the UK’s regulator, North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA).

  • All FOE rigs to be out of action soon?

    25 October 2017
    Business & Finance, Exploration & Production

    Fred. Olsen Energy’s entire offshore rig fleet will be out of action soon once its last working rig comes off contract next month.  The offshore fleet of Fred. Olsen Energy with subsidiaries consists of three ultra-deepwater/deepwater units and four harsh environment mid-water semi-submersible drilling units. According to the company’s 3Q 2017 report on Wednesday, the […]

  • On fleet expansion quest, Dolphin Drilling snaps up two Transocean rigs

    23 June 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Dolphin Drilling is in the process of buying two rigs from Transocean for a total of $61.5 million, plus an additional $3 million.

  • Fred. Olsen Energy reports revenue decrease in offshore drilling division

    7 May 2014
    Business & Finance

    Fred. Olsen Energy has announced financial results for Q1 2014. The company has reported an operating profit before depreciation (EBITDA) of $102 mln in Q1 2014. Financial Information (4th quarter 2013 in brackets) Operating revenues in the quarter were 277.8 million (298.0 million), a decrease of 20.2 million compared with the previous quarter. Revenues from the […]

  • UAB, NSWCCD Collaborate in 3D Laser Scanning of Howell Torpedo

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

    Conservators and scientists from Naval History and Heritage Command’s Underwater Archeology Branch (UAB) and Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) collaborated to begin a three dimensional laser scanning of the Howell Torpedo, April 30. “The torpedo was lost in 1899 during a training exercise on board USS Iowa and recovered in May 2013 by […]

  • DONG Energy Allocates First Walney Extension Skills Fund

    28 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Human Capital

    DONG Energy has revealed details of its Walney Extension community skills fund which will invest GBP 100,000 a year for the next 25 years into equipping people to work in engineering industries in the coastal areas of Lancashire and Cumbria.

  • DONG Energy Allocates First Walney Extension Skills Fund

    28 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Human Capital

    DONG Energy has revealed details of its Walney Extension community skills fund which will invest GBP 100,000 a year for the next 25 years into equipping people to work in engineering industries in the coastal areas of Lancashire and Cumbria.

  • Gardline surveying i3’s North Sea assets ahead of drilling ops

    22 March 2019

    Marine survey company Gardline has finally started survey work over oil company i3’s UK North Sea assets, following delays with the vessel back in 2018.

  • Dolphin Drilling rig wins North Sea gig

    28 November 2023
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has secured a long-term contract for one of its semi-submersible rigs in the UK with EnQuest.

  • Norwegian driller might soon have only one rig in operation. None in Norway

    16 February 2017
    Exploration & Production

    Norwegian offshore drilling contractor Fred. Olsen Energy might soon have no rigs working on the Norwegian continental shelf. What is more, the driller might soon have only one rig under contract overall. The company’s fleet consists of nine rigs; three ultra/deepwater units and five mid-water semi-submersible drilling rigs in addition to one tender support vessel and […]

  • Port of Virginia raises the bar

    13 June 2022
    Business Developments & Projects

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Port of Virginia have signed the agreement committing the federal government to begin its financial investment in the construction effort to widen and deepen the commercial shipping channels and Norfolk Harbor. With a group of federal and state officials in attendance, Virginia Port Authority (VPA) CEO, […]